John Singer Sargent | Madame Ramon Subercaseaux, 1880-81

This portrait is a collaboration between a young artist establishing himself in the Parisian art world and a young couple with progressive tastes.

It depicts Amalia Subercaseaux (1860-1930), wife of Chilean consul and artist Ramón Subercaseaux (whose portrait hangs nearby), seated at a piano in the couple’s elegant and stylish residence on the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.

Working within an established portrait tradition, Sargent assimilates evolving ideas about representation and identity.

Evariste Carpentier | Love is in the air

Évariste Carpentier, (1845 in Kuurne - 1922 in Liège), was a Belgian painter of Genre scenes and animated landscapes. Over the years, his painting evolved from the academic art to Impressionism. He is, alongside Emile Claus, one of the earliest representatives of Luminism in Belgium.

Michael Tolleson, 1957

Michael Tolleson è un artista, autore e oratore professionista a cui è stato diagnosticato l'autismo e gestisce una galleria d'arte mentre vive negli Stati Uniti e in Messico.

Durante la sua breve carriera pittorica (circa 9 anni) ha dipinto più di 1500 dipinti degni di una galleria.

Indipendentemente dalle dimensioni, i dipinti vengono solitamente completati in meno di 120 minuti.

Di conseguenza, Michael è riluttante a prendersi il merito del suo lavoro, credendo che il suo autismo sapiente sia in realtà l'artista dentro di lui.

Fino alla metà degli anni '50, Michael non era consapevole del suo autismo.

Anke Merzbach, 1959 | Surrealist photographer

Anke Amelie Merzbach è una creatrice di immagini e fotografa Tedesca.

Dopo aver studiato educazione, ha inizialmente lavorato per 20 anni come giornalista alla pubblicazione di un giornale di educazione ai media.

Dal 2004 si dedica completamente al lavoro come image maker.

In tal modo, mette spesso in scena immagini dall'aspetto surreale in cui l'obiettivo è ritrarre le persone.

In contrasto con l'attività di semplice messa in scena e raffigurazione di un fotografo, si considera una creatrice di immagini.

Lei è uno degli artisti surrealisti.

Oskar Kokoschka | The Elbe Near Dresden, 1921

Oskar Kokoschka | The Elbe Near Dresden, 1921 | Detroit Institute of Arts

Artwork detail by the Detroit Institute of Arts:

This picture most likely depicts the view from the window of Kokoschka’s studio in Dresden, from which he enjoyed a splendid view of the Elbe River, its bridges, and the houses on the far shore.

The three elements of the landscape - water, embankment, and sky - are suggested by bold patches of bright color, and the simple, strongly horizontal composition emphasizes the low buildings and the river’s edge.

Painted between 1919, when Kokoschka moved to Dresden, and 1921, this painting is one of the earliest works by the artist to have been acquired by a U.S. museum.

Claude Monet | The Japanese Footbridge, 1899

Japanese Footbridge is an oil painting by Claude Monet.

It was painted in 1899. It measures 81.3 x 101.6 cm (32 x 40 in.) It hangs in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

In the last decades of Monet's life, his prized water garden at Giverny became a subject the artist explored obsessively, painting it 250 times between 1900 and his death. Eventually, it was his only subject.

He began construction of the water garden as soon as he moved to Giverny, petitioning local authorities to divert water from a nearby river.

The resulting landscape was Monet's invention entirely, and he used it as his creative focus and inspiration.

Julie Ford Oliver | Still Life

An illustrator for more than 25 years, I returned to fine art after my last child graduated from college.

I currently paint in a variety of media allowing the subject matter to guide my choices.

I work out of a spacious studio situated next to my house in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and another studio on Main Street, downtown Las Cruces.