Studied at the Philadelphia College of Art, graduating with honors and a BFA, then attended Columbia University on fellowship and received an MFA and first prize in the final exhibition.

Beautiful , Joyful, Playful, Polychromatic

Mathias Joseph Alten worked as an artist between 1890 and 1938. Although best known for his land- and seascapes he was also an accomplished portrait, floral, and animal painter. William H. Gerdts, a preeminent authority on American regional painting, describes Alten’s style that of a “second-gene

American regional painting, Beautiful , Contemplative

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), the son of a barber and wigmaker in London's Covent Garden, dominated landscape painting in Britain during the first half of the nineteenth century. Although he initially became known for his topographical watercolors, which he began exhibiting at the Roy

Beautiful , Ethereal, Painting in britain, Romantic art