Edna St.Vincent Millay | This beast that rends me in the sight of all, 1928

Marina Podgaevskaya, 1963 | Venetian

This beast that rends me in the sight of all,

This love, this longing, this oblivious thing,

That has me under as the last leaves fall,

Will glut, will sicken, will be gone by spring.

The wound will heal, the fever will abate,

The knotted hurt will slacken in the breast;

I shall forget before the flickers mate

Your look that is today my east and west.

Rémi LaBarre (Canadian, 1977)

Inspired by romance lovers, music, Rémi LaBarre painted series of modern portraits in a vintage theme.

In 1977, in Thetford Mines, Rémi LaBarre gets a first glance of the world. In his childhoold, he draws, often, on paperboards and paper…

One day, a friend who paints suggests testing this medium.

He thus gets some brushes, a few colors and his first painting will dry throughout the days of September 1994. Since then, several paintings, whether portraits or still life, all tales told.

Alexander Hodyukov (Belarusian, 1966)

Александр Ходюков è nato a Vitsyebsk - Bielorussia, dove vive e lavora. Il suo lavoro è condotto in direzioni diverse: realismo, impressionismo, nouveau.

Le sue opere: paesaggi, nature morte, marine e ritratti, mondi surreali in stile fantasy e surrealismo, armonia e bellezza nelle figure, si trovano non solo nelle collezioni bielorussi e russi, ma anche in collezioni straniere di pittura. La tecnica: olio, acquarello, acrilico.

Edna St. Vincent Millay | Time does not bring relief / Non da' sollievo il tempo

Gustav Pope🎨 | Awakening spring, 1877

Time does not bring relief; you all have lied

Who told me time would ease me of my pain!

I miss him in the weeping of the rain;

I want him at the shrinking of the tide;

The old snows melt from every mountain-side

Ademaro Bardelli (1934-2010)

Ademaro Bardelli è nato a Firenze e partecipava alla vita artistica dal 1956.

Dal 1949 al 1953 frequentò l'Istituto d'Arte di Firenze.

Dopo il servizio militare, si reca all'estero, in Belgio dove lavora in una miniera di carbone, in Svizzera, in Francia, facendo i lavori più umili come facchino, cavatore di pietra, scaricatore di porto, cameriere etc.

Francine Van Hove (French, 1942)

Francine Van Hove is a contemporary French painter.

Born in Saint-Mandé (Seine, France), she studied in Paris and received a Fine Arts degree with qualifications to teach in secondary schools.

After teaching one year at Lycee de Jeunes Filles in Strasbourg, she resigned from her position and decided to come back to Paris in 1964 where she now lives and continues to paint.

Berit Kruger-Johnsen | The Dream Seller

Growing up in Oslo, Norway, nature has always played a major part in Berit Kruger-Johnsen's life. She studied for a degree in biology and upon completion was accepted into the only graphic design school in Oslo at that time.

Berit Kruger-Johnsen was taught by two British illustrators. She went on to work in the advertising industry for a year and now works as a freelance illustrator.

For the last thirteen years Berit Kruger-Johnston has been residing in Australia. She still has family based in Norway so frequently travels to her home town.