Serge Lutens, 1942 | Quotes / Aforismi

• "To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be a surprise with each note".
• "A professional is an amateur who has been working for a long time".
• "Perfume is a form of writing, an ink, a choice made in the first person, the dot on the i, a weapon, a courteous gesture, part of the instant, a consequence".
• "Perfume is potentially a carrier for the imagination. Perfume is thick; it is poison and pure desire; it is eros in person".

Alexey Slusar, 1961 | Figurative painter

Alexey Slusar / Aлексей Cлюсар is an Ukrainian painter, known for work in Figurative style.

Alexey Slusar was born in 1961 in Dnepropetrovsk. In 1998, Slusar moved to Prague, where he lives and works.

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

• Alexey Slusar, 1961 | Flamenco dancers🎨

Luo Zhongli / 罗中立, 1948 | Genre painter

Born in Chongqing, Luo Zhongli / 罗中立 is considered one of China's foremost realist painters and known for his portraits of the people of southwestern China.

Luo Zhongli studied oil-painting at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing from ’78 until ’82.

Later on, he continued his studies in Belgium, at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Currently, he is the president of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and is involved in numerous renowned art associations and societies in China.

Slava Fokk, 1976 | Surrealist / Art Déco style painter

Russian painter Слава Фокк was born into a family of artists in the south of Russia, in the city of Krasnodar.

Since his childhood, he has been surrounded by a creative atmosphere - art workshops, studios and creative summer residences.

In 1997 Fokk completed his training in the Krasnodar Art School, also known as the Repin.

Alda Merini | Every morning / Ogni mattina

Every morning my stem would rise in the wind

blowing away drunk with life,

but something holds it on earth,

a long heavy chain of anguish

which doesn't dissolve.

I then get out of bed

and I look for a section of wind

and I find a square of sun

in which to rest my naked feet.

Abdullah Evindar | Turkish artist | Surreal silhouette

Andrew Wyeth | Regionalist painter

Andrew Wyeth, in full Andrew Newell Wyeth, (born July 12, 1917, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, U.S. - died January 16, 2009, Chadds Ford), American🎨 watercolourist and worker in tempera noted primarily for his realistic depictions of the buildings, fields, hills, and people of his private world.

Wyeth’s father, N.C. Wyeth, was a well-known illustrator who had studied under Howard Pyle and who, starting in 1932, served as his son’s only teacher.

Andrew Salgado, 1982 | Abstract painter

Andrew Salgado -born in Regina, Canada- has situated himself as one of the eminent emerging painters in both the UK and North America.

He has been listed by Saatchi as "one to invest in today" (Sept 2013), lauded by esteemed critic Edward Lucie Smith as a "dazzlingly skillful advocate" for painting, and been endorsed by Tony Godfrey (author of Phaidon's Painting Today) as an "exciting artist with a particular vision".

Philippe Jacquot, 1966 | Figurative painter

Philippe Jacquot is born in April, 1966. Soon, his favorite subject is the representation of characters. Later he sought expression in both portraits and figure.

He works the pencil and pastels, as well as red chalk drawing, oil and acrylic.

After several experiences in decorative painting and design, in 1990 he decided to devote himself exclusively to his painting.

His past experiences allow him to master glass and metal painting as well as painting on glued materials, giving him the opportunity to express himself beyond the usual means such as canvas or paper.