Jennifer Verny-Franks | Naïve painter

Jennifer Verny-Franks' paintings capture the humour and beauty of everyday life.

Jennifer was born in North Wales and raised in an extended family of painters, poets, writers and musicians.

Her mother`s studio was her playroom and she was encouraged to draw and experiment with painting materials from an early age.

She was trained at Central Saint Martins, with a background in illustration and fine art.

Giovanni Boldini | La Belle Epoque

From: The British Museum

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Born in Ferrara, the son of the painter Antonio Boldini (1792-1872), from whom he received his first artistic training, Giovanni Boldini studied at the Civico Ateneo di Palazzo dei Diamanti in his native city, where he had established a reputation as an accomplished portrait painter by the time he was 18.

In 1862 he went to Florence, where he met artists in the Macchiaioli circle at the Caffé Michelangiolo, while attending the Scuola del Nudo at the Accademia di Belle Arti.

Michele Gordigiani (1830-1909), the leading portrait painter in Tuscany, passed on some of his commissions to Boldini.

Boldini saw and admired the paintings of Courbet and Manet at the Exposition Universelle in 1867 on a visit to Paris, where he met Degas, who became a lifelong friend.

Marianne von Werefkin (1860-1938)

Marianne von Werefkin /Мариа́нна Влади́мировна Верёвкина (10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1860, Tula, Russia - 6 February 1938, Ascona, Switzerland), born Marianna Wladimirowna Werewkina (transliteration Marianna Vladimirovna Verëvkina), was a Russian-German-Swiss Expressionist painter.

Ancient Asian art

The history of Asian art or Eastern art, includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions.

Developments in Asian art historically parallel those in Western art, in general a few centuries earlier.

Chinese art🎨, Indian art, Korean art, Japanese art🎨, each had significant influence on Western art, and, vice versa.

Near Eastern art also had a significant influence on Western art. Excluding prehistoric art, the art of Mesopotamia represents the oldest forms of Asian art.

Joachim Beuckelaer | Genre painter

From an Antwerp family of painters, Joachim Beuckelaer (1533-1575) trained in the studio of Pieter Aertsen.

In 1560 he became an independent master, and continued to develop themes in painting pioneered by Aertsen, arguably surpassing him in skill.