Nicolaes Maes | Baroque Era painter

Nicolaes Maes, also spelled Nicolaas Maas, (baptized January 1634, Dordrecht, Netherlands - died December 1693, Amsterdam), Dutch Baroque painter🎨 of genre🎨 and portraits who was a follower of Rembrandt.

In about 1650 Maes went to Amsterdam, where he studied with Rembrandt.

Before his return to Dordrecht in 1654, Maes painted a few Rembrandtesque genre pictures as well as a biblical scene with life-size figures in deep glowing colours (Christ Blessing the Children, 1652-53; originally attributed to Rembrandt🎨).

Rembrandt | Quotes / Aforismi

• Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.
• Prova a mettere bene in pratica quello che già sai; così facendo sarai sempre in tempo, e scoprirai le cose nascoste che ora stai cercando. Metti in pratica quello che sai, e ciò ti aiuterà a rendere chiaro ciò che ora non conosci.

Serge Lutens, 1942 | Fashion designer / Perfumer

Serge Lutens🎨 is a French🎨 photographer, filmmaker, hair stylist, perfume and fashion designer, most well known for his art direction and photography for Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido in the 1980s.

At fourteen, Serge Lutens🎨 was taken on as an apprentice by a hair salon in Lille, a period which he described as crucial to his appreciation of beauty in three dimensions.

Lutens started to experiment with makeup and photography, using friends to pose as models.

Serge Lutens, 1942 | Quotes / Aforismi

• "To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be a surprise with each note".
• "A professional is an amateur who has been working for a long time".
• "Perfume is a form of writing, an ink, a choice made in the first person, the dot on the i, a weapon, a courteous gesture, part of the instant, a consequence".
• "Perfume is potentially a carrier for the imagination. Perfume is thick; it is poison and pure desire; it is eros in person".

Alexey Slusar, 1961 | Figurative painter

Alexey Slusar / Aлексей Cлюсар is an Ukrainian painter, known for work in Figurative style.

Alexey Slusar was born in 1961 in Dnepropetrovsk. In 1998, Slusar moved to Prague, where he lives and works.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Slusar see:

• Alexey Slusar, 1961 | Flamenco dancers🎨

Luo Zhongli / 罗中立, 1948 | Genre painter

Born in Chongqing, Luo Zhongli / 罗中立 is considered one of China's foremost realist painters and known for his portraits of the people of southwestern China.

Luo Zhongli studied oil-painting at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing from ’78 until ’82.

Later on, he continued his studies in Belgium, at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Currently, he is the president of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and is involved in numerous renowned art associations and societies in China.

Slava Fokk, 1976 | Surrealist / Art Déco style painter

Russian painter🎨 Слава Фокк was born into a family of artists in the south of Russia, in the city of Krasnodar.

Since his childhood, he has been surrounded by a creative atmosphere - art workshops, studios and creative summer residences.

In 1997 Fokk completed his training in the Krasnodar Art School, also known as the Repin🎨.