Hans Heyerdahl | Realist painter

Hans Olaf Halvor Heyerdahl (8 July 1857, Smedjebacken, Sweden - 10 October 1913, Oslo) was a Norwegian Realist painter.

He was the son of Halvor Heyerdahl (1825-1900), a prominent engineer. In 1859, the family moved to Drammen, where his father took up the joint posts of City Engineer and Fire Chief.

He began his education with the intent of following in his father's footsteps, but soon discovered that he was more attracted to drawing and art.

In 1873, he entered the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and studied under Peder C. Thurmann, a landscape artist trained in Dusseldorf.

Berthe Morisot | Les grandes dames of Impressionism

One of "les Trois Grandes Dames" of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt, French painter Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.

Jean-Louis Forain | Impressionist painter

Jean-Louis Forain (23 October 1852 - 11 July 1931) was a French Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist and etcher.

He was one of France's best known and revered artists during his time and may best be remembered for his numerous drawings chronicling and commenting on Parisian city life at the end of the 19th century.

Followers and admirers of Forain's work include Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Georges d'Espagnat | Impressionist painter

Georges d'Espagnat (1870-1950) was a French🎨 Impressionist painter and engraver, known for his depictions of figures, still lifes and landscapes.

D'Espagnat made more than a thousand canvases, using the vivid colors of the Fauvist painters, highlighting them with darker lines like in Renoir's works.

Made in the tradition of his mentor Pierre-Auguste Renoir🎨, d’Espagnat believed that paintings should adhere to the formal concern of artists like Tintoretto🎨, while also taking cues from nature.

Lionello Balestrieri | Impressionist / Romantic painter

Lionello Balestrieri was born in Cetona in 1872 into a family of humble origins. When his family moved to Rome he enrolled at the Istituto di Belle Arti and then at the same institution at Naples where he was taught by Domenico Morelli and, privately, by Gioacchino Toma.

In 1897 he moved to Paris where he earned his living as an illustrator.

As a result of his friendship with the musician Giuseppe Vannicola he became so drawn to the musical circle that the subject matter of his art was mainly either musicians or music.