Robert Antoine Pinchon | Pittore post-impressionista

Claude Monet affermava che Pinchon era dotato di "Un tocco sorprendente al servizio di un occhio sorprendente".

Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886-1943), appartenente alla Scuola di Rouen (École de Rouen), fu un maestro del Post-impressionismo.

Per tutta la sua carriera fu costante nella dedizione alla pittura di paesaggi En plein air.

Robert De Niro Sr, il padre pittore dell'Attore

Robert Henry De Niro Sr (1922-1993) è stato un pittore, poeta e scultore Statunitense di origine italiana.

È il padre dell'attore Robert De Niro.

Figlio dell'italo-americano Henry Martin De Niro (1897-1976) e dell'irlandese Helen O'Reilly (1899-1999), i nonni paterni erano Giovannino Di Niro ed Angelina Mercurio, che emigrarono da Ferrazzano in provincia di Campobasso alla volta dell’America nel 1890.

Glenna Goodacre | Vietnam Women’s Memorial, 1993

The Vietnam Women’s Memorial was dedicated in 1993 to honor the more than 250,000 women who served in the military during the Vietnam War and the approximately 11,000 who volunteered to serve in Vietnam.

Fulfilling many roles, women were nurses, air traffic controllers, communication specialists, and intelligence officers.

An addition to the original design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the sculpture by Texas artist Glenna Goodacre (1939-2020) depicts three women around a fallen soldier.

Arthur Elsley | I'se biggest! 1892

The "I'se Biggest!", which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1892, won Arthur John Elsley’s considerable public acclaim, a small girl standing on tip-toe atop a thick book, comparing her height with that of a large St. Bernard Dog.

Later the painting had to be re-engraved to satisfy public demand.

Elsley continued to paint these good-natured dogs throughout his career, they appear in more than thirty of his paintings.

Gil Bruvel, 1959 | Visionary art / 𝄞 Chopin 𝄞

Gil Bruvel is a contemporary artist known for his visually striking sculptures, often featuring human faces constructed from thousands of charred wooden shafts.

While he began with painting and drawing, he is now primarily a sculptor who uses a wide range of materials, including wood, bronze, and stainless steel.

His work is deeply influenced by his curiosity about the human condition and the inner workings of the mind, often exploring themes of duality and interconnectedness.

The Language of light by Ricardo Sanz, 1957

The pictorial work of Spanish painter Ricardo Sanz reflects a perfect mastery of drawing, light and color, is idealized and precious, you get the best out of each model and translate it into the canvas.

His portraits, a current modernity, have pictorial tradition and wisdom.

It is considered one of the great portrait painters of the time.

Quando l'iperrealismo incontra il surrealismo | Ricardo Celma, 1975

L'artista Ricardo Celma è nato a Buenos Aires.

La sua vocazione artistica si sviluppa immediatamente: a cinque anni frequenta un laboratorio d'arte, a 16 anni ha realizzato la sua prima mostra personale, e cosi ha continuato ininterrottamente per 20 anni.

Al termine del liceo è entrato alla Scuola Nazionale di Belle Arti Prilidiano Pueyrredón, dove ha conseguito il titolo di Professore nazionale di disegno e pittura, con ottimi voti.