Gioacchino La Pira | The Blue Grotto on Capri island
The Blue Grotto / Grotta Azzurra, is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy.Sunlight shining through an underwater cavity is reflected back upward through the seawater below the...
View ArticleFerdinand du Puigaudeau | Neo-Impressionist painter
French painter Ferdinand Loyen du Puigaudeau (1864-1896) is often known for his mystical scenes of processions and carnivals around Pont Aven and by his association with the Gauguin and the Pont Aven...
View ArticleSir Anthony Van Dyck | Baroque painter
Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was the most important Flemish painter of the 17th century after Rubens, whose works influenced the young Van Dyck.He also studied and was profoundly influenced by the...
View ArticlePaul Molda | Impressionist painter
Paul Molda (Pavel Ioan Popescu) was born in 1884, in Negulești, Tecuci, Galați county, and died in 1955, in Bucharest.He attended the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest and the Academy of Fine Arts in...
View ArticleAlfred H. Maurer | Post-impressionist painter
Alfred Henry Maurer (1868-1932) was an American Modernist painter.He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early twentieth century.Highly respected...
View ArticlePierre-Auguste Renoir | The Bay of Naples, 1881
The corner of the balcony visible at lower left in this composition indicates Renoir’s vantage point overlooking the bay of Naples.His position afforded an iconic view of the harbor with the volcano...
View ArticleMary Sauer, 1986 | Figurative painter
Painter Mary Sauer was born in Greenville, Kentucky. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States including over a dozen shows in New York City alone.Mary is a 2014 recipient of The...
View ArticleToni Demuro, 1974 | Surreal memory of the Trees
Italian painter and illustrator Toni Demuro was born in Sardinia.In 1997 he graduated in painting at the Academy of Fine art in Sassari and since then has worked as a creative in the field of visual...
View ArticleGabriele D’Annunzio | La pioggia nel pineto / The rain in the pinewood
Taci. Su le sogliedel bosco non odoparole che diciumane; ma odoparole più nuoveche parlano gocciole e foglielontane.Claude Monet | The Rain (La pluie), 1886-1887... Read more .. »
View ArticleGabriele D'Annunzio | I pastori / The Shepherds
Settembre, andiamo. È tempo di migrare.Ora in terra d'Abruzzi i miei pastorilascian gli stazzi e vanno verso il mare:scendono all'Adriatico selvaggioche verde è come i pascoli dei monti.Giovanni...
View ArticleElena Barenbaum (Eve Farb)
Illustrator Eve Farb / Ева Фарб - real name Elena Barenbaum / Елена Баренбаум, works both as an illustrator and as a psychologist.She has a passion for design and Russian fairy tales, and has...
View ArticleClaude Monet | Woman Seated under the Willows, 1880
A woman sits among loosely painted, crescent-shape blades of emerald and lemon-lime green grass, under tall trees in this vertical scene.The brushstrokes are unconnected and visible, so many of the...
View ArticleLeonardo da Vinci | Delle ombre
Trattato della PitturaParte quinta | Capitoli 591-620Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura | Testo IntegraleIndice591. Condizione degli obietti oscuri di ciascun'ombra.592. Qual campo renderà le...
View ArticleLeonardo da Vinci | Dove le ombre ingannano il giudizio..
Trattato della PitturaParte quinta | Capitoli 621-650Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura | Testo IntegraleIndice621. Qual parte è di mediocre ombra nella superficie di un corpo ombroso.622. Qual...
View ArticleNikolay Dubovskoy | Romantic painter
Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy / Николай Никанорович Дубовской (1859-1918) was a Russian landscape painter, associated with the Peredvizhniki.Together with Isaac Levitan, he helped create what came to...
View ArticleVincent van Gogh | The Factory at Asnières, 1887
In the late nineteenth century, the French landscape was becoming increasingly marked by signs of industry.Van Gogh depicts a glass factory in Asnières, a suburb northwest of Paris where the artist...
View ArticleDerek Boshier | Pop art painter
Biography from the Tate GalleryBritish painter, sculptor, photographer and printmaker Derek Boshier ((1937-2024)) studied painting and lithography at Yeovil School of Art in Somerset (1953-7),...
View ArticleCharlie Chaplin | Speech to Humanity, 1940
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire, and black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (1889-1977).Chaplin...
View ArticleJoaquín Sorolla, lo Spagnolo della Bella Époque
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) è stato un pittore Spagnolo, un luminare nel regno dell'arte, maestro della luce, del colore e dello spirito vibrante della Spagna.Annoverato fra i rinnovatori...
View ArticleJosé Mongrell i Torrent | Genre painter
José Mongrell i Torrent (1870-1937) was a Spanish painter, born in Valencia and died in Seville.He studied at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts with Ignacio Pinazo (1849-1916).During this formative...
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