Farla non puoi, la vita,
come vorresti? Almeno questo tenta
quanto più puoi: non la svilire troppo
nell’assiduo contatto della gente,
nell’assiduo gestire e nelle ciance.
Edgar Maxence | Il ritrattista romantico
Il pittore Francese Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) ha studiato con Jules-Élie Delaunay e Gustave Moreau.
I suoi contemporanei furono Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, Albert Marquet, Henri Evenepoel ed altri.
La tecnica pittorica di Edgard Maxence combinava pennellate relativamente spesse con una certa purezza di linee.
Lui utilizzava la foglia d'oro, che enfatizzavano scene mistiche primitive, nonostante i volti realistici.
Robert Kemm | Admiring the painting, 1880
Robert Kemm (1837-1895) was a British painter.
He was considered a Romantic painter of genre scenes, especially Andalusia landscapes and figures.
This artwork called "Admiring the painting" was painted in oil and is a highly staged piece of work.
The room setting could easily be the artists studio, with the easel, palette and assortment of props.
Felix Nussbaum | The Folly Square / La piazza della follia, 1931
"The Folly Square" / "Der tolle Platz" was created in 1931 by German-Jewish surrealist painter Felix Nussbaum (1904-1944).
It is part of the collection of the Berlinische Galerie.
Turbulent goings - on at Pariser Platz in Berlin: young artists unload their paintings outside the Prussian Academy of the Arts while its distinguished professors file through the door.
In the background we see Max Liebermann, the president of the Academy, on the roof of his house right next to the Brandenburg Gate.
He is working on a self-portrait held for him by Victoria, the goddess of victory.
She has torn herself off the Victory Column on the right of the frame, but in mid-flight she loses the laurel wreath which, since Ancient times, has been the mark of distinction for success.
Felix Nussbaum | The folly square, 1931 | Berlinische Galerie
In the foreground, in the centre of the beige-grey painting: a group of young artists in pale smocks with paintings.
More paintings are being unloaded from a vehicle on the right.
Left: professors dressed in black form a long queue three abreast.
In the background, Max Liebermann stands on a half-crumbling building.
Rainer Maria Rilke | Lascia che tutto ti accada / Let everything happen to you
Dio parla a ciascuno solamente prima ch’egli sia creato,
poi va con lui silente nella notte.
Ma le parole, quelle prima dell’inizio di ciascuno,
le parole, come nubi, sono queste:
Sospinto dal tuo intendere,
va’ fino al limite del tuo anelare;
dai a me una veste.
Giovanni Segantini | Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi / Midday in the Alps, 1891
"I am now working passionately in order to wrest the secret of Nature’s spirit from her.
"Nature utters the eternal word to the artist: love, love; and the earth sings life in spring, and the soul of things reawakens"
"Midday in the Alps" is an oil on canvas painting by Italian painter Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899) executed in 1891.
It currently resides at the Segantini Museum in St. Moritz.
Camille Pissarro | The Avenue, Sydenham, 1871
"The Avenue, Sydenham" is an 1871 oil painting by a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903).
This work is a product of the Impressionism movement, measuring 48 x 73 cm.
It currently resides in the National Gallery in London, UK.
From The National Gallery, London: Following the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Camille Pissarro and his family left France and moved to London.
This picture is one of 12 he painted while in self-imposed exile there.
One of the largest paintings in the group, this springtime scene, with the trees just coming into leaf, would have been completed in April or May 1871, shortly before Pissarro’s return to France.
Camille Pissarro | The Avenue, Sydenham, 1871 | National Gallery, London
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