Daniel Gerhartz⏭, a native of Wisconsin, is an accomplished painter who is well known for his figurative, landscape, architectural and still life paintings.
Daniel Gerhartz, 1965 | Ballet dancers
Jeanne Saint Chéron, 1973 | Romantic painter
Born in Laval Loire Valley, Jeanne Saint-Chéron has been successful for over fifteen years.
In the beginning of her career, a self taught painter Saint Chéron participates to riding competitions and invests in racing horses breeding.
Then she decides to move to Brittany, France, where she teaches drawing and painting for more than ten years. However, her main occupation remains painting and participating to various art exhibitions.
Jules-Joseph Lefebvre | Academic painter
Winner of the coveted Prix de Rome in 1861, Lefebvre fulfilled his early promise both as a painter of meticulously executed portraits and as a teacher: during his long career, he earned three Salon medals, was appointed to the French Academy of Fine Arts, and attained the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor.
A reviewer at the 1881 Paris Salon wrote the following about Jules-Joseph Lefèbvre:
"It is sufficient to just mention his name in order to immediately evoke the memory and the image of the thousand adorable creatures of which he is the father.... Jules Lefèbvre, better than anyone else caresses, with a brush both delicate and sure, the undulating contour of the feminine form".
Henri Matisse | Windows series
Addio | Nâzım Hikmet⏭
L'uomo dice alla donna: ti amo,
come se stringessi tra le palme il mio cuore,
simile a scheggia di vetro che m'insanguina le dita,
quando lo spezzo follemente.
La donna dice all'uomo:
ho guardato nei tuoi occhi,
nel mio cuore,
Lluís Ribas, 1949 | Luminist painter
Lluís Ribas is one of the best known luministas of contemporary Spanish art. His profound knowledge of the secrets of light, shade and opaqueness are present throughout his work. His female forms are classics - brilliantly executed and exquisitely drawn.
His palette contains a wide range of colors which give his paintings their great beauty.
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