Jacques Prévert / Maximilien Luce | Chanson de la Seine, 1945

The River Seine’s song

The Seine is lucky

She has no worries

She takes it easy

By day and by night

And she flows from her spring

Gently, quietly

And without foaming

Without overflowing her banks

She’s leaving for the sea

Passing through Paris.

Vittorio Matteo Corcos | La signora con ombrellino, 1884

Born into a Jewish family of the Italian port city of Livorno in 1859 and died in 1933, in Florence, Vittorio Matteo Corcos is known for his portraits of parisian society and his genre scenes.

Corcos studied in Florence and then in Naples, where he was one of Domenico Morelli's best students.

Peace quotes / Frasi sulla pace

• "Occhio per occhio e il mondo diventa cieco"!
• "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind"!

Mahatma Gandhi

• "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word".

Micko-Vic / Miodrag

Micko-Vic è il soprannome del pittore professionista - Miodrag. Micko è un artista autodidatta.

Micko è nato in Serbia, in una città industriale vicino a Belgrado.

Dopo la laurea in ingegneria elettrica presso l'Istituto Nikola Tesla, si è presto trovato in una professione che non era affatto adatta alla sua personalità, cosi si da all'arte.

Il suo stile di disegno parla dell'artista come rappresentante del cubismo moderno.

Nei dipinti di Micko-Vic ci sono forme cubiche affilate e colori brillanti, e prima esegue le sue opere con una matita ed un pennello, poi acrilico e gel.

I temi principali di Micko-Vic sono ritratti, paesaggi e scene della vita quotidiana.

Jacques Prévert | Kiss Me / Embrasse-moi / Baciami, 1946

Twas in a street of the City of Lights

Where ’is always dark, where there’s no air

And winter like summer, there ’is always winter.

She was on the stairs

Him next to her, her next to him

‘Twas night

French Artists | Sitemap

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | La plage du Lavandou, 1894

French traditions in the fine arts are deep and rich, and painting, sculpture, music, dance, architecture, photography, and film all flourish under state support.

During the Renaissance led to Italy becoming the main source of stylistic developments until France matched Italy's influence during the Rococo and Neoclassicism periods.

During the 19th century and up to mid-20 century France and especially Paris was considered the center of the art world with art styles such as Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism originating there as well as movements and congregations of foreign artists such as the École de Paris.

Liu Maoshan, 1942 | Modern impressionist painter

Liu Maoshan is a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu province. He is now vice-president of the Suzhou Chinese Painting Academy and a member of Chinese Artists Associations. He is rated as a national first class artist.

He was graduated from the Suzhou Institute of Arts and Crafts in 1962.

Having mastered a solid and intensive understanding of the works of classical European masters and modern impressionism, he later changed his interest to the creation of Chinese landscape painting.