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Michael Carson was born in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated from the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Design in 1996. Working as a graphic Artist, he painted his first painting three years after graduating from college.He knew he had found his calling and in 2001, started painting full time.Influenced by the paintings of Toulouse Lautrec🎨, John Singer Sargent🎨, Norman Rockwell🎨, Malcolm Liepke🎨, and Milt Kobayashi, Michael Carson is primarily a figurative Artist who likes to tell a story.His figures usually find themselves in bars, nightclubs, cafes, and jazz clubs; even at home in intimate settings. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RkksyC

Daria Kropacheva is an Moldovan Neo baroque and Symbolist painter who lives in a place called Chisinau in Moldova.We were unable to find any more detail on Daria but perhaps there is little need - her art speaks loudly for itself - it sure is stunningly beautiful.Her perfectly rendered characters dominate the canvas bursting with life, a sense of immortality and a subtle dark undercurrent of mystery. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RkkY8K

Franz Marc è stato un pittore Tedesco, uno dei fondatori del movimento Der Blaue Reiter - The Blue Rider. È considerato uno dei pittori più rappresentativi del XX secolo e uno dei più rilevanti rappresentanti dell'espressionismo tedesco. Nel 1900 si iscrive all'Accademia delle Belle Arti di Monaco. Compì diversi viaggi, i più importanti due soggiorni a Parigi del 1903 e del 1907. Tornato dalla prima visita Marc lasciò l'accademia. La seconda esperienza lasciò tracce ancora più evidenti dallo studio dell’opera di Van Gogh. Nel corso di questi anni dipinse prevalentemente paesaggi e ritratti lavorando tra Monaco, Staffel-Alm, Indersdorf e Kochel; si dedicò anche all’illustrazione di libri e diede lezioni private per sostentarsi. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RkbKz6

Crawfurd Adamson, born in Edinburgh, is a noted figurative artist from Scotland, although he has spent much of his career in the South of England.He has exhibited widely and internationally, and has paintings in major collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the National Fleming Collection in London.He came to note in the 1980s and 90s, with extensive international shows including Monaco, Hong Kong and Spain. His work fell out of fashion during the late 90s, as the art market took a preference to conceptual works, rather than traditional media such as oil painting or pastels. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RkXyw8

Pavel Bergr was born in the city of Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic. He spent his childhood in a Gothic castle in Střekov and a Renaissance palace in Libochovice. He studied glass making and blowing at the Shool of Glasses in Zelezny Brod, illustration and graphic design at the School of Applied Arts in Prague and at the "Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci", in Perugia, Italy.Member of the International Imaginative Artists Association (IIAA).Since 1986 Bergr realizes more than 40 individual exhibitoins: Czech and Slovak Republic, Germany, Austria. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RkXd8m

Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motives from everyday life.He was the director and served as the first professor at the Norwegian Academy of Arts from 1909-1925.Christian Krohg was born at Vestre Aker (now Oslo), Norway. His father was a civil servant, journalist and author.From 1861, he attended Hartvig Nissen School.His father had asked him to pursue a legal career. Krohg studied law at the University of Oslo (then Christiania) graduating cand.jur. in 1873, the same year in which his father died. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RkRtqB

Albrecht Samuel Anker was a Swiss painter🎨 and illustrator who has been called the "national painter" of Switzerland because of his enduringly popular depictions of 19th-century Swiss village life.Born in Ins as the son of veterinarian Samuel Anker (then a member of the constituent assembly of the Canton of Bern), Anker attended school in Neuchâtel, where he and Auguste Bachelin, later a fellow artist, took early drawing lessons with Louis Wallinger in 1845-48. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RkPQCm

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Suzanne Valadon was a French painter🎨 and artists' model who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France.In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo🎨.Valadon spent nearly 40 years of her life as an artist. The subjects of her drawings and paintings, such as" Joy of Life" (1911), included mostly female figures, still lifes and landscapes.She never attended the academy and was never confined within a tradition.As a model Valadon appeared in such paintings as Pierre-Auguste Renoir's🎨 1883 "Dance at Bougival"🎨 and "Dance in the City", and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's🎨 1885 portrait. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RkDMjg

Bessie Ellen Davidson (1879-1965) was an Australian painter🎨 known for her impressionist, light-filled landscapes and interiors.Davidson was born on 22 May 1879 in North Adelaide, South Australia, to a family of Scottish and English origin.In 1904, after her mother's death, she went to Europe to study art in company with Preston.They spent the first few months in Munich, where Davidson studied briefly at the Künstlerinner Verein, before moving on to Paris.There she studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, under René-Xavier Prinet🎨, where she met and began a lifelong friendship with Philippe Besnard's future wife, Germaine Desgranges. She also took classes with Raphael Collin, Richard Miller and Gustave Courtois. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rk8MwS

Jackie Morris is a British🎨 writer and illustrator. She was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal🎨 in 2016 and won it in 2019 for her illustration of "The Lost Words", voted the most beautiful book of 2016 by UK booksellers."I was born in Birmingham and lived there until at the age of four my parents moved away to Evesham. Here I grew up and remember little of those times. I do know that from at least the age of six I wanted to be an artist.I watched my dad drawing a picture of a lapwing, making a bird appear on a piece of paper using only a pencil, and I thought it was some magic that made this happen. So there and then I decided to learn how to conjure birds from paper and colour.I went to school in Evesham to Prince Henry's High School and I remember walking to school past shop fronts above which elegant buildings grew. I used to get told off at school for drawing and dreaming. Now I get paid to do both". ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rk3m3C

Vala Ola was born and raised in Iceland. She has lived in the US since 1994. After 8 years in Santa Fe, NM, she relocated to Arizona.Vala Ola's artistic talent was apparent at age 4, and from the age of thirteen she attended classes drawing models from life.Graduating from the College of Hamrahlid, she furthered her studies at the Icelandic College of the Arts, and later graduated from The Arts Institute in Bournemouth, England. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rk37kQ

Polish painter🎨 Damian Lechoszest was born in Raciborz. At first his great interest was drawing. From the early childhood he liked to copy various characters of comics and fairy tales.His childish sketches were so good that many people from his nearest neighborhood were very astonished.At the first school years he took part in many artistic high-level competitions. His artistic works were often rewarded and got good opinions of critics. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rk0rh2

Vincent van Gogh🎨 | The starry night, 1888 Love is not blind. I see with single eyeYour ugliness and other women's grace.I know the imperfection of your face, -The eyes too wide apart, the brow too highFor beauty. Learned from earliest youth am IIn loveliness, and cannot so eraseIts letters from my mind, that I may traceYou faultless, I must love until I die. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rjwg1Z

American painter🎨 Nancy studied at The American Academy of Art in Chicago and The Lyme Academy of Fine Art in Old Lyme, Connecticut. However, it was her close association and ensuing relationship with Richard Schmid🎨, that brought her painting to its full potential. Nancy and Richard married in April of 1998.Her art has been recognized with many awards🎨, including the 2007 Award of Excellence by the Women Artist of the West, Grand Prize from International Artist Magazine, three Gold Medals from the Palette and Chisel Academy, and First Prize from the Midwest Pastel Society. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RjsS5M

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"The human figure, in my mind is the most beautiful of God’s creations. So much can be communicated through the tilt of the head, or the gesture of the hand. I strive to capture subtle things such as these in hopes of creating something emotional and moving"- Michael Malm. Well versed in a variety of painting styles, from still lifes to landscapes, Michael Malm is perhaps best known for his impressionistic paintings of figures.A native of Utah, Michael Malm is a painter of figurative subjects, especially females in western landscape, often with horses. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rjprs2

Владимир Давыденко / Vladimir Davydenko is an Russian painter🎨, born in Lipetsk.Member of the Artists Trade Union of Russia.Member of the Petrovsky Academy of Arts and Sciences.The paintings of Davydenko are in private collections in England, Germany, Japan, Hungary.Vladimir Davydenko is a realist artist. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rjm6d1

Susan Lyon grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. Her initial interest in art was sparked by a PBS television show on Georgia O’Keeffe🎨 that inspired her to take drawing classes.Lyon studied art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and was an active participant in Chicago's Palette and Chisel Club. It is there she first began exhibiting and selling her work; at twenty-three she was the youngest winner of the prestigious Gold Medal🎨 which she won two consecutive years in the annual Oil Painting show plus a third place in the Silver Medal show. Medal Watercolor show.She entered the Oil Painters of America show once and got 7th place. In 1998 and 2000 she won an artist choice award🎨 in the Northwest Rendezvous Show. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RjcZ3N

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Born in Talsamo (Taranto province, Southern Italy) and a livornese adoptee, Antonietta Varallo approaches painting when she was just fifteen. Varallo, for one year, attended at the Free Academy "Trossi-Uberti" directed by Voltolino Fontani, then the maestro Luciano Torsi has been her guide up to her artistic maturity after eighteen years of teaching.On 1976 Varallo won the first prize🎨 "Chimera" held in the city of Arezzo (Tuscany). Nowadays she’s still a honorary professor of the Academy of "Machiavello" in Florence as well as in the Academy "G. Marconi" in Bologna. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RjR8xY

Neapolitan artist🎨 Alessandro Granata was born in Salerno. He showed a strong passion for painting from an early age. He graduated at the Art High School in Naples.He was awarded the "Alfonso Gatto" award🎨 the graphic and painting section, by the Province of Salerno.The artist made large-scale sacred-themed paintings.In 2020 he participated in the collective exhibition "Le Madonna di Raffaello" at the diocesan museum of Salerno, where he received the "Special Jury" award. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RjPbzY

* Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. * I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other master works as well, stand in no further need of my services. * I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment… rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood. * I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill. * I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices. * In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance. * Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words. * It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy. * It

Joanna Zjawinska began to paint at the early age of six. She earned her B.A. degree in 1972 from the School of Architecture in Warsaw.To follow her own dream of being an artist, Joanna then studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts where she perfected her unique style of oil and watercolor painting. In 1978 she was awarded a masters degree in Graphic Design with honors in painting from the academy which is one of the most prestigious school in Europe. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RjLlQf

Liston’s artistic inspiration comes largely from the late-19th century; he lists John William Waterhouse, John Singer Sargent🎨, Joaquin Sorolla🎨, Anders Zorn and William Bouguereau🎨 among his strongest influences.“As an artist my career is dedicated to the integrity and quality of representational fine art”, says Liston. “My goal is to regain the traditions of the past along with the standards of craftsmanship and training. By studying the great artists of the past, we artists of today can once again regain a full command of proficiency to create great works of art… art about life”. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RjGzgj

© BBC - This year's Nobel Prize🎨 for Literature has been awarded to the US poet Louise Glück. Glück was recognised for "her unmistakable poetic voice, that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal" said the Swedish Academy, which oversees the award. The Academy added she was "surprised" when she received their phone call. Glück, born in New York, lives in Massachusetts and is also professor of English at Yale University. The Academy's permanent secretary Mats Malm said he had spoken to Glück just before making the announcement. "The message came as a surprise, but a welcome one as far as I could tell" - he said. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RjDJyq

When I made you, I loved you.Now I pity you. I gave you all you needed:bed of earth, blanket of blue air - As I get further away from youI see you more clearly.Your souls should have been immense by now,not what they are,small talking things-- ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RjCHFV

Nino Chakvetadze in an Georgian painter and Kid’s Book illustrator.She draws inspiration from everyday moments and her paintings depict love, friendship, human relationships, and peace.According to the artist, she found her particular style in 2010 and her nostalgic paintings are based on memories that are relatable for many viewers. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rj7Sws

André Martins de Barros: "The conflict of man fighting his fellow man, the role of nature, and the struggle for existence are all constant themes in my imaginative paintings: from simple joys and beauty to troubling scenes of apocalyptic proportions.Yet, in each piece, a sense of optimism and even whimsy is readily apparent".André Martins de Barros was born in Pau, a small town in the foothills of the Pyrenees near the Spanish border.He started to paint from the age of 15 and just after completing his military service decided to devote all his time to passion- Painting. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rj1GP0

Edward Steichen (American🎨 photographer, painter, and curator, 1879-1973)| Greta Garbo Night is my sister, and how deep in love,How drowned in love and weedily washed ashore, There to be fretted by the drag and shove At the tide's edge, I lie - these things and more: Whose arm alone between me and the sand, Whose voice alone, whose pitiful breath brought near, Could thaw these nostrils and unlock this hand, She could advise you, should you care to hear. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/Rj0Stg

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Russian🎨 Modern Artist Alexander Aleksandrovich Gunin was born in Omsk, and today he lives and continues his career in the cultural capital of Russia - St. Petersburg. A talented artist does not stop in one direction and tries himself in different genres.His paintings occupy a worthy place in private collections around the world. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RhvB1B

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Jules-Alexis Muenier was a French painter🎨 and photographer. In 1880, Jules-Alexis Muenier entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts where he studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme🎨, now considered one of the most important academic painters of his age. In the latter half of that same decade Muenier began exhibiting his work, first at the Paris Salon🎨 with the painting "Le Bréviaire", which brought him much acclaim. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RhmMqX