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Large 18th Century Portrait Oil on Canvas Lady Child
By Michael Dahl
Located in Suffolk, GB
Paris, Venice and Rome where he was able to copy old masters. Michael Dahl was one of the most
Category

Antique Early 18th Century English Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

The Thinker, the Bottle, and the Skull
By Hollis Dunlap
Located in San Francisco, CA
extensively, copying many master drawings and paintings in an attempt to absorb some of the spirit of their
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Late Night Beer
By Hollis Dunlap
Located in San Francisco, CA
extensively, copying many master drawings and paintings in an attempt to absorb some of the spirit of their
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Spellcaster
By Hollis Dunlap
Located in San Francisco, CA
extensively, copying many master drawings and paintings in an attempt to absorb some of the spirit of their
Category

Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Plastic Flowers, Lemon and Orange
By Hollis Dunlap
Located in San Francisco, CA
extensively, copying many master drawings and paintings in an attempt to absorb some of the spirit of their
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Street Lights
By Hollis Dunlap
Located in San Francisco, CA
same time he began to study the old masters extensively, copying many master drawings and paintings in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil Painting by Simon James, 2015
By Simon James
Located in Munich, DE
-study and experiment. He began as a portraitist and street painter; Copied the old masters on the street
Category

2010s German Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood

Ritratto, French School 18th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting
Located in Sanremo, IT
evident thanks to a classic education due to the study of the great masters through the copy of plaster
Category

Antique 1690s French Louis XV Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Reflection
By Myron Barlow
Located in Cleveland, OH
Colarossi. He traveled often to Holland, the first time in 1898, where he studied and copied the Dutch
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jacob Returns to Canaan, Oil on Canvas Attributed to Charles Amedée Van Loo
By Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo
Located in Paris, FR
workshop practice with its emphasis on the copying of old masters. From this initial period of study
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Painting by Rosa Bonheur, Wild Goats in the Mountains
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in Washington, DC
, and forests around Paris. She began copying the Old Masters in the Louvre at the age of fourteen—her
Category

19th Century Academic Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Malcolm Morley: Untitled
Located in London, GB
both contemporary scenes, which placed him close to Pop art, and copies of Old Master paintings.
Category

Late 20th Century Prints

After/Follower of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, A Dog Guarding Grapes, 1840s
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
to the academic copying of old masters. The influential politician and diplomat Klemens Wenzel Lothar
Category

Antique 1840s Austrian Biedermeier Paintings

Materials

Wood

View of Zaragoza attributed to Edouard Manet
By Édouard Manet
Located in Madrid , ES
the academic painter Thomas Couture. In his spare time, Manet copied the Old Masters in the Louvre
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Paintings

Materials

Paint

Mid-Century Original Oil Painting "Big Eyes" By Van Gaard
By Van Gaard, Vanguard Studios
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
paintings. Backgrounds were often done in acrylics and then line-work was silk-screened from the master copy
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Original Oil Painting "Music" by Van Gaard
By Van Gaard, Lee Reynolds
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
from the master copy. (This silk screening technique was also used by Andy Warhol’s The Factory
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Masonite, Paint

North Fork Oysters
By Dale Zinkowski
Located in Wenham, MA
techniques, and hungry for more information, he began copying from the old masters at the Metropolitan Museum
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Le Romaine
By Dale Zinkowski
Located in Wenham, MA
, he began copying from the old masters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  ​When Murray moved his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Les Poires
By Dale Zinkowski
Located in Wenham, MA
. Inspired by the techniques, and hungry for more information, he began copying from the old masters at the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Le Pot de Confiture
By Dale Zinkowski
Located in Wenham, MA
hungry for more information, he began copying from the old masters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Studio Wall
By Dale Zinkowski
Located in Wenham, MA
, he began copying from the old masters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  ​When Murray moved his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cocktail Hour
By Dale Zinkowski
Located in Wenham, MA
understanding of traditional techniques and materials even further while drawing and painting master copies in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Still Life with Lemons and Glass
By Dale Zinkowski
Located in Wenham, MA
techniques, and hungry for more information, he began copying from the old masters at the Metropolitan Museum
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Narcissus
By Brendan H. Johnston
Located in Wenham, MA
traveled to Italy to finish his studies, copying old master paintings in the Museums of Rome, Florence and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Countess of Rochester, " 17th Century Style Portrait in the Manner of Peter Lely
By Vittorio Bianchini
Located in Charlottesville, VA
. Bianchini specialized in copies of Old Master and other renowned works of art by artists such as Raphael
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Paintings

Landscape, n.d.
By George Hawley Hallowell
Located in Concord, MA
Paris (1906, where he copied the Old Masters). Hallowell was known as a "Tarbellite" but his style and
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Early 18th Century Portrait, Oil on Canvas Attributed to Michael Dahl
By Michael Dahl
Located in Uppingham, GB
briefly in Kneller’s studio, but then travelled to Rome to study further, copying old masters and
Category

Antique Early 1700s English William and Mary Paintings

Materials

Paint

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