Canaletto | Vedute of Venice

Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 - 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (Italian: [kanaˈletto]), was an Italian painter🎨 of city views or vedute, of Venice, Rome and London.

He also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut.

He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique.

Paul Signac: "The art of the colorist has in some ways elements of mathematics and music"

• "Art is a creation of a higher order than a copy of nature which is governed by chance..."

• "The art of the colorist has in some ways elements of mathematics and music".

• "Divisionism is a complex system of harmony, an aesthetic rather than a technique".

Cao Yong, 1962 | Tibet painter

Chinese artist Cao Yong 曹勇 spent a year alone in the mountains of Tibet, and the paintings he produced were exhibited in Beijing in early 1989.

Cao Yong's canvases evoke the essence of some of the most delightful places on earth. Although Cao Yong was formally educated in China, the artist achieved maturity during seven years of self-exile in Tibet.

Then he left for Japan, where he quickly became that nation's most honored muralist. Later, he immigrated to America, in this nation know for her freedom of expression, Cao Yong has transferred to an artist who dedicates to the love of nature and passion for life through artwork.

Gustave Loiseau (Parigi, 1865-1935)

Nato a Parigi da una famiglia di macellai originaria della Val-d'Oise, il pittore Francese Gustave Loiseau visse l'infanzia e l'adolescenza a Pontoise.

All'età di quindici anni venne messo come apprendista nella bottega di un salumiere, ma, pochi anni dopo, sentì il bisogno di abbandonare l'ambiente commerciale e di avvicinarsi all'arte. Passò quindi, sempre come apprendista, presso un decoratore amico della famiglia e la fortuna lo assistette. Alla morte della nonna, infatti, ereditò una somma sufficiente a mantenersi nella capitale.

Si trasferì quindi a Parigi, distante solo 25 km, nel quartiere di Montmartre, e si iscrisse alla "Scuola di arti decorative".

Dopo solo un anno, però, a causa di una lite con un docente, lasciò la Scuola e iniziò a lavorare come decoratore.

Henry Moret (1856-1913)

Henry Moret was born in Cherbourg, Normandy, the son of a garrison officer. A gentle, thoughtful man and an indefatigable worker, Henry Moret discovered Brittany during his military service in 1875.

Having trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and in the studios of Gérôme and Laurens in Paris, Moret went to Brittany in 1881, staying at Le Pouldu near Pont Aven. For the rest of his life he divided his time between Paris and Brittany, painting the landscape and rugged coastline.

Wassily Kandinsky | Vita ed Opere

Kandinskij ‹kand'ìnsk'i›, Vasilij Vasil´evič - Pittore (Mosca 1866 - Neuilly-sur-Seine 1944).

Il principale esponente dell'astrattismo, in particolare dell'astrattismo non-geometrico, la sua ricerca di puri valori formali ha condotto a risultati della più grande importanza, soprattutto nello sviluppo dei rapporti linea-colore.

La sua arte, sulla quale influì verosimilmente la teoria della Einfühlung di W. Worringer, è indubbiamente ricca di motivi culturali ed intellettualistici, ma giunge spesso a valori di libera poesia.

Tra le sue opere si ricordano in particolare:

Il corteo della sposa (1902-03, Monaco, Städtische Galerie), Der Blaue Reiter (1903, Zurigo, collezione E.G. Bührle), Murnau (1909, Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum), il primo acquerello astratto (1910, Neuilly-sur-Seine, collezione N. Kandinskij), Composizione IV (Düsseldorf, Schloss Jägerhof), Cerchio policromo (1921, New Haven, Yale University Gallery), Composizione VIII (New York, Guggenheim Museum).

Gustave Loiseau | Post-Impressionist painter

French Post-Impressionist painter Gustave Loiseau (1865-1935) is best remembered for his scenes of evocative landscapes and bustling Paris streets.

The artist used latticed brushstrokes to depict fleeting moments, blending the Impressionist pursuit of naturalistic depiction with a more modern desire for painterly expression.

Loiseau was born on October 3, 1865 in Paris.

In his youth, he was apprenticed to a decorator, but soon received an inheritance from his grandmother, which allowed him to pursue his artistic passions. He enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, where he studied life drawing, but left after a year after quarreling with an instructor.

He set out for the riparian vistas of Pont-Aven, where he befriended other artists including Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard.

Wassily Kandinsky | Abstract painter

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky / Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 - 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter🎨 and art theorist.

Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art🎨.

Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school.

He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession - he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat - Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.

John Singer Sargent: "Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend!"

"Ogni volta che dipingo un ritratto perdo un amico".

"It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry".

"È certo che in certi momenti il talento supera del tutto il pensiero o la poesia".