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Giovanna Garzoni
Born: 1600, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Died: 1670, Rome, Italy
What a gem of a still life.
'I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.'
Keats
Turner - even his watercolour sketches are liquid with light.
Dunstanburgh Castle', Joseph Mallord William Turner, c.1828 Tate Gallery
Carel Fabritius, the Dutch painter who could have changed art forever.
His outlook was limited, but thankfully his ability to intrigue survives.
'I am in the theatrical profession myself, my wife is in the theatrical profession, my children are in the theatrical profession. I had a dog that lived and died in it.'
Charles Dickens