Berthold Woltze | Genre painter

Berthold Woltze (born 24 August 1829 in Havelberg; died 29 November 1896 in Weimar) was a German genre painter, portrait painter, and illustrator.

Berthold Woltze was a professor at Weimar Saxon Grand Ducal Art School.

In the period from 1871 to 1878 he published numerous of his works in the Gartenlaube newspaper.

One of his most famous works is Der lästige Kavalier (The Annoying Gentleman).

He was the father of the architectural painter Peter Woltze (1860-1925).

Samuel Palmer | Romantic / Visionary painter

Samuel Palmer RWS Hon.RE (Hon. Fellow of the Society of Painter-Etchers) (1805-1881) was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker.

He was also a prolific writer.

Palmer was a key figure in Romanticism in Britain and produced visionary pastoral paintings.

Palmer painted churches from around age twelve, and first exhibited Turner-inspired works at the Royal Academy at the age of fourteen.

He had little formal training, and little formal schooling, although he was educated briefly at Merchant Taylors' School.

Giuseppe de Sanctis | Genre painter

Giuseppe De Sanctis (1858-1924) was an Italian painter, primarily of portraits and cityscapes.

He was born in Naples. His father, Cesare, was a businessman who loved music, art and the theater.

He was, in fact, a close friend of Verdi, who attended Giuseppe's baptism.

As a result, contrary to the experience of many other aspiring artists, his family encouraged his desire to become a painter.

Vincent van Gogh | Irises, 1890

In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted four exuberant bouquets of spring flowers, the only still lifes of any ambition he had undertaken during his yearlong stay: two of irises, two of roses, in contrasting color schemes and formats.

In the Museum’s Irises he sought a “harmonious and soft” effect by placing the “violet” flowers against a “pink background”, which have since faded owing to his use of fugitive red pigments.

Vincent van Gogh | Irises, 1890 | Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gilberto Geraldo, 1962 | Figurative painter

Born in Sao Paulo, Gilberto Geraldo started his dedication towards paintings and drawings by the age of 11 with a clear goal of becoming an artist.

By the age of 16, he was made a member of the Artists Association of Sao Paulo.

Nevertheless he was not intimidated by the premature and ascending success of his career, moving on into his studies and researches, searching for the excellence of his art.