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Ippolito Caffi | Carnival night in via del Corso in Rome, 1845-1847


The origins of carnival date back to the Roman Saturnalia, festivities and Religious ancient Rome characterized by public amusements, orgiastic rites, sacrifices, dances and the presence of masks.
The Roman Carnival has however its maximum explosion, in the Middle Ages, after the election of Pope Paul II, who, after the transfer of the papal residence at Palazzo Venezia, concentrated in the historic center and particularly in Via Lata (now the Via del Corso), most of the carnival festivities.
The main form of the Roman carnival was Rugantino, but there were also various Norcini, Aquilani and Meo Patacca and General Damn.


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Ippolito Caffi in Venice | 150th anniversary of his death


Ippolito Caffi, between Venice and the Orient

Exhibition
Museo Correr, Venice, Italy
From May 28 to November 20, 2016
150 years ago during the Battle of Lissa, Ippolito Caffi (1809-1866) lost his life on the sinking ship Re d’Italia, on which he had embarked to document the events of the war through his swift and accurate drawings.
Caffi, born in Belluno but Venetian by choice, was an extraordinary painter and reporter, a restless observer of society and a convinced patriot. 150 years ago (almost a sign of fate!) the Veneto and Venice were annexed to Italy.


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Felix Vallotton | Still Life


The following collection include Still-life paintings by Swiss-born French Nabi painter Félix Edouard Vallotton (December 28, 1865 - December 29, 1925).

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works see:
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Félix Vallotton | Figures and Portraits

Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865-1925) was a Swiss /French painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis.
Vallotton was recognized as a very accomplished portrait painter, and painted portraits of many of the leading figures in the arts of his time.
His early work included a portrait of his fellow Nabi Édouard Vuillard.
The portraits of Vallotton featured both precision and a certain cold realism.


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Nancy Seamons Crookston, 1948 | Plein Air painter


Nancy Seamons Crookston is a California-based artist awarded the title of Master Oil Painter of America. She loves capturing the human figure in moments of stillness and reflection, as well as painting plein air, whether it’s the Rocky Mountains of her birth town in Utah, or a city scape of San Francisco. Her paintings are often described as peaceful and calming.


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20th / 21st Century Artists | Sitemap

"All of us have started from Cezanne" - Fernand Leger.
"When religion, science, and morality are shaken - when external supports threaten to collapse then man’s gaze turns away from the outside world towards himself" - Vasily Kandinsky.
"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them" - Picasso.
"I have not painted a woman - I have painted a painting!" - Matisse.
"Painting, after all, has never been a mirror of the external world, it has never been like a photograph. It has been a creation of signs which were always rightly read by contemporaries…" - Daniel Kahnweiler.


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Cecil Kennedy | Still Life

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter

Cecil Kennedy 1905-1997 | British flowers painter