Paul Cadmus | La vita dell'artista censurato

Paul Cadmus (1904-1999) è stato un artista Americano noto per i suoi dipinti a tempera all'uovo che ritraevano scene di vita urbana con intense interazioni sociali.

Il suo lavoro, spesso audace e senza compromessi, fondeva il Realismo Magico con un'attenta osservazione sociale ed erotismo, portando a diverse polemiche e censure nel corso della sua carriera.

Artista precoce, Cadmus vinse numerosi premi e borse di studio nei suoi primi anni.

L' Alfabeto di Erté, 1927-1967

La Serie dell'Alfabeto di Erté (Romain de Tirtoff, 1892-1990) celebra la bellezza delle lettere attraverso illustrazioni di moda e design decorativi Art Déco.

L'idea fu concepita nel 1924, realizzata tra il 1927-1967, anche se la grafica fu pubblicata tra il 1976-1977.

Questo capolavoro di Erte è esposto in modo permanente al Museo Centre Pompidou di Parigi.

Giorgio de Chirico. The Song of Love, 1914

"M. Giorgio de Chirico has just bought a pink rubber glove" - so wrote the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in July of 1914, noting the purchase because, he went on to say, he knew the glove’s appearance in de Chirico’s paintings would add to the works’ uncanny power.

Implying human presence, as a mold of the hand, yet also inhuman, a clammily limp fragment distinctly unfleshlike in color, the glove in The Song of Love has an unsettling authority.

Christopher Clark | What a Wonderful World

A self-educated artist Christopher Clark has been an artist since early childhood when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons.

He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement.

Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting.

Christine Peloquin | Artista astratta

Christine Peloquin è un'artista multimediale mista 2-D che disegna e dipinge volti, figure, paesaggi ed astratti su collage.

Utilizza molti materiali diversi tra cui carbone, acrilici traslucidi, acquerelli, monostampe, oggetti trovati, trasferimenti di foto, tessuti e carte su pannelli di legno.

Christine insegna le sue tecniche multimediali miste dal 2009 ed offre seminari nel suo studio ad Orlando e negli Stati Uniti.

Da 30 anni vende le sue opere d'arte in gallerie e festival in tutto il paese.

William Whitaker | Academic painter / 𝄞 Tchaikovsky

William Whitaker (1943-2018), a Chicago-born master of classical realism was recognized for his technical skill and the distinctive style that marked his contributions to the revival of representational art.

He earned a BA from the University of Utah where Alvin Gittins was his mentor and later studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.

Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet by Safet Zec, 1943

- "I dedicate the cycle "Embraces" to the young Sarajevans Admira and Boško, to their love and to their sad, premature, and incomprehensible departure at the time of the horrible tragedy that hit their city, which abruptly interrupted life and dreams for them and thousands of their fellow citizens.

The shots by the snipers did not allow them to continue their love story, in some other happier place.

They will "forever" remain embraced on the Vrbanja Bridge, on the Miljacka River, as a symbol and a reminder of what “darkness” can subdue the human mind" - Safet Zec.