Painting Artisan

  A lot of 4 framed 'Mother and Child' ceramic plates Benedicto Reyes Cabrera  (born April 10, 1942), better known as " BenCab ", is a Filipino painter and was awarded National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006.  He is recognised as a pioneer of Philippine art. BenCab's paintings often depict figures wrapped in flowing fabrics in muted tones and earthy colour palettes. He has been noted as "arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists." A framed BenCab offset lithographic reproduction Early life and education BenCab was born to Democrito Cabrera and Isabel Reyes in Malabon, Philippines on April 10, 1942. He was the youngest of nine children. BenCab's first exposure and discovery of the arts happened through his elder Brother Salvador, who was already an established artist during Bencab's childhood. He went on to study at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He received his bachelor's...

 Here's a list of the most famous paintings and the stories behind them. Some of the paintings maybe familiar to you as it is very common to see them on television and in the Internet, but some that made it to this list is just too famous that hearing just the title of the artwork will make us curious as to why we always hear about it.  This list is in no particular order.  1. Flaming June - Frederic Leighton        Flaming June is a painting by Sir Frederic Leighton, produced in 1895. Painted with oil paints on a 47-by-47-inch (1,200 mm × 1,200 mm) square canvas, it is widely considered to be Leighton's magnum opus, showing his classicist nature. It is thought that the woman portrayed alludes to the figures of sleeping nymphs and naiads the Greeks often sculpted. 2. The Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci        The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of Lisa Gherardini by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, which...