Maurice Utrillo, (born December 26, 1883, Paris, France-died November 5, 1955, Le Vésinet), French painter who was noted for his depictions of the houses and streets of the Montmartre district of Paris.
Born out of wedlock, Utrillo was the son of the model and artist Suzanne Valadon. His father was not known, and he was given his name by a Spanish art critic, Miguel Utrillo. He had no instruction as an artist apart from that given by his mother, who herself was untutored.
Ray of Hope by Vladimir KushL'amore non muore mai di morte naturale.
Muore perché noi non sappiamo come rifornire la sua sorgente.
Muore di cecità e di errori e tradimenti.
Muore di malattia e di ferite,
muore di stanchezza, per logorio o per opacità.
David Petrovich Shterenberg / Давид Петрович Штеренберг (1881-1948) was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter and graphic artist. He was born to a Jewish family in Zhitomir, Ukraine. After studying art in Odessa, in 1906 he moved to Paris where he studied in the Académie Vitti in Montparnasse where he was taught, among others, by the painter Kees van Dongen. He lived in “La Ruche” where, at one time or other, there also lived Modigliani, Chagall and other artists. In Paris Shterenberg was influenced by the painting of Cézanne and by Cubism.
