Anne Carson - Nobel 2026 | O piccola triste estasi d’amore / O small sad ecstasy of love

Anne Patricia Carson (Toronto, 21 giugno 1950) è una poetessa, saggista, traduttrice e classicista Canadese, insignita del Premio Nobel per la Letteratura 2026.

La diciannovesima donna a vincerlo, su 122 vincitori dal 1901.

È ampiamente considerata una delle voci più originali, audaci ed influenti della letteratura contemporanea globale per la sua capacità di far dialogare il mito classico con la modernità.

Con più di venti libri scritti e tradotti pubblicati fino ad oggi, è stata premiata con le borse di studio Guggenheim e MacArthur, ha vinto il Lannan Literary Award, due Griffin Poetry Prize, il T. S. Eliot Prize, il Premio Principessa delle Asturie, il Governor General's Award per la poesia in lingua inglese ed il Premio PEN/Nabokov, ed è stata nominata membro dell'Ordine del Canada nel 2005 per il suo contributo alla letteratura del Paese.

Anne Patricia Carson

L'arte Espressionista / Neorealista di Renzo Vespignani

Vespignani, Renzo (propr. Lorenzo) - Pittore ed incisore Italiano (Roma 1924 - ivi 2001).

Formatosi da autodidatta, esordì nel 1945 a Roma con scene di vita e paesaggi urbani di impronta neorealista.

Nel secondo dopoguerra, dopo i soggiorni a Berlino ed a Parigi, fu tra i promotori della rivista Città aperta (1956) e collaborò con scritti e incisioni a varî periodici.

Christopher Cart | Figurative painter

"Painting for me is telling stories in paint" - Christopher Cart.

Christopher Cart has painted murals, countless watercolors and oils, portraits in both oils and watercolors and has illustrated many books and periodicals.

A native Mainer his work is also flavored by years in Guadalajara, Mexico and Seattle, Washington.

Cart is currently working on a 14 foot mural to commemorate historic Hallowell of the 1890′s.

And also for his home town of Hallowell, in 2012 he completed a commissioned portrait of Allen Strickland, a major donor to the Hubbard Free Library restoration fund.

Mariangela Gualtieri | Salute a te Umanità ferita!

Salute a te umanità ferita

umanità uscita dalla pietra

e arrivata fin qui.

Randolph Rogers | Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, 1859 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ottorino De Lucchi, 1951 | Hyperrealist painter

Ottorino De Lucchi is an acclaimed Italian contemporary painter and chemist known for his hyperrealistic still life paintings.

Born in Ferrara, Italy, he has uniquely bridged the gap between analytical science and fine art.

De Lucchi is widely celebrated for his mastery of the drybrush (dry watercolor) technique.

While traveling in the United States, he was inspired by the texturing and detail in the work of American master Andrew Wyeth.

Montserrat Gudiol | La prima donna-membro della Reale Accademia Catalana di Belle Arti

Montserrat Gudiol i Corominas (1933-2015) è stata una pittrice Spagnola di origine catalana, celebre per essere stata una figura pionieristica nell'arte contemporanea della sua regione.

Alcuni dei suoi lavori sembrano ricordare Hieronymus Bosch con un occhiolino allo studio di suo padre, e altri sembrano riflettere le opere di famosi pittori del suo tempo come Picasso.

Figlia dell'architetto e storico dell'arte Josep Gudiol i Ricart, Montserrat si forma inizialmente come autodidatta all'interno dello studio di famiglia specializzato nel restauro di dipinti medievali.

Liu Yi 柳毅, 1958 | Watercolor painter

Liu Yi 柳毅 is an internationally acclaimed contemporary Chinese watercolor master, born in Shanghai in 1958.

He is world-renowned for his extraordinary mastery of the wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

He was a Fine Arts graduate from the Hua Dong University for Education.

He did his postgraduate study of watercolor painting at the China College of Fine Arts.

He lectures at university for painting and design.

Jacques Volpi, 1948 | Expressionist painter

Jacques Volpi is a very famous painter from southern France, of the school of painting cévenole and Provençal.

He is born in the town of Ales in the Gare.

Winner of numerous awards and medals.

He paints by using the technique of the "knife".

The subjects are animated by persons, the colours are lively.

It is famous for his persons in the rain of noon of France.

Tan Chun Chiu | Watercolor painter

Tan Chun Chiu (commonly professionally known as T.C. Chiu) was born in China and developed an interest in art when he was a young child.

He began his art studies in China and continued when he came to America in 1974.

His delicate work is the combination of the essential qualities of traditional realism and contemporary painting techniques.

Accomplished in a wide range of media, he incessantly challenges his mastery of watercolor, oil and printmaking.

David Renshaw, 1973 | Romantic painter

David Renshaw (born in Southport, England) is a contemporary British artist celebrated for his romantic oil paintings and nostalgic landscapes.

He is best known for his popular "Northern Romance" series, which captures the enduring love story and travel adventures of two iconic characters, Ted and Doris.

Renshaw discovered his love for art early in life and went on to study graphic design, developing a foundational mastery of diverse mediums.

While fulfilling early watercolor and sketch commissions, he spent years working as a picture framer for a local art gallery.

Michel Rauscher, 1957 | Abstract painter

Michel Rauscher painter and photographer, born in Alsace is a passionate autodidact.

Great traveler, he takes his endless curiosity in regions, on land that fascinated him in search of color, light and authenticity, with a predilection for the African continent.

His need for discovery and the interpretation of dreams become sources of inspiration for his painting.

It evokes the beauty of the everyday magic of ordinary, the emotion of the moment.

Liseth Visser, 1960 | Classical Realist painter

Dutch artist Liseth Visser a.k.a. ElisabethV paints her pictures in a classic realistic way using oils.

She paints on panels and works both on a commission and non-commission basis.

She uses a traditional labour-intensive technique with under-layers, under-paintings and lots of (half) transparent to create softness, depth and glow within the final layers, this to achieve a natural and realistic skin tone in a poetic ambiance.

Vito Gaarin, 1980 | Surrealist artist

Vito Gaarin is a self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist, sculptor and musician -born in Teschen, Poland, who has been based in Berlin.

He explores multi-disciplinary works intersecting fine art, installations and sound/musical compositions.

His painting and visual portfolio highlights a unique combination of traditional techniques, digital painting and mixed media.

Antoine Jossé, 1970 | Surrealist sculptor

Antoine Josse is a French artist, born in 1970.

His paintings and sculptures express an irrepressible desire for lightness, escapism and to be able to dream the impossible.

The use of captivating and revealing motifs, along with the presence of human beings immersed in a dream-like landscape, convey a unique charm to his work.

His paintings are alluring for their atmosphere, evocative colours, and tumultuous skies.

The minuscule beings are settled in a desolated and dangerous world where the vegetation rapidly spreads, bringing to life dramatic reds, blues and greens, creating spectacular yet enigmatic feelings.

L'Impressionismo romantico di Pino (Giuseppe Dangelico)

Giuseppe Dangelico (1939-2010), noto universalmente con lo pseudonimo di Pino (o Pino Daeni), è stato un celebre pittore ed illustratore Italiano naturalizzato statunitense, considerato uno dei più grandi maestri dell'arte figurativa e della copertina editoriale del XX secolo.

Nato a Bari l'8 novembre 1939, è scomparso nel New Jersey il 25 maggio 2010.

È celebre per lo stile unico che unisce un realismo romantico a pennellate fluide ed impressioniste, focalizzandosi prevalentemente sulla bellezza femminile, l'intimità domestica e la nostalgia.

Dang Can, 1957 | Watercolor romantic painter

The Vietnamese painter Đặng Văn Cần was born in An Duc commune, Long Ho District, Vinh Long Province, the place is located along riverside of Mekong river in Vietnam.

He showed an early talent in drawing and painting.

He commenced to art works since 1976 with main job as a illustrator for local newspaper and magazine.

Dang Can is a member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association.

He has many paintings in Private Collection in many countries.

Wisława Szymborska | Allegro ma non troppo, 1972

Sei bella - dico alla vita,

è impensabile più rigoglio

più rane e più usignoli,

più formiche e più germogli.

Cerco di accattivarmela,

di blandirla, vezzeggiarla.

La saluto sempre per prima

con umile espressione.

Pia Erlandsson, 1961 | Abstract Watercolor painter

Pia Erlandsson is a professional Swedish painter best known for her expressive, ethereal human portraits primarily created using watercolors.

Born in southern Halland, she has been living and working out of Gothenburg, Sweden since 1986.

After completing her artistic training - notably studying under Kerstin Sandbaum between 1995 and 1999 - she committed to painting full-time in 2007.

Her work heavily explores human emotions and states of mind.

Hans Jochem Bakker, 1948 | Abstract painter

Dutch Conceptual Artist Hans Jochem Bakker as a self taught undergone remarkable development.

He was initially inspired by the mystical world of Salvador Dali with his talent was not trained for that of his fellow artists.

Even celebrities like Miró and Picasso influenced the early work of Jochem.

Between 1980-1990 took place a sensational change.

Tristan Elwell | Fantasy Illustrator

Tristan Elwell is an award-winning American painter, illustrator and educator based in New York.

Best known for his highly detailed oil paintings that blend meticulous traditional techniques with pop-surrealism, fantasy and dark wit, he has created book covers and promotional art for nearly every major commercial publisher.

Tristan Elwell was born and raised in New York City, where he graduated from the High School of Music and Art, now LaGuardia High School.

He attended the School of Visual Arts on a full scholarship, graduating in 1990 at the top of his class.

While at SVA he also worked as a painting assistant to noted photorealist Charles Bell.