Emma Ekwall (1838-1925) | Genre / Portrait painter

Emma Amalia Ekwall was an Swedish painter;

Birthdate: 18 Gennaio 1838;

Birthplace: Säby församling (F-län), Jönköpings län (på Gransbo);

Death: Died 1 Febbraio 1925 in Gustav Vasa församling, Stockholms län;

Parenti stretti: Daughter of Nils Fredrik Ekwall e Emilia Bernardina Carolina Carolina Ekwall;

Sister of painter Knut Alfred Ekwall.

Marcel Duchamp | Dadaist / Surrealist Conceptual painter

Born in Blainville, Normandy, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was the son of a notary and the younger brother of the painter Jacques Villon and the Cubist sculptor Raymond Duchamp-Villon.

He studied at the Académie Julian in 1904-5. His early figure paintings were influenced by Matisse and Fauvism, but in 1911 he created a personal brand of Cubism combining earthy colours, mechanical and visceral forms, and a depiction of movement which owes as much to Futurism as to Cubism.

His Nude Descending a Staircase, No.2, 1912 (Philadelphia Museum of Art), created a sensation at the 1913 New York Armory Show.

Duchamp did very little painting after 1912, creating the first of his 'readymades' in 1913. These were ordinary objects of everyday use, sometimes slightly altered, and designated works of art by the artist.

His earliest readymades included Bicycle Wheel (1913), a wheel mounted on a wooden stool, and a snow shovel entitled In Advance of the Broken Arm (1915).

Jaroslav Seifert | Domandate che sanno fare ancora le donne?

Camille Claudel (1864-1943) | La Valse, 1883-1905 ⎆

Domandate che sanno fare ancora le donne?

Ma tutto!

Se qualcuno distende sopra un abisso

tre fili di paglia,

vi passano sopra con piede leggero.

Come, non so spiegare,

ma ricordate

che i loro piedi hanno inventato la danza.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe | Mentre andavo / Im Vorübergehn

Andavo per i campi

così, per conto mio,

e non cercare niente

era quello che volevo.

Lisete Alcalde, 1981 | Visionary painter

Lisete Alcalde, Mexican painter, was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, second child of four children, daughter of Sergio Alcalde Justiniani and Patricia Salas.

Having very unique parenting from her father's profession in iridology and her mother's in emotional therapy, Lisete received both health and spiritual guidance.

At the age of 15 Lisete’s artistic talents started to blossom, once she realized her pastime went beyond painting.

Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684) | Baroque Era painter

Pieter de Hooch ⎆ (20 December 1629 (baptized) - 24 March 1684) was a Dutch ⎆ Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway.

He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer ⎆ in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, with whom his work shares themes and style.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by de Hooch see:

Pieter de Hooch | Baroque Era painter ⏭

Emily Dickinson | Dear March / Caro Marzo

Caro Marzo - Entra

Come sono felice

Ti aspettavo da tanto

Posa il Tuo Cappello

Devi aver camminato

Come sei Affannato

Caro Marzo, come stai tu, e gli Altri

Hai lasciato bene la Natura

Oh Marzo, Vieni di sopra con me

Ho così tanto da raccontare..

Franz von Stuck [1863-1928]

Micko-Vic | Cityscape painter

Maltese painter Micko-Vic is a self taught artist with a flair for creativity running through his genes. He first sketches out the scene with pencil and brush, and then adds a combination of acrylic and impasto gel with a palette knife layer upon layer within each scene to get the final, textured effect.

During the last 12 years living in Malta, he studied the culinary arts.

Whilst working as a chef, painting was a hobby limited to free time but, by studying and delving deeper into artistic methods he gradually created a style of expressive and innovative art.

His main inspiration towards his artistic journey has been lead mainly with time and experimentation of colours. His technique is versatile always being developed to bring his paintings to high quality.

His palette is made up of a rich array of colours, with his preferred medium being acrylic.

Micko blends his colours and builds his paintings layer by layer, keeping in mind detail and equality.

Colour, texture and depth are the main focus in his technique.

This explains how with a successful combination of the 3, any ordinary scene is taken to another level.

The recent years Micko has developed a style in his paintings that is distinct and striking allowing him to dedicate more time as an artist and exploit his talent to colour up people’s lives.