William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body.

During his life he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work.

Edgar Degas: "Niente, in arte, deve sembrare dovuto al caso"

▻ "Do it again, ten times, a hundred times. Nothing in art must seem to be an accident, not even movement".

▻ "Bisogna rifare dieci volte, cento volte lo stesso soggetto. Niente, in arte, deve sembrare dovuto al caso".

Edgar Degas

Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862-1926)

Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century.

He discovered the pointillist technique when he saw Georges Seurat's La Grande Jatte at the eighth Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1886.

Camillo Rusconi | Scultore barocco

Camillo Rusconi (Milano, 14 luglio 1658 - Roma, 8 dicembre 1728) è stato uno scultore Italiano.

Figlio di genitori originari del Cantone Ticino, fu allievo a Milano di Giuseppe Rusnati.

Giunse a Roma nel 1684, data in cui è documentato nella bottega del ticinese Ercole Ferrata, un artista formatosi nella scia di Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Lavorò inizialmente ad opere minori, per lo più in stucco, poste a decorazione di architetture (a San Silvestro in Capite, San Salvatore in Lauro, Santa Maria in Vallicella).

Ettore Tito (Italian painter, 1859-1941)

Ettore Tito🎨 was born in Castellammare di Stabia (near Naples) on 17 December 1859 to Ubaldo Tito, a merchant marine captain and Luigia Novello Tito.

His mother was Venetian, and when he was a small boy the family returned to Venice where he was to live for the rest of his life.

He began his art studies at an early age, first with the Dutch artist Cecil Van Haanen, who was to become a lifelong friend, and then at the Accademia di Belle Arti where he had been accepted at the age of 12 before he had even reached the legal age for admission.

Dosso Dossi | Pittore del Rinascimento

Dosso Dossi, pseudonimo di Giovanni Francesco di Niccolò Luteri (San Giovanni del Dosso oppure Tramuschio, 1486 circa – Ferrara, 1542) fu uno dei maggiori pittori del Rinascimento a Ferrara, ed è noto per il suo stile enigmatico ed allegorico.

Il suo nome di battesimo era Giovanni di Niccolò Luteri, e nacque a Tramuschio.

Suo padre lavorava come tesoriere per le terre della famiglia estense, presso la loro corte di Ferrara.

Successivamente, gli Este furono mecenati di Dossi.

Sinisha Kashawelski, 1969 | Surrealist painter

Born in Kumanovo, North Macedonia, Sinisha Kashawelski / Синиша Кашавелски graduated the College of Applied Arts in Skopje, North Macedonia and also the same university's Faculty of Fine Arts.

He is a member of DLUM (National Artists Association of North Macedonia), Société des Artistes Français, Société Du Salon D’automne - Paris, member and Ambassador at Mondial Art Academia and the author of many solo projects and exhibitions.