James Tissot | The Prodigal Son in Modern Life | Series

In 1880, French painter and illustrator Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) began an important series portraying the subject of the Prodigal Son, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes.

The series formed a centre-piece of Tissot's one man exhibition at the Dudley Gallery in London in 1882 and later shown at the Palais de L'Industrie in Paris, in 1883.

James Tissot | The Prodigal Son in Modern Life | The Departure, 1882

Bernard Cathelin (1919-2004) | School of Paris

Bernard Cathelin was a French painter born in Paris and a member of the School of Paris which included Picasso, Chagall, Matisse, Dufy and many others including Maurice Brianchon, Cathelin's teacher at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.

Although he received critical acclaim as early as 1950, Cathelin was not able to live solely from his painting until 1955.

Since that time Cathelin has received steadily increasing recognition and has been featured in over 50 exhibitions worldwide.

Throughout his life, he maintained a deep-rooted love for his country and especially for the Drôme, where his mother came from.

Picasso and Victor Hugo | Look not at the face, young girl..

Non guardare il volto

fanciulla, guarda il cuore.

Il cuore di un bel giovane è spesso deforme.

Ci sono cuori in cui l'amore non si conserva.

Fanciulla, l'abete non è bello,

non è bello come il pioppo,

ma d'inverno mantiene le foglie.

Henderson Cisz, 1960 | Cityscape painter

Henderson Cisz is a Brazilian painter** known for his inspirational paintings that feature scenes from the world’s most beautiful cities - London, New York, Paris and Venice.

Henderson Cisz was born in Brazil and grew up in a small village in Parana State.
Cisz had talent from a very young age, but considered it only a hobby. By the time he finished school, he entered a position as a banker.

Arnold Bocklin | Symbolist painter

Arnold Böcklin, (October 16, 1827, Basel, Switzerland - January 16, 1901, Fiesole, Italy), painter whose moody landscapes and sinister allegories greatly influenced late 19th-century German artists and presaged the symbolism of the 20th-century Metaphysical and Surrealist artists.

Although he studied and worked throughout much of northern Europe - Düsseldorf, Antwerp, Brussels, and Paris - Böcklin found his real inspiration in the landscape of Italy, where he returned from time to time and where the last years of his life were spent.