Artemisia Gentileschi | Esther before Ahasuerus, 1620-1630

The most famous woman painter of the seventeenth century, Gentileschi worked in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples.

This painting, among her most ambitious, represents the Jewish heroine Esther, who appeared before her husband, King Ahasuerus of Persia, in order to stave off a massacre of the Jewish people, breaking with court protocol and thereby risking death.

Artemisia Gentileschi | Esther before Ahasuerus, 1620-1630 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trish Biddle

American artist Trish Biddle studied at the Dallas Institute of Art, before beginning her career as an illustrator and textile designer.

Trish Biddle is published internationally, and is collected around the world. Her process of drawing, painting and designing eventually melded onto canvases, creating romantic images and her unmistakable Art Déco figurative paintings. Her expertise in capturing nature and light creates richly colored, breath-taking canvases.

With a well-defined style, broad, romantic strokes and vibrant color, Trish paints figurative, floral, fashion icons and children’s art. She travels the world and enjoys translating her experiences into oil on canvas.

Arthur Hughes (1832-1915)

Arthur Hughes (Londra, 27 gennaio 1832 - Londra, 23 dicembre 1915) è stato un pittore ed illustratore Inglese, appartenente alla Confraternita dei Preraffaelliti.

Le sue opere più note sono Amore d'aprile (April Love) e Il lungo fidanzamento (The Long Engagement), il cui soggetto comune è l'amore contrastato di una coppia.

Hughes risente particolarmente dell'influenza di John Everett Millais e del gusto floreale tipico del decadentismo, che determina una grande presenza di vegetazione nei suoi dipinti.

L'artista si è inoltre occupato della figura di Ofelia e di altri soggetti da William Shakespeare, ha illustrato il poema La vigilia di Sant'Agnese (The Eve of St. Agnes) di Keats ed alcune opere di George MacDonald, di cui era amico.

Arthur Hughes era lo zio del pittore, anch'egli preraffaellita ed esteta, Edward Robert Hughes.

David Martiashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia 1978)

David Martiashvili crea dipinti di persone, edifici e paesaggi urbani.

Martiashvili è un artista Georgiano nato a Tbilisi, Georgia.

Si è laureato presso la "Scuola delle Arti" (Geo Arte) per bambini dotati.

Si è laureato presso l'Accademia d'Arte di Tbilisi.

Gary Benfield (British painter, 1965) The Horses

"The world around me is a continuous sequence of fortuitous events. Objects and figures intertwine in my mind; they dance, they fuse and one adopts the colour and life of another. I find myself drawn into an intimate world where sensuality and delight in life’s form are combined in a flight of frolic and fantasy" - Gary Benfield.

Award-winning🎨 illustrator Gary Benfield was born in Birmingham, England. He studied art at Stourbridge College of Art (1982-1984) and at Wrexham College of Art (1984-1986).

In 1986, Benfield became a professional freelance illustrator.

Gary Benfield's artistic style is unique. A pencil in one hand and a paint brush in the other, he approaches the canvas and uses both at the same time, just letting 'what happens, happen'.

Caravaggio | St John the Baptist at the Well, 1608

"All works, no matter what or by whom painted, are nothing but bagatelles and childish trifles... unless they are made and painted from life, and there can be nothing... better than to follow nature"

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Caravaggio | San Giovanni Battista, 1603

"I bury my head in the pillow, and dream of my true love…
I am rowing to you on the great, dark ocean.."

Caravaggio**