Art by Félix Ziem
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Félix Ziem (February 26, 1821 – November 10, 1911) was a French painter in the style of the Barbizon School.
Born Félix-Francois Georges Philibert Ziem in Beaune in the Côte d\'Or
département of the Burgundy région of France, his mother was a native
of Burgundy who married a Croatian immigrant. Originally, Ziem planned
to be an architect and studied at the School of Architecture in Dijon,
and for a time worked as an architect. Painting developed from a hobby
to a career following an 1841 visit to Italy where he fell in love with
the city of Venice, a place that would become the source for many of
his works. Apart from Venetian scenes, he also painted many still
lifes, portraits and landscapes from a variety of places including
Constantinople, Martigues, Cagnes-sur-Mer and his native Burgundy.
Art by Gustave Caillebotte
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Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 – February 21, 1894), was a French
painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as
Impressionists, stamp collector, and yacht engineer. Gustave
Caillebotte was born on August 19, 1848 to an upper-class Parisian
family. His father, Martial Caillebotte (1799-1874), was the inheritor
of the family's textile industry and was also a judge at the Seine's
Tribunal de Commerce. Caillebotte's father had been twice widowed
before marrying Caillebotte's mother, Céleste Daufresne (1819-1878),
who had two more sons after Gustave, René (1851-1876) and Martial
(1853-1910).
George Inness (May 1, 1825 -August 3, 1894), was an American landscape
painter; born in Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in
Scotland. His work was influenced, in turn, by the that of the old
masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by
the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism found vivid
expression in the work of Inness' maturity. He is best known for these
mature works that helped define the Tonalist movement.
