Se noi non avessimo amato,
Chi sa se quel narciso avrebbe attratto l'ape
Nel suo grembo dorato,
Se quella pianta di rose avrebbe ornato
Di lampade rosse i suoi rami!
Caspar David Friedrich | Ruins of the Oybin, 1835 | Hermitage Museum
Louis Wain | Postcard artist
Louis William Wain (1860-1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens.
Wain was born in Clerkenwell, London.
In 1881 he sold his first drawing and the following year gave up his teaching position at the West London School of Art to become a full-time illustrator.
He married in 1884 but was widowed three years later.
In 1890 he moved to the Kent coast with his mother and five sisters, and, except for three years spent in New York, remained there until the family returned to London in 1917.
Giacomo Leopardi | L'infinito / The Infinite
Sempre caro mi fu quest’ermo colle,
e questa siepe, che da tanta parte
dell’ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude.
Ma, sedendo e mirando, interminati
spazi di lá da quella, e sovrumani
silenzi, e profondissima quiete
Caspar David Friedrich | A Walk at Dusk, about 1830-1835 | The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Loïc Jouannigot, 1953 | Children's book illustrator
Loïc Jouannigot, born in Brittany, France, is a children's book illustrator.
A graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts, he has worked for the children's book and advertising industries.
From 1987 onwards, he became known more widely as an illustrator of children's literature, with the beginning of a long series of publications on "La famille Passiflore" ("Beechwood Bunny Tails") with texts by Geneviève Huriet.
This serie has been a real best-seller, being translated in 28 languages.
Van Gogh's flowers
Vincent van Gogh was a flower fan!
It all began in Paris, where he lived for two years (1886-88).
During his time there, he noticed that flower still lifes sold well.
Some French artists even specialised in painting flower still lifes.
Van Gogh started painting flower still lifes in the hope they would sell well.
Vincent van Gogh | Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, 1890 | Metropolitan Museum of Art
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