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One of the most famous paintings of all time has its home in Dresden. Like Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" in Paris or Botticelli's "Birth of the Venus" in Florence, Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" was memorized in our cultural memory."The Sistine Madonna", also called "The Madonna di San Sisto", is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. The canvas was one of the last Madonnas painted by Raphael.Giorgio Vasari called it "a truly rare and extraordinary work". ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RphzyY

"The human body is first and foremost a mirror to the soul and its greatest beauty comes from that"."Il corpo umano è prima di tutto uno specchio dell'anima e da questo deriva la sua più grande bellezza"."L'artista deve creare una scintilla prima di poter fare un fuoco e quindi nasce l'arte, l'artista deve essere pronto a consumarsi al fuoco della sua stessa creazione". ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RpddYD

Paul Gauguin | The Washerwomen Arles, 1888 | MoMA The washerwoman has a perpetual appeal to the senses, as Paul Gauguin mixes the oils to a texture that compliments nature with the trees in olive instead of a darker green, the soil a musty brown and the water stretching out like a giant hand to demonstrate the women’s toil.The painting is called Les Laveuses à Arles I (La Roubine du Roi), translated as Washerwomen at the Roubine du Roi Arles and currently gracing the walls at Museum of Modern Art in New York City. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RpZJGp

Robert Lee Berran was born in Mt. Vernon, NY on December 24, 1923 and was raised in Scarsdale, NY. Between the ages of 19-22 he served as a medic during World War II under General Patton's third army in Europe. After the war he studied at the Art Students League in NYC from 1947-1950.After leaving the Art Students League, he painted movie posters for 20th Century Fox. Four years later he joined the Illustrators Group where artists were predominately from the Haddon Sundbloom School of Painting.His work at the Illustrators Group was for prestigious clients such as Ford and Coca-Cola. Subsequently Bob illustrated for the Seventh Day Adventists for their series of children's books "My Bible Friends" which are still popular today. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RpRnX5

Born in Vienna, Gustav Feith was known as a watercolorist and graphic artist and became well-known for his pieces of flowers.Feith trained both with an apprenticeship as a lithographer with Ferdinand Pamberger (Austrian painter, 1873-1956) and also as a painting student with Josef Hasselwander (Austrian painter, 1812-1878).Feith also worked as a draftsman in the Vienna Graphic Arts Institute. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RpRWQT

Friedrich von Amerling (14 April 1803 - 14 January 1887) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the court of Franz Josef.He was born in Vienna and was court painter between 1835-1880. With Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller he is one of the outstanding Austrian portrait painters of the 19th century. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RpQTDZ

Raffaello (1483-1520)🎨, nato Raffaello Sanzio, fu incoronato "Principe dei pittori" da Giorgio Vasari, un biografo di artisti del XVI secolo.Da suo padre, Raffaello imparò a dipingere; nella sua città natale, Urbino, ha vissuto la vita di corte intellettuale.Un anno dopo la morte improvvisa di suo padre, Raphael entrò nel laboratorio del principale pittore di Urbino all'età di dodici anni e superò rapidamente il suo maestro. All'età di 21 anni, Raffaello si era trasferito a Firenze, dove ha abbracciato le opere di Michelangelo e Leonardo da Vinci.A Firenze, i suoi numerosi dipinti della Madonna col Bambino mostrano il suo caratteristico calore umano, la sua serenità e figure sublimemente perfette. ... Read more .. » http://dlvr.it/RpLkNM