Flora Priestley was an English painter and friend of Vernon Lee and Mary and John Singer Sargent. She was one of Sargent's favorite...

Gaetano Salvemini (1873-1957) was an Italian historian and anti-fascist politician. After graduating with a degree in Literature from...

Mario Praz (1896-1982) was an Italian writer, essayist, literary critic, translator and journalist. He graduated with a degree in...

Iris Origo (1902-1988) was an Anglo-Irish writer, philanthropist, and reformer who devoted her life to managing her estates in Tuscany,...

Lina Waterfield (1874-1964) was a British journalist, writer, and correspondent from Italy for "The Observer" and "Sunday Times."...

Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) was one of the most important art historians of the 20th century. His family, originally from Lithuania,...