Luca Carlevarijs | Pittore vedutista

Luca Carlevarijs (talvolta anche Carlevaris) (Udine, 20 gennaio 1663 - Venezia, 12 febbraio 1730) è stato un pittore Italiano, considerato il primo vedutista veneziano del Settecento ed il precursore del Canaletto e degli altri vedutisti veneziani.

Originario del capoluogo friulano Udine, il pittore si recò nel 1679 a Venezia.

La sua prima opera datata, del 1708, è un ciclo di 100 stampe che illustrano i monumenti veneziani.

Questo ciclo epocale segna l'inizio dell'interesse per il vedutismo.

Ivan G. Olinsky (1878-1962) | Impressionist painter

Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky was a Russian-American painter and art instructor.

Olinsky was born in Elizabethgrad, Russia (now Kirovohrad, Ukraine).

After immigrating to the United States at the age of twelve he studied at the National Academy of Design, then worked for the American muralist George Willoughby Maynard, then for Elmer Garnsey, then for John La Farge in Boston until about 1906.

Olinsky became best known for his female portraits in a style that tended towards Impressionism.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Pietà, 1876

Upon its exhibition at the Paris Salon of 1876, William Bouguereau's monumental Pietà received unanimous praise from critics for its sincere emotion and poignant devotion (Doucet, Les peintres français, Paris, n.d., p. 164).

More than a century later, the painting remains one of the most moving interpretations of, not only the Life of Christ, but of man's personal tragedy as well.

The immediate inspiration for Pietà came not from Bouguereau's devout Christianity, but from the painful loss of his eldest son Georges who died on July 19, 1875 at the age of sixteen.

After spending several months overwhelmed by grief, Bouguereau sought to lift his spirits by fully immersing himself in his art.

Helen McNicoll | Impressionist painter

Helen Galloway McNicoll (1879-1915) was a Canadian impressionist painter. She was one of the most notable female artists in Canada in the early twentieth century and achieved considerable internal success during her decade-long career.

She played an important role in popularizing Impressionism in Canada at a time when it was still relatively unknown.

McNicoll was born in Toronto to an affluent family. Her parents were David McNicoll and Emily Pashley.

Ulvi Liegi (1858-1939) | Vita ed opere

Ulvi Liegi (Livorno, 1858-1939) anagramma di Luigi Moisé Levi, nasce da una benestante famiglia ebraica a Livorno, dove inizia a formarsi.

Dai primi anni ’80 è a Firenze, frequenta l’Accademia di Belle Arti, ma anche pittori "macchiaioli" come Giovanni Fattori, e dipinge dal vero.

Prosegue la formazione a Parigi (1886) e Londra, qui espone alla I Esposizione Italiana (Londra, 1888) e all’Esposizione Universale di Parigi (1889), ma il suo legame con Livorno si mantiene: nel 1886 è alla Prima esposizione di Belle Arti in Livorno ai Bagni Pancaldi.

Francesco Ciusa | Il pane (Bread), 1907

After the great success at the Venice Art Biennale with the work entitled La madre dell’ucciso🎨 (The mother of the killed), the Sardinian modern sculptor Francesco Ciusa🎨 (Nuoro 1883 - Cagliari 1949), gave birth to a second masterpiece: Il pane (Bread, 1907).

Louis Picard (1861-1940) | The kiss

Louis Picard was a French Symbolist painter of the end of the 19th.

The elder brother of Georges Picard, Louis Picard studied in Paris with Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts.

He exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1882 and was awarded a commendation in 1887.

He received a silver medal and the Légion d'Honneur during the Exposition Universelle of 1900, and a silver medal in 1890 at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.