Clodoaldo Martins, 1987 | Genre painter

Clodoaldo Martins was born in Agulha, a small town in the Fernando Prestes district, in the state of São Paulo - Brazil.

While still young, at the age of nine, Clodoaldo was already very aware of his vocation: painting.

He started drawing and, at the age of 13, encouraged by his parents, Clodoaldo took up a course with drawing teacher Luis Dotto in the neighboring town of Catanduva.

It was there that the young local talents concentrated.

Elisabeth Chaplin | Post-impressionist painter

Élisabeth Chaplin (17 October 1890, Fontainebleau, France - 28 January 1982, Fiesole, Italy) was a French/Tuscan painter in the Nabis style.

She is known for her portraiture and Tuscan landscapes, most of which reside in the Pitti Palace’s Gallery of Modern Art collection in Florence.

She has two self-portraits in the Vasari Corridor collection.

Oleg Aradushkin, 1951 | Impressionist painter

Oleg Afanasievich Aradushkin / Олег Афанасьевич Арадушкин is known in Russia and abroad as a distinguished and original master working in easel painting and graphic art.

He was born in Podolsk, Moscow Region in 1951.

He graduated from the Moscow State Academy Art College in Memory of the Year of 1905 and Gerasimov State Institute of Cinematography.

As an artist-director Oleg Aradushkin was involved in the creation of a number of feature films.

In 1977 he became a member of the Union of Artists.

Teresa Wilms Montt: "È difficile essere donne in questo mondo"..

Sono Teresa Wilms Montt

e anche se sono nata cento anni prima di te,

la mia vita non è stata tanto diversa dalla tua.

Anche io ho avuto il privilegio d’essere donna.

Julio Romero de Torres | Portrait of Teresa Wilms Montt, 1920

Joseph Zbukvic, 1952 | Maestro acquerellista

Il maestro dell'acquarello Joseph Zbukvic è nato a Zagabria in Croazia. A diciotto anni si è trasferito in Australia.

Le sue impressionanti realizzazioni e l’enorme successo è dovuto alla sua capacità di trasformare qualsiasi oggetto in un linguaggio poetico visivo.

Su una varietà infinita di soggetti, i suoi dipinti sensibili, lirici ed atmosferici hanno catturato persone e gallerie da tutto il mondo.

Fernando Botero: "Nell'arte, il segreto per crescere è confrontarsi!"

• "Un grande artista nasce da una profonda conoscenza della tradizione e dei problemi della pittura. Ci sono però molte opere in cui la freschezza e l'audacia sorprendono, come si può vedere nell'arte popolare e in certi esempi di arte moderna".

• "A great artist is born from a profound knowledge of the tradition and problems of painting. However, there are many works in which freshness and audacity surprise, as can be seen in popular art and in certain examples of modern art".

Queen María Isabel of Braganza | Founder of the Museum del Prado

María Isabel of Braganza was born in Lisbon on 19 May 1797, daughter of John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain.

She became queen of Spain when she married her uncle, Ferdinand VII, on 28 September 1816 and became his second wife.

She died during childbirth in Aranjuez on 26 December 1818.

It must be noted that this is a posthumous portrait.

The artist was the son of Vicente López and his most faithful disciple.

Bernardo López Piquer (1801-1874) | Maria Isabel of Portugal in front of the Prado in 1829 | Museo del Prado