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Zhang Jing Sheng 张京生, 1940 | Plein air /Palette knife painter



Zhang Jing Sheng 张京生 is a professor and tutor for graduate students at the Tianjin Fine Arts Academy. He received State Allowance.
In 1967, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Central Fine Arts Academy. He won the silver prize at 'The Chine Fine Arts Exhibition'.
Between 1989 and 1990 he went to America to visit scholars and hold an exhibition, at the request of the Tao Sen University.

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Lionello Balestrieri | Triptych of Chopin / Il trittico di Chopin, 1904

Lionello Balestrieri | Chopin Triptych | Chopin and George Sand 
| Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

The Balestrieri's Triptych of Chopin is a series of three panel painting:
  • Chopin and George Sand;
  • Chopin at Piano;
  • Chopin Dying.
Location: Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA.
Gift of: Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Holliday, Sr.


Italian painter Lionello Balestrieri (Cetona, Siena, Italy September 12, 1872 - October 25, 1958) was a President of the Society of Italian Artists working in Paris, elected in 1906.

Balestrieri was best known for his works depicting the life of bohemians and musicians and for many years directed the Museum of Industrial Art in Naples.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Balestrieri see:

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Lionello Balestrieri | Genre / Impressionist painter

Lionello Balestrieri was born in Cetona in 1872 into a family of humble origins. When his family moved to Rome he enrolled at the Istituto di Belle Arti and then at the same institution at Naples where he was taught by Domenico Morelli and, privately, by Gioacchino Toma.
In 1897 he moved to Paris where he earned his living as an illustrator.
As a result of his friendship with the musician Giuseppe Vannicola he became so drawn to the musical circle that the subject matter of his art was mainly either musicians or music.


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Luca Postiglione | Genre painter

Luca Postiglione (Naples, October 18, 1876 - 1936) was an Italian painter, mainly of portraits, historic and genre subjects, in a Realist style.
Luca Postiglione was born in a family of painters. He was the son of the painter Luigi Postiglione.
His uncle, Salvatore Postiglione (1861-1906) was also a painter and his teacher.
Luigi's grand-uncle, Raffaele (1818-1897) was a professor at the Neapolitan Institute of Fine Arts.


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Salvatore Postiglione | Genre /Portrait painter


Salvatore Postiglione (1861-1906) was born to father Luigi (1812-1881), who was a painter of sacred subjects. His brother, also named Luigi Postiglione and his nephew, and Luigi's son, Lucawere also painters. He studied at the Neapolitan Institute of Fine Arts under his uncle, Raffaele and Domenico Morelli.