Amelie Lundahl | Genre painter

Helga Amélie Lundahl (26 May 1850 - 20 August 1914) was a Finnish painter.

She was born in Oulu, the youngest of eleven children.

Her mother died when she was three months old and her father, Abraham, a Town Representative (public prosecutor) died when she was eight.

From 1860 to 1862, she attended the "Svenska Privatskolan" in Oulu.

Veronique du Boisrouvray | Pastelliste painter

Self-taught artist, Véronique du Boisrouvray draws for a long time for her own pleasure, in chalk or graphite, the faces of her children.

It is by chance, and late, that she discovers pastel, and with it, color.

This medium will truly revolutionize her work and become a passion that will never leave her.

In his painting priority is given to faces and their expressions.

Albert Birkle | Magic realism painter

Albert Birkle (1900-1986) was a German painter and draftsman.

Albert Birkle was born in Charlottenburg, then an independent city and since 1920 part of Berlin.

His grandfather on his mother's side, Gustav Bregenzer, and his father, Carl Birkle, both were painters, originally from Swabia.

Albert Birkle was trained as a decorative painter in his father's firm.

From 1918 to 1924, he studied at the Hochschule für die bildenden Künste/College of Fine Arts, a predecessor of today's Universität der Künste Berlin.

Gregorio Sciltian | Magic Realism painter

"The only true and supreme purpose of the art of painting has been and will always be that of obtaining the illusion of reality" - Gregorio Sciltian.

Gregorio Sciltian / Գրիգոր Շիլտյան (Nakhicevan, Armenia 1900 - Rome 1985) was an Italian-Armenian painter, designer, and medallist.

Sciltian is well known for his portraiture and trompe-l'œil compositions.

Giuseppe Verdi: "Torniamo all'antico e sarà un progresso"

• Gli artisti veramente superiori giudicano senza pregiudizi di scuole, di nazionalità, di tempo. Se gli artisti del Nord e del Sud hanno tendenze diverse, è bene siano diverse.

• Really superior artists judge without being prejudiced by school, nationality or period. If the artists of north and south exhibit different tendencies, it is good that they are different!

Giovanni Boldini | Ritratto di Giuseppe Verdi