Konstantin Korovin | Il maestro dell'Impressionismo

Il pittore e scenografo, Konstantin Korovin / Константи́н Коро́вин (Mosca, 1861 - Parigi, 1939) è stato uno dei maggiori rappresentanti russi dell'Impressionismo.

Korovin è nato il 23 novembre 1861 a Mosca da una famiglia di mercanti, che in realtà, però, risultano da alcuni documenti ufficiali come "contadini della regione di Vladimir Gubernia".

Suo padre, Aleksey Mikhailovich Korovin, conseguì una laurea e si interessò molto alle arti ed alla musica che diffondeva, perfino, nell'azienda di famiglia fondata dal nonno di Korovin.

Jeremiah Stermer's realistic surrealism

Jeremiah Stermer was born in Baltimore in 1946.

He started his artistic path at the age of 11.

He considers himself a realist / surrealist, meaning that the theme is always surrealistic, but the painting is made in a traditional way.

He states that he draws and paints very naturally, and that he pays the particular attention on the air around the subjects of his paintings and considers the mood as the crucial element of his works.

Ilya Repin | A Parisian Café, 1875

Repin's time as an academic pensioner in Paris 1873-76 was a fruitful as well as confusing time for the rising young star of Russian realist painting and he responded to a bewildering variety of new stimuli with enthusiasm and uncertainty, painting both Russian motifs as well as the sights of contemporary France.

In particular it was a period of burgeoning experimentation as Repin (1844-1930) took cognisance of modern French artistic developments, the major outcome of which was his large canvas "A Parisian Café", which was sold in London in June 2011 for a record price by the artist.

Dorothy Spangler, 1928 | Parisienne walkways

Inspired by the great impressionist masters, Dorothy Spangler paints enchanting European scenes.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dorothy Spangler has spent most of her life in Northern California, which provides a perfect environment for her love of color and light.

After graduating from the College of San Mateo with a major in art, she studied for several years under the distinguished California plein-air painter, William Ward of Los Altos.

Kathryn Trotter | Impressionist painter

Having been nurtured by a family deeply immersed in art, interiors, fashion, travel, and other diverse creative pursuits, Kathryn Trotter’s artistry is inspired by a lifetime steeped in beauty and adventure.

Kathryn Morris Trotter, a native Mississippian, claims that painting is her greatest passion.

After graduating from The University of Texas in Austin, Trotter had an innate curiosity about life, travel, and the ineffable creative world.

Her passion propelled her ventures into the corporate world of fashion, interiors and textile design, which have been highly influential in her subject and style of painting.

Paris painting

"Paris is an ocean.

Explore it, and you still won’t know its depths".

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Honoré de Balzac

"Parigi è come un oceano. Gettateci una sonda e non ne conoscerete mai la profondità.

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Honoré de Balzac

Thierry Duval, 1957 | Paris watercolors

Thierry Duval was born in Paris, France.

His watercolors are characterized by a strong light and precision in drawing, being almost or hyperrealist in the results mainly in his Paris watercolors.

By using glazing technique he works in several steps up to get the final, very realistic result.

As was said, light is strong in almost all his artworks.

The Last Judgment, 1535-1541 (Michelangelo)

The mighty composition, painted by Michelangelo between 1536-1541, is centred around the dominant figure of Christ, captured in the moment preceding that when the verdict of the Last Judgement is uttered (Matthew 25:31-46).

His calm imperious gesture seems to both command attention and placate the surrounding agitation. It starts a wide slow rotary movement in which all the figures are involved.