Alfredo Savini | Verist painter

Alfredo Savini (1868-1924) was an Italian painter.

Son of the painter Alfonso Savini (1836-1908), Alfredo Savini attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.

In 1900 he was appointed, by competition, director of the "Gian Bettino Cignaroli" Academy of Fine Arts in Verona, succeeding Moses Bianchi, and held this position until 1924, when, still in full activity, he died on 28 October.

Salman Toor, 1983

Salman Toor is a Pakistani-American painter.

His works depict the imagined lives of young men of South Asian-birth, displayed in close range in either South Asia and New York City fantasized settings.

Toor lives and works in New York City.

Gustav Igler | Genre painter

Gustav Igler (1842-1938) was an Austrian genre painter.

Gustav Igler was born in Austro-Hungarian Odenburg and from 1858 he was a pupil of the famous portraitist Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller in Vienna.

He then studied with Arthur von Ramberg until 1871 at the Royal Academy in Munich.

Mark Beck, 1957

American Artist Mark Beck is considered one of the country's top realism and landscape painters.

With a unique vision and decades-long career, he is well known for his iconic and bold images of the American landscape.

You can see his paintings in films, international ad campaigns, and on magazine covers.

Beck's artwork currently resides in some of the world's most prestigious art collections.

Lucio Massari | Madonna of the Laundry, 1620

"Mary washed, Joseph laid... "

The subject of this painting really seems to illustrate the famous lullaby your grandparents or parents used to sing to you when you were a child.

You know, no one can escape household affairs, not even Joseph, Mary and Jesus!

The scene depicted by the Bolognese painter Lucio Massari (1568-1633) is in fact very unusual: every member of the Sacraiglia works with commitment and organization to clean and iron the laundry.

Lucio Massari Holy Family (Madonna of the Laundry), 1620 | Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze