Alexei Harlamoff | The Arrangement, 1880

"The Arrangement" was painted in the mid-1880s, during the best period of Harlamoff's life, when he was popular and admired.

'Straightforward of subject, superlative of execution, and true to beauty... All is simple, there is no mendacious elegance'

- these are the words of Emile Zola describing another of Harlamoff's works and which can also be applied with perfection to "The Arrangement".

Gustave Madelain | Post-Impressionist painter

French artist Gustave Madelain (1867-1944) was born at Charly (Aisne) and quickly developed his own interpretation of French post Impressionism.

His specialized in painting landscapes of all types and these he usually did in oil paint.

He regularly showed his work in Paris and regularly submitted his work to the "Salon of Independents" from 1907.

Guillaume Seignac | No cherries for you!

French academic painter Guillaume Seignac was born in Rennes in 1870, and died in Paris in 1924.

He started training at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he spent 1889 through 1895.

He had many teachers there, including Gabriel Ferrier, William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury.

Jean-Charles Decoudun, 1962 | Paris painter

Fascinated by pedestrian streets and squares, churches and covered markets, in fact, with everyday life, the French painter🎨 Jean-Charles Decoudun uses watercolors to paint these scenes of life.

The artist observes and notes that people are attracted to these places of daily scenes and enjoys painting their squares, cafés and streets. The subjects of his paintings are, in his eyes, the true creators.

Vladimir Babich / Владимир Бабич, 1953

Vladimir Babich is a contemporary Russian artist🎨.

He works in the style of Post-impressionism following the traditions of Van Gogh🎨, Monet🎨.

Vladimir N. Babich graduated from the Moscow University of Art (Stroganovskoye uchilishye).

He is a member of Moscow Artists Association since 1986.

Arthur Hughes | April Love, 1856 | Tate Gallery

"April Love" is a painting by the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) which was created between 1855-1856.

It was first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1856.

Originally acquired by William Morris, the painting was purchased by the Tate Gallery, London (now Tate Britain) in 1909 and has remained in the Tate collection to the present day.

Vincent van Gogh | Seascape near Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Me, 1888

We can tell that Van Gogh painted this view of the sea from the beach, as grains of sand have been found in the paint layers. It was done at the fishing village of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, during a trip he took from Arles in the south of France.

In addition to the blue and white that he brushed onto the canvas with bold strokes, he used green and yellow for the waves.

He applied these colours with a palette knife, neatly capturing the effect of the light through the waves.

Van Gogh was enthusiastic about the colours of the Mediterranean Sea.