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Melvin John Ramos was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art.
David Roberts was a Scottish painter and a member of the Royal Academy.
Since 1819, David Roberts worked as a scenographer in various theaters, where his creative potential was appreciated. Inspired by the positive feedback, some time later he seriously engaged in painting. After the first exhibition of works, held in 1824, the artist went on a trip. He visited several countries in Europe, where he created many drawings. In 1833, David Roberts continued to explore the world: he went to Spain, where he spent almost a year, also had time to visit Morocco, lived in Cairo for a long time and made sketches everywhere. Subsequently, his works were published in various magazines, and the author gained fame as a talented illustrator. In 1841, the artist became a member of the Royal Academy.
In the 1840s, an album with his works was published, thanks to these publications, David Roberts became the most famous painter of the Victorian era. The artist also skillfully depicted monuments of architecture. David Roberts' paintings are striking in their photographic accuracy, and he is still considered one of the best architectural painters in his homeland.
![SAUVAN, Jean Baptiste Balthazar (b.1780) - Picturesque Tour of the Seine from Paris to the Sea. London: L. Harrison for R. Ackermann, 1821 [filigrane 1818-1820].](/assets/image/picture_1242432/5c959/yqab5brdlztn-yt3nlga08ovubwfop2wfa4ubwwrotnut0d8lgxhrhtxi9uvf1nc1608651686jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
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![MIDDLETON, John Izard (1785-1849). - Grecian remains in Italy. A Description of Cyclopian Walls, and of Roman Antiquities. With topological and picturesque views of Ancient Latium. London: Edward Orme, 1812 [ma filigrana delle tavole datata 1823].](/assets/image/picture_1242396/5bfcc/ldx0woqwgcbow0ppdisxb6mcjd5qde1sbkldcyuasicxujheciktwivov8nhoqt1608651686jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![MIDDLETON, John Izard (1785-1849). - Grecian remains in Italy. A Description of Cyclopian Walls, and of Roman Antiquities. With topological and picturesque views of Ancient Latium. London: Edward Orme, 1812 [ma filigrana delle tavole datata 1823].](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_1242396/5bfcc/ldx0woqwgcbow0ppdisxb6mcjd5qde1sbkldcyuasicxujheciktwivov8nhoqt1608651686jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
Nathaniel Hawthorne is an American writer and author.
Hawthorne is a recognized short story writer and a master of allegorical and symbolic narrative. One of the first fiction writers in American literature, he is best known for his works The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of Seven Gables (1851). Hawthorne's artistic works are considered part of the American Romantic movement and, in particular, of so-called dark Romanticism, a popular mid-19th-century fascination with the irrational, the demonic, and the grotesque.
