American poet Louise Glück, 1943 | Nobel Prize for Literature, 2020
© BBC - This year's Nobel Prize🎨 for Literature has been awarded to the US poet Louise Glück. Glück was recognised for "her unmistakable poetic voice, that with austere beauty makes individual...
View ArticleBryce Liston, 1965 | Plein air / Figurative painter
Liston’s artistic inspiration comes largely from the late-19th century; he lists John William Waterhouse, John Singer Sargent🎨, Joaquin Sorolla🎨, Anders Zorn and William Bouguereau🎨 among his strongest...
View ArticleJoanna Zjawinska, 1950 | Figurative painter
Joanna Zjawinska began to paint at the early age of six. She earned her B.A. degree in 1972 from the School of Architecture in Warsaw.To follow her own dream of being an artist, Joanna then studied at...
View ArticleFranz Liszt | Classical composer | Quotes / Aforismi
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in...
View ArticleAlessandro Granata | Genre painter
Neapolitan artist🎨 Alessandro Granata was born in Salerno. He showed a strong passion for painting from an early age. He graduated at the Art High School in Naples.He was awarded the "Alfonso Gatto"...
View ArticleAntonietta Varallo, 1954 | Landscape painter
Born in Talsamo (Taranto province, Southern Italy) and a livornese adoptee, Antonietta Varallo approaches painting when she was just fifteen. Varallo, for one year, attended at the Free Academy...
View ArticleMark Kostabi, 1960 | Pop Symbolism painter
Painter and Composer Mark Kostabi was born in Los Angeles to Estonian immigrants. Raised in Whittier, California, he studied drawing and painting at California State University, Fullerton.Kostabi moved...
View ArticleSusan Lyon, 1969 | Realist/Impressionist painter
Susan Lyon grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. Her initial interest in art was sparked by a PBS television show on Georgia O’Keeffe🎨 that inspired her to take drawing classes.Lyon studied art at the...
View ArticleVladimir Davidenko, 1966 | Genre / Landscape painter
Владимир Давыденко / Vladimir Davydenko is an Russian painter🎨, born in Lipetsk.Member of the Artists Trade Union of Russia.Member of the Petrovsky Academy of Arts and Sciences.The paintings of...
View ArticleMichael Malm, 1972 | Figurative painter
"The human figure, in my mind is the most beautiful of God’s creations. So much can be communicated through the tilt of the head, or the gesture of the hand. I strive to capture subtle things such as...
View ArticleJean-Pierre Cassigneul, 1935 | Post-Impressionist style painter
French painter🎨 Jean Pierre Cassigneul studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and held his first one-man exhibition there at the age of 17.Since then, his work has been exhibited extensively...
View ArticleJose De la Barra, 1956 | Magic Realism painter
Jose De la Barra, Peruvian painter has created a dream-like world through his expressing the internal and external fantasies of his imagination with his precise talents in painting and drawing. The...
View ArticleNancy Guzik, 1944 | Impressionist painter
American painter🎨 Nancy studied at The American Academy of Art in Chicago and The Lyme Academy of Fine Art in Old Lyme, Connecticut. However, it was her close association and ensuing relationship with...
View ArticleEdna St. Vincent Millay | Love is not blind / L'amore non è cieco
Vincent van Gogh🎨 | The starry night, 1888Love is not blind. I see with single eyeYour ugliness and other women's grace.I know the imperfection of your face, -The eyes too wide apart, the brow too...
View ArticleDamian Lechoszest, 1976 | Genre painter
Polish painter🎨 Damian Lechoszest was born in Raciborz. At first his great interest was drawing. From the early childhood he liked to copy various characters of comics and fairy tales.His childish...
View ArticleVala Ola, 1962 | Figurative sculptor
Vala Ola was born and raised in Iceland. She has lived in the US since 1994. After 8 years in Santa Fe, NM, she relocated to Arizona.Vala Ola's artistic talent was apparent at age 4, and from the age...
View ArticleJackie Morris, 1961 | Children's book Illustrator
Jackie Morris is a British🎨 writer and illustrator. She was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal🎨 in 2016 and won it in 2019 for her illustration of "The Lost Words", voted the most beautiful book...
View ArticleBessie Davidson | An Australian Impressionist in Paris
Bessie Ellen Davidson (1879-1965) was an Australian painter🎨 known for her impressionist, light-filled landscapes and interiors.Davidson was born on 22 May 1879 in North Adelaide, South Australia, to a...
View ArticleSuzanne Valadon (1865-1938) | Post-Impressionist painter
Suzanne Valadon was a French painter🎨 and artists' model who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France.In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to...
View ArticleVladimir Dunjic, 1957 | Abstract/Figurative painter | Page 2
Born in Čačak, Serbian painter Vladimir Dunjić🎨 graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in the class of Professor Mladen Srbinović in 1981.He has been a member of Ulus (The Serbian Association of Fine...
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