In 1931 the Egyptian government chose Dante Ricci to found the Royal Egyptian Academy in Rome

An exceptional personality and absolutely in advance of the Roman and Italian culture of the time, characterised by a bewildered expressionism, as electric in colour as in darting sign...

Della Robbia ceramics

Piedmontese painter and illustrator known for landscapes, figures and scenes of everyday life, including works inspired by his years in Tripoli.

It was the first time I had ardently endeavoured to study from life harmonising the light and the colour of the background with the figure.

Italian sculptor, illustrator and scenographer who united art and craftsmanship through ceramics, stained glass, theatre and the landscapes of the Roman countryside.

A short biography of the artist Dusan Dzamonja (Strumica 1928- Zagreb 2009) one of the most important conceptual artists in the world.

She felt as if dazzled by the gilded sumptuousness of the environment, whereby the works of this period appear as the fruits of a state of almost somnambulic intoxication (Savinio)

The beautiful story of a great artist who managed to make his art loved in many parts of the world without ever setting foot outside his beloved Venice.

Biography of the artist Edoardo Dalbono great Italian painter of the 19th century

Eero Saarinen (Kirkkonummi 1910 - 1961) Great 1950s Scandinavian designer

A great painter and sculptor, together with her husband Carlo D'Aloisio da Vasto, formed one of the most important artistic combinations of the Italian avant-garde movements of the 20th century.