William Bouguereau | Les oranges, 1865

The image of a mother and child is a symbol of universal relevance. It exists and is celebrated within every culture, throughout its respective history.

Through iconic works like Les Oranges, Bouguereau has made an enduring contribution to this fundamental canon of imagery and he continues to have a profound impact on how such images are produced and received to this day.

The present painting is among Bouguereau's greatest achievements. His virtuosity is apparent in every element of the painting, which was executed at the height of his genius.

His debt to the Renaissance masters is evident here and the religious overtones of this painting are subtly underlined by the inclusion of the oranges, recognized in symbolic terms as a substitute for the apple in the hand of the infant Christ.

Antonio Fuertes (Spanish painter, 1940-1988)

Antonio Fuertes was a self taught painter. His works are very mesmerizing and they are often presented with an oriental Theme.

He mostly paints and draws figures, people, especially male and female in the Alhambra in Granada and Moroccan landscapes.

Earlier he used to work in shop advertising and was engaged in the cinemas and theatre in Madrid.

Alan Ayers | Illustratore di romanzi rosa

Alan Ayers è un artista premiato di copertine per romanzi d'amore nella categoria storica della rete di autori pubblicati da Romance Writers of America.

Nato a Gainesville, in Florida, mi sono laureato alla Tyler School of Art della Temple University con un BFA nel 1981.

Sebbene abbia ricevuto una formazione tradizionale e abbia creato immagini in acrilico ed olio per molti anni, lavoro in digitale dal 1995.

Sento che il mondo digitale ha portato nuova energia al mio lavoro.

Peter Philipp Rumpf | Ragazza che legge su una sedia di vimini

Peter Philipp Rumpf (1821-1896) è stato un pittore ed incisore Tedesco.

Rumpf era figlio del pasticciere Sebastian Rumpf e di Marianne Rumpf, nata Melzer.

Imparò l'arte dolciaria dal padre e nel 1836 iniziò a studiare nella classe di scultura con Johann Nepomuk Zwerger allo Städel Art Institute di Francoforte.

Dal 1838 studiò pittura con Jakob Becker, Carl Friedrich Wendelstadt, Heinrich von Rustige e Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann.

Emilio Longoni | The Voice Of The Stream / La voce del ruscello, 1904

Artist: Emilio Longoni🎨 (Italian painter🎨, July 9, 1859 - November 29, 1932)
Date: 1904
Style: Divisionism
Current location: Galleria Bottegantica

Aaron Westerberg, 1974

Aaron Westerberg è un pittore ad olio di formazione classica che esplora il mondo della poesia attraverso l'uso del colore, dell'ombra, del contrasto e del tono.

Westerberg è nativo californiano cresciuto a San Diego.

Westerberg era interessato a molte cose finché non ha frequentato un corso di disegno dal vero tradizionale.

Il disegno divenne il suo obiettivo e studiò per due anni al California Art Institute.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Woman with a fan. 1879

The actress Jeanne Samary may have posed for this painting in her cheerfully decorated dressing room at the Comédie-Française, a theater in Paris. Yet the image, as indicated by its title, was not intended as a portrait.

The informal subject freed Renoir to experiment with composition - the figure occupies a compressed space, a vibrant bouquet competing with her features.

She holds an uchiwa fan, reflecting a fascination with all things Japanese in late nineteenth-century France. | © The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA.