Francesco Ciusa (1883-1949) | Symbolist sculptor

Francesco Ciusa was an Italian sculptor🎨.

Born in the town of Nuoro, on the island of Sardinia in Italy, his father was an Ébéniste, or cabinet maker.

He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence from 1899-1903, where he had as teachers affirmed artists such as Adolfo De Carolis, the sculptor Domenico Trentacoste and the master of the Macchiaioli's movement Giovanni Fattori🎨.

Claude Fossoux, 1946 | Impressionist painter

Claude Fossoux was born in Paris of a Savoyard father and a Parisian mother. After school, Claude obtained a grant to study at the Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts in Paris where he stayed for four years. During that time, he attended the studio of Chapelin-Midy and Pierre Caron. He was greatly influenced by the Impressionists🎨, particularly Sisley🎨, Pissarro🎨 and Renoir🎨.

But it was Claude Monet🎨 and Van Eyck, the Flemish painter of the Fifteenth century, who have most strongly influenced Claude Fossoux's pictorial personality.

His work is a subtle blending of the techinques and expressions of these two renowned masters.

he landscapes of Provence are one of his favorites with their bluish tints in the distance and their warm colors in the foreground; the little mass huddled behind the hills, the wide variety of vegetation. He also likes to paint cafe terraces, young girls wearing hats trimmed with flowers and ribbons, indoor scenes, children in gardens or public parks.

He loves to make portraits and catch the personality of models, and to compose still lives where he can work on the effects of different textures. Critics say that the light is alive in Claude Fossoux's paintings; it seems to come from the back of the canvas.

His palette of fresh and shimmering colors, spangled with light, produces a style of painting both vibrant and joyous. All of Claude Fossoux's works are luminous and spring-like.

Claude Fossoux, nato a Parigi, è un pittore e litografo Francese🎨.

Dopo la scuola, Claude ottenne una borsa di studio per studiare all'Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts di Parigi, dove rimase per quattro anni.

Durante quel periodo, ha frequentato lo studio di Chapelin-Midy e Pierre Caron. Fu fortemente influenzato dagli impressionisti, in particolare Sisley🎨, Pissarro🎨 e Renoir🎨.

Claude Fossoux espone regolarmente le sue opere a Parigi e anche a New York e Chicago.

Jules René Hervé (1887-1981) | Ballet Dancers

Jules-René Hervé🎨 was a painter of the scenes of the Parisian life.

Paris, seen by Hervé, is the city of poetry, the "city of lights" that he painted in the wake of the Impressionists.

Hervé, born in Langres on April 14, 1887.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Hervé see:

• Jules René Hervé (1887-1981) | Impressionist painter🎨

Jules Adler (1865-1952) | Naturalist painter

Jules Adler was a French painter🎨 of the second naturalist generation, named "le peintre des humbles" by Louis Vauxcelles, a painter of labour, strikes and working people.

Born in Luxeuil-les-Bains, France, Jules Adler studied under Bouguereau🎨.

His scenes and subjects typically reflected the life of everyday Parisians, and he rarely portrayed the bourgeoisie class.

Eugène Bidau (1863-1909) | Still life painter

Eugène Bidau was a French painter, most notable for his still lifes. Bidau was born at La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

He studied under Baptiste-Joseph Lechat and the portrait and genre artist Léon-Désiré Alexandre (1817-86), both of whom exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.

Bidau then made his own debut at the Salon in 1863 and continued to exhibit there for many years, showing for instance floral pieces in 1864 and 1865 and then a work titled Le panier renversé; Fleurs et fruits in 1867.