Lovers in Art

When art and passion come together, unforgettable, sometimes troubled, never ordinary stories are born.

With more than one hundred plates entirely written and illustrated by four hands by Elfo and Pia Valentinis, this original and compelling graphic novel recounts, through the key moments of their life together, the aspirations and difficulties, complicities and partnerships of ten famous couples in art history.

Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel
Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge
Elizabeth Siddal and Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne
Vasily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter
Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar
Salvador Dali and Gala
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
Christo and Jeanne Claude

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

GIANCARLO ASCARI – Graduated in Architecture in 1976 from the Milan Polytechnic, where he lives. And illustrator and author of comics under the pseudonym Elfo. Since 1977 he has collaborated with texts and drawings to major magazines and newspapers.

PIA VALENTINIS – Graduated from the Udine Art Institute and in her career has illustrated children’s books with national and international publishers.