Victor Hugo | Look not at the face, young girl, look at the heart..

Non guardare il volto, fanciulla, guarda il cuore

Non guardare il volto

fanciulla, guarda il cuore.

Il cuore di un bel giovane è spesso deforme.

Ci sono cuori in cui l'amore non si conserva.

Fanciulla, l'abete non è bello,

non è bello come il pioppo,

ma d'inverno mantiene le foglie.

Pablo Picasso

Henderson Cisz, 1960 | Cityscape painter

Henderson Cisz is a Brazilian painter** known for his inspirational paintings that feature scenes from the world’s most beautiful cities - London, New York, Paris and Venice.

Henderson Cisz was born in Brazil and grew up in a small village in Parana State.
Cisz had talent from a very young age, but considered it only a hobby. By the time he finished school, he entered a position as a banker.

Arnold Bocklin | Symbolist painter

Arnold Böcklin, (October 16, 1827, Basel, Switzerland - January 16, 1901, Fiesole, Italy), painter whose moody landscapes and sinister allegories greatly influenced late 19th-century German artists and presaged the symbolism of the 20th-century Metaphysical and Surrealist artists.

Although he studied and worked throughout much of northern Europe - Düsseldorf, Antwerp, Brussels, and Paris - Böcklin found his real inspiration in the landscape of Italy, where he returned from time to time and where the last years of his life were spent.

Maxwell Whitmore | Fashion painter / Illustrator

Maxwell Coburn Whitmore, Jr. (1913-1988) was an American painter, magazine illustrator and a commercial artist whose work included advertisements for Gallo Wine and other national brands.

He additionally became known as a race-car designer.

Whitmore was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1978.

Jean-François Millet | Pittore Realista

Jean-François Millet (Gréville-Hague, 4 ottobre 1814 – Barbizon, 20 gennaio 1875) è stato un pittore Francese, considerato uno dei maggiori esponenti del Realismo.

Biografia

Jean-François Millet nacque il 4 ottobre 1814 a Gréville-Hague, in Normandia, primogenito di Jean-Louis-Nicolas ed Aimée-Henriette-Adélaïde Henry Millet, entrambi poveri contadini. Millet iniziò la sua precoce ma irregolare formazione su iniziativa dei genitori, che lo affidarono ad alcuni precettori privati, per poi proseguire gli studi a Cherbourg, dove giunse nel 1833 a studiare pittura sotto la guida del ritrattista Paul Dumouchel, senza per questo trascurare di aiutare la famiglia nel duro lavoro dei campi.