Marie Egner | Impressionist painter

Marie Egner (25 August 1850, Bad Radkersburg - 31 March 1940, Vienna) was an Austrian painter**.

She took her first drawing lessons in Graz with Hermann von Königsbrunn, then went to Düsseldorf from 1872-1875, where she studied with Carl Jungheim (1830-1886).

In 1882, she went to Vienna to live with her mother, but spent her summers at the art colony in Plankenberg Castle, near Neulengbach, where she took lessons with Emil Jakob Schindler until 1887.

Gregor Erhart | La Belle Allemande, 1515-1520

This unusual figure represents saint Mary Magdalene as a mystic ascetic. According to legend, the repentant sinner lived a secluded life in the cave of Sainte-Baume, clothed only by her hair.

Every day she was raised up in the sky by angels to hear the heavenly chorus. The statue appeared on the German art market in the 19th century and was purchased by the Louvre in 1902.

Lionello Balestrieri | Beethoven, 1900

In 1899, Lionello Balestrieri** (12 September 1872 - October 24, 1958) painted a canvas depicting Beethoven** (Kreutzer Sonata), which after winning an award** at the 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris and in 1901 in Venice, brought him fame.

The painting depicts a dimly lit garret-like apartment with a strand of listeners along the left wall, each in their own mood, while a violinist plays between them and a furnace.

Karen Dupré | Fashion painter

Karen Dupré, American painter, was born in California. She is a self-taught artist whose first inspiration stemmed from her interest in horses.

This fascination quickly led her to translate the splendor of these animals and other wildlife through drawing.

At age nine, Dupré began working in pastels, which soon progressed into the use of other mediums - primarily acrylic paints.

Since her early years as an artist, Dupré has broadened her repertoire to include landscapes, still life imagery, and figures, while never abandoning the wildlife that first sparked her imagination.

Leonardo da Vinci | Salvator Mundi, 1499

Salvator Mundi is a painting of Christ as Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World), which has been attributed by some scholars as a work by Leonardo da Vinci** since its rediscovery in 2005. This attribution has been rejected by other specialists.

Rabindranath Tagore | Sonno /Sleep

Antonio Tordesillas, 1960

Nel tuo sonno, al limite dei sogni,

aspetto guardando in silenzio il tuo viso,

come la stella del mattino che appare per prima

alla tua finestra.

Con i miei occhi berrò' il primo sorriso

che, come un germoglio, sboccerà'

sulle tue labbra semiaperte.

Il mio desiderio e' solo questo...

Evgeniy Monahov, 1974 | VideoArt

Evgeniy Monahov è un pittore Russo, laureato presso il Collegio d'Arte di Mosca.

Nel 2001 espone le sue opere nella prestigiosa galleria californiana Richard Thomas.

Da quel momento in poi i suoi quadri hanno iniziato a viaggiare in tutto il mondo.

Il lavoro di Evgeniy si ispira principalmente ai pittori dell’Impressionismo: pennellate rapide e allentate per dare dettagli e “sostanza” ai suoi soggetti.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Love Enthroned / Amore sul Trono

Love Enthroned

I marked all kindred Powers the heart finds fair:-

Truth, with awed lips; and Hope, with eyes upcast;

And Fame, whose loud wings fan the ashen Past

To signal-fires, Oblivion's flight to scare;

And Youth, with still some single golden hair

Unto his shoulder clinging, since the last

Embrace wherein two sweet arms held him fast;

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Love's Testament / Testamento d'amore

Love's Testament

O thou who at Love's hour ecstatically

Unto my heart dost evermore present,

Clothed with his fire, thy heart his testament;

Whom I have neared and felt thy breath to be

The inmost incense of his sanctuary;

Who without speech hast owned him, and, intent

Upon his will, thy life with mine hast blent,

And murmured, “I am thine, thou'rt one with me!”

Dusan Jovanovic, 1949 | Magic Realism painter

Dušan Jovanović is an Serbian painter of portraits and still lifes.

Jovanović was born May 1, 1949 in Belgrade. He has attended many esteemed educational institutes, such as Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, School of Art for Interior Decoration, School Restoration-Painting etc.

He took participation in more than two hundred art exhibitions throughout Europe, including: Show World "My country, my home" (Moscow, Russia, 1965) and Exhibition "Selections 1984" Nation Gallery (Paris, France, 1984).