Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838-1874)

Marià Fortuny i Marsal, meglio noto col nome italianizzato Mariano Fortuny, è stato un pittore spagnolo, uno dei più rilevanti del panorama artistico spagnolo del XIX secolo.

Fortuny nacque nel 1838 a Reus, in Catalogna, da una famiglia di modeste origini.

All'età di dodici anni rimase orfano di madre e venne assegnato alla tutela del nonno.

Martin Rico | Impressionist painter

Born on 12 November 1833, at the age of twelve Martín Rico (1833-1908) began studying at the Liceo Artístico y Literario (Lyceum) and later became a pupil of the painter Vicente Camarón, who would introduce him to landscape painting, which shaped his artistic personality in a decisive way.

The brother of the engraver Bernardo Rico, with whom he later collaborated in illustrations for magazines, he also studied at the San Fernando Academy and travelled around Spain with his painter friends Pablo Gonzalvo and Plácido Francés.

Peace quotes / Frasi sulla pace

• "Occhio per occhio e il mondo diventa cieco"!
• "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind"!

Mahatma Gandhi

• "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word".

• "Mi rifiuto di accettare il punto di vista secondo cui l’umanità è così tragicamente legata alla mezzanotte senza stelle del razzismo e della guerra e che la luminosa alba della pace e della fratellanza non potrà mai diventare una realtà... credo che la verità disarmata e l’amore avranno l’ultima parola".

Martin Luther King, Jr.

• "The purpose of all wars, is peace".
• "Lo scopo di tutte le guerre è la pace".

Sant'Agostino

• "Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
• "La pace non può essere mantenuta con la forza; può essere raggiunto solo attraverso la comprensione". 

Albert Einstein

• "While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart".
• "Mentre proclami la pace con le tue labbra, fai attenzione ad averla ancora più pienamente nel tuo cuore".

Francesco d'Assisi

Alberto Guillen, 1951 | Watercolor flowers

Mexican artist Alberto Guillen is well known for his watercolor paintings of flowers.

Alberto Guillen was born in Mexico City. Lives and works in Salem, Oregon.

Artist's education: 2 years of traditional training in the art of painting at the University of Willamette and the study of Photoshop CS4, and Painter 11, Wacom Intuos4 Digital Tablet.

William Turner | Mount Vesuvius in Eruption, 1817

Joseph Mallord William Turner’s dramatic representation of Mount Vesuvius is one of numerous artistic iterations of erupting volcanoes from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.

Turner visited Naples and ascended Vesuvius in 1819; however, he never witnessed an eruption firsthand and this composition likely preceded his Italian sojourn.