The legend of Aci and Galatea

Metamorphoses, from the greek transformations, is a latin narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poet Ovid, describing the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.

Completed in AD 8, it is recognized as a masterpiece of Golden Age Latin literature.

The most-read of all classical works during the Middle Ages, the Metamorphoses continues to exert a profound influence on Western culture. It also remains the favourite work of reference for greek myth upon which Ovid based these tales, albeit often with stylistic adaptations.

Statue of Acis and Galatea in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris

Stanislav Brusilov, 1976 | Landscape painter

Станислав Брусилов was born January 6, 1976 in Moscow.

From 1987-1994 S. Brusilov studied at the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum. Graduated High School with honors. 

From 1994-2000 he studied at the Surikov Moscow State Academic Institute, the faculty of painting in the studio of Professor Zabelin. During studies at the Institute S. Brusilov was awarded first prize in painting competition conducted Surikov Moscow State Academic Institute . Drawings of the artist published into the album, "The best drawings of students Surikov Moscow State Academic Institute".

Julius Sergius von Klever | Romantic painter

Юлийлий Юлиевич Клевер [1850-1924] painter and teacher. Born to German parents in Dorpat (now Tartu) in Estonia, 1850. Studied under Constantin von Kügelgen in Dorpat (1866-67) and under Sokrat Vorobyov and Baron Mikhail Konstantinovich Clodt von Jürgensburg at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1867-70, expelled). Founding member of the Society of Exhibitions of Works of Art (1874). Academician (1878), professor (1881). Organised the Russian sections at the Exposition Universelle in Antwerp (1885) and the Jubiläums-Ausstellung der Königlichen Akademie der Künste in Berlin (1886, gold medal).

Mario Sironi | Futurist painter

Mario Sironi (1885-1961) - Italian painter, sculptor, designer and architect. Born in Sassari, but lived from 1886 in Rome.

Spent a year studying civil engineering at Rome University, then decided in 1903 to devote himself to painting.

Attended life classes at the Academy in Rome and became friendly with Balla, Umberto Boccioni and Severini.

Matteo Pugliese, 1969 | Figurative Sculptor

Italian sculptor Matteo Pugliese was born in Milan. In 1978 his family moved to Sardinia where Matteo lived for the next 12 years. During this time he developed a strong love for drawing and sculpture and continued his art work without any formal education. After finishing his secondary school studies in classics in Cagliari, he returned to Milan to attend university.

In 1995 he was awarded his degree in Modern literature at the University of Milan with a graduation thesis on Art criticism.

Eliseu Visconti | Impressionist / Art Nouveau painter

Eliseo d'Angelo Visconti (30 July 1866, Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy - 15 October 1944, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was an Italian-born Brazilian painter, cartoonist and teacher.

He is considered one of the very few impressionist painters of Brazil.

He is considered the initiator of the Art Nouveau in Brazil.

He entered in 1884 the Liceu de Artes e Ofícios do Rio de Janeiro, where studied under Victor Meireles.

Pelle Swedlund | Symbolist painter

Per (Pelle) Adolf Swedlund (1865-1947) was a Swedish painter and curator at Thiel Gallery in Stockholm 1932-1946.

Pelle Svedlund was born, lived and died in Gävle.

He was a pupil at the Swedish Academy (1889-92) and completed his education in Paris and Brittany, where he met Paul Gauguin and together they experimented in making woodcuts.

Kolja Tatic, 1962 | Surrealist painter

Born in Jagodina, Serbia, Kolja Tatic was drawn to the arts at an early age.

When asked about childhood influences, Tatic replied, "My father was my first teacher, and when I was about 12, I saw for the first time paintings from Giorgio de Chirico and Dali".

He went on to say, "...when I first saw "Love Song" and "The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street" from de Chirico and "Premonition of Civil War" from Dali, I saw 'mysterious, enigmatic worlds...'"

Albert Ryder | Tonalist / Symbolist painter

Albert Pinkham Ryder, (born March 19, 1847, New Bedford, Mass., U.S. - died March 28, 1917, Elmhurst, N.Y.), American painter, noted for his highly personal seascapes and mystical allegorical scenes.

About 1870 Ryder settled permanently in New York City, where he briefly studied painting. His formal training, however, did little to affect his early work, consisting largely of naive and idyllic landscapes. He made several short trips to Europe, but the paintings in art museums interested him little. He was an imaginative, solitary painter. His lifework of about 150 paintings was produced slowly; his works are, therefore, difficult to date with certainty.

Eugène Carrière | Symbolist painter

Eugène Anatole Carrière (1849-1906) was a French Symbolist painter of the Fin de siècle period. His paintings are best known for their brown monochrome palette. He was a close friend of the sculptor Rodin and his work influenced Picasso. Some see traces of Carrière's monochrome style in Picasso's Blue Period.

Aurélien Bigot / Richard Forestier | The Impressionist Windows

A photo project titled "The Impressionist Windows" is the fusion between photography and painting, perfectly organic, without any editing.

Photographer Richard Forestier collaborated with art director Aurélien Bigot to create “The Impressionist Experience”.

The series tries to capture and turn real life into still images.

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats | Modernist / Symbolist painter

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats (25 February 1861 - 13 June 1931) was a Spanish painter, poet and playwright. He was one of the leaders of the Catalan Modernisme movement.

He influenced Pablo Picasso as a Modern artist, and also left a number of Modernist buildings in Sitges, a town in Catalonia.

Pietro Canonica

Pietro Canonica (Moncalieri, 1º marzo 1869 - Roma, 8 giugno 1959) è stato uno scultore e compositore italiano; fu nominato senatore a vita da Luigi Einaudi nel 1950 e nel 1958 presiedette l'Assemblea in qualità di presidente provvisorio.

Allievo dello scultore gannese Odoardo Tabacchi, a soli 17 anni vinse un premio per la sua statua intitolata Novizia, divenendo famoso subito per la sua capacità di realizzare sculture molto realistiche.

Altre sue opere principali sono: Lo scavatore, Le comunicande e la statua dedicata all'ultimo zar di tutte le Russie, andata distrutta durante la rivoluzione bolscevica del 1917-1918.

Charles Leickert | Romantic Landscape painter

Landscapes and cityscapes were a very popular art form in the Netherlands during the nineteenth century. After the end of the French occupation in 1815, a new sense of pride emerged in all things Dutch.

In the fine arts, many artists rejected the more classical French landscape, aiming instead for Dutch landscape with rivers and windmills and looked back to the ‘Golden Age’ of the seventeenth century for inspiration. Charles Leickert (1816-1907) worked during this period and became known for his landscape and cityscape paintings.

Robert Antoine Pinchon | Post-Impressionist painter

Claude Monet referred to him: "As a surprising touch in the service of a surprising eye".

Among Robert Antoine Pynchons' important works are a series of paintings of the River Seine, mostly around Rouen and landscapes depicting places in or near Upper Normandy.

Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886-1943) was a French Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School- l'École de Rouen.

He was consistent throughout his career in his dedication to painting landscapes en plein air.

Julio Larraz, 1944 | Surrealist/Figurative painter

Julio César Ernesto Fernandez Larraz was born in Havana, Cuba, on March 12 1944.

The son of a newspaper editor, he began drawing at a very early age.

In 1961 his whole family moved to Miami, Florida.

In 1962 they moved to Washington, DC and in 1964 to New York.

Eliseo Meifrén y Roig | Impressionist painter

Eliseu Meifrèn i Roig (24 December 1857/59, Barcelona - 5 February 1940, Barcelona) was a Spanish Impressionist painter.

He began his studies of painting in the school of fine arts of the Lonja from Barcelona under the direction of Antonio Caba.

At the conclusion of his studies in this Center in 1870, moved to Paris, where making contact with Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas and participate with them in the concerns of modernism (in fact, to participate in the modernist party to the first organized in Sitges), subsequently, goes to Italy, where he will reside until 1881. On his return, he settled in Sitges.

Carol Ann Waldron, 1948 | Abstract painter

"As an artist I strive to paint what I “feel” rather than what I “see”. I want to touch the soul of the viewer and bring him along the pathway of my dream through an atmosphere of mystery and light.

Through the medium of paint, I endeavour to write the poetry of my soul on the canvas of life.

So whether it is a half forgotten street corner, a turbulent seascape or a peaceful landscape, I hope to capture the essence and spirit of the scene and lift the soul of the viewer" - Carol Ann Waldron.

Simeon Larson | Romantic painter

Simeon Marcus Larson (1825-1864) was a Swedish Romantic Landscape painter from Åtvidaberg, Östergötland.

He has been recognized as "one of Sweden's foremost 19th-century painters" and labeled as "the most outstanding of the Swedish Düsseldorf painters".

His paintings were known for being dramatic and primarily depicted rivers under violent skies as well as shipwrecks in storms.

George Inness | Tonalist painter

George Inness, (born May 1, 1825, Newburgh, N.Y., U.S. - died Aug. 3, 1894, Bridge of Allen, Stirling, Scot.), American painter🎨 known especially for the luminous, atmospheric quality of his late landscapes.

Inness was largely self-taught.

His early works such as The Lackawanna Valley (1855) reflect the influence of Asher B. Durand and Thomas Cole🎨, painters of the Hudson River school🎨.

From about 1855-1874 Inness ascended to the height of his powers with works such as the Delaware Water Gap (1861) and the Delaware Valley (1865).

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John Pototschnik, 1946 | Plein air painter

'My artistic influences are diverse, ranging from the Barbizon painters of Corot, Daubigny and Millet to the American tonalist, George Inness.

I believe all I need to know of the principles of art are to be found in the works of the masters.

My paintings are not flamboyant, mysterious, trendy or shocking but I am interested in depicting the truth about life, as I see it, in a naturalistic way free of frills and bravado.

John Porter Lasater IV | Plein air painter

'Art is a trifle. I think I can take it too seriously. It will soon be lost in time. I don’t mean the artists are a trifle.

What we are doing is of great importance. It’s the art itself that in my mind is of lesser value.

Most of us hope and wish that somehow our product will be epic and immortal, and it might be, but I can’t let that be my motivation' - John Porter Lasater IV

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, John P. Lasater IV is an award-winning artist who now lives, paints and teaches in Siloam Springs, located in the beautiful hills of Northwest Arkansas.

Lasater once known for his impressionistic style and bravado brushwork, has recently evolved under the mentorship of Jerusalem Master, Israel Hershberg, as well as from his travels to Italy and in depth historical and experimental self-studies.

Giuseppe De Nittis | Veduta di Londra (The Victoria Embankment, London), 1875

The extended trips made by the artist to London (1875-1881) coincided with one of the happiest and most productive of his short life.

It was in London that De Nittis befriended artists such as Tissot, Millais, Leighton, Watts and Alma Tadema.

While in London he stayed with one of his patrons, the banker Kaye Knowles.

It was not just the physical aspects of these cityscapes that proved to be difficult to fully master, but London's distinctive light and atmosphere was a principal challenge for the artist.

Giuseppe De Nittis | Veduta di Londra (The Victoria Embankment, London), 1875 | Christie's

Stefano Maderno | Baroque sculptor

Stefano Maderno (1576-1636), a sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding Bernini, his contemporary.

He is believed to be of Lombard origin from the neighbourhood of Como; probably he was related to Carlo Maderna, the architect and sculptor, who was also born near Como, at Bissone.

Stefano's works are found frequently in churches upon which Carlo was engaged.

Jason Sacran, 1980 ~ Plein air painter

Jason Sacran has a BFA in painting from Tennessee Tech University, and credits towards an MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Jason and his family live in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he was the curator for the Fort Smith Art Center for almost three years.

In 2010 Jason became a full-time artist/painter, and part-time instructor for the University of Arkansas Fort Smith.

Jason is also the Arkansas state ambassador for the Portrait Society of America.

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Sigrid Hjertén | Modern Expressionist painter

Sigrid Hjertén (27 October 1885 - 24 March 1948) was a Swedish modernist painter.

Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism.

Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions.

Sigrid Hjerén's total production amounted to slightly more than 500 paintings, together with sketches, watercolors and drawings.

Eugène Henri Cauchois | Still Life painter

Eugène Henri Cauchois (1850-1911) was born in the city of Rouen on February 14, 1850.

He received his artistic training under the master painters Ferdinand Duboc and Alexandre Cabanel.

His soft, colorful and lustrous still‑lives reflect a strong influence from the renowned Impressionist artists of his time.

Samuel Uhrdin | Genre painter

Samuel (Sam) Uhrdin (1886-1964) was a Swedish painter who was born in Siljansnäs, Dalarna, Sweden.

Isaac Grunewald | Modern Expressionist painter

Isaac Grünewald (1889-1946) was a Swedish-Jewish Expressionist painter born in Stockholm. He was the leading and central name in the first generation of Swedish modernists from 1910 up until his death in 1946, in other words during almost his entire career spanning four decades. He was a highly productive painter as well as a writer and public speaker.

Joseph Kleitsch ~ Plein Air painter

Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931) was a Hungarian-American portrait and Plein Air painter who holds a high place in the early California School of Impressionism.
Born in Banad, Hungary on June 6, 1882, Kleitsch began painting at the age of seven. He later pursued art training in Budapest, Munich and Paris. He immigrated to the United States in 1912 and two years later, on July 22, 1914, he married Edna Gregatis of Chicago, Illinois with whom he would have his only child, Eugene. Influenced by his visits to the famous museums of Europe, Kleitsch continued with his love of portrait and figurative painting after relocating to California.

Albert Goodwin | Victorian Visionary landscapes

Albert Goodwin (1845-1932) was a British landscape painter, specialising in watercolours. Goodwin was a prolific artist, producing over 800 works and continuing to paint well into his eighties. His work shows the influences of Turner and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Goodwin was born in Maidstone in Kent, the son of a builder and one of 9 children. After leaving school he became an apprentice draper. His exceptional artistic ability was recognised at an early age and he went on to study with the Pre-Raphaelite artists Arthur Hughes and Ford Madox Brown - the latter predicting that he would become "one of the greatest landscape painters of the age".

Museum Masterpieces [Part.2]

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian painter, 1844-1920) | Narcissus, 1881 | Hungarian National Gallery

Gyula Benczúr, a contemporary of Mihály Munkácsyand Pál Szinyei Merse, was a consistently outstanding exponent of academicism from his time at the Academy in Munich, and later a much feted artist in Budapest.

He was accomplished in every aspect of painting that could be learned from studying the works of his Renaissance and Baroque forebears.

These skills, encompassing composition and the precise, sensual depiction of details, are demonstrated in his Narcissus of 1881.

Surprisingly, however, Benczúr’s treatment of this Ovidian theme deviates from the traditional iconography.

Vincent Van Gogh | Drawings for study

Perhaps the most prolific post-impressionist painter of all time, Vincent Van Gogh gave us his mind, his heart, his soul, and, most notably, his ear. His works are probably better known generally than those of any other painter in history.

Born in 1853, Van Gogh was the son of a Dutch Protestant minister.

Early in his life, he possessed a moody temperament that would later haunt him in his efforts to become a successful artist.

His brief and turbulent life is thought to epitomize the mad genius legend.

Stuart Davis | Modern painter

Edward Stuart Davis (1892-1964) was an early American modernist painter.

He was well known for his jazz-influenced, proto-pop art paintings of the 1940s and 1950s, bold, brash, and colorful, as well as his Ashcan School pictures in the early years of the 20th century.

With the belief that his work could influence the sociopolitical environment of America, Davis' political message was apparent in all of his pieces from the most abstract to the clearest.

Maxfield Parrish | Golden Age Illustrator

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) deeply committed to the democratization of art, was probably the most popular artist of the twentieth century in the United States after Norman Rockwell link. Like many American artists, including Winslow Homer link, Parrish began his artistic career as an illustrator and became prominent through the publication of his work in popular magazines, such as Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, Life, and Collier’s. 

Giovanni Giacometti | Post-Impressionist painter

Giovanni Ulrico Giacometti (1868-1933) was a Swiss painter of the beginning of the 20th century.

He is the father of the famous sculptors Alberto and Diego Giacometti and the architect Bruno Giacometti, as well as the cousin of the painter and poster designer Augusto Giacometti.

Giovanni Giacometti was born in Stampa, the Grisans on March 7th, 1868.

Encouraged by his teacher, the young Giacometti entered on the artistic career and moved to Munich in 1886 to attend the school of arts and crafts.

Johann Jungblut ~ Romantic Landscape painter

Johan Jungblut [1860-1912] was born in Sarrebourg on the French/German border in April of 1860, although in 1885 he made the German city of Dusseldorf his home. Johan Jungblut was a solitary figure who lived alone; he made frequent trips to Holland to paint, specialising in Winter scenes infused with tranquil light. Today the museums of Brooklyn and Mayence (in France) display his work.

Andreas Achenbach | Romantic painter

Andreas Achenbach, (born Sept. 29, 1815, Kassel, Hesse-died April 1, 1910, Düsseldorf, Ger.), Landscape painter, a pioneer of the German Realist school.

He studied at the Düsseldorf academy under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, but emancipated himself from the contemporary school of landscapists that delighted in the representation of Romantic scenery.