Telemaco Signorini | Macchiaioli Art Movement

Telemaco Signorini (1835-1901) was an Italian artist who belonged to the group known as the Macchiaioli.

He was born in the Santa Croce quarter of Florence, and showed an early inclination toward the study of literature, but with the encouragement of his father, Giovanni Signorini, a court painter for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, he decided instead to study painting.

In 1852 he enrolled at the Florentine Academy, and by 1854 he was painting landscapes En Plein air.

The following year he exhibited for the first time, showing paintings inspired by the works of Walter Scott and Machiavelli at the Florentine Promotrice.

Camille Pissarro: "Paint the essential character of things.."

‣ "Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for?"

‣ "Dipingi solo con i tre colori fondamentali e i loro immediati complementari".

Camille Pissarro | Quotes / Aforismi

‣ "Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing".

‣ "Beati coloro che vedono le cose belle in luoghi umili dove invece altre persone non vedono nulla".

‣ "Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes".

‣ "Non aver paura della natura: devi essere audace correndo il rischio di rimanere deluso e di commettere errori".

Carlo Brancaccio | Genre painter

Carlo Brancaccio (1861-1920) was an Italian painter, active mainly in an Impressionist style.

While he initially had studied mathematics, he abandoned this to study painting by age 22 years.

He was mentored by Eduardo Dalbono.

His main subjects were city streets, sea and landscapes, mostly vedute of Naples.

Sir Frederic William Burton | Victorian painter

Irish painter🎨 Sir Frederic William Burton RHA (8 April 1816 in Wicklow - 16 March 1900 in London) was the third director of the National Gallery, London.

• Artistic career

Educated in Dublin, he was elected an associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy at the age of twenty-one and an academician two years later.

In 1842 he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy. A visit to Germany and Bavaria in 1842 was the first of a long series of trips to various parts of Europe, which gave him a profound knowledge of the works of the Old Masters.