Alberto Pasini | Orientalist / Romantic painter

Alberto Pasini (Busseto, 1828-Cavoretto, 1899) was born in Busseto on 3 September 1826 to Giuseppe and Adelaida Crotti Balestra, the last of five children.

When his father died in 1828, his mother moved with her children to Parma, where she could count on the help of Alberto's uncle, the painter and miniaturist Antonio Pasini, a habitué of the Court circles and a collaborator of the famous typographer Bodoni.

Very soon the young Pasini expressed his own vocation by enrolling at the age of seventeen in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Parma, in the section of landscape painting, and in the drawing section in 1848.

Market painting | Page 2

Hendrik Martensz Sorgh (Dutch Baroque Era painter, ca.1611-1670)

Dan Borris | Yoga Dogs and Kittens

Photographer Dan Borris and his wife Alejandra have created these tongue-in-cheek images of popular dog breeds positioned in classic yoga poses.

Alejandra is a former yoga instructor and current animal practitioner.

She holds and coaxes the pets as closely as possible to the final pose.

Dan snaps the photos and finishes the images in Photoshop. The result is a hilarious invitation to get in touch with your inner pup.

After all if a Golden Retriever can hold that yoga pose, so can you! Yoga Dogs is designed to put a smile on your face, and a little more flexibility in your spirit. Play, BarkÖBreathe. Play, Purr...Breathe.

Market painting

Franz Skarbina (1849-1910)

Emil Barbarini | Impressionist painter

Emil Barbarini (1855-1930) was born in Vienna where he lived until his death.

He was at first apprentice to and consequently influenced by his father, the Landscape painter Franz Barbarini.

However, Emil soon found his own style which was very different from that of his father.

Apart from landscapes he painted market scenes of Vienna, Krems and other Austrian as well as foreign towns.

Similar to the French, he typically painted the same motifs at different times of the day thus creating variations featuring different shades of light. In his work, harmony dominates over contrast.