Wilfrid de Glehn RA (1870-1951)

Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn RA è stato un pittore impressionista Britannico, eletto alla Royal Academy nel 1932.

Il padre di De Glehn era Alexander de Glenn di Sydenham, Londra, lui stesso figlio di Robert von Glehn, un barone baltico con proprietà vicino a Tallinn in Estonia, che era diventato un suddito britannico naturalizzato in seguito al suo matrimonio con una donna scozzese.

Jakob Kulle | Genre painter

Swedish artist Jakob Kulle Ohlsson (1838-1898) produced genre scenes depicting everyday moments from rural life.

They’re quiet and respectful, and generally lacking sentimental embellishments.

Grandmothers teach granddaughters the family craft, couples exchange loving glances, and the house cat polishes off the last of the chicken.

Pablo Neruda | Walking around / Andando in giro..

Succede che mi stanco di essere uomo

Succede che entro nelle sartorie e nei cinema smorto,

impenetrabile, come un cigno di feltro

che naviga in un’acqua di origine e di cenere.

L’odore dei parrucchieri mi fa piangere e stridere

Voglio solo un riposo di ciottoli o di lana

Non voglio più vedere stabilimenti e giardini

Mercanzie, occhiali e ascensori.

René Magritte

Maxime Maufra (1861-1918)

Maxime Maufra è stato un pittore, incisore e litografo Francese.

Fece parte della Scuola di Pont-Aven e dei pittori del Dipartimento della Marina.

Nacque a Nantes, da una famiglia benestante e fu avviato agli studi classici e alla carriera di uomo d'affari.

Alfred Elmore | Victorian painter

Alfred Elmore RA (1815-1881) was a British history and genre painter.

Alfred Elmore was born in Clonakilty, Ireland, the son of John Richard Elmore, a surgeon who retired from the British Army to Clonakilty.

His family moved to London, where Elmore studied at the Royal Academy of Arts.

His early works were in the troubadour style of Richard Parkes Bonington, but he soon graduated to religious work, notably The Martyrdom of Thomas à Becket, commissioned by Daniel O'Connell for Westland Row Church in Dublin.

Anne Hoenig | Figurative painter

Anne Hoenig is a figurative painter from CA.

She shows mainly in Berlin.

Her method leans on renaissance oil technique, depicting intense, intimate moments.

The paintings of Anne Hoenig are defined by nuances and a specific semi-darkness.

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)

Kees van Dongen è stato un pittore Franco-Olandese, uno dei principali Fauves.

Dipinse ballerini, cantanti, mascherate e teatro.

Van Dongen si guadagnò la reputazione per i suoi ritratti vistosi, soprattutto di donne.

Nato a Delfshaven, vicino a Rotterdam, Kees Van Dongen studiò prima in una scuola di disegno industriale, poi all’Accademia di Belle Arti.

Wisława Szymborska | Elogio dei sogni / In Praise of Dreams

In sogno

dipingo come Vermeer.

Parlo correntemente il greco

e non solo con vivi.

Guido l’automobile,

che mi obbedisce.

Caro Guarinos

Jean-Baptiste Madou | Genre painter

Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796-1877) was a Belgian painter and lithographer.

He created the Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes.

Madou was born in Brussels.

He studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts and was a pupil of Pierre Joseph Célestin François.

Ferdinando Vichi | Lo scultore Romantico

A raccontarci della vita dello scultore Italiano Ferdinando Vichi riportiamo l'articolo dello scrittore Italiano Marco Vichi, il quale, a sua volta, fa riferimento ad un articolo del giornale "Il Telegrafo", pubblicato il 2 novembre 1932.

Nel 1964, la famiglia Vichi donò all'Archivio Fotografico Toscano di Prato 786 lastre fotografiche realizzate dallo scultore fiorentino Ferdinando Vichi.

Peter Paul Rubens | Christ Risen, 1616

"Christ Risen", "The Easter Tomb" or "The Triumph of Christ over Death and Sin" is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), executed c. 1616.

It entered the collection of Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany between 1713 and 1723 and is now in the Palatine Gallery of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.

Francesco Salviati | Christ Carrying the Cross, 1547-1548

The "Christ Carrying the Cross" is a painting by Italian painter Francesco Salviati, executed in 1547-1548. The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

The small size of the painting indicates that it was intended for a bedroom or private chapel.

It focuses on a close-up of Christ’s face, as he makes his way towards Mount Calvary with the cross on his shoulder.

Francesco Salviati (1509-1563) | Christ Carrying the Cross, 1547-1548 | Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Keita Morimoto / 森本啓太, 1990

Keita Morimoto was born in Osaka, Japan.

He worked in Toronto from 2006-2022 and now lives in Tokyo.

Morimoto graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design (now OCAD University) in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Morimoto is best known for his cityscapes and portraits painted with theatrical light that is reminiscent of Rembrandt and Edward Hopper.

Giacomo Leopardi | Il Sogno / The Dream, 1820-1821

Era il mattino, e tra le chiuse imposte

Per lo balcone insinuava il sole

Nella mia cieca stanza il primo albore;

Quando in sul tempo che più leve il sonno

E più soave le pupille adombra,

Krystyna Róż-Pasek, 1981

Krystyna Róż-Pasek was born in Gorlice.

She raduate of the Fine Arts High School in Tarnów - weaving profile.

In the years 2004-2009 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

She currently lives and develops her work in Krakow.

Soon Warren | Watercolor painter

Soon Young Warren is a highly awarded artist, teacher and workshop instructor nationally and internationally.

She was born in South Korea and immigrated to the United States in 1987.

A full time artist, Soon has an associate degree in commercial art from Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia, and is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society, Southern Watercolor Society, Texas Watercolor Society and Society of Watercolor Artists.

Maksymilian Novak-Zempliński, 1974

Maksymilian Novak-Zempliński was born in Warsaw.

In 1999, he graduated with honors from the European Academy of Arts in Warsaw.

He obtained his diploma in the studios of prof. A. Fałat and prof. A. Sadowski.

He deals with easel painting in oil and acrylic, illusionistic painting and occasionally sculpture.

Martin Desjardins | The Four Captives, 1682-1686

The "Louis XIV Victory Monument", also known as "Four Prisoners" or "Four Defeated Nations", was an elaborate trophy memorial celebrating the military and domestic successes of the early decades of Louis XIV's personal rule, primarily those during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672–1678, on the Place des Victoires (Victories' Square) in central Paris.

It was designed and sculpted by Martin Desjardins (French sculptor and stuccoist of Dutch birth, 1637-1694) between 1682-1686 on a commission by François d'Aubusson, Duke of La Feuillade.

Martin Desjardins | Spain or Hope (detail) | Louvre Museum

Pierre de Belay | Post-Impressionist painter

Pierre Savigny de Belay or Pierre de Belay (1890-1947) was a French painter.

He painted more than a thousand canvases, as many gouaches or watercolors, and drew thousands of sketches.

In 1919, upon his demobilization, Pierre de Belay took up residence in Paris, and stayed there for the rest of his life.

His quarter was Montparnasse.

Il Colosso di Rodi

Il Colosso di Rodi fu una delle sette meraviglie del mondo classico; era un'enorme statua di bronzo del dio Elio situata nel porto di Rodi nel III secolo a.C.

Secondo studi contemporanei il colosso non si sarebbe trovato all'accesso del porto, come porta di ingresso per le navi, ma era collocato su un pilastro all'interno di quella che è conosciuta come città vecchia od acropoli di Rodi (che divenne la città dei cavalieri di Malta), in posizione sopraelevata sulla collinetta subito antistante al porto, in modo che fungesse da faro.

Una ipotetica ricostruzione del Colosso Di Rodi