Eugène Bidau (1863-1909) | Still life painter

Eugène Bidau was a French painter, most notable for his still lifes. Bidau was born at La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

He studied under Baptiste-Joseph Lechat and the portrait and genre artist Léon-Désiré Alexandre (1817-86), both of whom exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.

Bidau then made his own debut at the Salon in 1863 and continued to exhibit there for many years, showing for instance floral pieces in 1864 and 1865 and then a work titled Le panier renversé; Fleurs et fruits in 1867.

Giovanni Migliara | Veduta painter

Giovanni Migliara (1785-1837) was a nobleman and Italian painter active at the beginning of the 19th century, painting vedute and history paintings.

Born to artisan parents of limited means, he was apprenticed to the sculptor Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo.

He also studied at the Brera Academy with Giocondo Albertolli and began his career as a set designer in the Teatro Carcano (1804) and La Scala (1805-1809), under the direction of Alessandro Sanquirico.

Edvard Munch | Evening Talk, 1889

Title: Evening Talk

Author: Edvard Munch🎨 (Norwegian Symbolist / Expressionist painter, 1863-1944)

Date: 1889

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 175,6 x 216 x 9,1 cm

Current location: National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

Munch’s lifelong obsession with loneliness and psychologically twisted love relationship began with this large picture.

This was the first time that he truly played out the theme that more than anything else infused his depictions of human beings “breathing and feeling, suffering and loving”, to use the artist’s own words.

Federico Moja (1802-1885) | Veduta painter

Federico Moja was an Italian painter🎨, known best for his vedute and views of interior architecture.

Born in Milan into a family of artists, Moja began studying at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 1818 and became a pupil of Giovanni Migliara at the same time.

His early work is characterised by perspective urban views, monastery interiors and subjects of a historical and literary nature addressed in strict accordance with his master's teachings.

Paul Cézanne at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Paul Cézanne | Giocatori di carte, 1890-92

Tra il 1890-1896, Cézanne intraprese un ambizioso progetto di pittura dedicato al tema dei giocatori di carte. Arruolò dei contadini delle terre di famiglia, vicino ad Aix-en-Provence, come modelli.

Basandosi su numerosi studi preparatori, l’artista realizzò cinque composizioni che ampliano, sfidandole, le raffigurazioni tradizionali di questo tema, popolare fin dal Seicento. Pare che questa tela sia stata la prima della serie.

Dopo aver dipinto una successiva versione di grandezza doppia rispetto alla prima che comprendeva una nuova figura, un bambino in piedi, nelle tre versioni seguenti Cézanne eliminò i particolari superflui, raffigurando soltanto due giocatori, che si affrontano a viso duro attraverso il tavolo. | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art