Pierre-Auguste Renoir: "Il dolore passa ma la bellezza rimane"

• "Un giorno, mentre dipingevo un paesaggio nei pressi di Algeri [marzo 1881], vidi avvicinarsi un uomo che sembrava vestito di porpora e di panno d'oro...

Quando il viaggiatore mi raggiunse, la mia illusione svanì; il mio emiro non era altro che un mendicante rosicchiato.

Il sole, il sole divino, lo aveva arricchito con la sua luce...

È sempre così in Algeria.

La magia del sole trasmuta le palme in oro, l'acqua sembra piena di diamanti e gli uomini diventano i Re d'Oriente".

Bernardo Siciliano, 1969

Bernardo Siciliano was born in Rome, son of the Italian writer, playwright, literary critic and intellectual Enzo Siciliano.

Il Gabbiano and Forum Gallery have presented his works at both international and national Fairs: the CIAE in Chicago, the FIAC in Paris, the Arte Fiera of Bologna, the LA Art Show and Art Miami.

In 1992 the director Piero Maccarinelli commissioned him to paint the sets of the comedy Verso la fine dell’estate by Carlo Repetti for the 35th Festival of Spoleto.

In 1995 he collaborated on Bernardo Bertolucci’s movie Io ballo da sola.

Ferdinand Knab | Romantic painter

Ferdinand Knab (1834-1902) was a German painter.

Knab was initially students Heideloff in Nuremberg, where he was for two years engaged in building practice, and went to Munich in 1859 to devote himself to painting architecture.

He attended the schools of Arthur Ramberg and Piloty and went to Italy in 1868.

Since his return he treated with preference motives of this country and in between was often busy with work for the winter garden of King Ludwig II in the Munich Residence and the Linderhof Castle.

Helice Wen

Helice Wen is a Chinese-American artist.

She was born and raised in Shen Zhen, China.

She moved to San Francisco at age 14 where she currently lives and works.

Helice received a BA Illustration degree from Academy of Art University, San Francisco.

Rieke van der Stoep,1953 | Figurative sculptor

"Art is a way of communicating, in which the subconscious can be transformed to conscious.

Our inner self is our reality" - Rieke van der Stoep.

Rieke van der Stoep brings her inner self outward and reflects this in her statues.

During the past 20 years, Rieke has mainly made female bronze sculptures.

In her work, she shows how the inner being relates to ourselves, others and the world around us.

Her figures are in motion or taking a next step, diligently exploring, reaching, searching, balancing and philosophising about life.