Jean Baptiste Camille COROT ✿

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot or simply Camille Corot (July 16, 1796 – February 22, 1875), was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his vast output simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of Impressionism.

Vince GIARRANO, 1960 ✿

Vincent Giarrano (Buffalo - New York, 17 November 1960), also known as Vince Giarrano, is an American realist painter and former comic book artist. He took an early interest in drawing and by the time he was 12, decided to pursue a career as an artist.

Catherine La Rose ~ Fammi tacere

Rimani immobile, in silenzio
come pietra d'assenzio
dammi il tuo oblio
tua assenza
tuo nudo lascito
la tua libertà
e dimenticati...

KRAMSKOY ✿

Ivan Nikolaevič Kramskoj or Kramskoy (Ostrogožsk, 8 June 1837 – Saint Petersburg, 6 April 1887) was a Russian painter and art critic, he was also the intellectual leader of the Peredvižniki between 1860 and 1880.

Joseph Désiré COURT ✿

Joseph-Désiré Court (14 September 1797, Rouen – 23 January 1865, Paris) was a French portrait painter of historical subjects. He was a descendant of the portrait painter, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and displayed an early interest in art. His first studies were with Marc-Antoine Descamps, at a drawing school established by Descamps' father, Jean-Baptiste. Following that, he worked at the studios of Antoine-Jean Gros in Paris.