Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) | Quotes

• In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
• Per creare ci deve essere una grande forza dinamica. E quale forza è più potente dell'amore.
• Gli artisti mediocri prendono in prestito, quelli grandi rubano.
• A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
• Composers combine notes, that's all.
• I compositori combinano le note, tutto qui.

Jules Grün (1868-1934) | Painter of the Belle Époque

Jules-Alexandre Grün was a French🎨 Post-impressionist painter, poster artist and illustrator.

He is called the last great artist of the Belle Époque.

Jules-Alexandre Grün was a student of the famous theater decorator of the Paris Opera, Jean-Baptiste Lavastre, and the landscape painter and long-time jury member of the Paris Salon, Antoine Guillemet.

Leopold Survage | Abstract / Cubist painter

Léopold Frédéric Léopoldowitsch Survage (1878-1968) -variant names Léopold Sturzwage, Leopold Sturwage, Leopoldij Sturzwasgh, Leopoldij Lvovich Sturzwage- was a French painter of Russian-Danish-Finnish descent born in Lappeenranta, Finland.

At a young age, Survage was directed to enter the piano factory operated by his Finnish father.

Mihai Criste, 1975 | Surrealist love

Mihai Criste is a creative Romanian painter who is fascinated by abstraction, mystery and surrealism.

He graduated from the Visual Arts Academy in Romania in 2001 and since then has been participating in group exhibitions along with illustrating children’s books, such as the The Wizard of Oz.

The graceful composition of his paintings, along with his creative concepts and titles, give his pieces a special touch and him a great degree of distinction.

Mihai Criste | The Kiss of Autumn

Franco Puliti, 1945 | Post-Macchiaioli painter

Franco Puliti was born in Livorno, Italy.

After completing art school in Lucca, Tuscany, he immersed himself in the new generation of artists, post-Macchiaioli Toscani, the Italian equivalent of French Impressionists.

In the late 1960’s, he opened a studio in Livorno, Italy where he had permanent exposition until the mid- 1970’s.

He moved to the United States in 1980, continuing his art career and showing his work from coast to coast.

Albert Braïtou-Sala | Figurative painter

Albert Sala dit Albert Braïtou-Sala (1885-1972) was a French painter.

Born in the port town of La Goulette, Albert discovers his artistic vocation in the establishment of the White Fathers of Carthage in which he is a pupil.

In 1899, he lost his father, Moses Sala, and had to leave school to provide for his family.

He worked in a bakery and collector in a department store, but also pursued artistic studies at the school of painting of Tunisia where he is master Maurice Bismouth (1891-1965).

Blanche-Augustine Camus | Neo-impressionist painter

Blanche-Augustine Camus (1884-1968) was a French neo-impressionist painter, associated with the style of Divisionism, noted for her luminous landscapes and gardens of the south of France, often combined with graceful outdoor portraits of her family and friends.

Born in Paris, she studied at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts from 1902-1908 with Tony Robert-Fleury, Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Adolphe Déchenaud.