Martin Johnson Heade | Still Life

From: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Martin Johnson Heade (originally Heed) was born in Lumberville, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1819.

He received his earliest artistic training from the painter Edward Hicks (1780-1849) and perhaps had additional instruction from Hicks' younger cousin Thomas, a portrait painter.

The influence of these two artists is evident in Heade's earliest works, which were most often portraits painted in a rather stiff and unsophisticated manner.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Academic painter

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, (1825-1905), French painter, a dominant figure in his nation’s Academic painting during the second half of the 19th century.

Bouguereau entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1846 and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1850. Upon his return to France from four years’ study in Italy, he attracted a wide following with his mythological and allegorical paintings, although his portrait paintings are perhaps held in higher esteem today.

Thomas Reis | Figurative painter

American Award winningv painter Thomas Reis began work as senior art director for JP Morgan Chase in New York City, shortly after receiving his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993.

Two years later, he was illustrating for nationally-known publications, including Time magazine, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Business Week, TV Guide, Barron's, Forbes and Smart Money.

Corporate clients have included MGM, Dupont and Colgate. Throughout his career, Reis has also worked as a fine artist, producing work with all the refinement that one would expect from a classically trained painter.

His paintings are represented in numerous permanent and private collections throughout the United States. Tom currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. (Text provided courtesy the Museum of Arts and Sciences.)

John Keats | La dolcezza di quel viso

Lo sfavillio del suo sguardo splendente

E quel seno, terrestre paradiso.

Mai più felice sarà la vista mia,

Ché ha perso il visibile ogni sapore:

Perduto è il piacere della poesia,

L'ammirazione per il classico nitore.

Michael Wilkinson - British sculptor

Mostafa Keyhani, 1954 | Cityscape painter

Mostafa Keyhani🎨 is an Iranian-born Canadian painter, known for work in the Impressionist style🎨. Born in Iran, Keyhani now lives in Toronto with his family.

For biographical notes and other works by Mr. Keyhani see:

• Mostafa Keyhani, 1954 | Impressionist | Plein air painter.