Manet ed il Realismo

Già negli esordi l'arte di Manet apparve indubbiamente connotata da pressanti esigenze realiste, a tal punto che arrivò persino aa infuriarsi con il maestro Couture, troppo legato agli accademismi («insomma, vi comportate così quando andate a comprare un mazzo di ravanelli dalla vostra fruttivendola?»).

A turbarlo in particolar modo era in particolare la mancanza di naturalezza delle pose adottate dalle modelle:

«Vedo che ha dipinto una finanziera. E di eccellente fattura. Ma dove sono finiti i polmoni della modella? Sembra che sotto l’abito non respiri. Come se non avesse un corpo. È un ritratto da sarto».

Vijender Sharma, 1962 | Surrealist / Metaphysical painter

Vijender Sharma did his MFA from College of Art, New Delhi.

He has had several shows with many prestigious galleries.

He has participated in Rashtrapati Bhawan, Harmony Shows, Sacred Space, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Silent Auction, French Embassy; Auction by Tehelka and Bonhams, London among many others.

He has attended camps at Turkey, Paris, Venice, Malaysia, Thailand among others.

Sharma has received the Artist of the year Award, Harmony, Sahitya Kala Parishad Award, Delhi and Pt Ravi Shankar Award, College of Art Delhi.

He is a part of all major public and private collections.

He lives and works in Delhi.

Pablo Neruda / Lisa G. | Here I Love You / Qui ti amo

Qui ti amo.

Negli oscuri pini si districa il vento.

Brilla la luna sulle acque erranti.

Trascorrono giorni uguali che s'inseguono.

Here I love you.

In the dark pines the wind disentangles itself.

The moon glows like phosphorous on the vagrant waters.

Days, all one kind, go chasing each other.

La nebbia si scioglie in figure danzanti.

Un gabbiano d'argento si stacca dal tramonto.

A volte una vela. Alte, alte, stelle.

O la croce nera di una nave.

Dragan Ilic Di Vogo, 1962 | Fantastic / Surrealist painter

Dragan Ilic Di Vogo is an contemporary, magic realism, surrealism artist🎨 who works and live in Serbia, full-time Artist for over 20 years, ship work worldwide.

Born on 7th September 1962, in Belgrade, Serbia.

- Professional artist painter since 1990.

- Since 1991 he has had a number of solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions: Vienna, Pozarevac, Belgrade, Herceg Novi, Pristina, Sarajevo, Gornji Milanovac, Banja Luka, Athens, Paris, Los Angeles, Graz, Castroreale, Madrid, Rome.

- Enjoys the status of independent artist since 2001.

- Member of the art group Paralaksa.

- Member of the association of painters Esnaf.

- Member of the association of painters Art of imagination.

- Member of the art group Libelulle.

- He lives and paints in Belgrade, deliberately.

Suchitra Bhosle, 1975 | Figurative painter

Suchitra Bhosle is an India-born artist based in California. Suchitra paints in a representational realistic style drawing inspiration from 20th century Naturalist painters.

She embraces impressionism to depict everyday representational scenes. Suchitra excels at capturing and expressing the mood of her subjects, often in contemplative classical settings.

This lends a timeless yet intimate quality to her paintings.

Though primarily a portrait and figurative painter, she has recently been painting urban and architectural subjects.

Suchitra is represented in leading fine art galleries across USA including Santa Fe, Washington D.C., Carmel and Houston.

Lluís Ribas, 1949 | Figurative painter

Spanish artist Ribas was born in Masnou, Spain, a coastal town in the Maresme district near Barcelona.

Ribas spent hours on the beach tracing his first drawings in the sand. His mother dreamed of a life for him that would be less difficult than that of a fisherman. At nine years of age he began studying drawing and painting with Jose Maris Martinez.

He entered the “Escuela Massana” in Barcelona when he was 13. At the age of 25, Ribas held his first one-man exhibition which immediately earned him international acclaim.

Galla Fattah, 1970 | Symbolist painter | Touching Egypt

Russian painter🎨 Galla Abdel Fattah / Галла Абдель Фаттах is born in Moscow.

One has just the feeling of that mysterious attractiveness when meets that woman fragile, helpless, amazingly beautiful, her profile reminds portraits of Egyptian empresses. Especially, if you can see her among lambent gold of her pictures.

But when you start talking to her it is like the mist clears away and features of a very Russian, soft, poetic character come out through a bright, eastern appearance; it is an astonishing combination making this woman even more fascinating. How was such a mixture born? What does it promise? In what creative form such a spirit can be realized? I believe everyone asks these questions who becomes acquainted with Galla and her works.

She admitted that she had not turned to Egyptian themes in art for many years, but the roots are powerful and sooner or later they reflect in artist’s work, find their form of existence on canvas. Grown up in Russia with traditional values of Russian fine arts at a certain moment Galla discovered the harmony of ancient Russian icon painting and Egyptian symbolism, their graphical fineness.

Eugène Bégarat, 1943 | Post-impressionist painter

Eugène Begarat was born at Nice. In 1960, he entered the "Ecole des Arts Décoratifs de Nice", in 1964 at the "Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris". His first holidays were at Venice and Murano.

He set himself up in Brittany and became interested in the Pont-Aven school and with Nabists such as Felix Valoton et Maurice Denis.

Later, he went on a series of trips to Italy, Morocco, Tunis, and Spain before returning to Paris to the l'Oise, and in 1993 to Provence.