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Francesco Lojacono | Scenery painter
Francesco Lojacono or Lo Jacono (1838-1915) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes and seascapes.
He was born in Palermo, Sicily, and received his early training there with his father Luigi, a history painter, and Salvatore Lo Forte.
Francesco Lojacono won a gold medal for a small canvas presented at an exhibition in Palermo, and this gained him a stipend to move in 1856 to Naples, where attended the school of Filippo Palizzi.

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) | Quotes
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance
Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer, one of the fathers of the modern short story.
- "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt".
- "I took the book from him reverently, and I gazed at these forms incomprehensible to me, but which revealed the immortal thoughts of the greatest shatterer of dreams who had ever dwelt on earth".
- "You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government".

Elin Danielson-Gambogi | Naturalist painter
Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi (3 September 1861 - 31 December 1919) was a Finnish painter, best known for her realist works and portraits. Danielson-Gambogi was part of the first generation of Finnish women artists who received professional education in art, the so-called "Painter sisters' generation".
The group also included Helene Schjerfbeck.
Early life and studies
Elin Danielson was born in the small village of Noormarkku, near the city of Pori in Western Finland to Karl Danielson and Rosa Amalia Danielson.
Her early years were however spent at Ilmajoki as her father attempted farming there. Because of the Finnish famine of 1866–68, the farm failed. After being forced to sell the farm, her father Karl shot himself.
Her mother Rosa returned to Noormarkku with her two daughters.


Ramón Casas i Carbó | Il pittore modernista
Ramón Casas i Carbó (1866-1932) è stato un pittore Spagnolo, famoso per i suoi ritratti e caricature della buona società di Barcellona, Madrid e Parigi.
Divenne famoso anche per i suoi quadri sulle rivolte sociali.
Fu anche disegnatore grafico e cartellonista pubblicitario, mezzi con cui diffuse il movimento modernista.
Figlio di una famiglia benestante, il padre aveva fatto fortuna a Cuba e la madre proveniva da una ricca famiglia, rivelò presto la sua inclinazione per l’arte.
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