Philip Hermogenes Calderon | The Orphans, 1870

Philip Hermogenes Calderon (1833-1898) was a British painter of Spanish and French descent.

His father, at one time a Roman Catholic priest, was Professor of Spanish Literature at King's College, London.

Calderon studied at James M. Leigh's school in London in 1850, then in Paris at the studio of François-Edouard Picot.

He lived near by in Montmartre, sharing a room with fellow art student Henry Stacy Marks.

Harald Friedrich | Genre painter

Harald Otto Julius Friedrich (1858-1933) was a German painter, university professor and the grandson and last direct male descendant of Caspar David Friedrich.

Harald Otto Julius Friedrich was born on April 14, 1858 in Dresden as the only son of Adolf Friedrich (1824-1889) and Caroline Lehmann (1828-1914).

He is the grandson and last male descendant of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840).

King Charles III, 1948 | Watercolorist and Patron of the Arts

King Charles III of the United Kingdom (born Charles Philip Arthur George; 14 November 1948) is an artist, a master watercolour artist of landscapes.

King Charles III's interest began during the 1970s and 1980s when he was inspired by Robert Waddell, who had been his art master at Gordonstoun in Scotland.

In time, King Charles met leading artists such as Edward Seago, with whom he discussed watercolour technique, and received further tuition from John Ward, Bryan Organ and Derek Hill.

Sergiy Lyacevitch, 1981

Sergiy Lyacevitch è un pittore figurativo impressionista che vive e lavora in Ucraina.

Lyacevitch per i suoi quadri usa dei soggetti classici - le ballerine, la bellezza della donna e Parigi come cornice di sfondo per le sue figure.

Jean-François Portaels | A Sicilian bride, 1861

Jean-François Portaels | A Sicilian bride, 1861 | Royal Collection of the United Kingdom

Three-quarter length, facing half left, her head turned to the viewer; seated on a stone bench; she wears a white dress with red trim and flower petals embroidered on the lower sleeves, and a black sleevless garment; with loosely arranged lace headgear; holding a rosary.