Francisco Antonio Cano | Horizontes, 1913

"Horizons" is considered Cano's masterpiece.

"Horizons" epitomizes the idealized migrant family.

It portrays a young, fair-skinned colono family - consisting of a husband, wife, and child - sitting on a bluff, surrounded by mountains.

The three members of the family are likened to the Holy family, with the woman dressed in blue and white like the Virgin Mary, with a baby on her lap.

Painting flowers in the Age of Impressionism

During the 1800s, the Still Life genre was gaining the approval of contemporary critics and the public.

Perhaps the best way to appreciate the context of these paintings is to try to understand the attitudes and thoughts of the artists themselves.

The following evocative quotes from Manet, Renoir, Van Gogh,and others provide fascinating insight into how these artists felt about floral painting and the still life genre in general.

Maurice de Vlaminck | Paysages

Maurice De Vlaminck (1876-1958) was a French painter.

He is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve Movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904-1908 were united in their use of intense color.

Vlaminck was born in Paris of ‘bohemian’ musical parents and he in turn became an accomplished musician.

Alceste Campriani (1848-1933) Genre painter

Alceste Campriani was an Italian painter🎨 noted for his landscapes, especially of the Neapolitan countryside.

He was born in Terni from a noble family. His father's political attachment to the cause of Italy prompted his arrest by Papal officers.

This led to economic difficulties for the Campriani family. He was enrolled in the Naples Institute of Fine arts, but he proved recalcitrant to academic discipline, and abandoned the institute to paint on his own.

Chuck Pinson, 1978 | Romantic painter

The dramatic and popular landscape art of Chuck Pinson takes you away to inspiring and uplifting places. It's art to dive into and drift away.

Chuck has a unique God-given, ability to create beautiful scenes that transport you to idyllic places and offer a bit of peace in the midst of this often chaotic world.

His love of beauty, nature, nostalgia, and the ethereal comes through in his dramatic interpretations of the beauty we experience and perceive around us.

Whether it's the depiction of friendly communities, times past by, or the grandeur of the countryside, Chuck wants to bring you to the place where you can feel the water flowing, hear the birds chirping, and almost touch the soft grass or colorful blooms, so that you can sit back, relax and dream.