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Damian Elwes, 1960 | Gli atelier da dove è nata l'Arte

L'artista Britannico Damian Elwes è conosciuto principalmente per la serie di dipinti che rappresentano gli studi e gli atelièr dei maggiori artisti del XX secolo: Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, René Magritte, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol e Salvador Dalí.
I suoi dipinti esplorano il ciclo della vita e della creatività.
A tutt’oggi Damian afferma di aver dipinto circa 200 studi di artisti.

Damian Elwes | Matisse’s Studio in Collioure

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Cuno Amiet | Pittore espressionista

Cuno Amiet (Solothurn, 28 marzo 1868 - Oschwand, 6 luglio 1961) è stato un pittore, illustratore, scultore e grafico Svizzero.
Fu il primo pittore svizzero a dare la precedenza ai colori nelle composizioni, e fu un pioniere dell'arte moderna in Svizzera.
Cuno Amiet nacque a Soletta il 28 maggio 1868 e dedicò tutta la sua vita all'arte.


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Leonardo da Vinci | La Bellezza, la Grazia, la Convenienza e la Misura

Delle elezione de’ corpi

Le veglie della invernata deono essere da’ giovani usate nelli studi de le cose apparecchiate la state.
Cioè che tutti li nudi che hai fatti la state riducerli insieme, e fare elezione delle migliori membra e corpi di quegli, e metterli in pratica e bene a mente.


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Benvenuto Benvenuti | Pittore divisionista

Benvenuto Benvenuti (1881-1959) è stato un pittore Italiano, appartenente al gruppo pittorico dei Divisionisti.
Fu allievo di Lorenzo Cecchi, insegnante alla Scuola delle arti e dei mestieri di Livorno.
Cecchi, intimo amico di Adolfo Tommasi, infonde nel giovanissimo Benvenuti tutta la lezione paesaggistica Macchiaiola.


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Clara von Rappard | Symbolist painter

Clara Julia Elisa von Rappard (19 May 1857, Wabern bei Bern - 12 January 1912, Bern) was a Swiss painter.
She worked in a wide variety of genres and materials including illustrations, etchings and murals, although she is best known for landscapes and portraits.
She was the only child of Jurist Conrad von Rappard and Albertine Engell (1832-1922) of Mecklenburg, the younger sister of the writer and women's rights activist Juliane Engell-Günther.


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Giovanni Vepkhvadze, 1949 | Memories of Tbilisi

Giovanni Vepkhvadze / ჯოვანი ვეფხვაძე (1949-2016) was born in a family of artists in Tbilisi.
In 1967 has entered Tbilisi’s State Academy of Arts on faculty of painting which has graduated in 1973.
The thesis - "In art studio of Beka Opizari" was created under the direction of the known Georgian artist Koki Makharadze.
In 1973 Vepkhvadze has been enlisted in the Creative workshop of painting of Academy of Arts of the USSR under the direction of the National artist of the USSR Ucha Dzaparidze.


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Charis Tsevis, 1967 | Designer Neo futurista

Charis Tsevis / Χαράλαμπος Τσέβης o Χάρης Τσέβης, è un visual designer Greco che vive e lavora a Pafos, Cipro.
Ha conseguito un Diploma in Graphic Design presso l'Akademie für das Grafische Gewerbe, München ed un Master in Visual Design presso la Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milano.
Gestisce un modesto studio sull'isola di Cipro al servizio di clienti in tutto il mondo.


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Leonardo da Vinci | La luce, l’ombra ed i colori

Pruova come tutte le cose poste in un sito sono tutte per tutto e tutte nella parte

Dico che, se una faccia d’uno edifizio o altra piazza o campagnia che sia illuminata dal sole avrà al suo opposito un’abitazione, e in quella faccia che non vede il sole sia fatto un piccolo spiracolo rotondo, che tutte le alluminate cose manderanno la loro similitudine per detto spiraculo e appariranno dentro all’abitazione nella contraria faccia, la quale voi essere bianca, e saranno lì appunto e sotto sopra, e se per molti lochi di detta faccia faciessi simili buchi, simile effetto farebbe in ciascuno.


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Domenico Fetti | David with the Head of Goliath, 1620

Domenico Fetti (1589-1623) was probably born in Rome, where he trained with the Florentine Ludovico Cigoli in the early years of the 17th century and studied the dramatic chiaroscuro of Caravaggio and his followers.
Through Cigoli, Fetti was introduced to Cardinal Ferdinando Gonzaga, who returned to Mantua in 1613 to become Duke Ferdinando II, inviting Fetti to come with him and serve as Court Painter.
In Mantua, Fetti saw the works of Peter Paul Rubens, whose transparent red and blue fleshtones he adopted, as well as the art of Giulio Romano and that of the great Venetian painters of the 16th century, Titian and Tintoretto, whose rich colors and rapid, painterly brushtrokes greatly informed his mature style.

Domenico Fetti | David with the head of Goliath, 1620 (detail) | Hampton Court Palace

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Princess Louise Hollandine | Baroque painter

Princess Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate (18 April 1622 - 11 February 1709) was a painter and abbess.
She was a daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and Scottish princess Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James VI and I.
She is also known for her romantic involvement with the Marquess of Montrose.

Early life

Born in April 1622, Louise Hollandine was born at the Hague Palace in Holland, as her father was living in exile at the court of his uncle, Maurice, Prince of Orange.


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It is Ginevra Cantofoli the painter of the masterpiece known as the "Portrait of Beatrice Cenci"!

A long historical tradition has identified Beatrice Cenci in this portrait.
Formerly attributed to Guido Reni, it is now attributed to Italian Baroque painter Ginevra Cantofoli (Bologna 1618-1672).

The girl turns to us with an appealing and innocent gaze that reminds us of her tragic fate.
After years of oppression and abduction in a castle, Beatrice supported by her brothers and stepmother planned the murder of her father, Francesco Cenci, who was a dissolute and deprived man.

Ginevra Cantofoli | Woman in a Turban, 1650 (detail) | Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Roma

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Zsigmond Vajda | Pittore di genere

Zsigmond Vajda è stato un pittore Ungherese nato a Bucarest l'11 maggio 1860 e morto a Budapest il 22 maggio 1931.
Ha studiato alla Scuola di Design di Budapest dal 1878.
I suoi maestri furono Bertalan Székely e Károly Lotz.
Successivamente si è formato a Monaco come allievo di Gyula Benczúr.


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Lyse Marion | Abstract Mixed-media painter

Mixing and experimenting with various digital techniques and inspired by nature, Marion creates bold imagery with a touch of mystery.
A Canadian artist living near Montreal, Lyse Marion borrows from a range of visual imagery to create lyrical and evocative digital collages.
Marion is currently the manager of a small gallery near Montreal and draws upon her experience in social work and a passion for art to help create her images.


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Mikhail Guida, 1955 | Figurative painter

Mikhail Yevgenievich Guida / Михайло Євгенович Гуйда is a renowned contemporary painte.
Born on a farm Quietly, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, where he followed his first training, Mikhail Yevgenievich Guida perfected at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev.
The theme of his oil painting includes covers a wide range from history and landscape paintings to genre, portraits and still life paintings.


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Albert Maignan | Orientalist painter

Albert Pierre René Maignan (1845-1908) was a French history painter and illustrator.
In 1864, he left his hometown to study law in Paris, earning his diploma in 1866.
During his studies he also painted and took art lessons from Jules Achille Noël.
He had his début at the Salon in 1867, and continued to exhibit there throughout his life.


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Matiko Mamaladze, 1964 | Romantic palette knife painter

Matiko Mamaladze is an award-winning artist, born in Tbilisi, Georgia.
She grew up in an artistic family, surrounded by her mother’s and grandfather’s paintings.
They were a source of inspiration to Matiko and encouraged her to study art.
The creative atmosphere she was immersed in influenced her to such an extent, that from early times drawing and painting became necessities she couldn’t imagine herself without.


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Sophie Morisse, 1962 | Pittrice figurativa

Nata a Mers-les-Bains, in Francia, Sophie Morisse ha studiato alla Scuola di Belle Arti di Rouen.
È specializzata in arte figurativa e la sua modella principale è sua figlia Thaïs.
Il suo tema preferito è l'infanzia e le fiabe.
Ha seguito i corsi di Philippe Garel alla Beaux Art di Rouen fino al 1987.


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Pompeo Mariani | Pittore impressionista

Mariani Pompeo (Milano 1840-1914) - Nacque il 9 sett. 1857 a Monza da Martino, direttore insieme con Gaetano Pellegrino della scuola commerciale Mariani-Pellegrino, e da Giulia Bianchi, proveniente da una famiglia di pittori (era figlia di Giosuè e sorella di Mosè).
Terminato il ginnasio, il M. fu avviato dal padre alla carriera bancaria presso la banca Cavagliani e Oneto di Milano.
Nel capoluogo lombardo fu introdotto da A. Noseda nei circoli culturali e artistici intorno ai quali gravitavano, tra gli altri, A. Boito, G. Braga, L. Gualdo e i pittori legati alla cultura tardoscapigliata L. Conconi e V. Bignami (quest’ultimo fondatore della Famiglia artistica).


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Xing Jianjian, 1959 | Ballet dancers

Chinese painter Xing Jianjian / 邢健健 is from Nantong, in southeastern Jiangsu province.
In 1986, he graduated from Nanjing University of the Arts majoring in oil painting with a bachelor's degree and stayed on as a teacher there.

He is currently a professor and master tutor at the School of Fine Arts of Nanjing University of the Arts.
Jianjian is member of China Artists Association. Director of Jiangsu Oil Painting Society.