The Leshan Giant Buddha / Il Buddha gigante di Leshan

The Leshan Giant Buddha (乐山大佛) was built during the Tang Dynasty (618–907AD). It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan. The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei, with the rivers flowing below his feet. It is the largest stone Buddha in the world and it is by far the tallest pre-modern statue in the world.
The Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. It was not damaged by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Egidio Antonaccio, 1954 ~ Realistic Impressionist painter

Italian painter Egidio Antonaccio is a Realistic Impressionist whose oil paintings express his love of nature and a man gifted with a rare talent. Having studied with some of the great Italian masters of fine art, he has developed a brilliant and commanding style. Born in Castelluccio, Italy, Egidio Antonaccio graduated from the Institute of Fine Art in Castrovillari, Italy, in 1973. Then in 1978, he graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.

Paul Cézanne ~ The Four Seasons

In 1860, French painter Paul Cézanne, still a student at the law faculty in Aix, started out as a painter by decorating the walls of the main drawing room at Jas de Bouffan, based on the allegorical theme of the Seasons. He was twenty when his father bought this estate near Aix-en-Provence.

Paul Cézanne ~ Autumn, 1861

Sung Sam Park, 1949

Korean painter Sung Sam Park was born in Soeul, Korea where he began painting at the age of twelve. His talent and teaching abilities were quickly recognized and by the age of thirteen, while still a junior high school student, Park taught painting at the local high school.
Early on, Park attracted the attention of prominent artists and heads of state. Byen Si-Jin, former university president of Jo-Joo Island, was his private art teacher and mentor. The former president of South Korea, Yoon Bo-Sun, personally awarded him many First Places in the national competitions of the Mok-Woo Art Society. Park is still the youngest person ever to have competed in these competitions.

William Waterhouse | The Modern Pre-Raphaelite

British painter🎨 of classical, historical, and literary subjects, John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)🎨 was born in Rome, where his father worked as a painter.

In the 1850s the family returned to England. Before entering the Royal Academy schools in 1870, Waterhouse assisted his father in his studio.

His early works were of classical themes in the spirit of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema🎨 and Frederic Leighton🎨, and were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists and the Dudley Gallery.

In the late 1870s and the 1880s, Waterhouse made several trips to Italy, where he painted Genre scenes🎨.

Cha Soo Griffith | Cityscape painter

Korean painter Soo Cha Griffith lives in Knoxville, but her artist's spirit lives in the picturesque villages and gardens of Italy and France. Griffith paints and sketches a wide variety of subjects, but her favorites are old-world towns, streets, coastal areas, open meadows, flower gardens and people. Her favorite place to paint, she said, is around Lake Como in northern Italy, Griffith said.

Van Gogh | Scoperto il 'Tramonto a Montmajour', 1888

"Tramonto a Montmajour': questo il titolo del quadro di Vincent Van Gogh 'scoperto' dal Museo di Amsterdam dedicato al celebre pittore Olandese ed ora presentato al pubblico.

La paternità dell'opera, secondo le informazioni diffuse dal museo, è stata accertata attraverso il minuzioso lavoro condotto da due esperti che hanno esaminato la tecnica utilizzata, la tela, lo stile e tutti gli indizi disponibili.

Antonio Ermolao Paoletti | Venetian genre scenes

Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (Venice, May 8, 1834 - Venice, December 13, 1912) was an Italian painter, mainly of Venetian genre scenes, recalling Bamboccianti life of children and women, as well as sacred fresco work for churches in the Veneto.

Antonio's father, Ermolao Paoletti, was a well known scholar and writer of Venice. He wrote a much cited expansive guide to its architecture, monuments, artistic works, and customs. He also wrote a dictionary of Venetian dialect. He was an engraver and painter, and was a professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice.