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Jean-André Rixens | Orientalist painter

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Jean-André Rixens (1846-1925) was a French painter, known for his classical scenes and portraits.
He was born in Saint-Gaudens. His father was a master shoemaker.
After completing his basic education, he was enrolled in 1860 at the École supérieure des beaux-arts de Toulouse.
He paid for his tuition there and supported himself by painting commercial signs and making copies of artworks.


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Albert Camus | Invincibile estate / Within Me

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Mia cara,
nel bel mezzo dell’odio
ho scoperto che vi era in me
un invincibile amore.

Nel bel mezzo delle lacrime
ho scoperto che vi era in me
un invincibile sorriso.


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Marc Chagall | The Tree of Life, 1963 | Stained glass

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The Tree of Life or The Peace window - La Paix ou L’Arbre de vie - at the chapel of Cordeliers of Sarrebourg, a small town in the Vosges Mountains in France, is a stained-glass window about 15 feet (4,6 meters) wide and 12 feet (3,7 meters) high, contains several symbols of peace and love, such as the young child in the center, being kissed by an angelic face which emerges from a mass of flowers.
The Peace Window / Tree of Life is the largest stained-glass window made by Marc Chagall.
On the left, below and above, motherhood and the people who are struggling for peace are depicted.
Musical symbols in the panel evoke thoughts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which was a favourite of Mr. Hammarskjöld's.


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Antonio Nunziante, 1956 | Il maestro della Metafisica

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Il pittore Italiano Antonio Nunziante afferma che tra Surrealismo e Metafisica: "c’è una commistione.
Mediamente la metafisica mi da più apertura, nel senso che è una realtà possibile e più vicina a noi.
Il surrealismo invece è qualcosa di estremo, oltre una realtà.
Raramente vado oltre la realtà delle cose, infatti nel contesto della mia espressione apparentemente tutto sembra ben proporzionato e normale, ma non è proprio così".


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Scottish painter Jack Vettriano dies aged 73

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Scottish painter Jack Vettriano (1951-2025), best known for his painting The Singing Butler, has died at the age of 73.
His publicist said the artist was found dead at his apartment in Nice, in the south of France, on Saturday, 1 March 2025.
It is understood there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.


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