Vincent van Gogh ~ Dell'Arte..

"A tutt’oggi, non ho trovato miglior definizione dell’arte di questa:
- L’arte è l’uomo aggiunto alla natura – natura, realtà, verità.
Ma col significato, il concetto, il carattere che l’artista sa trarne, che libera e interpreta".

Leonardo da Vinci | Il pittore e lo scultore

Trattato della Pittura - Parte prima /33

Dice lo scultore la sua arte essere piú degna della pittura, conciossiaché quella è più eterna per temer meno l'umido, il fuoco, il caldo ed il freddo, che la pittura.

A costui si risponde che questa tal cosa non fa più dignità nello scultore, perché tal permanenza nasce dalla materia, e non dall'artefice, la qual dignità può ancora essere nella pittura, dipingendo con colori di vetro sopra i metalli, o terra cotta, e quelli in fornace far discorrere, e poi pulire con diversi strumenti, e fare una superficie piana e lustra, come ai nostri giorni si vede fare in diversi luoghi di Francia e d'Italia, e massime in Firenze nel parentado della Robbia, i quali hanno trovato modo di condurre ogni grande opera in pittura sopra terra cotta coperta di vetro.

Paul Éluard | I love you / Ti amo

I love you for all the women

I have not known

I love you for all the time

I have not lived

For the odor of the open sea and the odor of warm bread

For the snow which melts for the first flowers

For the pure animals man doesn’t frighten

I love you to love

Henry John Stock - The Kiss, 1894

Harry McCormick, 1942 ~ Interior painter

'Basically I have been a painter of 'interiors' although not exclusively as there have been other venues as well. You could call me a painter of 'genre' as well, meaning ordinary people doing ordinary things such as recently painting a series of painting of people looking at paintings in museums and galleries. It gave me an excuse to do copies of other great paintings done be such painters as Picasso, Monet, Cezanne, Sargent and the like'.

Geoffrey Johnson ~ Abstract Impressionism painter

Geoffrey Johnson is a contemporary impressionist painter who draws much of his inspiration from his travels and first-hand observations. Using a monochromatic palette of sepia hues, the artist says he always strives to reproduce the places that inspire him while allowing his paintings to "almost dance on the water of abstraction or of just being". In the past, he has often painted New York City, which continues to provide new ideas and inspiration for him.

Ugo de Cesare, 1950

Ugo de Cesare, Italian painter, was born in a small village near Florence. He studied at the Academy of Naples and Florence, and originally wanted to become an art teacher. To get his degree, he had to create an oil painting, which created such a sensation that he was awarded his degree with distinction.

Amy Lind, 1983 | Figurative painter

American Awards winning painter Amy Lind studied portrait painting at the Florence Academy of Art under “living master” Maureen Hyde and with Michael Grimaldi at the Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier.

She graduated Summa Cum Laude and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Her eclectic training has provided her with a unique approach and insight to realism, which is visible in both the traditional and contemporary qualities that her paintings possess.

Grace DeVito, 1965 | Figurative / Still life painter

American painter🎨 Grace Mehan DeVito has spent her life immersed in the art of painting.

Her representational realist skills are equally adept at portraiture, figurative and still life genres.

She love of light and form imbue her work with beauty and timelessness, elevating even the humblest of subjects, bearing witness to the beauty of the world.

A native of Connecticut, Grace studied at The School of Visual Arts in New York City, majoring in Illustration.