Ladies with flowers

Cogli questo piccolo fiore,

prendilo! Non indugiare!

Temo che appassisca

e cada nella polvere.

Se non può trovare posto

tra i fiori della tua ghirlanda

onoralo almeno

con il tocco della tua mano

anche se doloroso.

Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883)

William Harnett | Trompe-l'œil still lifes painter

William Michael Harnett (1848-1892) was an Irish-American painter**, known for his trompe l'oeil still lifes of ordinary objects.

Harnett painted musical instruments, hanging game, and tankards, but also painted the unconventional Golden Horseshoe 1886, a single rusted horseshoe shown nailed to a board.

Beppo Zuccheri, 1973

Beppo Zuccheri, Italian painter, graphic designer and video-manipulator was born from the Tagliamento river in 1973. After his classical studies he pretended to attend the Fine Arts' Academy in Bologna and the Faculty of literary and philosophical studies in Bologna, too. He got his diploma at the International graphic-advertising School in Venice. Since 2006 he has been cooperating with the “ONOFF” group, which was founded by himself.

Harbin Snow Sculpture Festival, 2012

In frigid northeastern China, in the city of Harbin is hosting its 26th annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. Massive buildings built of ice from the frozen surface of the nearby Songhua River, large scale snow sculptures, ice slides, festival food and drinks can be found in several parks in the city. At night, visitors who endure the bitter cold will see the lights switched on, illuminating the sculptures from both inside and outside.

Kate Lightfoot - Pop Surrealism painter

I'm a self-taught Aussie artist who lives in a quiet Melbourne town-house with my lovely boyfriend, two demanding cats and a bright blue Siamese fighting fish called Jet Li.
During the day, I work in the creative department of an advertising agency. At night, I draw my girls.
I like to work in pencil as I have absolutely no patience and I hate waiting for paint to dry. Watercolour is also great fun (and dries quickly!) - it has a mind of its own and I love the surprise results you can get from it.

Italia Ruotolo | Pop Art painter

Italia Ruotolo born in Naples, Italy.

After Classic Literature studies graduated at the Fine Arts Academy of Naples.

For many years she worked as goldsmith and jewel designer.

Ruotolo's work is a broad range of pop art and Art Nouveau.

Lennette Newell ~ Fashion photographer

Naturalist fashion photographer Lennette Newell channels a lifelong passion for Earth’s biodiversity and the magical wonder of the natural world into compelling animal portraits that afford viewers an intimate glimpse of creatures large and small.

Rembrandt | Periods, themes and styles

Throughout his career, Rembrandt (1606-1669) took as his primary subjects the themes of portraiture, landscape and narrative painting. For the last, he was especially praised by his contemporaries, who extolled him as a masterly interpreter of biblical stories for his skill in representing emotions and attention to detail.

Stylistically, his paintings progressed from the early "smooth" manner, characterized by fine technique in the portrayal of illusionistic form, to the late "rough" treatment of richly variegated paint surfaces, which allowed for an illusionism of form suggested by the tactile quality of the paint itself.