21 facts about Luis López Piquer

He is the son of Vicente López Portana and the brother of Bernardo López Picker; two famous artists. Thanks to his father’s influence, he was a “Pinto role model” for the court of Ferdinand VII, and at the age of 19 he was able to exhibit a painting (“Saint Peter and the Paralyzed”) at the …

Read more

Who is David Bles?

David Bles (1821, The Hague – 1899, The Hague), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, at the age of thirteen Bles was adept enough to be in style at the Hague Academy. He attended classes from 1834 to 1837 and from 1838 to 1841. He …

Read more