Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) | Drawings

Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) was one of the sculptors in the second half of the 19th century known as the "Neo-Florentines" who took their inspiration from the Italian Renaissance🎨, particularly from the sculptures of Verrocchio, Donatello🎨 and Giambologna🎨.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and Sculpture works by Gemito see:

• Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) | Sculptures🎨 
• Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) | Figurative sculptor🎨

Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) | Sculptures

Vincenzo Gemito🎨 was essentially self-taught. Discovered on the foundling hospital's doorstep and adopted by a poor artisan, Gemito got work in a sculptor's studio when he was nine years old.

He ultimately worked for two local artists, but neither seems to have had much stylistic influence on him.

By age sixteen, Gemito had sold a statue to the city of Naples.

His realistic representations of Neapolitan street life marked a dramatic shift from earlier artists' sentimentalizing.

Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India | The J. Paul Getty Museum

In an intriguing moment late in his career, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) created a series of unusually meticulous drawings depicting emperors and courtiers from Mughal India.

This exhibition explores the Dutch master’s careful studies of imperial Mughal portraiture and places them within a broader circuit of cross-cultural exchanges.

By juxtaposing Rembrandt’s drawings with Indian paintings of similar compositions - and pairing Mughal artworks with European prints that inspired them - fascinating stories unfold about the flow of art and ideas across time and oceans.

Walter Sickert | Post-Impressionist painter

Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) was a British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London.

He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid- and late 20th century.

Sickert was a cosmopolitan and eccentric who often favoured ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects.

His work includes portraits of well-known personalities and images derived from press photographs. He is considered a prominent figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism.

John William Godward | Classicist painter

John William Godward (1861-1922) was a painter from England. He lived from 1861 to 1922.

He is best known for his numerous paintings of lovely young women in classical settings.

Godward was one of the premier painters of the late Pre-Raphaelite/Neo-Classicist era, an era of painting which ended in the early Twentieth Century when the more modern styles of artists like Pablo Picasso became the focus of the art world.