Gala, la passione surreale di Salvador Dali

Gala, Elena Ivanovna Diakonova (1894-1982), moglie del poeta Paul Eluard, conosciuta nel 1929, fu la prima amante e poi moglie di Salvador Dalí 1904-1989, il pittore spagnolo degli "orologi molli"e delle "giraffe in fiamme".

L'incontro con la moglie di Eluard, Gala, sarà folgorante tanto che, nell'estate dello stesso anno la conduce nella sua terra natale per dichiararle il suo amore.

Tuman Zhumabaev, 1962 | Impressionist painter

Туман Жумабаев is one of the most prominent artist living in Russia today.

Recently, he had a painting acquired by the Hermitage for its permanent collection.

Arrived in Leningrad from Kyrgyzstan. In 1981-1985 he studied at the Serov Art College; in 1991 he graduated from the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, under the tuition of Profession Yu. M. Neprintsev.

Andre Kohn, 1972 | White umbrellas

Андрей Конь is a Russian-born American painter.

Raised by an artistically gifted family near the Caspian Sea in southern Russia, Andre Kohn’s childhood was marked by the natural splendor of mountains and sea, and by an unfettered access to all the creative arts.

Mary Baxter St. Clair | Magical Fantasy painter

Mary Baxter St. Clair, american painter, entered the world with a brush in her hand.

Others remark that she paints with fairy dust.

All are touched by her sense of wonder and marvel at her beautifully detailed paintings of wide-eyed children, ethereal angels, elusive fairies and piquant pixies, richly dressed in brilliant colors.

Ennio Montariello, 1960 ~ Figurative painter

Nato a Napoli nel 1960, il pittore italiano Ennio Montariello vive a Campello sul Clitunno (Pg). Nel 1978 si diploma presso il Liceo Artistico di Napoli. Nel 1982 e 1983 si diploma agli Stages Internazionali di pittura di Anacapri di Napoli. Questioni delle arti: incontri internazionali, tenuti da Gillo Dorfles, Joe Tilson, Gianni Pisani, Enrico Baj, Giulio Carlo Argan, Achille Bonito Oliva, Filiberto Menna, Lea Vergine, Francesco Vincitorio, Mimma Russo.

Childe Hassam | Flag series / La serie delle bandiere

The most distinctive and famous works of american painter Childe Hassam's later life compose the set of about thirty paintings known as the "Flag series".

Flag paintings by Hassam are in the collections of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society and the National Gallery of Art.

Claude Monet, among other french painter, had also painted flag-themed works - The Rue Montorgueil, Paris 1878.

Gustave Caillebotte | Impressionist painter

Gustave Caillebotte, (born August 19, 1848, Paris, France - died February 21, 1894, Gennevilliers), French painter, art collector, and impresario who combined aspects of the academic and Impressionist styles in a unique synthesis.

Born into a wealthy family, Caillebotte trained to be an engineer but became interested in painting and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He met Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet in 1874 and showed his works at the Impressionist exhibition of 1876 and its successors.

Édouard Vuillard | The Post-Impressionist flowers

In October 1888, Jean-Édouard Vuillard joined the Nabis and contributed to their exhibitions at the Gallery of Le Barc de Boutteville.

Later he shared a studio with other fellow member of the Nabis, Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis.

In the early 1890s he worked for the Théâtre de l'Oeuvre of Lugné-Poë designing settings and programs.

Shahin Gholizadeh | Hollywood stars of the golden age

Digital pastel brushes by Shahin Gholizadeh, Iranian painter, to honour the memory of the great Hollywood stars and songs icons of the 20th century.

Greta Garbo (1905-1990)