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Marguerite Godin (1867-1936)

Marguerite Godin was a French artist who studied under Gustave Boulanger, Léon Bonnat and Jules Lefebvre.
Marguerite Godin exhibited at the Salon of French Artists from 1887-1912.
She received a bronze medal and the Marie Bashkirtseff Prize in 1889 and was a member of the Académie Julian in 1890.


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Hans Andersen Brendekilde (1857-1942)

Hans Andersen Brendekilde è stato un pittore Danese.
Nato Hans Andersen in quella che oggi è una frazione di Odense e lontano parente dello scrittore connazionale Hans Christian Andersen, ebbe un'infanzia povera.
All'età di 10 anni lasciò la sua famiglia per vivere come pastore, dedicandosi poi dai 14 ai 17 anni alla lavorazione del legno.


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Katrina Pallon | Art Nouveau style painter

Katrina Pallon is a visual artist whose strong imagery and conceptual vocabulary inform her distinctive paintings and drawings that utilise a variety of mediums.
She has actively exhibited under private art galleries and public group exhibitions in Manila, New York, Singapore, and Japan.
She also works as an illustrator and muralist.


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Faruk Cimok, 1956 | Romantic painter

Faruk Cimok was born in Reyhanli-Hatay, Turkey.
He graduated from the Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy (now known as Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University) Devrim Erbil Workshop.
He depicts the people of the rural part of Southern Anatolia, cotton workers, in crowded figure groups in his paintings.
In a sense, he caricatures, a unique taste of hoarding and anxiety of typology predominate.


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"Timor di me?" | La poesia di Pasolini per la Callas

Nell'estate del 1970, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Scrittore, poeta, autore e regista cinematografico e teatrale italiano, 1922-1975) compose dieci poesie pubblicate nella raccolta Transumanar e organizzar, silloge poetica del 1971, in cui Maria Callas (1923-1977) non veniva mai nominata, nonostante lei fosse, in Verba, «la ragazza ancora orgogliosa di essere di città e piena della morale antica».

Pier Paolo Pasolini e Maria Callas sul set del film "Medea"

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Alda Merini: "Tra le tue braccia"

C'è un posto nel mondo
dove il cuore batte forte,
dove rimani senza fiato,
per quanta emozione provi,
dove il tempo si ferma
e non hai più l'età;


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Emily Dickinson: Ci sarà davvero un "mattino"?

Ci sarà davvero un "mattino"?
C'è una cosa come il "Giorno"?
Potrei vederlo dai monti
Se fossi alta come loro?

Jon Boe Paulsen | The Blue Hour

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Jeune fille au chapeau, 1895

Portraits of children were amongst Renoir's favourite themes and feature strongly in the artist's painting of the 1890s.
Over the previous decade Renoir had been commissioned to paint the children of a number of celebrated patrons, including the Lerolles and the Berards.
These commissions gave the artist a renewed interest in portraiture in the 1890s and Renoir painted a number of non-commissioned portraits in addition to more formal requests.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Jeune fille au chapeau, 1895 | Christie's

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Andrey Figol, 1974 | Impressionist painter

Andrei Figol is a representative of impressionism, a master of landscape.
Andrey Figol's work is a smooth blend of the modern art of painting with its variety of styles and means of expressiveness.
Andrey Figol is able to capture the evanescent state of nature with crisp vividness and emotion.


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Raphael | The Deposition, 1507

The Deposition, also known as the Pala Baglioni, Borghese Entombment or The Entombment, is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520), now generally known in English as Raphael.
Signed and dated "Raphael. Urbinas. MDVII", the painting is in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Commissioned by Atalanta Baglioni in memory of her son Grifonetto, the panel, encapsulates a story of love, loss, and devotion.


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Emily Dickinson: "La notte è il mio giorno preferito"..

"Questa notte vorrei che la mia guancia si consumasse nella tua mano.
Accetterai lo spreco?
La Notte è il mio Giorno preferito…"

L'amore segreto di Emily

Dopo la morte di suo padre, la poetessa Emily Dickinson ha fatto qualcosa di impensabile nella sua vita: iniziò a corteggiare il migliore amico di suo padre.

Carl Schweninger | Couple in Moonshine

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Erik Van Elven, 1969

Erik Van Elven grew up in a very creative family in the North of the Netherlands.
His parents were always very supportive about drawing and painting and both his older brother and younger sister also have a job as a creative.
Although he has no formal art education, he learned about creating images all his life.


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Ksenya Istomina, 1991

Ksenya Istomina / Ксения Истомина, born in Leningrad, Russia, embarked on her artistic journey at the Art School named after Sviridov.
Following this, she pursued her studies at the St. Petersburg Art College named after Roerich, specializing in the restoration department.
Ultimately, she graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts named after Ilya Repin, focusing on painting within the studio of Yuri Kalyuta.


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Keimpe Van der Kooi, 1966

Keimpe van der Kooi is an Dutch painter, born in Amersfoort.
He graduated from the Classical Academy in Groningen and is also a teacher.
He likes to paint still-lifes in colorful ambiance.
In his paintings there always will be cloths, bowls, flowers and a beautiful sunlight.
As an artist, he already made a name for himself in various ways.


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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Young Girl with Hat, 1893

Pierre-Auguste Renoir loved to paint his models wearing hats and bonnets.
"He put heaps of them on my head", one model reported.
"He took me to the milliners' shops; he never ceased buying lots of hats".
Renoir painted these accessories continually, even after his dealer, Durand-Ruel, advised him that hats were going out of fashion and that his works might sell better if he didn't include them.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Young Girl with Hat / Jeune fille au chapeau, 1893 (detail) | Barnes Foundation

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Julien de Casabianca, 1970 | Street Art

Julien de Casabianca, French and Corsican, is both a visual artist and a filmmaker.
His work is always related to the street.
Literature Nobel Prize Gao Xingjian wrote the script of his first movie, a short-film entitled, Night after the rain, entierly shot in imaginary city streets.
The original soundtrack was composed by pianist Yaron Herman.



For his first feature-lenght, Passing by, he spent trhee years filming anonymous passers-by in the streets of 44 cities in 22 countries.
The movie was praised by famous director Costa-Gavras, who wrote he was "deeply moved and touched in the bottom of his heart".
The Tokyo University of Arts invited Passing By for screenings and masterclasses.
The famous artist Koheï Nawa chose it to inaugurate a cycle of screenings at the Sandwich art residencies in Kyoto.

Passing by, also became an art video installation projected on forty screens placed on the facade of the city hall of the 4th arrondissement of Paris for passers by to see.
It was inaugurated and sponsored by Mrs Charlotte Rampling.
After this first movie, Julien de Casabianca was chosen by Costa-Gavras and Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue) to become member of ARP, the legendary French guild gathering 150 great authors, director and producers (Godard, Lelouch, Varda, Polanski, Hazanavicius).
Since 1999, he is participative artistic project initiator or actor.


From 1999 to 2002, he was a member of 59 Rivoli artistic squat.
In 2002 he created a new squat named Laboratoire de la Création, which is now supported by the City of Paris.
In 2014, Julien de Casabianca launched Outings Project, which consists in bringing paintings from museum walls into the streets.

He has been invited by many museums around the world like the Cummer Museum in Jacksonville (USA), the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (USA), the Geneva Museum of Art (Switzerland), The Ixelles-Brussels museum, and reference festivals as Nuart.
He used a long time ago to work as a journalist and writer for Flammarion, Plon, Sunday Times, L'Express and the famous national French TV program La Marche du Siècle.












Julien de Casabianca, Francese e Corso, è sia un artista visivo che un regista.
Il suo lavoro è sempre legato alla strada.
Il premio Nobel per la letteratura Gao Xingjian ha scritto la sceneggiatura del suo primo film, un cortometraggio intitolato Night after the Rain, interamente girato in strade cittadine immaginarie.


La colonna sonora originale è stata composta dal pianista Yaron Herman.
Per il suo primo lungometraggio, Passing by, ha trascorso tre anni a filmare passanti anonimi per le strade di 44 città in 22 paesi.
Il film è stato elogiato dal famoso regista Costa-Gavras, che ha scritto di essere "commosso e toccato nel profondo del suo cuore".


La Tokyo University of Arts ha invitato Passing By per proiezioni e masterclass.
Il celebre artista Koheï Nawa lo ha scelto per inaugurare un ciclo di proiezioni presso le residenze d'arte Sandwich di Kyoto.
Passando, è diventata anche un'installazione video artistica proiettata su quaranta schermi posizionati sulla facciata del municipio del 4° arrondissement di Parigi affinché i passanti potessero vederla.


È stato inaugurato e sponsorizzato dalla signora Charlotte Rampling.
Dopo questo primo film, Julien de Casabianca viene scelto da Costa-Gavras e Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue) per diventare membro dell'ARP, la leggendaria corporazione francese che riunisce 150 grandi autori, registi e produttori (Godard, Lelouch, Varda, Polanski, Hazanavicius).
Dal 1999 è promotore o attore di progetti artistici partecipativi.


Dal 1999-2002 ha fatto parte dello squat artistico 59 Rivoli.
Nel 2002 ha creato un nuovo squat chiamato Laboratoire de la Création, che ora è sostenuto dalla Città di Parigi.
Nel 2014, Julien de Casabianca ha lanciato Outings Project, che consiste nel portare i dipinti dalle pareti dei musei nelle strade.


È stato invitato da molti musei in tutto il mondo come il Cummer Museum di Jacksonville (USA), il Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (USA), il Geneva Museum of Art (Svizzera), il museo Ixelles-Brussels e festival di riferimento come Nuart.
Ha lavorato molto tempo fa come giornalista e scrittore per Flammarion, Plon, Sunday Times, L'Express ed il famoso programma televisivo nazionale francese La Marche du Siècle.


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Lucy Grossmith, 1972

Lucy Grossmith (Case) was born at Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
Always surrounded and inspired by nature, she sketches and makes mental notes whilst out and about.
These become ingredients for her work when back in her studio at the bottom of her garden.
She loves to paint wild birds and animals, countryside and coastal scenery along with gardens and old buildings.


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Immanuel Kant: "To be is to do!" / "Essere è fare!"

"Pazienta per un poco: le calunnie non vivono a lungo".
"La verità è figlia del tempo: tra non molto essa apparirà per vendicare i tuoi torti".
"Abbi il coraggio di servirti della tua propria intelligenza!"

Caspar David Friedrich | Wanderer above the sea of fog

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Paul Fenniak, 1965

Paul Fenniak was born in Toronto, Canada.
He received a Master of Fine Art degree from Concordia University in Montreal.
He is represented by Forum Gallery in New York where four solo exhibitions of his work have taken place to date (’99,’04,’09,‘16).
Two solo shows were held at Galerie de Bellefeuille in Montreal (’96,’02).


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Andrea Otte: "I Hope You Still Believe In Magic.."

"I am Andrea Otte a freelance photographer situated in Antwerp, Belgium, a dreamer and the creator of my own little world.
Just a little lady on a tiny planet, a positive thinker, a seeker of beauty and magic in everything.
I believe life is all about passion and finding your own kind of magic.
My eye for all the beauty around me, big and small, has always been active, but only the last four years I have been trying to capture the wonders of the world, accompanied by my Nikon D5300".