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Vlaho Bukovac | Daydreams, 1905

Vlaho Bukovac [French: Blaise Bukovac; Italian: Biagio Faggioni;] was born in Cavtat, near Dubrovnik on July 4, 1855.
He showed inclination to drawing in his early childhood, but because of his family's poverty he could not continue his education. At the age of eleven his uncle took him to the United States, where he spent four hard years. His uncle soon died. In 1871, he returned to Dubrovnik and embarked as an apprentice on a merchant ship that sailed on regular line Istanbul- Odessa-Liverpool.
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Virgilio Tojetti | Sleeping Baby, 1885

Italian-born American painter Virgilio Tojetti (1851-1901) was born in Rome, 1851.
He was an American visual artist who studied with his father, the painter Domenico Tojetti, and in Paris with Gérôme and Bouguereau.
In 1870 he immigrated to America and spent much of the rest of his life living and working in San Francisco and New York City.
He exhibited with the Boston Art Club, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Art Association.

Virgilio Tojetti | Sleeping Baby, 1885 | Boston Public Library

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze | A Child with an Apple, 1779

A young child leans on a cushion holding an apple.
It is not clear if it is a girl or a boy.
The longish hair, delicate rosy cheeks and full, red lips suggest it might be a girl and the white cloth around the shoulders resembles a fichu - the shawl worn by little girls.
However, fichus were usually made of lighter, transparent material while this one is opaque.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze | A Child with an Apple, 1779 | The National Gallery, London

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Roberto Ferri, 1978: "Ogni mia opera è quasi come se fosse una preghiera a Dio.."

Il pittore Italiano Roberto Ferri è nato a Taranto. Nel 1996, si diploma al Liceo artistico "Lisippo" di Taranto.
Inizia a studiare pittura come autodidatta e, trasferitosi a Roma nel 1999, approfondisce la ricerca sulla pittura antica, dall’inizio del Cinquecento alla fine dell’Ottocento; in particolare, si dedica alla pittura caravaggesca e a quella accademica (David, Ingres, Girodet, Géricault, Gleyre, Bouguereau, ecc.)


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Alex Levin, 1975

Alex Levin viene da Kiev, Ucraina, dove è nato e successivamente ha frequentato l'Accademia d'Arte, diplomandosi con lode.
Nel 1990 Alex Levin è immigrato in Israele, dove continua a vivere in una città di Herzeliya.
Con un programma molto produttivo e frenetico, Alex Levin trova altro tempo per crescere come artista e studia nuove tecniche con il professor Baruch Elron, che era il presidente della Israel Artist Association.
Gli stili pittorici principali sono il Surrealismo ed il Realismo.
Le opere di Levin sono state ammirate in tutto il mondo e sono state acquistate per numerose collezioni private, aziendali e istituzionali negli Stati Uniti d'America, Israele, Francia, Italia, Ucraina, Svizzera e Belgio.


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Louis Shabner | Pittore pin-up


Louis Shabner (1917-1981) era già un affermato artista glamour nella sua nativa Inghilterra da più di 25 anni prima di diventare uno degli ultimi pittori pin-up di Brown e Bigelow.
Ha spesso lavorato a guazzo su tavola, ma era altrettanto a suo agio con altri mezzi.

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Auguste Raynaud (1845-1887) | Awaiting his return


Auguste Raynaud was a popular 19th-century Genre🎨 and portrait painter.
Born in Lyon, Raynaud moved to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-arts.
He began exhibiting at the Salon🎨 in 1877 and continued until his death in 1887.