Michele Catti | Landscape painter of the Belle Époque

Michele Catti (1855-1914) was an Italian artist, considered one of the most important Sicilian landscape painters of the Belle Époque.

Catti was born in Palermo on April 5, 1855 to Andrea Catti and Carmela Riotta.

He was the second son in a family of 4 brothers and 3 sisters.

His father, born to Michele Catti and Concetta Natoli of the princely family originally from Patti, belonged to a prominent family of judges and lawyers in the Bourbon administration.

He wanted Catti to also start legal studies in Palermo and was therefore sent to his aunt Sabina Distefano in Palermo, as the family had relocated to nearby Carini.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

Camille Pissarro, in full Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro, painter and printmaker who was a key figure in the history of Impressionism.

Pissarro was the only artist to show his work in all eight Impressionist group exhibitions; throughout his career he remained dedicated to the idea of such alternative forums of exhibition.

Camille Pissarro | White Frost, Woman Breaking Up Wood, 1890

• Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for?
• When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.
• It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character.
• Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

Konstantin Korovin (1861-1939)

Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin /Russian: Константи́н Алексе́евич Коро́вин was a leading Russian Impressionist painter.

Konstantin was born in Moscow to a merchant family officially registered as "peasants of Vladimir Gubernia".

His father, Aleksey Mikhailovich Korovin, earned a university degree and was more interested in arts and music than in the family business established by Konstantin's grandfather. Konstantin's older brother Sergei Korovin was a notable realist painter.

Thomas Moran | Luminist painter

Thomas Moran (1837-1926) in Bolton, England, not far from Manchester, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

Several generations of the Moran family had worked as handloom weavers in Bolton until the introduction of power looms radically changed the industry.

In 1842/1843, seeking public education for his children and economic opportunity in a new land, Thomas Moran, Sr., journeyed to America.

Anders Zorn (1860-1920)

Anders Zorn, in full Anders Leonard Zorn, Swedish painter and etcher, internationally famed as one of the best genre and portrait painters in Europe at the end of the 19th century.

Zorn studied at the Stockholm academy and then travelled extensively throughout Europe. After working in England, France, and the United States, he returned to Mora in 1896.

Anders Zorn | Omnibus, 1892

Anders Zorn | Omnibus (1891-1892) | Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (detail)

The electric evening light on the grand boulevards of Paris fascinated Anders Zorn (Swedish painter, 1860-1920).

With his virtuoso technique, he records here how it is reflected in the misted-up windows of an omnibus and falls on the faces and bodies of the passengers.

The main figure in the painting is the young woman with the square box. Behind her, a prostitute can be made out. Both represent the modern city, with its commercial attractions and dangers. | © Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Anders Zorn | Fish Market in Saint Ives, 1888

Anders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 - 22 August 1920) was one of Sweden's foremost artists.

He obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and etcher.

Zorn was a prolific artist.

He became an international success as one of the most acclaimed portrait painters of his era.

Sandro Botticelli, il pittore del Rinascimento

All'apice della sua fama, il pittore e disegnatore fiorentino Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) fu uno degli artisti più stimati in Italia.

Le sue graziose raffigurazioni della Madonna col Bambino, le sue pale d'altare e i suoi dipinti mitologici a grandezza naturale, come "Venere e Marte", godettero di un'enorme popolarità durante la sua vita.

Figlio di un conciatore, nacque Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, ma gli fu dato il soprannome "Botticelli" (derivato dalla parola "botticello", che significa "piccola botte di vino").

Carol Carter, 1955 | Pittrice acquerellista

Carol Carter è una pittrice di St. Louis, uno degli artisti più interessanti che oggi lavora principalmente con acquerelli ed acrilici su larga scala.

Ha esposto ampiamente negli ultimi diciotto anni sia a livello regionale, nazionale che internazionale, comprese diciassette mostre personali e numerose mostre collettive e su invito.

Sebbene dipinga anche acrilici in grande formato, le armonie dei colori trasparenti rendono i suoi acquerelli molto particolari.

Filippo Palizzi | The Excavation of Pompeii, 1870

Filippo Palizzi | The Excavation of Pompeii, 1865

Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899) was an Italian painter🎨 of the Verismo style.

He moved to Naples in 1837 and enrolled at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts, but withdrew after a few months to attend the private school of the painter Giuseppe Bonolis.

Contact with his brother Giuseppe, who moved to France in 1844, introduced him to the painting of the Barbizon School.

Vincenzo Caprile | Il sogno (nel sorriso della fede)

Vincenzo Caprile (Naples, June 24, 1856 - Naples, 1936) was an Italian painter🎨, mainly Genre scenes and landscape paintings depicting the coast of Amalfi.

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples with Domenico Morelli🎨 and Gabriele Smargiassi. He was attached to the School of Resina associated with Filippo Palizzi.

Vincenzo Migliaro | Mercato del pesce a Porta Capuana

Vincenzo Migliaro (1858-1938) was an Italian painter born in Naples.

After learning the art of wood carving at courses held by the Società Centrale Operaia Napoletana and working in the studio of Stanislao Lista, Migliaro enrolled in 1875 at the Naples Institute of Fine Arts, where his masters included Domenico Morelli.

Luigi Nono | Abandoned, 1903

Luigi Nono (Fusina, December 8, 1850 - Venice, October 17, 1918) was an Italian painter.

A young Nono entered the Accademia of Venice, then under the leadership of Pompeo Marino Molmenti. But by at the age of twenty years, he went to Polcenigo in the Friulian countryside, and he began to refine his style of landscape paintings, including Sull' Avemaria, Le sorgenti del Gorgazzo, Ritorno dai campi, and Verso sera.

He later returned to painting genre subjects of everyday life, and these paintings would prove to be his most influential.

Fausto Zonaro | La Sultana, 1920

Fausto Zonaro🎨 (18 September 1854 - 19 July 1929) was an Italian painter🎨, best known for his Realist style paintings of life and history of the Ottoman Empire.

Zonaro painted portraits, landscapes and historical paintings. It is claimed that "Zonaro was one of those who made a major contribution to the development of western style art in Turkey".

He was a prolific artist who created hundreds of works, most of which are of the Ottoman Empire. An exhibition of his work in Florence in 1977 "received wide acclaim in the art world".

Giovanni Bedini | Genre painter

Giovanni Paolo Bedini, also known as Paolo Bedini (1844-1924) was an Italian painter who was born in Bologna, Italy.

The artist was trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, initially started up in painting with a historical theme, and soon abandoned it to devote himself to the representation of everyday life more carefree.

Elizabeth Forbes (1859-1912)

Elizabeth Adela Forbes è stata una pittrice Canadese, principalmente attiva nel Regno Unito.

Il suo stile è stato influenzato dal post-impressionismo, dai Preraffaelliti e dai pittori realistici della Scuola di Barbizon.

Apparteneva alla Scuola di Newlyn

Désiré François Laugée (1823-1896)

Désiré François Laugée é stato un pittore Francese. Il suo lavoro comprendeva ritratti e scene classiche religiose o storiche.

I suoi grandi murali decorano ancora diverse chiese di Parigi. Ha anche realizzato paesaggi naturalistici e dipinti di genere di contadini, in particolare nell'ultimo periodo della sua vita.

Con i suoi quadri Laugée può essere considerato come precursore della scuola di Barbizon.

Ha ottenuto un grande successo durante la sua vita, anche se da allora il suo lavoro è stato ampiamente ignorato.

David Vinckboons (1576-1632) | Pittore del Secolo d'oro Olandese

David Vinckboons o Vingboons o Vinckeboons o Vingbooms è stato un pittore, incisore e disegnatore Olandese del Secolo d'oro.

Appartenne ad una famiglia di artisti di origine fiamminga. Il padre Philip Vinckeboons (m.1601) era un pittore di acquerelli su tela, arte praticata principalmente nella zona di Mechelen, e fu l'unico insegnante di David.

La famiglia si trasferì ad Anversa intorno al 1585. Probabilmente a causa delle guerre di religione nei Paesi Bassi meridionali, si spostò a Middelburg nel 1586 circa, e infine ad Amsterdam dove il padre Philip divenne un cittadino nel 1591.

Il 2 ottobre 1602 David sposò a Leeuwarden Agnieta van Loon, la figlia di un notaio, da cui ebbe dieci figli: sei maschi e quattro femmine. In seguito acquistò una casa ad Amsterdam in Sint-Antoniesbreestraat, come molti altri artisti e pittori.

Luca Carlevarijs | Pittore vedutista

Luca Carlevarijs (talvolta anche Carlevaris) (Udine, 20 gennaio 1663 - Venezia, 12 febbraio 1730) è stato un pittore Italiano, considerato il primo vedutista veneziano del Settecento ed il precursore del Canaletto e degli altri vedutisti veneziani.

Originario del capoluogo friulano Udine, il pittore si recò nel 1679 a Venezia.

La sua prima opera datata, del 1708, è un ciclo di 100 stampe che illustrano i monumenti veneziani.

Questo ciclo epocale segna l'inizio dell'interesse per il vedutismo.