Sanford Robinson Gifford | Hudson River School

Sanford Robinson Gifford was born in Greenfield, New York, in 1823. He attended Brown University from 1842-1844 and moved to New York City in 1845 where he studied drawing, perspective and anatomy under the direction of the British watercolorist and drawing-master, John R. Smith. He also studied the human figure in anatomy classes at the Crosby Street Medical college and took drawing classes at the National Academy of Design. In 1846 he visited the Berkshire Hills and the Catskill Mountains, sketching from nature.

Fabio Hurtado, 1960

Fabio Hurtado is a Spanish-Italian painter and photographer, with an unmistakable style.

His paintings recreate scenes in an almost cinematographic context which are set within the 1920's and 1930's.

His exquisite drawing skills and harmonious use of color are complementary to the overall sense of mystery surrounding his stylish and elegant characters and the roles they play in his paintings.

Franz Richard Unterberger | Romantic landscape painter

Austrian painter Franz Richard Unterberger [1838-1902], a Romantic style painter of waterscapes, landscapes, architecture and Genre, was born in Innsbruck, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on 15th August 1838, one of eleven children of a wealthy bourgeois family. He decided to pursue a career as an artist at a relatively young age and enrolled in the Academy in Munich. Here he studied with Albert Zimmerman [1808-1888] a professor and landscape painter at the Academy and with Julius Lange [1817-1878]. It was as a painter of Alpine landscapes that Unterberger first drew recognition, views particularly set in his native Tyrol. In 1860 Unterberger continued his studies in Düsseldorf; in what was to be a particularly significant period he was much taken by the work of Oswald Aschenbach [1827-1905] a landscape painter and his brother Andreas [1815-1910] also a landscape painter who worked extensively in Scandinavia before moving to Italy in the 1870’s.

Caravaggio | Baroque Era painter | Quotes /Aforismi

'Prendo in prestito dei corpi e degli oggetti, li dipingo per ricordare a me stesso la magia dell'equilibrio che regola l'universo tutto. In questa magia l'anima mia risuona dell'Unico Suono che mi riporta a Dio'.

Andre Dluhos, 1940

Quasi 70 anni di esperienza artistica professionale, Andre Dluhos presenta uno stile audace, a spatola, con una trama pesante e una versione decisamente moderna dello stile impressionista.

Andre Dluhos è nato nella Cecoslovacchia orientale, l'attuale Slovacchia. Andre ha iniziato a dipingere all'età di otto anni.

A quattordici anni vinse il suo primo concorso artistico tra i 400 iscritti della regione.

John Joseph Enneking | Impressionist painter

John Joseph Enneking (1841-1916) was born on an Ohio farm and orphaned as a teenager.

Enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War. Severely wounded in action and discharged from service.

Went to New York and then to Boston to take art lessons. Spent most of his life in Boston and New England area.

Trained in lithography and study in Europe. 1872, went abroad for four years.

Olga Boznanska | Impressionist painter

Polish painter Olga Boznańska (April 15, 1865 - October 26, 1940) was a notable female painter in Poland and Europe and was stylistically associated with the French impressionism🎨.

Boznańska was born in Kraków during foreign partitions of Poland.

She was the daughter of a railway engineer, Adam Nowina Boznański, and Eugenia née Mondan. Boznańska learned drawing first with Józef Siedlecki and Kazimierz Pochwalski locally.

She studied at the Adrian Baraniecki School for Women.

She débuted in 1886 at the Kraków Association of Friends of Fine Arts exhibition.

Hans Zatzka | Madonna with the Infant Jesus, 1930

Austrian artist Hans Zatzka was born in 1859 in Vienna.

He spent his childhood in the 19th district of Vienna, Braytenzeer Strasse, 2.

His artistic talent was noticeable at an early age.

From 1877-1882 Hans Zatska studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, his teacher was Professor Blaas.