Gustave Caillebotte | Linge séchant, Petit Gennevilliers, 1888

Looking at "Linge séchant, Petit Gennevilliers" one almost feels the fresh breeze causing the white shirts on the clothesline to billow, flap and flutter like loose sails.

This airy picture is one of five works Caillebotte devoted to the motif of laundry drying on the line between 1888-892, while residing at his retreat in Petit Gennevilliers, a bucolic hamlet, half an hour by train away from central Paris.

Caillebotte and his brother Martial had purchased the property in 1881, after selling the family estate in Yerres, which had inspired many of Caillebottes’ earlier works.

J. F. Willumsen | Pittore Simbolista / Espressionista

Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (71863-1958) è stato un pittore ed un poliedrico artista Danese, che operò in tutti i campi dell'arte visiva: scultura, ceramica, fotografia. Fu anche un apprezzato architetto.

Nonostante si sia cimentato in tutti i campi dell'arte visiva la pittura resta il suo ambito preferito.

Willumsen dipinse per tutta la vita ed i suoi quadri rappresentano la maggior parte della sua produzione artistica.

I temi analizzati e le tecniche espressive utilizzate nei vari periodi della sua vita riflettono l'interesse verso tematiche sempre differenti.

Ernest Higgins Rigg | The potato pickers

Ernest Higgins Rigg | The Potato Pickers | Bradford Museums and Galleries

Ernest Higgins Rigg (1868-1947) was a British painter of rural genre, landscapes and portraits.

Rigg was born in Bradford and studied at the School of Art there and then at the Academie Julian in Paris.

He first visited Staithes in 1896 and lodged in Hinderwell at Quaker Garth and later stayed at the village’s Commercial Hotel.

John Singer Sargent: "Fai uno schizzo su qualsiasi cosa e mantieni attiva la curiosità!"

• "You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh".

• "Non si fanno mai abbastanza schizzi. Fai uno schizzo su qualsiasi cosa e mantieni attiva la tua curiosità".

• "Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend".

• "Ogni volta che dipingo un ritratto perdo un amico".

Cesar Pattein | Wheat / Il grano, 1891

Son of a farmer, César Pattein (1850-1931) painted scenes of rustic life focusing on the happy times of the day with children laughing, playing and forgetting the toils of the hard day’s work.

Born in Steenvoorde, in northern France, César Pattein was raised among farmers and maintained a close connection to the rural region throughout his life.

He seldom traveled much further than Lille, with the occasional journey to Paris when exhibiting at the Salon.

Erté's Futuristic Visions: A journey through Art Déco dreams

Erté was born Romain de Tirtoff in St. Petersburg, Russia on November 23, 1892.

He was the only son of an admiral in the Imperial Fleet and was raised amidst Russia’s social elite.

As a young boy, Romain worshipped his mother and was educated at home until the age of twelve, spending much of the time in the company of elegant women.

At the age of five, he conceptualized an evening gown for his mother and managed to persuade her to have it crafted. She was astounded by the results.

Sir Derek Walcott | Concludendo / Winding Up

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