Gerrit Dou | L'eremita, 1664

Figlio di un incisore del vetro, Gerrit Dou (1613-1675) iniziò imparando ad incidere e dipingere il vetro.

Nel 1628 fu apprendista di Rembrandt.

Qui Dou apprese l'arte del chiaroscuro, il contrasto di luce e ombra che divenne la sua specialità: le sue scene a lume di candela divennero di gran moda.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Portraits

• "The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion. It is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion".
• "L'opera d'arte deve afferrarti, avvolgerti in se stesso e portarti via. È il mezzo con cui l'artista trasmette la sua passione. È la corrente che egli emette che ti trascina nella sua passione".

- Pierre Auguste Renoir

Gustave Caillebotte | Attività collezionistica

Dopo che nel 1876 il fratello minore René lo ammonì dell'inesorabile brevità della vita, Caillebotte - intimamente turbato - dispose il suo testamento a soli ventotto anni.

Una delle clausole ivi previste, in particolare, contemplava un lascito della sua intera collezione artistica al governo francese. Caillebotte, infatti, fu uno dei più convinti collezionisti di pitture impressioniste e, qualora ne avesse l'opportunità, non esitava ad aiutare i suoi colleghi acquistandone le opere.

Pian piano arrivò ad accumulare opere d'arte di vari artisti a lui contemporanei: Camille Pissarro (diciannove), Claude Monet (quattordici), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (dieci), Alfred Sisley (nove), Edgar Degas (sette), Paul Cézanne (cinque) ed Édouard Manet (quattro).

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | La Bella Mano / Lovely hand

O lovely hand, that thy sweet self doth lave

In that thy pure and proper element,

⁠Whence erst the Lady of Love's high advent

Was born, and endless fires sprang from the wave:—

Even as her Loves to her their offerings gave,

⁠For thee the jewelled gifts they bear; while each

Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)

Gustave Caillebotte - French painter, art collector and impresario who combined aspects of the academic and Impressionist styles in a unique synthesis.

Born into a wealthy family, Caillebotte trained to be an engineer but became interested in painting and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

He met Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet in 1874 and showed his works at the Impressionist exhibition of 1876 and its successors.

Caillebotte became the chief organizer, promoter, and financial backer of the Impressionist exhibitions for the next six years, and he used his wealth to purchase works by other Impressionists, notably Monet, Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley and Berthe Morisot.

Inna Tsukakhina, 1968 | Abstract painter

Russian painter Инна Цукахина was born in Krasnodar. In 1986 she graduated from Krasnodar Art College and in 1993 - the Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev. From 1995, a member of the Artists Union SF. From 2002, Master of the Academy of Artists in Prague.

Exhibited since 1990. Inna Tsukakhina - author Courteous "Floral Still Life", written easily in one breath.

The motif of a female body, or colors that are immersed in a conditional environment - the most common myth of their aesthetics. Image of the woman she always likened to a flower, ready to give its sweetness.

Hector Berlioz | Art and Life Quotes

2019 marks the sesquicentenary - or 150th anniversary - of the death of French Romantic composer Hector Berlioz in Paris, in 1869.

To celebrate the life and music of this great artist, we offer you his art -life quotes.

Hector Berlioz, in full Louis-Hector Berlioz, (born December 11, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André, France - died March 8, 1869, Paris), French composer, critic and conductor of the Romantic period, known largely for his Symphonie fantastique (1830), the choral symphony Roméo et Juliette (1839) and the dramatic piece La Damnation de Faust (1846).

His last years were marked by fame abroad and hostility at home.

Hector- Berlioz by Émile Signol (French painter, 1804-1892) 1832

Horace Fisher (1861-1928) | Genre painter

Horace Fisher was a British painter🎨, best known for his genre paintings🎨, paintings of scenes from everyday life, and his portraits both of everyday people.

Fisher's notable works include "Young Girls Picking Flowers", "A Peasant Girl on a Sunlit Veranda", "Lost in Thought" and "The Orange Sellers".

Horace Fisher è stato un pittore Britannico🎨, noto soprattutto per i suoi dipinti di genere, dipinti di scene della vita quotidiana e i suoi ritratti di persone comuni.

Le opere degne di nota di Fisher includono "Young Girls Picking Flowers", "A Peasant Girl on a Sunlit Veranda", "Lost in Thought" e "The Orange Seller".