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Jacques Prévert | Prima colazione...

Lui ha messo
Il caffè nella tazza
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Il latte nel caffè
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Lo zucchero nel caffellatte


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Petrus van Schendel | Genre / Romantic painter


Petrus Van Schendel (1806-1870) was a Dutch*-Belgian* genre painter in the Romantic style who specialized in nighttime scenes, lit by lamps or candles. This led to him being known as "Monsieur Chandelle".

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Serguei Zlenko, 1960 | Realist / Surrealist painter

Born in Georgia, Сергей Зленко is a classically trained artist whose works represent the school of traditional Russian painting.
His works include, amongst other things, topographical landscapes, classic ballet dancer motifs and figurative portraits of people, animals and events. Zlenko is inspired by a vast array of topics, which can be seen in his multidimensional artworks.
In his portraits, Zlenko succeeds in capturing a natural and spontaneous moment which makes his paintings almost photolike.


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Alush Shima, 1942


Small Territories of Freedom under communism

Alush Shima was born in Tirana, Albania. He painted in secret under Albania’s communist regime for almost two decades, being a former Parliament member.
Alush Shima’s most perilous moment was in 1973, when the Sigurimi secret police seized his closest friend, fellow artist Ali Oseku, for letting slip praise of such bourgeois painters as Picasso and Matisse.
He worked as a set painter in Albania’s only film studio, Kinostudio.


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Isabel Miramontes, 1962 | Abstract surrealist sculptor



Born in in Santiago de Compostella (Spain) and influenced by the Celtic Origins of her village, the bronze works of Isabel Miramontes have both a primitive and essential quality to them.


Her recognizable androgynous figures express a narrative of quiet certitude and the inevitable struggle of everyday man, his obstacles and triumphs.