Gertrude Fiske | Impressionist painter

Gertrude Horsford Fiske (1879-1961) was an American visual artist, figure painter, still life painter and landscape painter.

Fiske was part of the Boston School of painters in the early 20th century.

She was the first woman appointed to the Massachusetts State Art Commission in 1929.

Fiske was born in Boston and was the daughter of a prominent local lawyer.

J Louis, 1992 | Dynamic Impressionist painter

The artist J Louis paints exquisite, abstracted forms creating a vibrant story that cleverly directs viewers toward personal introspection.

J Louis considers himself a Dynamic Impressionist, constructing what he calls "moments of fleeting light, abstracted space and cleverly posed subjects".

"I have always been fascinated by visual harmony", J Louis explains, "by figures that give voice to an emotional and spiritual dialogue".

Fillide Giorgi Levasti | Post-Macchiaioli painter

Fillide Giorgi Levasti (Florence, 1883-1966) was, undoubtedly, one of the most important women painting in Italy in the 1900s.

Deeply influenced by the Macchiaioli movement, Giorgi Levasti (1883-1966) became a student of Giovanni Fattori, attending the Scuola Libera del Nudo at Florence’s Academy, where she made anatomical drawings from live models.

Eléonore Sieulle | Expressionist painter

Eléonore Sieulle: "I focus on expressiveness and emotional feeling and I rely on the momentum of my hand.

Through the speed of execution, I try to establish the immediacy of a movement and make apparent the primitive power of instinct.

Through drawing, I want to draw what is invisible to the naked eye. Drawing is the right to tumult.

Pavel Shumov, 1964 | Impressionist painter

Павел Шумов was born in Yalta.

He graduated from the art school named after F.Vasiliev in Yalta(1978), the secondary art school named after B.Ioganson of the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts of Russia named after I.Repin (1983).

He is a member of the National Union of Artist of Ukraine since 2002, a member of the International Arts Fund since 2005, a member of Union of Arts of Russia since 2014, a member of International Association of Art AIAP UNESCO.

Alexandra Manukyan, 1963 | Surrealist symbolism painter

Alexandra Manukyan was born and raised in Armenia.

She graduated from Fine Art College, and subsequently State Pedagogical University, where she majored in Teaching Fine Arts.

Upon Immigrating to Los Angeles in 1990, Alexandra's focus turned towards fashion.

She graduated from fashion school and worked in the industry as a designer for two decades.

Osho Rajneesh: "Se l'amore diventa profondo, resti in silenzio"...

• "Fa' di ogni passo una tua scelta. Crea te stesso e assumitene l'intera responsabilità".

• "La vita ha due polarità: l'essere e il fare. L'essere è la tua natura: è sempre con te, non devi fare nulla per averlo. È qualcosa che esiste già, che sei fin da ora; non è qualcosa che possiedi. Non esiste nessuna distanza: sei già il tuo essere. Il fare è una conquista".

• "Il problema autentico è risvegliare nell'individuo quel tanto di consapevolezza capace di generare in lui il desiderio di divenire libero, intelligente, autorealizzato e pienamente consapevole".

• "L'ego è uno sforzo costante per andare controcorrente".

Rene Magritte

Vincent van Gogh's suicide letter

Vincent van Gogh was an influential artist during the nineteenth century.

Widely believed to have been struggling with depression and insanity, he went out to a nearby field and shot himself in the chest, before stumbling back to his house where his brother Theo cared for him for two days, before he finally died.

Although he had sent a letter to Theo only three days earlier, he was carrying another letter to his brother on his person at the time of his suicide, largely seen as a suicide note.

Van Gogh severed his own ear with a razor in 1888 | The Courtauld Gallery London