Noè Bordignon | Genre painter

Italian painter Noè Bordignon (1841-1920)  was born in Salvarosa near Castelfranco, Veneto.

He began studies in 1859 at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Venice, where he was a pupil of Michelangelo Grigoletti, Carlo De Blaas and Pompeo Marino Molmenti.

In 1865, he won a stipend to study in Rome. He later formed a strong friendship with Tranquillo Cremona.

Tran Nguyen, 1987 | Surrealist painter / illustrator

Tran Nguyen is an award-winning illustrator and fine artist. Born in Can Tho, Vietnam, she currently resides in the peachy state of Georgia.

Nguyen's paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using colored pencil and acrylic on paper.

She’s most known for her paintings of whimsical women and their melancholic landscapes, which often possess an air of fantasy and surrealism.

She creates illustrations for published media such as magazines, books, wine and beer packaging, animation, advertising, and mural work. Her clients include VH1, Tiger Beer, World Wildlife Fund, and she has showcased with galleries across the world.

Claude Monet | The Parc Monceau, 1878

Monet painted six views of the Parc Monceau: three in 1876 and three in 1878.

In this canvas, the disposition of light and shade in the foreground, the patterns of the leaves, and the broad contours beginning to develop in areas of strong contrast suggest that Monet had already begun to experiment with the boldly two-dimensional motifs that would characterize his work of the 1880s and 1890s. | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Claude Monet | The Parc Monceau, 1878 | Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ginette Beaulieu, 1954 | Hyperrealist painter

Ginette Beaulieu was born in Amqui, Quebec. She was always passionate about drawing and in particular, was drawn to the techniques of the Renaissance masters, of which she completed formal training from 1979-1980.

She has shown an interest in various mediums but she prefers to use charcoals and oils.

She studies the old techniques and integrates in its art the use of the natural pigments and the oils elutriated while undertaking a search deepened on the technique of the funds.

John Keats's Love Letter to Fanny Brawne

A Fanny Brawne, 13 ottobre 1819

Mia cara ragazza,

In questo momento mi sono messo a copiare dei bei versi.

Non riesco a proseguire con una certa soddisfazione. Ti devo dunque scrivere una riga o due per vedere se questo mi concede di escluderti dalla mia mente anche per un breve momento. Dentro la mia anima non so a pensare a null'altro.

Tempo fa avevo la forza di ammonirti contro la poco promettente mattina della mia vita.

Il mio amore mi ha reso egoistico.

Tomasz Alen Kopera