Richard Telford, 1950 | Cityscape painter

Richard Telford was born in Dorchester and spent his childhood in this most picturesque part of England.

He developed a keen interest in painting professionally from an early age when his talent was recognized by a local gallery.

For a while, after graduating from art college, he took up a career as a graphic designer, which in time he abandoned in order to further his ambition of painting full time.

Mark Twain: "Fate attenzione a leggere libri sulla salute. Si può morire di un errore di stampa!"

Citazioni sui Libri

• "Ho degli amici - i libri, la cui società è per me deliziosissima; sono uomini di tutti i paesi e di tutti i secoli; distinti in guerra, in pace e nelle lettere, facili a mantenersi, pronti sempre ai miei cenni, li chiamo e li congedo quando più mi aggrada… essi non van mai soggetti ad alcun capriccio, ma rispondono a tutte le mie domande".

Francesco Petrarca

• "I libri pesano tanto: eppure, chi se ne ciba e se li mette in corpo, vive tra le nuvole".

Luigi Pirandello

Giuseppe Arcimboldo | The Librarian, 1566 | Skokloster Castle, Sweden

Félicie Schneider | Genre painter

Félicie Schneider or Felicie Fournier (1831-1888) was a French portrait painter.

Schneider was born in Saint-Cloud and first learned to paint from her father, Amable Nicolas Fournier, and later went to the school run by Leon Cogniet.

She showed works at the Paris Salon from 1849.

Her work "The Last Survivors of a Family" was included in the book Women Painters of the World.

Louise Moillon | Baroque painter

Louise Moillon (1610-1696) was a French still life painter in the Baroque era.

It is recorded that she became known as one of the best still life painters of her time, as her work was purchased by King Charles I of England, as well as French nobility.

Louise Moillon is also known for her Flemish style that is present in her artwork.

Moillon created about 40 artworks during her lifetime which are held in museums and private collections.

Joseph-Marie-Augustin-Gabriel Ferrier (1847-1914)

Gabriel-Joseph-Marie-Augustin Ferrier è stato un è stato un ritrattista ed orientalista Francese.

Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier nacque nel sud della Francia, a Nîmes.

Suo padre era farmacista e rispettò la vocazione artistica di suo figlio lasciandolo partire per Parigi, dove il giovane Ferrier si iscrisse all'École des beaux-arts. Ferrier fu quindi allievo di Ernest Hébert e di Isidore Pils.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel: "L'uomo che non ha vita interiore è schiavo di ciò che lo circonda"

• "La vita è breve e non abbiamo mai troppo tempo per allietare i cuori di coloro che stanno percorrendo il viaggio oscuro con noi. Oh, sii veloce ad amare, affrettati ad essere gentile"!

• "Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind"!

Michel Hendrich | Transmission

Jacques-Émile Blanche | Debussy, Degas, Proust, Stravinsky, Frits Thaulow etc..

Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942) was a French artist, largely self-taught, who became a successful portrait painter, working in London and Paris.

Although Blanche received some instruction in painting from Henri Gervex, he may be regarded as self-taught.

He became a very successful portrait painter, with a style derived from 18th-century English painters such as Thomas Gainsborough as well as Édouard Manet and John Singer Sargent.

Jacques-Émile Blanche | Vaslav Nijinsky in 'Danse Siamoise' | Christie's