Albert Henry Krehbiel | Impressionist painter

Albert Henry Krehbiel (1873-1945) was the most decorated American painter ever at the French Academy, winning the Prix De Rome, four Gold Medals and five cash prizes.

He was born in Denmark (Iowa) and taught, lived and worked for many years in Chicago.

In 1879, he moved with his family to Newton, Kansas, where his father was a prominent Mennonite layman, prosperous carriage and buggy maker, and later a co-founder of Bethel College.

Johan Laurentz Jensen | Floral Still Life painter

Johan Laurentz Jensen (1800-1856), Danish painter🎨, was born in Gjentofte, near Copenhagen. He began his formal art training at the age of 14, studying under Fritzsch at the Copenhagen Academy, where he won medals in 1817-1818.

In 1822 Jensen moved to France to study porcelain manufacturing in Sevres, where Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark had recommended him.

Luigi Chialiva (1841-1914) | Naturalist painter

Luigi Chialiva was born in Caslano in the Italian speaking Canton of Ticino, in Switzerland in 1842, the son of Abbondio Chialiva.

He studied in Berne and graduated in architecture from the Polytechnic Institute in Zurich whereupon he worked with Gottfried Semper, the architect who designed, amongst other buildings, the Dresden Opera and Zurich Railway Station.

Chialiva then moved to Milan to study at the School of Art, and with Carlo Mancini (1829-1910).

John Singer Sargent: "Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh!"

• "Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire".

• "I do not judge, I only chronicle".

• "Mine is the horny hand of toil".

• "No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with".

Francis Luis Mora | America's First Hispanic Master

Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940) was a Uruguayan-born American🎨 figurativ painter.

Mora worked in watercolor, oils and tempera. He produced drawings in pen and ink, and graphite; and etchings and monotypes.

He is known for his paintings and drawings depicting American life in the early 20th century; Spanish life and society; historical and allegorical subjects; with murals, easel painting and illustrations. He also was a popular art instructor.