Carolyn Biggio, 1958 | Still life painter

Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1958, Carolyn Biggio grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her formal schooling earned her a Bachelor of Sciences degree; but she later took up studies in art with Henry Hensche at the Cape School of Art. Other classes with his followers deepened her commitment, and her career path shifted to painting. Ms. Biggio's paintings are pure light and color, primarily of still life. The thick impasto paint is laid on with a palette knife to create intense masses of color; shadows are equally vibrant, creating dimension with brilliant shifts in hue and value, rather than just local color. Ms. Biggio has exhibited her work nationally, receiving numerous awards.

Edward Moran | Seascape painter

Edward Moran (August 19, 1829 in Bolton, Lancashire, England - June 8, 1901 in New York City) was an British*-born American artist* of maritime paintings. He is arguably most famous for his series of 13 historical paintings of United States marine history.

• Early life and education

Moran was born to Thomas and Mary Higson of Lancashire, England on August 19, 1829. Following in the footsteps of his father's profession, he learned to operate a hand-loom at a young age, though he would often be found sketching with charcoal on the white fabric instead of plying the shuttle.

Othon Friesz | Fauve painter

Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 - 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement.

Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of shipbuilders and sea captains.

He went to school in his native city. It was while he was at the Lycée that he met his lifelong friend Raoul Dufy.

He and Dufy studied at the Le Havre School of Fine Arts in 1895-96 and then went to Paris together for further study.

Edward Hopper: "More of me comes out when I improvise"

• "What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house".

• "After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface".

Damian Tirado, 1960 | Fashion painter /sculptor

• Education: School of Fine Arts Cristobal Rojas Caracas Venezuela.
• Events: Painting, sculpture, performance carcom lons le saunier France.
• Exhibitions: 2013 Exhibitions 48th Grand prices Barbizon painting Mayor of St Raphael with the circle of European artists Dole room Carmelite Casino Contrexéville.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Tirado see Damian Tirado, 1960 | Fashion Designer /Sculptor*.

Albena Vatcheva, 1967 | Fantasy painter

Albena Vatcheva is an French artist of Bulgarian origin who advances in a spectacular way.

Her painting has inherited various traditions, including that of masters of the icon.

Using different oriental sources, she has created a world of troubling fairy, which is a real fascination for the eye, as her glowing colors create magic.

Tender, loving, her characters live in a world of peace, harmony and mutual consolation.

Ryo Shiotani 塩谷 亮, 1975 | Figurative painter

"I paint realist paintings because I can make new discoveries as I thoroughly look at my subject. That is enjoyable".

Award winning* Japanese painter Ryo Shiotani 塩谷 亮 was born in Tokyo.

After graduating from Musashino Art University, Ryo Shiotani spent one year studying in Florence on an Agency for Cultural Affairs scholarship, where he had a chance to copy the works of Leonardo da Vinci*.

The Marathon Boy, 340-330 bc | Underwater discoveries

• National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece
• Marathon Youth or Ephebe of Marathon. 
• Bronze statue of a young athlete, found in the sea near Marathon (Attic coast). 
• The left hand was replaced at a later date by another shaped as a lamp. 
• Work of the Praxiteles school, ca. 340-330 B.C.
• Dimensions H. 1.3 m (4 ft. 3 in.)
• Accession number X 15118
• Department of Sculptures

The Marathon Boy or Ephebe of Marathon is a Greek bronze sculpture found in the Aegean Sea in the bay of Marathon in 1925. It is conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens where it is dated to around 340-330 BC. The Museum suggests that the subject is the winner of an athletic competition.

Andre Kohn, 1972 | Impressionist Figurative painter

The precise convergence of three dynamic forces, culture, environment and talent, combined to produce one of the most collected figurative painters on the American art scene today.

Raised by an artistically gifted family near the Caspian Sea in southern Russia, Andre Kohn's childhood was marked by the natural splendor of mountains and sea, and by an unfettered access to all the creative arts.

His mother was a symphony violinist and his father a noted linguist, writer and sculptor.

Both were educators trained in psychology who gave their only child unrestricted opportunity to explore the depths of art and his own obvious talent.

Leonardo da Vinci | A treatise on painting

Science of painting

Leonardo’s advocacy of a science of painting is best displayed in his notebook writings under the general heading “On Painting”.

The notebooks provide evidence that, among many projects he planned, he intended to write a treatise discussing painting.

After inheriting Leonardo’s vast manuscript legacy in 1519, it is believed that, sometime before 1542, Melzi extracted passages from them and organized them into the Trattato della pittura [In italian] ➤ (“Treatise on Painting”) that is attributed to Leonardo.

Leonardo da Vinci | Dell'obbligo che ha la scultura col lume, e non la pittura

Trattato della Pittura

Parte prima | Capitolo 38

Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura | Testo Integrale

Se la scultura avrà il lume di sotto parrà cosa mostruosa e strana; questo non accade alla pittura, che tutte le parti porta con sé.

Leonardo da Vinci | Dell'orizzonte

Trattato della Pittura - Parte ottava | Capitoli 235-258

Il Testo Integrale

Indice

927. Qual sia il vero sito dell'orizzonte.

928. Dell'orizzonte.

929. Del vero orizzonte.

930. Dell'orizzonte.

931. Dell'orizzonte.

932. Se l'occhio che vede l'orizzonte marittimo, stando co' piedi alla pelle di esso mare, vede esso orizzonte più basso di sé.

933. Dell'orizzonte specchiato nell'acqua corrente.

934. Dove l'orizzonte si specchia nell'onda.

935. Perché l'aria grossa vicina all'orizzonte si fa rossa.

Leonardo da Vinci | Degli alberi e delle verdure

Trattato della Pittura - Parte sesta | Capitoli 812-840

Il Testo Integrale

Indice

812. Discorso delle qualità de' fiori nelle ramificazioni delle erbe.

813. Della ramificazione delle piante.

814. Della ramificazione delle piante.

815. Della ramificazione delle piante.

816. Delle minori ramificazioni delle piante.

817. Della proporzione che hanno infra loro le ramificazioni delle piante.

Leonardo da Vinci | Delle ombrosità e chiarezze de' monti

Trattato della Pittura - Parte quinta | Capitoli 780-798

Il Testo Integrale

Indice

780. Prospettiva comune.

781. Delle cime de' monti vedute di sopra in giú.

782. Dell'aria che mostra piú chiare le radici de' monti che le loro cime.

783. Perché i monti distanti mostrano piú oscure le sommità che le loro basi.

784. Delle cime de' monti che si scoprono all'occhio l'una piú alta dell'altra, che le proporzioni delle distanze non sono colle proporzioni de' colori.

785. Delle cime de' monti che non diminuiscono ne' colori secondo la distanza delle cime loro.

786. Dell'inganno del pittore nella grandezza degli alberi e degli altri corpi delle campagne.

787. Perché i monti in lunga distanza si dimostrano piú scuri nella cima che nella base.

788. Perché i monti paiono avere piú oscure le cime che le basi in lunga distanza.

789. Come non si deve figurar le montagne cosí azzurre il verno come l'estate.

790. Come i monti ombrati dai nuvoli partecipano del colore azzurro.

791. Dell'aria che infra i monti si dimostra.

792. De' monti e loro divisione in pittura.

793. Pittura che mostra la necessaria figurazione delle alpi, monti e colli.

794. Pittura e come i monti crescono.

795. Pittura nel figurare le qualità e membri de' paesi montuosi.

796. De' monti.

797. De' monti.

798. Precetto.

Leonardo da Vinci | Sant'Anna, la Vergine e il Bambino con l'agnellino, 1510-1513 (detail)

Leonardo da Vinci | De' riflessi

Trattato della Pittura - Parte quinta | Capitoli 769-779

Il Testo Integrale

Indice

769. Dell'ombra interposta infra lume incidente e lume riflesso.

770. Dove il riflesso dev'essere piú oscuro.

771. Perché i riflessi poco o niente si vedono ne' lumi universali.

772. Come il riflesso si genera ne' lumi universali.

773. Quali lumi facciano piú nota e spedita la figura de' muscoli.

774. Come i corpi bianchi si devono figurare.

775. Dell'occhio che sta al chiaro e vede il luogo oscuro.

776. Dell'occhio che vede le cose in luogo chiaro.

777. Delle ombre e lumi delle città.

778. Dell'illuminazione delle parti infime de' corpi insieme ristretti, come gli uomini in battaglia.

779. Del lume particolare.