Telemachus, what is the use of painting?
For Telemaco Signorini, art must play a role of social denunciation.
Not always faithful to his own purpose, Signorini, however, has created paintings that tell the hardships and inequalities of his time.
For Telemaco Signorini, art must play a role of social denunciation.
Not always faithful to his own purpose, Signorini, however, has created paintings that tell the hardships and inequalities of his time.
The noble and wealthy Henri Toulouse Lautrec devoted himself to painting.
He was struck by deformities and illnesses, as well as an unruly life.
His paintings and advertising posters have made history.
Jean Millet is of peasant origins.
Peasant life and work in the fields are the source of his pictorial inspiration.
And he was the inspiration for many other painters including Vincent Van Gogh
Alfred Sisley was an impressionist all his life.
His alternating fortunes and the changes in the surrounding world never changed his way of painting.
Paolo Caliari known as "Il Veronese" was an amazing fresco painter.
In this delicate and complicated technique it is necessary to combine the pictorial skills with a wise skill in mastering the steps necessary to create a fresco.