Canaletto (1697-1768) | Veduta painter | Page 2

Giovanni Antonio Canal🎨 was born in Venice on October 17 or 18, 1697 to a well-defined class in Venetian society, just below the ranks of the patrician nobility.

His father, Bernardo Canal, was a painter of theatrical scenery and a view painter, and Canaletto appears to have assisted him at an early stage in the role of theater designer.

In 1719-1720 he accompanied his father to Rome to execute scenes for two operas by Alessandro Scarlatti performed there during the Carnival of 1720.

Kinuko Y. Craft, 1940 | Pittrice ed illustratrice Fantasy

Kinuko Y. Craft (nata nella prefettura di Ishikawa, in Giappone), è una artista Giapponese, pittrice ad illustratore di Fantasia. Craft si è trasferita negli Stati Uniti nel 1964, dove continua a vivere e lavorare oggi.

Craft è attualmente una delle artiste più famose in America nel campo dell'Arte Fantastica.

Personalità di grande talento e sensibilità ha conseguito innumerevoli riconoscimenti nel corso della sua carriera, contribuendo con stile unico e ricercato al patrimonio dell'illustrazione fantastica internazionale.

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🎨