Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924)

Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 1839 - 9 March 1924) was an American artist born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Knight was a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Gleyre, and later worked in the private studio of Meissonier.

After 1872 he lived in France, having a house and studio at Poissy on the Seine.

He painted peasant women out of doors with great popular success. He earned his first major distinction in France at the Paris Salon in 1882 with his large oil on canvas Un Deuil.

Peter Yesis, 1955 | Still life painter

Peter Yesis is a native of New Jersey and works from his home in Searsport, Maine.

He renders paintings in a softened, realistic style that leaves space for thought and reflection.

Whether he is painting a still-life, a figurative or a landscape, his goal is to draw the viewer into the work and to share his vision of the underlying beauty of everyday life.

Peter's paintings have been purchased by artists and collectors across the world and have been juried into exhibitions by the International Guild of Realism, Salon International, Oil Painters of America, American Plains Artists and C.M Russell Auction.

John Singer Sargent | Carriera artistica

Molto importante per l'evoluzione stilistica del Sargent (Firenze, 12 gennaio 1856 – Londra, 17 aprile 1925) fu il viaggio che effettuò nell'estate del 1878 a Napoli e sull'isola di Capri.

Giunto in queste terre in cerca di ispirazione e di soggetti esotici affini al gusto del mercato, qui il pittore si accostò all'opera di Mariano Fortuny («Che genio!», avrebbe esclamato dinanzi ai suoi dipinti); fu proprio grazie alle suggestioni del cosiddetto «fortunysmo» che iniziò a sperimentare audaci soluzioni cromatiche e luministiche.

Sempre a Capri subì il fascino della pittura di Antonio Mancini e Francesco Paolo Michetti; con Mancini, in particolare, instaurò un fertile rapporto di amicizia che sfociò in un intenso scambio artistico.

Lucien Adrion | Post-Impressionist painter

Lucien Adrion (1889-1953) was a Post-Impressionist painter, notable for his views of Paris in the early part of the 20th Century.

Lucien Adrion was born in Strasbourg where he began his initial studies in the arts.

In 1907, at the age of 18, he traveled to Paris to work for a large drafting firm, which he quickly realized did not suit his interests.

Pierre-Albert Marquet ed il Fauvismo

Pierre-Albert Marquet (1875-1947) è stato un pittore Francese.

Per poter seguire i corsi della Scuola di arti decorative si trasferì a Parigi; uno dei suoi compagni di studi fu Henri Matisse: i due diventarono amici, abitarono nello stesso palazzo e lavorarono insieme, influenzandosi a vicenda.