Konstantin Korovin (1861-1939)

Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin /Russian: Константи́н Алексе́евич Коро́вин was a leading Russian Impressionist painter.

Konstantin was born in Moscow to a merchant family officially registered as "peasants of Vladimir Gubernia".

His father, Aleksey Mikhailovich Korovin, earned a university degree and was more interested in arts and music than in the family business established by Konstantin's grandfather. Konstantin's older brother Sergei Korovin was a notable realist painter.

Thomas Moran | Luminist painter

Thomas Moran (1837-1926) in Bolton, England, not far from Manchester, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

Several generations of the Moran family had worked as handloom weavers in Bolton until the introduction of power looms radically changed the industry.

In 1842/1843, seeking public education for his children and economic opportunity in a new land, Thomas Moran, Sr., journeyed to America.

Anders Zorn (1860-1920)

Anders Zorn, in full Anders Leonard Zorn, Swedish painter and etcher, internationally famed as one of the best genre and portrait painters in Europe at the end of the 19th century.

Zorn studied at the Stockholm academy and then travelled extensively throughout Europe. After working in England, France, and the United States, he returned to Mora in 1896.

Anders Zorn | Omnibus, 1892

Anders Zorn | Omnibus (1891-1892) | Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (detail)

The electric evening light on the grand boulevards of Paris fascinated Anders Zorn (Swedish painter, 1860-1920).

With his virtuoso technique, he records here how it is reflected in the misted-up windows of an omnibus and falls on the faces and bodies of the passengers.

The main figure in the painting is the young woman with the square box. Behind her, a prostitute can be made out. Both represent the modern city, with its commercial attractions and dangers. | © Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Anders Zorn | Fish Market in Saint Ives, 1888

Anders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 - 22 August 1920) was one of Sweden's foremost artists.

He obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and etcher.

Zorn was a prolific artist.

He became an international success as one of the most acclaimed portrait painters of his era.

Sandro Botticelli, il pittore del Rinascimento

All'apice della sua fama, il pittore e disegnatore fiorentino Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) fu uno degli artisti più stimati in Italia.

Le sue graziose raffigurazioni della Madonna col Bambino, le sue pale d'altare e i suoi dipinti mitologici a grandezza naturale, come "Venere e Marte", godettero di un'enorme popolarità durante la sua vita.

Figlio di un conciatore, nacque Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, ma gli fu dato il soprannome "Botticelli" (derivato dalla parola "botticello", che significa "piccola botte di vino").

Carol Carter, 1955 | Pittrice acquerellista

Carol Carter è una pittrice di St. Louis, uno degli artisti più interessanti che oggi lavora principalmente con acquerelli ed acrilici su larga scala.

Ha esposto ampiamente negli ultimi diciotto anni sia a livello regionale, nazionale che internazionale, comprese diciassette mostre personali e numerose mostre collettive e su invito.

Sebbene dipinga anche acrilici in grande formato, le armonie dei colori trasparenti rendono i suoi acquerelli molto particolari.