Georges Barbier | Art Déco painter

Born in Nantes France on October 10 1882, Barbier [1882-1932] was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commissions to design theatre and ballet costumes, to illustrate books, and to produce haute couture fashion illustrations.

Nicoletta Tomas / Pablo Neruda | Ormai sei mia..

Ormai sei mia. Riposa coi tuo sonno nel mio sonno.

Amore, dolore, affanni, ora devono dormire.

Gira la notte sulle sue ruote invisibili

presso me sei pura come l'ambra addormentata.

Pal Fried | La Belle Époque

Pál Fried was a Hungarian-born American painter.

He studied at the Hungarian Academy under the instruction of Hugo Pohl and in Paris under Claude Monet and Lucien Simone.

He was heavily influenced by the French impressionist school of Renoir and Degas.

Pál Fried excelled in portraits of high society Parisian women, ballerinas, Oriental and western scenes, seascapes, primary working with oil and pastels, experimenting with light and movement in his work.

Anatoly Solovtsov, 1957

Hall Groat II, 1967 | Impressionist painter

Hall Groat II was born in Cazenovia, New York.

In 1992 he received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Brooklyn College.

He currently lives in Endwell, NY, and is an Associate Professor at Broome Community College.

Groat has had one-person exhibitions at Roberson Museum of Art, Everson Museum of Art, Jasper Rand Art Museum, Finger Lakes Community College, Cazenovia College, Lemoyne College, Simon's Rock College of Bard, Tyringham Art Gallery, Tyringham, MA, Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY, and Austin Harvard Gallery, Rochester, NY.