Jeanette Guichard-Bunel (French painter, 1957)

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel was born in Cherbourg. She wants to take her spectators on a dream like journey through her paintings.

She wants to give supremacy to reasoning so that the spectator can analyze and go beyond appearances.

She likes to establish an extra-verbal and extra sensorial communication with her public and erase the barriers of rationalism.

Her characters try to catch the spectator's eye and attract him to a world where time stands still and has boundless space. Through colors, the spectator can go cross the boundary between reality and dream along with some poetry.

Joaquin Sorolla | Siesta in the Garden, 1904

While his beautiful young daughters Maria and Elena dozed in the warm afternoon sun, Joaquín Sorolla captured this sparkling glimpse of the garden and sea coast that his family enjoyed during his summer painting campaign of 1904.

Already well known and internationally acclaimed for his pictures of the fishing folk of his native Valencia, Sorolla was determined during the early years of the new century to expand his subject matter and to broaden the audience for his light-filled paintings.

Albert Bloch (1882-1961)

Albert Bloch è nato a St. Louis, nel Missouri. Ha studiato prima arte alla St. Louis School of Fine Arts.

Nel 1901-03 ha prodotto fumetti e cartoni animati per il quotidiano St. Louis Star.

Tra il 1905-1908 lavorò come caricaturista ed illustratore per il settimanale letterario e politico The Mirror di William Marion Reedy.

La Cappella degli Scrovegni | Stile

Rispetto alle Storie di san Francesco, le scene hanno una composizione narrativa più semplice e chiara e un minor affollamento dei personaggi. Si assiste a un maggiore affinamento dei mezzi espressivi, ad una più forte padronanza della composizione per gli effetti narrativi, dei gesti, delle posture, delle espressioni, della cromìa.

Le figure hanno un volume ancora più reale che ad Assisi, avvolte da ampi mantelli attraverso cui si capisce la modellazione dei corpi sottostanti. La stesura pittorica è più morbida e densa, con un modellato più fuso che dà alle figure un risalto più pieno e meno tagliente.

Le scene hanno la solennità degna della loro sacralità, i volti e i gesti mostrano i moti più intimi dell'anima. Le figure protagoniste sono sempre maestose e importanti, in un inimitabile equilibrio tra la gravitas della statuaria classica e le eleganze della cultura gotica, con espressioni sempre concentrate e profonde.

Più libero è l'approccio alle figure di contorno, vivacissime nelle fisionomie, nei gesti e negli atteggiamenti.

San Michele trafigge Satana

Winslow Homer (1836-1910)

American painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in american art.

Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator.

He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium.

Richard Currier (American, 1960)

Educated at the Ringling College of Art and Design, with further studies in Europe, Richard has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors.

Richard has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and is represented in several museums, as well as prestigious collections.

Currier has exhibited widely throughout the Southern United States for 20 years. He received his artistic training at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, as well as independent studies in Amsterdam and Paris.

Renoir: "It gives my brain a rest, painting flowers"

"It gives my brain a rest, painting flowers. I don't feel the same tension as when I have a model in front of me. When I paint flowers, I put on colours and try out values boldly, without worrying about wasting a canvas. I wouldn't dare to do it with a figure; I'd be afraid of spoiling the whole thing. And the experience I gain this way is then applied to my pictures" - Pierre-Auguste Renoir.