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Lynne Barton
Email: info.angel@angelartschool.com
Website: http://www.angelartschool.com
Via Nardo di Cione, 10
Florence, Tuscany 50121 Italy
Phone: 011 39 055 2466737
Blog: http://angelacademyflorence.wordpress.com/
Angel Academy of Art
Dedicated to the Continuance of Classical and Realist Painting
The Angel Academy of Art, is a private institution that teaches drawing and painting in the old master tradition. While this tradition has its roots at least as early as 14th century Italy, the curriculum and the teaching techniques are grounded on those of the 19th century European academies and are the result of over 30 years of research and experiment by the school's founder, Michael John Angel. This successful, step-by-step process teaches the student to thoroughly appropriate the skills needed for representational painting.
M.J. Angel, born in England in 1946, has been painting and studying art since his mid-teens and has himself studied under the great Italian master, Pietro Annigoni. Through Annigoni, Mr. Angel was made aware of the lack of an effective method of teaching in the universities and public art schools. Even in Europe, where some vestiges of the old methods of cast drawing and still life remain, the official schools lack the knowledge to effectively teach Realism and frustrate the student by trying to apply various 20th century concepts to a pre-20th century discipline. At the Angel Academy, on the other hand, the principles involved in these disciplines are found to be concretely describable and, through a series of exercises over a four-year period, the student learns how to master them.
Staff
Anna Brookes, Director of Admissions andAdministration.
Michael John Angel is the studio director, senior instructor and co-founder of the Angel Academy of Art, Florence.
Mr. Angel is regarded as one of the foremost classical painters in Europe and North America: his paintings and portraits hang in both public and private collections on both sides of the Atlantic. While he has few peers in portrait painting, where his commissions read like a Who's Who of corporate North America, Mr. Angel's real passion is painting myths and allegories. Currently, he has been concentrating on these, painting murals and altarpieces in a number of churches and villas in Italy, and in private residences in the United States.
Known to his students as "maestro," Mr Angel is considered one of the most inspiring and successful artists in classical and traditional art today.
Mr. Angel has taught workshops at the American Academy in Chicago, in addition to lecturing at the Florentine campuses of several American universities and various private schools in Canada. 1982-1989 Director of the National Portrait Academy in Toronto 1992-1995 the Assistant Director of the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. 1997 Co-founded Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy
Films:
90-minute documentary by Artatak Films of Toronto and Rainbow Films of Florence entitled Annigoni: Portrait of an Artist The Road to Castagno, profiles the work of Mr. Angel (viewed at Cannes Documentary festival and Montreal's 12th Festival International du Film sur l'Art).
Jered Woznicki, senior instructor and the maestro's personal assistant, was born in Chicago. He studied at the American Academy of Art, from which he graduated in 1994. In Chicago, he worked with the noted painter Warren Prindle. Jered Woznicki's art has won various awards throughout the United States, as well as in Italy. In 1999 he took fourth place in the prestigious Florence Biennale, an international assembly of over 500 recognized artists. Mr. Woznicki's work is to be found in private and public collections in Europe and in North America. Although busy with teaching, he works with Mr. Angel on large scale commissions and on his own figure and still-life paintings.
Martinho Isidro Correia - Martinho Isidro Correia is a fine artist and educator and is currently teaching summer workshops in portrait painting and still life at the Angel Academy. A graduate of the University of Calgary (BFA in Painting), University of British Colombia in Vancouver (BEd in Art Education), Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy (Diploma in Drawing and Painting) and The European University/Pontifical Athenaeum, 'Regina Apostolorum' in Rome (Masters in Architecture, Sacred Art and Liturgy), Martinho splits his time between teaching, private commissions and gallery work. In January of 2013 he will begin teaching a course in Sacred Art at St. Mary's University College in Calgary, Canada.
In his studio, Martinho Correia is painting portrait and still-life commissions. Please visit his website for more examples of his work: www.martinhoart.com
Inga Loyeva - Inga Loyeva received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The New World School of the Arts, Miami, and is subsequently a graduate of the Angel Academy of Art, Florence. She has worked as a teaching assistant in both institutions, as well as offering private instruction to students who wished to advance their understanding of the principles of traditional drawing and painting.
Ms. Loyeva has exhibited her work in a range of events across Europe and America. Her most acclaimed show to date was centered on a reconstruction of Caravaggio's Taking of Christ for the city of Odessa, Ukraine, after this masterpiece was stolen from the prestigious Museum of Western and Eastern Art.
Nicole Lalande - Nicole Lalande has created an extensive collection of paintings and drawings based on private commissions and has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Canada. This was then succeeded by a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy.
Ms Lalande has previously taught with a board of education in northern Canada, and also worked with government-funded art institutions, teaching drawing and painting. When she is not teaching, she spends her time working independently on commissioned work, and on developing work for future exhibitions.
Giulia Bucciarelli - Giulia Bucciarelli studied drawing and painting under local painters in Florence and took classes at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence and figure-drawing classes at the Scuola Libera del Nudo for three years, subsequently graduating from the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, where she is now teaching.
Ms Bucciarelli has exhibited her work in the exhibition LíEredità di Annigoni, held at the Villa Bardini in 2010, and currently splits her time between teaching, private commissions and her own portrait and still-life paintings.
Bruno Galuzzi Corsini - Bruno Galuzzi Corsini graduated in Digital Design at the Instituto Europeu di Design in Sao Paulo, Brazil. While in Brazil, Bruno did various drawing courses including one at Schoolism, an online school for digital and traditional media artists.
Immediately after having graduated, he moved to Italy to study at the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, where his studies are ongoing, and where he is now working as a teaching assistant.
The Programmes
The Fundamental Programme evolved from a combination of Mr. Angel's research and that of a number of students of the great American painter, R.H. Ives Gammell, whose pedigree, in turn, goes back to the French Academy. The programme begins with work from a specially prepared set of lithographs, which quickly teach the student the basic skills of accurate rendering (the Angel Academy of Art uses the best set of instructional drawings: that made by Charles Bargue in the 19th century, at the behest of Jean-Leon Gerome. The studio owns many of the originals). With these new-found skills, the student progresses to cast work, first in charcoal, then in oil paint, and from these to still life, the best arena in which to learn colour, texture and the illusion of three dimensions. Work from the live model begins immediately and is central to our programmes.
To acquire the utmost in accuracy and execution, the school uses the venerable 'sight-size' method. Beyond this, the Angel Academy of Art, teaches a system of comparative measurement in which the student learns to incorporate the conceptual with the realistic. This system is unique among modern-day Realist ateliers.
The Graduate Programme comprises two electives: Portrait Painting and Composition, (both Form and Colour). Work from the live model continues.
The Working Studio
Beyond the Graduate Programme is a Working Studio, based on Renaissance and Baroque principles and open to all our graduates. The student works on actual commissions, such as mural panels (figurative and decorative) and portraits (drapery and backgrounds). Angel Studios is unique in offering this on-the-job introduction to the realities of professional painting and the techniques involved in large-scale work. Every so often, the studio creates a show for New York or London.
The studio emphasizes the importance of professionalism for those who intend to pursue painting as a career. Contrary to popular belief, the profession of artist is a very real one; a properly trained painter can expect to earn a salary equivalent to that of a doctor or lawyer. Study with us should be seen as a career investment.
Only half our students are professional trainees, however. The rest are gifted amateurs with a genuine love of this fine old art and a determination to learn how to do it. We welcome them!
The completed curriculum will allow the graduate to confidently approach and overcome the most difficult projects in drawing and painting. Using the skills, techniques, knowledge, and approach that are taught at Angel Studios and the Angel Academy of Art, works of art of the highest possible quality are attainable.
A Final Word
The school's method is that of individual instruction in a group setting. That is, each student is evaluated on an on going basis and advances largely in accordance with the time and effort he or she can invest. Since the programme is a succession of carefully designed projects, a student's prior training and experience do not influence the assignments given; only the speed at which instruction is absorbed. In general, the atmosphere at the Angel Academy is relaxed and convivial. Competition is friendly, and there is an air of support and respect among both students and instructors: their goals are, after all, mutual.
The Angel Academy of Art, Florence, is also pleased to announce its annual Summer Workshops for 2013:
Come and enjoy the pleasure of studying in Florence during our Summer Workshop season in our new state-of-the-art school. Our temperature-controlled (air-conditioned) clean-air environment provides optimum comfort during the warm summer months.
Please click on the workshop listing for more information and to register.
Summer Workshop Programme 2013
- Methods of the Masters: Caravaggiowith Inga Loyeva 17th June to 28th June, 2013
- Landscape Painting
with Nicole Lalande 17th June to 28th June, 2013 - 16th-, 17th- and 18th-Century Painting Methodswith maestro Michael John Angel 1st July to 12th July, 2013
- Sight Size and the Art of Still-Life Painting
with Martinho Correia 1st July to 12th July, 2013 - Painting the Portrait from Photographs
with Inga Loyeva 1st July to 12th July, 2013 - Painting the Portrait from Life
with Martinho Correia 15th July to 26th July, 2013 - Painting the Live Model
with Jered Woznicki 15th July to 26th July, 2013
Please visit our website for a full colour presentation at: www.angelartschool.com and check out Part 1 of our You Tube lecture, The Academic Process (part 1). Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsiP2pUT2qQ
We also wish to invite you to have a look at our recently created blog where all the latest news about the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, dedicated to the continuance of Classic Realist Painting, can now be found:http://angelacademyflorence.wordpress.com/
TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION
To register for one or all of the above workshops please either download directly from our website or copy and complete the form attached or below relative to the Workshop/s you wish to attend and send them by e-mail to: info.angel@angelartschool.com
Summer Workshop No. 1
Methods of the Masters: Caravaggio - 17th June to 28th June, 2013
Instructor: Inga Loyeva
The painting methodology of the Angel Academy of Art is a culmination of many centuries worth of old-masters methods. In this two-week workshop, students will gain hands-on familiarity with the techniques of one of these masters,Caravaggio, and the best way to facilitate this is through a faithful reconstruction of a painting in short, making a copy.
Working from a choice among several high-quality reproductions supplied by the school, students will have the opportunity to thoroughly study how Caravaggio created his extraordinary works. All stages of a painting, from the drawing to the final nuances using glazes, will be discussed and put into practice. Further topics will include: colour, in both its theoretical and its practical application; edge treatment; paint quality; the relationship of light to form, and many more.
The workshop will begin with a slide presentation introducing Caravaggio and his work, along with a step-by-step overview of the painting process. As well as daily working time with both group and individual instruction, several demonstrations will be given throughout the workshop to help illustrate the various procedures.
Inga Loyeva is a principal instructor at the Angel Academy of Art, and a short biography of her can be found on the Faculty page of the Angel Academy of Arts website. She has previously completed a full-scale grand copy of the Caravaggio painting Kiss of Judas for the city of Odessa, Ukraine.
Workshop Fee Euros: - 1400.00 (the cost of some of the materials are included in this price - other materials, however, are to be provided by the student. A Materials List will be provided on registration).
The fee includes: 10-days tuition and 60 hours of full instruction together with demonstrations.
Not included are: accommodation, airfares, transport and all other expenses.
Class times: Monday to Friday 9.30 am to 12.30 pm; 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
Summer Workshop No. 2
Landscape Painting - 17th June to 28th June, 2013
Instructor: Nicole Lalande
In this two-week intensive course, Nicole Lalande will guide students through the creation of several landscape studies, employing the traditional practices used at the Angel Academy coupled with the vivacity and spontaneity inherent in painting en plein air. Students will spend the workshop in various scenic locations in and around Florence, drawing and painting directly from nature.
The workshop will cover the technical side of painting, both material and procedural. The class will be taught a highly successful approach to painting through a series of studies. Subjects such as composition, the creation of various textures in nature, colour and more will be covered.
This workshop is open to students of all levels and will be a wonderful opportunity to employ fundamental methods taught at the academy while working outside the studio in the enchanting, visually rich cradle of the Renaissance. Please note that some locations will require a fair amount of walking while carrying your painting equipment.
Early reservations are recommended, as student numbers are purposely limited to allow for a high degree of individual attention.
Workshop Fee Euros: - 1400.00. (the cost of some of the materials are included in this price - other materials, however, are to be provided by the student. A Materials List will be provided on registration).
The fee includes: 10-days tuition.
Not included are: accommodation, airfares, transport and all other expenses.
Class times: Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 12.00 pm; 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm.
The course involves 60 hours of full instruction.
Summer Workshop No. 3
16th-, 17th- and 18th-Century Painting Methods 1st July to 12th July, 2013
Instructor: maestro Michael John Angel
Copying old-master paintings is the fastest way to learn and the surest way for a painter to improve. Throughout this workshop, the students will copy a painting chosen from several high quality reproductions provided by the Angel Academy.
The method of constructing a painting that was begun by the 16th-century Venetian painters and continued by the 17th- and 18th-century painters throughout Europe was so successful and efficient that, once developed, it remained in general use for over 300 years, up to and beyond the end of the 1800's Titian, Rembrandt, Hals, Velasquez, van Dyck, Reynolds, Raeburn, Gainsborough, Lawrence, Sargent.
In this workshop, maestro Michael John Angel will teach the class how to explore this efficient method of underpainting and overpainting, as used by these great masters irrespective of their personal style; it is a wonderful method that enables the painter to stay in control of the drawing while developing the colour. The class also learns how to work with the colour schemes and with the value schemes used by many of the painters of the past. Mr Angel gives several painting demonstrations throughout the two weeks.
Students will receive various pdf and jpg send-outs that encapsulate the correct methods of using oil paint. These pdf send-outs will explain the different grounds, materials and mediums used in oil painting and describe the various layers used in this classic underpainting-overpainting oil technique.
A short biography of Mr Angel can be found on the Angel Academy's website. He is listed in the Art Renewal Center's Living Masters Gallery, and has served as a judge for the ARC International Salon competition, the IlluXCon international competition and others.
Workshop Fee Euros: - 1500.00 (the cost of some of the materials are included in this price. Other materials, however, are to be provided by the student. A Materials List will be provided on registration).
The fee includes: 10 days tuition.Not included: accommodation, airfares, transport and all other expenses.
The course involves 60 hours of full instruction, together with lectures.
Class times: Monday to Friday 10.00am to 1.00pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm.
Summer Workshop No. 4
Sight Size and the Art of Stil-Life Painting - 1st July to 12th July, 2013
Instructor: Martinho Correia
This unique workshop offers an introduction to two disciplines that provide opportunities for the students to gain a number of valuable skills. After the opening lecture, students move quickly to the studio and prepare their canvas for the project. Work begins with a cartoon from a simple still-life set-up that introduces the principles of sight-size. After transferring the image, the student will be led through all stages of the painting process: dead-colouring, 1st-painting, 2nd-painting and final glazing and toning, all of which will be explained through demonstrations, with group and individual critiques, in 60 hours of studio time.
Early reservations are recommended, as student numbers are purposely limited to allow for a high degree of individual attention.
Workshop Fee Euros: - 1400.00 (the cost of some of the materials are included in this price - other materials, however, are to be provided by the student. A Materials List will be provided on registration).
The fee includes: 10-days tuition.
Not included are: accommodation, airfares, transport and all other expenses.
The course involves 60 hours of full instruction, together with lectures.
Class times: Monday to Friday 10.00am to 1.00pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm.
Summer Workshop No. 5
Painting the Portrait from Photograhs - 1st July to 12th July, 2013
Instructor: Inga Loyeva
As traditional figurative painting is coming back into fashion, more and more people would love to commission a painting of themselves or their loved ones. Yet in today's fast paced world it is unlikely that a client will have the time to sit for countless hours as Sargent's clients did. The realities of the commissioning process have evolved into artists' having to heavily rely on photographs as reference material. However to do this well takes some very special skills.
This intensive two-week workshop by Inga Loyeva is especially designed to teach such professional skills. At first, the class will deal with the art of collecting reference material for a portrait painting and the creative options of posing the sitter. This includes creating the desired mood via lighting, clothing, body language, shape design etc. Second, the class will use a step-by-step approach in order to paint though the problems of creating the final product. This will include discussions of choosing and preparing the canvas, as well as in-class studies to understand flesh colour and colour harmonies, paint application, etc.
Inga Loyeva is a principal instructor at the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, and a short biography of her can be found on the Faculty page of the Angel Academy of Art's website. You may see more of her work, much of it executed with the use of photographic references, on her website: www.ingaloyeva.com
Early reservations are recommended, as student numbers are purposely limited to allow for a high degree of individual attention.
Workshop Fee Euros: - 1400.00 (the cost of some of the materials are included in this price - other materials, however, are to be provided by the student. A Materials List will be provided on registration).
The fee includes: 10-days tuition.
Not included are: accommodation, airfares, transport and all other expenses.
The course involves 60 hours of full instruction, together with lectures.
Class times: Monday to Friday 10.00am to 1.00pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm. (please note these times might be changed)
Summer Workshop No. 6
Painting the Portrait from Life - 1st July to 12th July, 2013
Instructor: Martinho Correia
Painting the Portrait from Life is a two-week workshop that introduces students to portrait painting from life using the sight-size technique. Painting from life is the best way to capture both the likeness and personality of a sitter and this is the method that Velasquez, Sargent and many others used.
The workshop consists of lectures and demonstrations, as well as group and individual instruction.
The first week comprises drawing and colour studies. During the second week, students will focus on the painting stages. All stages of the painting process will be explained and practiced: dead colouring, 1st- and 2nd-painting, as well as final glazing and toning.
Workshop Fee Euros: - 1400.00 (the cost of some of the materials are included in this price - other materials, however, are to be provided by the student. A Materials List will be provided on registration).
Please note:
Since two students will be sharing a live model daily there is an additional model fee of Euros: - 250.00.
Class times: Monday to Friday 10.00am to 1.00pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm.
The fee includes: 10-days tuition.
Not included are: accommodation, airfares, transport and all other expenses.
The course involves 60 hours of full instruction, together with lectures.
Class times: Monday to Friday 10.00am to 1.00pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm.
Summer Workshop No. 7
Painting the Live Model - 15th July to 26th July 2013
Instructor: Jered Woznicki
In this intensive two-week workshop, senior painting and drawing instructor Jered Woznicki will illustrate a cohesive step-by-step procedure designed to enhance the student's ability to render the human form.
The first week will be devoted to shorter exercises, chiefly in monochrome, that will serve to strengthen the student's understanding of the gesture, proportion and construction of the figure. The second week will encompass a single sustained pose in which the subtlety of modeling and the delicacy of flesh tones will be addressed.
This workshop includes brief demonstrations given by Mr Woznicki on topics such as drawing with the brush, the creation of volumes, the use of a set palette and the mixing of flesh tones for full-colour painting.
Workshop Fee Euros: - 1450.00. (the cost of some of the materials are included in this price - other materials, however, are to be provided by the student. A Materials List will be provided on registration).
Not included are: accommodation, airfares, transport and all other expenses.
The course involves 60 hours of full instruction.
Class times: Monday to Friday 10.00am to 1.00pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm
John Angel recently wrote to Fred Ross, Chairman of the Art Renewal Center:
"What you have done (are doing) for this wonderful art of ours is beyond thanks. Sei forte! You are the best!
John Angel"
Last updated on 2012-11-29
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Atelier Canova is situated in the heart of Rome's historic city center, just a few blocks from the Spanish Steps and the legendary Via Margutta, known for it's antique shops and art galleries. We are located on the second and top floor, of a landmark building where the famed neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova once worked. The studio has perfect north-lit windows, high ceilings with a skylight, a small balcony, and can comfortably accommodate a maximum of five students per class. The atelier offers a study program which suits a full time or part time schedule and caters to all levels of experience. We are the only art school in Rome that offers classical training and instruction and critiques may be given in Italian or English. 
