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Pelle Swedlund | Symbolist painter

Per (Pelle) Adolf Swedlund [1865-1947] was a Swedish painter and curator at Thiel Gallery in Stockholm 1932-1946.
Pelle Svedlund was born, lived and died in Gävle. He was a pupil at the Swedish Academy (1889-92) and completed his education in Paris and Brittany, where he met Paul Gauguin and together they experimented in making woodcuts. His contact with the Nabis circle of painters lead him in 1898 to visit Bruges, a place which was to fascinate and inspire him throughout his career. At the turn of the century, Bruges, which was known as Bruges-La-Morte following Georges Rodenbach’s novel of that title, was a cult gathering place for Symbolist and mystical painters and writers and was particularly significant for certain Swedish painters.
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Kolja Tatic, 1962 ~ Surrealist Digital painter


Born in Jagodina, Serbia, Kolja Tatic was drawn to the arts at an early age. When asked about childhood influences, Tatic replied, "My father was my first teacher, and when I was about 12, I saw for the first time paintings from Giorgio de Chirico and Dali". He went on to say, "...when I first saw "Love Song" and "The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street" from de Chirico and "Premonition of Civil War" from Dali, I saw 'mysterious, enigmatic worlds...'" He said he considers secrecy, mystery, and premonition to be among the most important factors in quality artwork and wishes to create "enigmatic, mysterious, silent places" through his artwork. In this, I believe, he has certainly succeeded.
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Albert Ryder | Tonalist / Symbolist painter


Albert Pinkham Ryder, (born March 19, 1847, New Bedford, Mass., U.S. - died March 28, 1917, Elmhurst, N.Y.), American painter, noted for his highly personal seascapes and mystical allegorical scenes.
About 1870 Ryder settled permanently in New York City, where he briefly studied painting. His formal training, however, did little to affect his early work, consisting largely of naive and idyllic landscapes. He made several short trips to Europe, but the paintings in art museums interested him little. He was an imaginative, solitary painter. His lifework of about 150 paintings was produced slowly; his works are, therefore, difficult to date with certainty.
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Eugène Carrière | Symbolist painter


Eugène Anatole Carrière (1849-1906) was a French Symbolist painter of the Fin de siècle period. His paintings are best known for their brown monochrome palette. He was a close friend of the sculptor Rodin and his work influenced Picasso. Some see traces of Carrière's monochrome style in Picasso's Blue Period.
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Aurélien Bigot / Richard Forestier | Abstract impressionist photography



A photo project titled "The Impressionist Windows" is the fusion between photography and painting, perfectly organic, without any editing. Photographer Richard Forestier collaborated with art director Aurélien Bigot to create “The Impressionist Experience”. The series tries to capture and turn real life into still images.

Bigot uses the key characteristics of famous painters: religious pose, antique drapery, etc.
If we recreate scenes with those elements and shoot them with this special technique that imitates the painting texture, we can bring together Impressionist art and photography creating the first impressionist photographs. This will lead the observer to doubt, unsure if faced with a painting or not, eventually realizing that it is indeed an absolutely unedited photograph”, explains the artist.
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Santiago Rusiñol i Prats | Modernist / Symbolist painter

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats (25 February 1861 - 13 June 1931) was a Spanish painter, poet and playwright. He was one of the leaders of the Catalan Modernisme movement.
He influenced Pablo Picasso as a Modern artist, and also left a number of Modernist buildings in Sitges, a town in Catalonia.


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Pietro Canonica | VideoArt

Pietro Canonica (Moncalieri, 1º marzo 1869 - Roma, 8 giugno 1959) è stato uno scultore e compositore italiano; fu nominato senatore a vita da Luigi Einaudi nel 1950 e nel 1958 presiedette l'Assemblea in qualità di presidente provvisorio.
Allievo dello scultore gannese Odoardo Tabacchi, a soli 17 anni vinse un premio per la sua statua intitolata Novizia, divenendo famoso subito per la sua capacità di realizzare sculture molto realistiche.
Altre sue opere principali sono: Lo scavatore, Le comunicande e la statua dedicata all'ultimo zar di tutte le Russie, andata distrutta durante la rivoluzione bolscevica del 1917-1918.


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Charles Leickert | Romantic Landscape painter


Landscapes and cityscapes were a very popular art form in the Netherlands during the nineteenth century. After the end of the French occupation in 1815, a new sense of pride emerged in all things Dutch.
In the fine arts, many artists rejected the more classical French landscape, aiming instead for Dutch landscape with rivers and windmills and looked back to the ‘Golden Age’ of the seventeenth century for inspiration. Charles Leickert (1816-1907) worked during this period and became known for his landscape and cityscape paintings.

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Robert Antoine Pinchon | Post-Impressionist painter

Claude Monet referred to him: "As a surprising touch in the service of a surprising eye".

Among Robert Antoine Pynchons' important works are a series of paintings of the River Seine, mostly around Rouen and landscapes depicting places in or near Upper Normandy.
Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886-1943) was a French Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School- l'École de Rouen.
He was consistent throughout his career in his dedication to painting landscapes en plein air.


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Julio Larraz, 1944 | Surrealist/Figurative painter

Julio César Ernesto Fernandez Larraz was born in Havana, Cuba, on March 12 1944.
The son of a newspaper editor, he began drawing at a very early age.
In 1961 his whole family moved to Miami, Florida.
In 1962 they moved to Washington, DC and in 1964 to New York.


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Eliseo Meifrén y Roig | Impressionist painter

Eliseu Meifrèn i Roig (24 December 1857/59, Barcelona - 5 February 1940, Barcelona) was a Spanish Impressionist painter.
He began his studies of painting in the school of fine arts of the Lonja from Barcelona under the direction of Antonio Caba.
At the conclusion of his studies in this Center in 1870, moved to Paris, where making contact with Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas and participate with them in the concerns of modernism (in fact, to participate in the modernist party to the first organized in Sitges), subsequently, goes to Italy, where he will reside until 1881. On his return, he settled in Sitges.


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Carol Ann Waldron, 1948 ~ Abstract painter


"As an artist I strive to paint what I “feel” rather than what I “see”. I want to touch the soul of the viewer and bring him along the pathway of my dream through an atmosphere of mystery and light. Through the medium of paint, I endeavour to write the poetry of my soul on the canvas of life. So whether it is a half forgotten street corner, a turbulent seascape or a peaceful landscape, I hope to capture the essence and spirit of the scene and lift the soul of the viewer" - Carol Ann Waldron.
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Simeon Larson | Romantic Landscape painter



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George Inness | Tonalist painter

George Inness, (born May 1, 1825, Newburgh, N.Y., U.S. - died Aug. 3, 1894, Bridge of Allen, Stirling, Scot.), American painter🎨 known especially for the luminous, atmospheric quality of his late landscapes.
Inness was largely self-taught.
His early works such as The Lackawanna Valley (1855) reflect the influence of Asher B. Durand and Thomas Cole🎨, painters of the Hudson River school🎨.
From about 1855-1874 Inness ascended to the height of his powers with works such as the Delaware Water Gap (1861) and the Delaware Valley (1865).


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Non so... se stare sveglia per guardarti...
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Lucia Coghetto

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John Pototschnik, 1946 ~ Plein air painter


'My artistic influences are diverse, ranging from the Barbizon painters of Corot, Daubigny and Millet to the American tonalist, George Inness. I believe all I need to know of the principles of art are to be found in the works of the masters. My paintings are not flamboyant, mysterious, trendy or shocking but I am interested in depicting the truth about life, as I see it, in a naturalistic way free of frills and bravado. I enjoy depicting simple, common, everyday life and its objects as things of beauty and worth. I intend to show the dignity and value of the subjects I paint – just as my artistic influences have. Through continued hard work I want to give to society paintings that transcend the culture and it’s ever changing tastes. . . paintings that speak to the heart' - John Pototschnik.
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John Porter Lasater IV | Plein air painter

'Art is a trifle. I think I can take it too seriously. It will soon be lost in time. I don’t mean the artists are a trifle.
What we are doing is of great importance. It’s the art itself that in my mind is of lesser value.
Most of us hope and wish that somehow our product will be epic and immortal, and it might be, but I can’t let that be my motivation' - John Porter Lasater IV


Born and raised in Houston, Texas, John P. Lasater IV is an award-winning artist who now lives, paints and teaches in Siloam Springs, located in the beautiful hills of Northwest Arkansas.
Lasater once known for his impressionistic style and bravado brushwork, has recently evolved under the mentorship of Jerusalem Master, Israel Hershberg, as well as from his travels to Italy and in depth historical and experimental self-studies.

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Giuseppe De Nittis - Snow Effects, 1880

Giuseppe De Nittis [1846-1884] was born on this day in 1846 in the Puglian city of Barletta. Like other 19th-century artists, De Nittis worked out of doors, emulating the plein-air aesthetic and varied light effects of the French Impressionists and Italian Macchiaioli. De Nittis worked in oil, pastel, and as a printmaker. He achieved both national and international fame and spent time working in Rome, Florence, and Paris, where he settled permanently in 1868. He did return to Italy during the Franco-Prussian War between 1870-1873 but returned to Paris where he worked under exclusive contract with the dealer Adolphe Goupil and later for patrons in London. He died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1884.
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Stefano Maderno | Baroque sculptor

Stefano Maderno (1576-1636), a sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding Bernini, his contemporary.
He is believed to be of Lombard origin from the neighbourhood of Como; probably he was related to Carlo Maderna, the architect and sculptor, who was also born near Como, at Bissone.
Stefano's works are found frequently in churches upon which Carlo was engaged.


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Jason Sacran, 1980 ~ Plein air painter


Jason Sacran has a BFA in painting from Tennessee Tech University, and credits towards an MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Jason and his family live in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he was the curator for the Fort Smith Art Center for almost three years. In 2010 Jason became a full-time artist/painter, and part-time instructor for the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. Jason is also the Arkansas state ambassador for the Portrait Society of America.
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Catherine Calcagni | Forse...se tu baciassi me..

Forse...
se tu
baciassi me
sentiresti
un senso di te
inebriante
bere in acque


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Sigrid Hjertén | Modern Expressionist painter


Sigrid Hjertén (27 October 1885 - 24 March 1948) was a Swedish modernist painter.
Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism.
Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions.
Sigrid Hjerén's total production amounted to slightly more than 500 paintings, together with sketches, watercolors and drawings.

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Eugene Henri Cauchois | Impressionist Still Life painter


Eugène Henri Cauchois [1850-1911] was born in the city of Rouen on February 14, 1850. He received his artistic training under the master painters Ferdinand Duboc and Alexandre Cabanel. His soft, colorful and lustrous still‑lives reflect a strong influence from the renowned Impressionist artists of his time. Similar to the techniques of the Impressionists, Cauchois' canvases are created with layer upon layer of loose and fluid brush strokes.