Helen McNicoll (1879-1915) Impressionist painter

Helen Galloway McNicoll was a Canadian🎨 impressionist painter. She was one of the most notable female artists in Canada in the early twentieth century and achieved considerable internal success during her decade-long career.

She played an important role in popularizing Impressionism in Canada at a time when it was still relatively unknown.

McNicoll was born in Toronto to an affluent family. Her parents were David McNicoll and Emily Pashley.

McNicoll became deaf in early childhood due to scarlet fever, and as a result, focused her energies on playing the piano and developing a keenly observant eye.

As a young woman, she attended the Art Association of Montreal, beginning her studies under William Brymner in 1899.

In 1902, she moved to England to study in London at the Slade School under Philip Wilson Steer. At the Slade, students were encouraged to paint en plein air.

Later, McNicoll studied in St Ives, Cornwall with Algernon Talmage, where she met Dorothea Sharp, a fellow artist who became a lifelong friend.

McNicoll and Sharp traveled together to France and Italy sharing studio space, and posing for each other's paintings.

A member of the Royal Society of British Artists and an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, McNicoll died in Swanage, Dorset, at the early age of thirty six. An obituary described her as "one of the most profoundly original and technically accomplished of Canadian artists".

The Art Gallery of Ontario hosted an exhibition of McNicoll's work in 1999.

Although she had relocated to England, during her lifetime McNicoll kept close ties to Canada, and her work was exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts from 1906-1914.

Her work was also exhibited at the Ontario Society of Artists from 1910-1915 and at the AAM in 1906; 1908-1912; 1914-1915; 1922 and 1925.

After her election as a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, her work was exhibited from 1913-1915.

The Art Association of Montreal held a memorial show featuring 141 of her paintings in 1925. | © Wikipedia

Robert Harris (Welsh-born Canadian painter, 1849-1919) | Helen McNicoll, 1910 | Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Helen Galloway McNicoll (14 dicembre 1879 - 27 giugno 1915) era un pittore impressionista Canadese🎨.

Fu una delle più importanti artiste femminili in Canada all'inizio del XX secolo ed ottenne un notevole successo durante la sua decennale carriera.

Ha svolto un ruolo importante nel diffondere l'impressionismo in Canada in un momento in cui era ancora relativamente sconosciuto.

McNicoll è nato a Toronto da una famiglia benestante. I suoi genitori erano David McNicoll ed Emily Pashley.

McNicoll è diventata sorda nella prima infanzia a causa della scarlattina e, di conseguenza, ha concentrato le sue energie nel suonare il piano e nello sviluppare un occhio acutamente attento.

Da giovane, frequentò l'Associazione artistica di Montreal, iniziando gli studi con William Brymner nel 1899.

Nel 1902, si trasferì in Inghilterra per studiare a Londra presso la Slade School sotto la direzione di Philip Wilson Steer.

Alla Slade, gli studenti sono stati incoraggiati a dipingere il plein air.

Più tardi, McNicoll ha studiato in St Ives, Cornovaglia con Algernon Talmage, dove ha incontrato Dorothea Sharp, un'artista che è diventata amica per tutta la vita.

McNicoll e Sharp hanno viaggiato insieme in Francia ed in Italia condividendo lo spazio dello studio e posando per i reciproci dipinti.

Membro della Royal Society of British Artists e socio della Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, McNicoll morì a Swanage, nel Dorset, all'età di trentasei anni.

Un necrologio la descrisse come "uno degli artisti canadesi profondamente originali e tecnicamente realizzati".

Kinuko Y. Craft, 1940 | Pittrice ed illustratrice Fantasy

Kinuko Y. Craft (nata nella prefettura di Ishikawa, in Giappone), è una artista Giapponese, pittrice ad illustratore di Fantasia. Craft si è trasferita negli Stati Uniti nel 1964, dove continua a vivere e lavorare oggi.

Craft è attualmente una delle artiste più famose in America nel campo dell'Arte Fantastica.

Personalità di grande talento e sensibilità ha conseguito innumerevoli riconoscimenti nel corso della sua carriera, contribuendo con stile unico e ricercato al patrimonio dell'illustrazione fantastica internazionale.

Francesco Ciusa (1883-1949) | Symbolist sculptor

Francesco Ciusa was an Italian sculptor🎨.

Born in the town of Nuoro, on the island of Sardinia in Italy, his father was an Ébéniste, or cabinet maker.

He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence from 1899-1903, where he had as teachers affirmed artists such as Adolfo De Carolis, the sculptor Domenico Trentacoste and the master of the Macchiaioli's movement Giovanni Fattori🎨.

Claude Fossoux, 1946 | Impressionist painter

Claude Fossoux was born in Paris of a Savoyard father and a Parisian mother. After school, Claude obtained a grant to study at the Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts in Paris where he stayed for four years. During that time, he attended the studio of Chapelin-Midy and Pierre Caron. He was greatly influenced by the Impressionists🎨, particularly Sisley🎨, Pissarro🎨 and Renoir🎨.

But it was Claude Monet🎨 and Van Eyck, the Flemish painter of the Fifteenth century, who have most strongly influenced Claude Fossoux's pictorial personality.

His work is a subtle blending of the techinques and expressions of these two renowned masters.

he landscapes of Provence are one of his favorites with their bluish tints in the distance and their warm colors in the foreground; the little mass huddled behind the hills, the wide variety of vegetation. He also likes to paint cafe terraces, young girls wearing hats trimmed with flowers and ribbons, indoor scenes, children in gardens or public parks.

He loves to make portraits and catch the personality of models, and to compose still lives where he can work on the effects of different textures. Critics say that the light is alive in Claude Fossoux's paintings; it seems to come from the back of the canvas.

His palette of fresh and shimmering colors, spangled with light, produces a style of painting both vibrant and joyous. All of Claude Fossoux's works are luminous and spring-like.

Claude Fossoux, nato a Parigi, è un pittore e litografo Francese🎨.

Dopo la scuola, Claude ottenne una borsa di studio per studiare all'Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts di Parigi, dove rimase per quattro anni.

Durante quel periodo, ha frequentato lo studio di Chapelin-Midy e Pierre Caron. Fu fortemente influenzato dagli impressionisti, in particolare Sisley🎨, Pissarro🎨 e Renoir🎨.

Claude Fossoux espone regolarmente le sue opere a Parigi e anche a New York e Chicago.

Jules René Hervé (1887-1981) | Ballet Dancers

Jules-René Hervé🎨 was a painter of the scenes of the Parisian life.

Paris, seen by Hervé, is the city of poetry, the "city of lights" that he painted in the wake of the Impressionists.

Hervé, born in Langres on April 14, 1887.

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

• Jules René Hervé (1887-1981) | Impressionist painter🎨

Jules Adler (1865-1952) | Naturalist painter

Jules Adler was a French painter🎨 of the second naturalist generation, named "le peintre des humbles" by Louis Vauxcelles, a painter of labour, strikes and working people.

Born in Luxeuil-les-Bains, France, Jules Adler studied under Bouguereau🎨.

His scenes and subjects typically reflected the life of everyday Parisians, and he rarely portrayed the bourgeoisie class.

Eugène Bidau (1863-1909) | Still life painter

Eugène Bidau was a French painter, most notable for his still lifes. Bidau was born at La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

He studied under Baptiste-Joseph Lechat and the portrait and genre artist Léon-Désiré Alexandre (1817-86), both of whom exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.

Bidau then made his own debut at the Salon in 1863 and continued to exhibit there for many years, showing for instance floral pieces in 1864 and 1865 and then a work titled Le panier renversé; Fleurs et fruits in 1867.

Giovanni Migliara | Veduta painter

Giovanni Migliara (1785-1837) was a nobleman and Italian painter active at the beginning of the 19th century, painting vedute and history paintings.

Born to artisan parents of limited means, he was apprenticed to the sculptor Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo.

He also studied at the Brera Academy with Giocondo Albertolli and began his career as a set designer in the Teatro Carcano (1804) and La Scala (1805-1809), under the direction of Alessandro Sanquirico.

Edvard Munch | Evening Talk, 1889

Title: Evening Talk

Author: Edvard Munch🎨 (Norwegian Symbolist / Expressionist painter, 1863-1944)

Date: 1889

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 175,6 x 216 x 9,1 cm

Current location: National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

Munch’s lifelong obsession with loneliness and psychologically twisted love relationship began with this large picture.

This was the first time that he truly played out the theme that more than anything else infused his depictions of human beings “breathing and feeling, suffering and loving”, to use the artist’s own words.

Federico Moja (1802-1885) | Veduta painter

Federico Moja was an Italian painter🎨, known best for his vedute and views of interior architecture.

Born in Milan into a family of artists, Moja began studying at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 1818 and became a pupil of Giovanni Migliara at the same time.

His early work is characterised by perspective urban views, monastery interiors and subjects of a historical and literary nature addressed in strict accordance with his master's teachings.

Paul Cézanne at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Paul Cézanne | Giocatori di carte, 1890-92

Tra il 1890-1896, Cézanne intraprese un ambizioso progetto di pittura dedicato al tema dei giocatori di carte. Arruolò dei contadini delle terre di famiglia, vicino ad Aix-en-Provence, come modelli.

Basandosi su numerosi studi preparatori, l’artista realizzò cinque composizioni che ampliano, sfidandole, le raffigurazioni tradizionali di questo tema, popolare fin dal Seicento. Pare che questa tela sia stata la prima della serie.

Dopo aver dipinto una successiva versione di grandezza doppia rispetto alla prima che comprendeva una nuova figura, un bambino in piedi, nelle tre versioni seguenti Cézanne eliminò i particolari superflui, raffigurando soltanto due giocatori, che si affrontano a viso duro attraverso il tavolo. | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Henri-Edmond Cross | Divisionist painter

Henri-Edmond Cross (1856-1910) born Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix, was a French painter and printmaker.

He is most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important role in shaping the second phase of that movement.

He was a significant influence on Henri Matisse and many other artists.

His work was instrumental in the development of Fauvism.

He started his studies in 1878 at the Écoles Académiques de Dessin et d'Architecture in Lille, where he attended Alphonse Colas' studio.

Paul Cézanne at the Ermitage

The works of Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), to whom this hall - 410, is devoted, present the oeuvre of one of the chief figures in Post-Impressionism, from paintings of 1879-80 to works from the final years of his life.

Canvases of various genres were executed in the artist's mature manner.

Henry Lee Battle | Figurative painter

Henry Battle, a.k.a. Hbatto, a Californian native and well traveled Air Force veteran, now rooted in Atlanta GA, describes his style as richly realistic figurative snapshots of life. His subject matter ranges from spiritual and family-oriented, to romantic moments that he freezes in time.

Dalai Lama: "Quando perdi, non perdere la lezione"!

• Ci sono solo due giorni all’anno in cui non puoi fare niente: uno si chiama ieri, l’altro si chiama domani, perciò oggi è il giorno giusto per amare, credere, fare e, principalmente, vivere.

• La felicità è una combinazione di pace interiore, disponibilità economiche e, soprattutto, pace mondiale.

• Benché ci si possa trovare in un ambiente ostile, se l'atteggiamento mentale è fermo e stabile, l'ostilità non sarà causa di grande disturbo.

• Di fronte alla distruzione del mio popolo, mi dedico nell'esilio alla sola linea d'azione che mi è stata lasciata: ricordare al mondo per mezzo delle Nazioni Unite e di questo libro, quel che è accaduto e sta accadendo nel Tibet: e far piani per il futuro.

Andrew Benyei