Dino Buzzati | Un amore | Capitolo XIII

Ora non si incontravano più dalla signora Ermelina. La Laide gli disse che aveva litigato con la signora Ermelina e lo condusse in casa di un'amica. Ma poi lui approfittò dell'appartamento di Corsini, un amico quasi sempre assente da Milano.

Era un bell'appartamento in fondo a via Vincenzo Monti, vicino alla Fiera, era un appartamento allegro con un grande soggiorno e una scala interna che conduceva di sopra alle camere da letto. Il suo amico non c'era quasi mai, comunque di pomeriggio praticamente era sempre libero.

Dino Buzzati | Romantica, 1926

Dino Buzzati | Un amore | Capitolo XII

Non ci pensa più, erano passati quasi quindici giorni, non ci pensava più. E' nel suo studio, mezzogiorno, ha fretta di sistemare il lavoro perché alle due e mezza verrà a prenderlo l'amico Cappa per andare a Saint-Moritz, lo preoccupa piuttosto il tempo perché sembra che stia per piovere, oramai non ci pensava proprio, il telefono suonò.

Meccanicamente, alzò il microfono.

- "Pronto". Quella voce con l'erre. Era la seconda volta che la Laide gli telefonava. La voce gli penetrò dentro, gli scendeva nel petto. Un senso di meraviglioso sollievo. Come mai questo sollievo? Ma se alla Laide aveva rinunciato. Se non ci pensava più. Perché questa gioia?

Jean Gouweloos (1868-1943) | Genre painter

Jean Léon Henri Gouweloos was a Belgian genre and portrait painter as well as poster artist and lithographer.

Jean Gouweloos studied, like his brother Charles (1867-1946) from 1887-1890 and from 1893-1894 at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles.

He was also a student of the painter and decorator Charle-Albert.

Before studying, he made a living in Paris by drawing posters, then he worked in the family's printing house, which specialized in artistic printing.

Francois Rivoire (1842-1919) Flowers painter

French painter François Rivoire was born in Lyon in 1842. A pupil of Regnier, Rivoire made his debut at the Salon of 1866 and in the same year was made a Societaire des Artistes Français.

In 1883, 1886, 1889 and 1900 Rivoire was awarded prizes for his work and in 1906 was made a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.

Rivoire painted paintings of flowers especially roses in watercolour, gouache and pastel.

Billy Kidd, 1980 | Fine art Photographer

Billy Kidd is an American self-taught photographer born in Panama City, Florida.

- "When I was six years old we sold everything in a garage sale.

I made an impressive $20 selling my He-Man action figures, Castle of Grayskull, G.I. Joe's and every little thing I had.

I thought it would be fun to put my money in a small wooden box and bury it with a long white string tied to it coming out of the dirt, it would be my buried treasure. I never found the money".

Annibale Gatti | The Master Light of All Our Seeing, 1887

Annibale Gatti | The Master Light of All Our Seeing, 1887

Brilliantly composed by the Italian fresco painter Annibale Gatti (1827-1909), the painting depicts a sweeping view reminiscent of Raphael’s The School of Athens. Gatti’s figures are similarly sprawled across his canvas, displaying the same symmetry and careful placement as Raphael’s composition.

The works even share a handful of figures, from the Renaissance architect Donato Bramante and philosopher Pythagoras of Samos to Michelangelo and Raphael himself.

Though Gatti’s work follows in the classical spirit of Raphael’s fresco, "The Master Light of All Our Seeing" takes on a grander meaning than the Renaissance composition. Depicted at the center is the figure of Jesus, symbolically positioned as "The Master of All Our Seeing" as his light shines on the multitude of figures who surround him.

Annibale Gatti (1827-1909) | Fresco painter

Annibale Gatti was an Italian painter, known for history painting and fresco decoration in Tuscany.

Son of a decorator, Gatti moved from Forlì to Florence in 1830.

He studied in Florence, enrolling in 1843 in the Academy of Fine Arts. Around the 1850s he achieved his first successes, choosing historico-religious themes for his works.

In 1861, he decorated the Throne Room in the Pitti Palace.