Ulpiano Checa y Sanz (1860-1916) was a talented Spanish artist known for his work as a painter, sculptor, and illustrator. His full name was Ulpiano Fernández-Checa y Saiz, and he gained fame for using both impressionist and traditional techniques to create stunning historical paintings.
Paul Falconer Poole RA (1806-1879) was a well-known British painter from Bristol, famous for his subject and genre paintings.
Life and Work
Poole taught himself how to paint and became famous for his amazing use of color, poetic style, and dramatic flair. He first displayed his work at the Royal Academy when he was twenty-five, with a piece called “The Well,” which showed a scene in Naples. After a seven-year break, he exhibited again with “Farewell, Farewell” in 1837, and then with other works like “The Emigrant’s Departure,” “Hermann and Dorothea,” and “By the Waters of Babylon.”
Felix Schlesinger (1833-1910) was a prominent German genre painter associated with the Düsseldorf School. Born into a family of artists, he received his initial artistic training in Hamburg under Friedrich Heimerdinger in 1848. His journey continued with studies in Antwerp, the Düsseldorf Art Academy, and Paris, shaping his early artistic development.
Elizabeth MacNicol, a painter from Scotland, was born in Glasgow on July 17, 1869. Her journey as an artist started at the Glasgow School of Art, where she studied from 1887 to 1892. Later, she went to Paris to learn more at the Academie Colarossi.
