Bertel Thorvaldsen | Neoclassical sculptor

Bertel Thorvaldsen, Thorvaldsen also spelled Thorwaldsen, (born Nov. 19, 1770, or Nov. 13, 1768, Copenhagen, Den.-died March 24, 1844, Copenhagen), sculptor, prominent in the Neoclassical period, who was the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist.

Prominent in Roman intellectual and artistic circles, he influenced many emerging artists from Europe and the United States.

Giovanni Fattori | Macchiaioli painter

Italian painter Giovanni Fattori (1825-1908) was one of the leaders of the group known as the Macchiaioli.

He was initially a painter of historical themes and military subjects.

In his middle years, inspired by the Barbizon school, he became one of the leading Italian plein-air, painting landscapes, rural scenes, and scenes of military life.

Gregg Chadwick | Figurative painter

"Art can speak across oceans and cultures when words are not enough" - Gregg Chadwick.

Gregg Chadwick is a contemporary American painter who lives and works in Santa Monica.

He earned a Bachelor's Degree at UCLA and a Master’s Degree at NYU, both in Fine Art.

A man of passion, art and engaged purpose, he is currently focused on exploring notions of time, place and memory.

James Clarke Hook (1819-1907)

James Clarke Hook RA was an British painter and etcher of marine, genre and historical scenes and landscapes.

Hook was born in London, the son of James Hook, a draper and one time Judge of the Mixed Commission Court in Sierra Leone.

His mother was the second daughter of Bible scholar Dr Adam Clarke - hence the painter's second name.

Young Hook's first taste of the sea was on board the Berwick smacks which took him on his way to Wooler.

L.W. Howard | Pittore Romantico di figure

Non sappiamo niente della biografia di questo artista che si firma L.W. Howard, ma un fatto è certo: Le sue opere ti portano alla produzione artistica del pittore Pino Daeni (1939-2010).

Comunque, dal poco che sappiamo, L.W. Howard è un artista Americano (una coincidenza?, visto che Pino Daeni è stato un atista italo-americano).

Howard è molto noto per il suo stile romantico-figurativo.

Howard ama disegnare figure femminili, alcune delle quali condivido qui.

Daniel Gerhartz, 1965 | Ballet dancers

Daniel Gerhartz⏭, a native of Wisconsin, is an accomplished painter who is well known for his figurative, landscape, architectural and still life paintings.

Jeanne Saint Chéron, 1973 | Romantic painter

Born in Laval Loire Valley, Jeanne Saint-Chéron has been successful for over fifteen years.

In the beginning of her career, a self taught painter Saint Chéron participates to riding competitions and invests in racing horses breeding.

Then she decides to move to Brittany, France, where she teaches drawing and painting for more than ten years. However, her main occupation remains painting and participating to various art exhibitions.

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre | Academic painter

Winner of the coveted Prix de Rome in 1861, Lefebvre fulfilled his early promise both as a painter of meticulously executed portraits and as a teacher: during his long career, he earned three Salon medals, was appointed to the French Academy of Fine Arts, and attained the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor.

A reviewer at the 1881 Paris Salon wrote the following about Jules-Joseph Lefèbvre:

"It is sufficient to just mention his name in order to immediately evoke the memory and the image of the thousand adorable creatures of which he is the father.... Jules Lefèbvre, better than anyone else caresses, with a brush both delicate and sure, the undulating contour of the feminine form".

Henri Matisse | Windows series

Addio | Nâzım Hikmet⏭

L'uomo dice alla donna: ti amo,

come se stringessi tra le palme il mio cuore,

simile a scheggia di vetro che m'insanguina le dita,

quando lo spezzo follemente.

La donna dice all'uomo:

ho guardato nei tuoi occhi,

nel mio cuore,