Victor Dargaud | Paris painting

Victor Dargaud | The Statue of Liberty in Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi's Studio, Paris

Paul-Joseph-Victor Dargaud (1850-1921), a specialist in topographically accurate views of the fashionable boulevards of Paris, is little known today, although he exhibited at the Salon from 1873 until his death.

This painting, one of his best-known works, represents the fabrication of the Statue of Liberty.

Its sculptor, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, aspired to rival the sublime effect of such monuments as the Pyramids and the Sphinx.

Because of its scale, Bartholdi had to construct Liberty in sections, as shown in this painting of the statue’s left arm.

Although the right arm of the statue was shipped to the United States in 1876 in time for the centennial, the entire statue was not completed until 1883.

Pierre Outin | Genre painter

Pierre Outin (1840-1899) was a French 19th Century painter.

Pierre Outin's father is a wealthy trader that does not approve his son's taste for art and drawing.

Outin's inclination for art begins at the Moulins high school where he learns drawing. His father wants him "back on track" and send him working in England.

He is still under 18 at his return in Paris and is soon hired in a silk trade, to his father's satisfaction.

Outin gets emancipated in 1861 and decides to quit his job.

Émile Pierre Metzmacher | Genre painter

Émile Pierre Metzmacher (1815-1890) was a Parisian painter specialising in genre and portraiture.

A student of Boulanger, Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre and Florent Joseph Marie Willems, Metzmacher debuted at the Salon in 1863.

He obtained honourable mentions for his work in the years 1879 and 1889.

August von Kaulbach | Portrait / History painter

Friedrich August von Kaulbach (1850-1920) was a German portraitist and historical painter.

He was born to a family that included several well known artists and began his studies with his father, Friedrich Kaulbach.

He then attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, where he studied with August von Kreling and Karl Raupp.

Ibrahim Kodra | Post-cubist painter

Ibrahim Likmetaj Kodra (22 April 1918 - 7 February 2006) was an Albanian painter.

Kodra was born in Ishëm (Ishmi), Albania, son of Murat and Xhixhe.

His mother died when he was young, and he did not receive adequate treatment from his stepmother.

His father was working in the Commercial Marine.

Ibrahim took art classes from Odhise Paskali during 1929, focusing on sport as well.

Livio Možina, 1941 | Realist painter

Livio Možina is an Italian painter, born in Trieste. He started painting at the age of 28 as an autodidact, and in 1971 he held his first solo exhibition.

He concentrated in particular on still life and landscapes.

His experience is very personal and has its roots in hyperrealism.

Kristian Zahrtmann | Naturalist painter

Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann (1843-1917) was a Danish painter.

He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and Theodor Esbern Philipsen, who broke away from both the strictures of traditional Academicism and the heritage of the Golden Age of Danish Painting, in favor of naturalism and realism.

He was known especially for his history paintings, and especially those depicting strong, tragic, legendary women in Danish history.

He also produced works of many other genres including landscapes, street scenes, folk scenes and portraits.

Christen Dalsgaard | Genre painter

Christen Dalsgaard (1824-1907) was a Danish painter, a late student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg.

Early life and education

Christen Dalsgaard was born on 30 October 1824. He was the son of the owner of the estate, Krabbesholm Manor, located near Skive in Jutland.

He showed early signs of artistic talent, and received training as a craft painter. In the spring of 1841 Niels Rademacher, a visiting landscape painter, encouraged the young artist and convinced his parents of their son's talent.