AMNON DAVID AR

Born 1973 in Herzliya, Israel.

He studied at the Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem.

In 1990 began working as a freelance illustrator for book publishers, magazines, newspapers and advertising agencies.

In 2008 he was the painter of the Abba Eban stamp for the Israel Post.

He is a great admirer of Velasquez, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Monet and Schiele and we easily see the influences of those masters on his paintings.

"nude"

"naked man lying"

"matan"

JOAN COLOM

Born in 1921 in Barcelona, Spain.

He was a self-taught photographer (during the week ends)  while worked as an accountant.

He was awarded the National Photography Prize by the Ministry of Culture in Spain (2002).

And, as the photographer of the Raval and the Barrio Chino, the famous "bas-fonds" of Barcelona, he received the Golden Medal for Cultural Merit by the Barcelona City Council.

In 1964 part of his works on that Barrio Chino - the prostitutes was published in his book "Izas, Rabizas y Colipoterras".

barrio chino, Barcelona

Barcelona

"les gens du Raval", 1960

in Barcelona

"prostituta"

"i Agusti in Pepitu"

 Raval

FLORINE STETTHEIMER

1871-1944

Born the 29 August in Rochester, New York, USA.

She studied at the Art Sudents League of New York and became a painter, poet and designer but more widely known for her costume and set designs.

She rarely showed her paintings and refused sale any of her works. Florine didn't have to sell because she came from a wealthy family.

Florine created the sets and costumes for the production Four Saints in three acts and the opera Virgil Thomson.

She was an American modernist of a german jewish heritage.

"spring sale at Bendel's", 1921

self portrait with palette, 1915

"the cathedrals of Broadway", 1929

portrait of her sister Effie

"Asbury Park South", 1920

Portrait of Myself

"Picnic at Bedford Hills"

portrait of Carl Van Vechten, 1922

 "family day"

"Cathedrals of Broadway", 1929

"sunday afternoon in the country", 1917

"love flight of a pink candy heart"

the artist

CÃO III

Toulouse Lautrec, "L'artisan moderne", poster, 1896

Fernand Léger, "La danseuse au chien"

Marc Chagall, illustration, Fable La Fontaine

 Dali aos seis anos de idade, 1950

Paul Gauguin, "Still life with three little dogs", 1888

Rembrandt, "terrier"

Picasso

David Hockney, "have a nice day"

Hector Caribé, "mulheres nuas e o cachorro Budião",  aguarela e nanquim, 1953

Paula Rego, azulejo

Francis Picabia, "dresseur de chiens"

Edwin Roscoe Shrader, "dog sleeping", 1952

Pablo Picasso, "woman with dog under a tree", 1961

Suzanne Valadon, Andre Utter and his dogs, 1932