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Seilern , Count Antione
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Seisenegger , Jacob
(1504/5–67).
Austrian painter, chiefly a portraitist. In 1531 he became court painter to the emperor Ferdinard I at Augsburg and he worked much for the Habsburg family. He was a painter of modest talent, but has some importance in the development of the full-length portrait; his most famous work is the full-length of Charles V (Kunst-historisches Mus., Vienna, 1532), which served as a model for the much more famous one by
Titian
(Prado, Madrid). Seisenegger travelled widely, working in Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, as well as in various cities in Central Europe—Innsbruck, Prague, Vienna.
Austrian painter, chiefly a portraitist. In 1531 he became court painter to the emperor Ferdinard I at Augsburg and he worked much for the Habsburg family. He was a painter of modest talent, but has some importance in the development of the full-length portrait; his most famous work is the full-length of Charles V (Kunst-historisches Mus., Vienna, 1532), which served as a model for the much more famous one by
Titian
(Prado, Madrid). Seisenegger travelled widely, working in Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, as well as in various cities in Central Europe—Innsbruck, Prague, Vienna.
Seligmann , Kurt
(1900–62).
Swiss-born American painter and graphic artist. He lived in Paris 1929–38 and became a member of the
Surrealist
movement in 1934. His paintings of this time had a magical and apocalyptic character with hazy shapes and swirling draperies indistinguishable from the landscape. He also made Surrealist ‘objects’. In 1939 he went to the USA and became an American citizen. In America he painted a series of visionary works which he called ‘Cyclonic Forms’ and which purported to express his reactions to the American landscape. He made a serious study of the occult and wrote a book entitled
The Mirror of Magic
(New York 1948).
Swiss-born American painter and graphic artist. He lived in Paris 1929–38 and became a member of the
Surrealist
movement in 1934. His paintings of this time had a magical and apocalyptic character with hazy shapes and swirling draperies indistinguishable from the landscape. He also made Surrealist ‘objects’. In 1939 he went to the USA and became an American citizen. In America he painted a series of visionary works which he called ‘Cyclonic Forms’ and which purported to express his reactions to the American landscape. He made a serious study of the occult and wrote a book entitled
The Mirror of Magic
(New York 1948).
Senefelder , Aloys
(1771–1834).
German writer who in 1798 invented
lithography
as a cheap means of reproducing his plays. He soon realized the artistic possibilities of his invention and wrote of them in his
Vollständiges Lehrbuch der Steindruckerey
(1818), translated into English as
A Complete Course of Lithography
in 1819.
German writer who in 1798 invented
lithography
as a cheap means of reproducing his plays. He soon realized the artistic possibilities of his invention and wrote of them in his
Vollständiges Lehrbuch der Steindruckerey
(1818), translated into English as
A Complete Course of Lithography
in 1819.
sepia
.
.
A brown pigment made from the ink of cuttlefish and other marine creatures. It is used for ink drawings and, because of its semi-transparent quality, in
washes
. Its warm, reddish colour distinguishes it from the cooler, more greenish
bistre
.
washes
. Its warm, reddish colour distinguishes it from the cooler, more greenish
bistre
.
Sequeira , Domingos António de
(1768–1837).
Portuguese painter, graphic artist, and designer. He formed his
Neoclassical
style in Rome 1788–95 and in 1802 he was appointed first court painter in Lisbon. He was a prolific painter of religious and historical compositions as well as portraits (
Dr Neves
, Ashmolean, Oxford, 1825). After 1823, thinking his talent was unappreciated in Portugal, he lived in Paris and Rome.
Portuguese painter, graphic artist, and designer. He formed his
Neoclassical
style in Rome 1788–95 and in 1802 he was appointed first court painter in Lisbon. He was a prolific painter of religious and historical compositions as well as portraits (
Dr Neves
, Ashmolean, Oxford, 1825). After 1823, thinking his talent was unappreciated in Portugal, he lived in Paris and Rome.
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