Pierre-Auguste Renoir | La Promenade / La passeggiata, 1870

La Promenade is an oil on canvas, early Impressionist painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, created in 1870.

The work depicts a young couple on an excursion outside of the city, walking on a path through a woodland.

Influenced by the rococo revival style during the Second Empire, Renoir's La Promenade reflects the older style and themes of eighteenth-century artists like Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jean-Antoine Watteau.

The work also shows the influence of Claude Monet* on Renoir's new approach to painting.

Diane Leonard | Plein Air Impressionist painter | VideoArt

Diane Leonard* is an internationally acclaimed Impressionist Artist* known for her incredible use of light.

A self-taught artist, Diane began painting in her early twenties while she lived in Boston.

• "Late afternoon is my favorite time to paint! Whether I am on the beach or painting in my yard, capturing that golden light with colors that are enhanced by the warm sun is exciting! I love to dance when I paint -- I let the music touch my heart and create the magic that I feel in my soul. I get so excited about each and every painting!"

Cristina Fornarelli, 1978 | Pop Vintage style painter

Cristina Fornarelli is an Italian painter that lives and works in Rome.

Fornarelli was born in Bari, Italy.

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

Cristina Fornarelli, 1978 | Figurative Palette knife painter ➻

Pierre-Albert Marquet (1875-1947)

French painter and draughtsman Pierre-Albert Marquet (1875-1947) studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he met Henri Matisse in 1890.

Matisse became a life-long friend; both artists were accepted in Gustav Moreau's painting class in 1897.

In 1900 they worked together on the decoration of the Grand Palais at the Paris World Exhibition.

Alex Colville | Magic Realist painter

David Alexander Colville, painter (born 24 Aug 1920 in Toronto, Ontario died 16 July 2013 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia). Alex Colville moved with his family to Amherst, NS, in 1929 and studied at Mount Allison (1938-42).

On graduating he joined the army and in 1944 was sent to Europe as a war artist. He returned to Canada late in 1945 and worked in Ottawa on paintings based on his European sketches and watercolours until his demobilization in 1946.