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From Realism to early Modernism, the 19th century gave birth to a variety of artistic movements.

The Realism and Romanticism of the early 19th century gave way to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in the later half of the century, with Paris being the dominant art capital of the world. In the United States the Hudson River School was prominent.

Camille Claudel, Debussy and La Valse, 1891

Jane Peterson (1876-1965) | Impressionist painter

Jane Peterson was one of the foremost women painters🎨 in the United States. Her works are housed in museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C.

Her works are a blend of Impressionist🎨 and Expressionist styles, combining an interest in light and in depiction of the spontaneous moment with the use of broad swaths of vibrant color.

She is well known for her vivid, richly painted still life, and beach scenes created along the Massachusetts coast.

Camille Corot | Lo stile artistico

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (Parigi, 16 luglio 1796 – Parigi, 22 febbraio 1875) è una delle figure più significative della pittura di paesaggio. Le sue opere, infatti, attingono a piene mani dalla tradizione neoclassica ed, al contempo, anticipano le innovazioni en plein air dell'Impressionismo.

Claude Monet, nel 1897, avrebbe detto di lui: «Qui c'è un solo grande maestro: Corot. Non siamo nulla nei suoi confronti, nulla».

Né il suo contributo nella pittura di figura è meno importante: Edgar Degas, altro noto pittore impressionista, preferiva le sue figure rispetto ai suoi paesaggi, ed in tal senso Corot esercitò un'influenza che traspare persino nelle tele di Pablo Picasso.

Nella sua vita eseguì più di tremila dipinti ed era considerato dai contemporanei come uno dei massimi paesaggisti mai esistiti, a lato di nomi illustri come Claude Lorrain, John Constable e J. M. W. Turner.

Roman Frances, 1950

Spanish painter🎨 Jose Miguel Roman Frances was born in Alcoy, Alicante. At The age of fourteen he began to paint in the workshop of Gaspar Frances Rico.

Rico became more of a friend than a teacher, and his work influenced Frances' artistic formation.

Alessandro Tofanelli, 1959 | Surrealist Landscape painter

When asked about his painting, Italian painter🎨 Alessandro Tofanelli states that he wants to investigate the relationship between time and memory, and to properly do this he has chosen landscape his favorite subject.

In 1977 he graduated from the Arts Institute in Lucca and then moved to Milan, where he attended the Brera Art Academy.

Whilst in Milan, Tofanelli collaborated as an illustrator for several magazines published by Rizzoli and Mondadori.

Catrin Welz-Stein | Digital creator

Catrin Welz-Stein is a German graphic designer who creates stunningly surreal works.

Focused on mixed media, she breathes new life into vintage photos by experimenting in Photoshop, taking pictures apart and assembling them into new content.

Ernest Quost | Impressionist painter

Ernest Quost (1842-1931) was a French Impressionist painter.

Painter of animated cityscapes, landscapes, still lifes, flowers and fruit, pastels. Probably a pupil of Horace Aumont (1839-1864) during his stay in Paris.

He began at the Paris Salon in 1866, was a Societaire des Artistes Français, was awarded medals for his work in the years, 1880, 1882, 1889, 1890 and 1900 and was made a Chevalier and then Officier of the Legion d’honneur in 1883 and 1903, respectively.

Antonino Leto (1844-1913) | Genre painter

Antonino or Antonio Leto (1844 in Monreale, Sicily - 1913 in Capri, Italy) was an Italian painter🎨, painting mainly genre🎨 / landscape subjects in an impressionistic style.

In 1861, sponsored by his uncle, he moved to study in Palermo under L. Barba and Luigi Lojacono.

He adopted the style and subject matter of Filippo Palizzi🎨.

In 1864, he moved to Naples where he was attracted to the Scuola of Resina style of painting fostered by Giuseppe De Nittis🎨. He took lessons from Adriano Cecioni. He painted both in oil, tempera, and watercolor.