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Lena Sotskova (Russian, 1963)


Lena Sotskova was born in Moscow. She was discovered as a child prodigy at the age of four. A descendant of generations of the Russian aristocracy, Lena was fortunate to have a privileged upbringing and elite education in leading art schools and through private lessons from masters of painting.
Lena Sotskova was studying and working in the vaults of prestigious institutions such as The Hermitage, The Louvre, Art Fund of Russia and royal palaces and cathedrals of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
She was involved in the restoration of rare pieces of art that were damaged during the Moscow fire of 1812 during the war with Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Miroslav Yotov (Bulgarian, 1977)

Miroslav Yotov was born in Isperih, Bulgaria. Yotov or Cirk as he is fondly known to his friends is an enterprising and versatile young artist whose work and scope embraces an amalgam of styles that highlight his unique individualism and view of the world.
His style is unique - because of its Bulgarian accent and emotion, the brush strokes are well articulated and on occasions lustful, as if he is trying to seduce the viewer. This particular idiosyncrasy has won him accolades and admiration from his peers, critics and connoisseurs.
He has participated in several exhibitions in Bulgaria including major ones in Shumen, Isperih and Divdiadovo.
His paintings are well sort after by the discerning connoisseurs, young professionals and entrepreneurs with a sophisticated taste for vibrant and captivating colours and that unique Balkan perspective.

Miroslav Yotov 1977 | Surrealist painter

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Pompei

Pompei è una delle più significative testimonianze della civiltà romana e si presenta come un eccezionale libro aperto sull’arte, sui costumi, sui mestieri, sulla vita quotidiana del passato. La città è riemersa dal buio dei secoli così come era al momento in cui venne all’improvviso coperta da uno spesso strato di ceneri fuoriuscite, insieme alla lava, con la devastante eruzione del Vesuvio. Nel 1997, l'UNESCO ha dichiarato Pompei Patrimonio Mondiale dell'Umanità. Il Comitato ha deciso di iscrivere tale area sulla base dei criteri culturali considerando che gli straordinari reperti delle città di Pompei, Ercolano e delle città limitrofe, sepolte dall'eruzione del Vesuvio del 79, costituiscono una testimonianza completa e vivente della società e della vita quotidiana in un momento preciso del passato, e non trovano il loro equivalente in nessuna parte del mondo.

Pompei sotto l'ira del Vesuvio

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Caravaggio (1571-1610)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593-1610.
He is commonly placed in the Baroque school, of which he was the first great representative.
Even in his own lifetime, Caravaggio was considered enigmatic, fascinating, rebellious and dangerous.
He burst upon the Rome art scene in 1600, and thereafter never lacked for commissions or patrons, yet handled his success atrociously.


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L'Angelo del dolore, 1894


L'Angelo del Dolore (in inglese: Angel of Grief) è un monumento funebre realizzato nel 1894 dallo statunitense William Wetmore Story.
È situato sulla tomba della moglie Emelyn Eldredge Story, nel cimitero acattolico di Roma.
Fu terminata prima della sua stessa morte, e quindi oggi l'Angelo è il monumento funebre della coppia e del loro figlio Joseph, morto a sei anni nel 1853 a Roma.
L'Angelo del Dolore è una scultura in marmo e pietra. Le regole della Chiesa cattolica vietavano di seppellire in terra consacrata i non cattolici (protestanti, ebrei e ortodossi, ma anche suicidi ed attori), queste persone dopo la morte erano rifiutate dalla comunità cristiana cittadina ed erano seppellite fuori dalle mura della città, od al margine estremo di queste.

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Chi non ha pane, ma compera fiori, è un poeta...

Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841-1919

"I fiori della primavera sono i sogni dell'inverno raccontati, la mattina, al tavolo degli angeli".
Khalil Gibran

"Farò della mia anima uno scrigno per la tua anima, del mio cuore una dimora per la tua bellezza, del mio petto un sepolcro per le tue pene. Ti amerò come le praterie amano la primavera, e vivrò in te la vita di un fiore sotto i raggi del sole. Canterò il tuo nome come la valle canta l’eco delle campane; ascolterò il linguaggio della tua anima come la spiaggia ascolta la storia delle onde".

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Vlaho Bukovac | Daydreams, 1905

Vlaho Bukovac [French: Blaise Bukovac; Italian: Biagio Faggioni;] was born in Cavtat, near Dubrovnik on July 4, 1855.
He showed inclination to drawing in his early childhood, but because of his family's poverty he could not continue his education. At the age of eleven his uncle took him to the United States, where he spent four hard years. His uncle soon died. In 1871, he returned to Dubrovnik and embarked as an apprentice on a merchant ship that sailed on regular line Istanbul- Odessa-Liverpool.
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Virgilio Tojetti | Sleeping Baby, 1885 | Boston Public Library


Italian-born American painter Virgilio Tojetti (1851-1901) was born in Rome, 1851.
He was an American visual artist who studied with his father, the painter Domenico Tojetti, and in Paris with Gérôme and Bouguereau.
In 1870 he immigrated to America and spent much of the rest of his life living and working in San Francisco and New York City.
He exhibited with the Boston Art Club, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Art Association.
Numerous works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'Cupid's Whisper' sold at Doyle New York 'European, American, Modern and Contemporary Art' in 2010

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), A Child with an Apple



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Alex Levin, 1975

Alex Levin viene da Kiev, Ucraina, dove è nato e successivamente ha frequentato l'Accademia d'Arte, diplomandosi con lode.
Nel 1990 Alex Levin è immigrato in Israele, dove continua a vivere in una città di Herzeliya.
Con un programma molto produttivo e frenetico, Alex Levin trova altro tempo per crescere come artista e studia nuove tecniche con il professor Baruch Elron, che era il presidente della Israel Artist Association.
Gli stili pittorici principali sono il Surrealismo ed il Realismo.
Le opere di Levin sono state ammirate in tutto il mondo e sono state acquistate per numerose collezioni private, aziendali e istituzionali negli Stati Uniti d'America, Israele, Francia, Italia, Ucraina, Svizzera e Belgio.


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Benjamin Osro Eggleston | Young Woman in a Theater Box, 1891

A landscape painter in the tonal style, Benjamin Osro Eggleston [1867-1937] was born in Belvidere, MN and studied art at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts under Douglas Volk. He also traveled to Paris where he completed additional studies. Upon his return he established a studio in Brooklyn from which he worked and traveled. From 1900-1920 he summered at the Old Lyme Art Colony and in the 1930's he spent his time in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was a Member of the Salmagundi Club, Brooklyn Society of Artists, All American Artists and was President of the Brooklyn Art Club. He exhibited at the National Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy, Boston Art Club, Paris Salons, the Carnegie Institute, Brooklyn Art Association and other venues.
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Louis Shabner | Pittore pin-up


Louis Shabner (1917-1981) era già un affermato artista glamour nella sua nativa Inghilterra da più di 25 anni prima di diventare uno degli ultimi pittori pin-up di Brown e Bigelow.
Ha spesso lavorato a guazzo su tavola, ma era altrettanto a suo agio con altri mezzi.

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Auguste Raynaud (1845-1887) | Awaiting his return


Auguste Raynaud was a popular 19th-century Genre🎨 and portrait painter.
Born in Lyon, Raynaud moved to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-arts.
He began exhibiting at the Salon🎨 in 1877 and continued until his death in 1887.

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Henri Fantin-Latour: "Credo che le scuole ed i movimenti artistici siano passati"..

"Never have I had more ideas about Art in my head, and yet I am forced to do flowers.
While painting them - standing before the peonies and roses - I think of Michelangelo. This cannot go on".

"Non ho mai avuto più idee sull'arte nella mia testa, eppure sono costretto a fare fiori.
Mentre li dipingo, davanti alle peonie e alle rose, penso a Michelangelo. Cosi non può andare avanti".


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Claude Monet - The stroller, 1887

This painting of Suzanne Hoschedé in the meadows just south of Le Pressoir, Monet's home at Giverny, was probably made in the summer of 1887. She became Monet's preferred model in the period after the death of his first wife, Camille, in 1879, and before 1890, when he gave up plein-air figure painting. The model was the daughter of Alice Hoschedé, whom Monet married in 1892.
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William Powell Frith (British painter, 1819-1909)


William Powell Frith was an British painter, specializing in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian Era.
He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1852.
He has been described as the "greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth".
Frith was born in Aldfield, a village in North Yorkshire. His father was the house steward at Studley Royal. However, he soon moved on to become a hotel manager in Harrogate.
The young William's artistic talent caught his father's attention and it was he who encouraged the boy. At 16 years of age Frith found himself down in London at the Sass Academy and in three years he gained a place at none other than the Royal Academy.

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Pierre Le Faguays (Scultore Art Déco, 1892-1935)

Pierre Camille Marie Le Faguays (1892-1962) è stato uno scultore Art Déco Francese.
Ha anche usato gli pseudonimi Fayral e Guebre.
Le Faguays ha realizzato statuette, lampade ed oggetti decorativi.
Pierre Le Faguays è nato nel 1892 a Nantes, in Francia.
Era uno studente di James Vibert presso l'Università di Arte e Design di Ginevra (precedentemente École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève).


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Brian McCarthy (Irish painter, 1960)


"I was born in Dublin and as a child loved nothing more than drawing and painting. In 1976 I started selling my paintings in local galleries.
While I attended art college (1977-80), I found the pervasive avant garde ethos and the lack of technical training in painting very d...isappointing.
Like many other artists, I've learned my craft from what I consider to be the best sources - the great artists of the past. From a young age I read books about them and visited museums and galleries whenever I could.
I have always worked exclusively in oils, producing an average of about twenty five paintings a year. Irish exhibitions include 'The Living Art' at the Douglas Hyde Gallery (1981), several annual shows at the Royal Hibernian Academy, and the Oireachtas Art Exhibition as well as many group shows in commercial galleries both in Ireland and London.
< div style="text-align: justify;">My exhibition Masquerade, opened by the late Charles J. Haughey, sold out amid enthusiastic reviews".