Andrey Figol, 1974 | Impressionist painter

Andrei Figol is a representative of impressionism, a master of landscape.

Andrey Figol's work is a smooth blend of the modern art of painting with its variety of styles and means of expressiveness.

Andrey Figol is able to capture the evanescent state of nature with crisp vividness and emotion.

Raphael | The Deposition, 1507

The Deposition, also known as the Pala Baglioni, Borghese Entombment or The Entombment, is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520), now generally known in English as Raphael.

Signed and dated "Raphael. Urbinas. MDVII", the painting is in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Commissioned by Atalanta Baglioni in memory of her son Grifonetto, the panel, encapsulates a story of love, loss, and devotion.

Emily Dickinson: "La notte è il mio giorno preferito"..

"Questa notte vorrei che la mia guancia si consumasse nella tua mano.

Accetterai lo spreco?

La Notte è il mio Giorno preferito…"

L'amore segreto di Emily

Dopo la morte di suo padre, la poetessa Emily Dickinson ha fatto qualcosa di impensabile nella sua vita: iniziò a corteggiare il migliore amico di suo padre.

Carl Schweninger | Couple in Moonshine

Erik Van Elven, 1969

Erik Van Elven grew up in a very creative family in the North of the Netherlands.

His parents were always very supportive about drawing and painting and both his older brother and younger sister also have a job as a creative.

Although he has no formal art education, he learned about creating images all his life.

Ksenya Istomina, 1991

Ksenya Istomina / Ксения Истомина, born in Leningrad, Russia, embarked on her artistic journey at the Art School named after Sviridov.

Following this, she pursued her studies at the St. Petersburg Art College named after Roerich, specializing in the restoration department.

Ultimately, she graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts named after Ilya Repin, focusing on painting within the studio of Yuri Kalyuta.

Keimpe Van der Kooi, 1966

Keimpe van der Kooi is an Dutch painter, born in Amersfoort.

He graduated from the Classical Academy in Groningen and is also a teacher.

He likes to paint still-lifes in colorful ambiance.

In his paintings there always will be cloths, bowls, flowers and a beautiful sunlight.

As an artist, he already made a name for himself in various ways.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Young Girl with Hat, 1893

Pierre-Auguste Renoir loved to paint his models wearing hats and bonnets.

"He put heaps of them on my head", one model reported.

"He took me to the milliners' shops; he never ceased buying lots of hats".

Renoir painted these accessories continually, even after his dealer, Durand-Ruel, advised him that hats were going out of fashion and that his works might sell better if he didn't include them.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Young Girl with Hat / Jeune fille au chapeau, 1893 (detail) | Barnes Foundation