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Karol Bąk | Poland, 1961


Karol Bąk was born in Kolo, Poland. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan and graduated in 1989. 
Since then he has had 17 solo exhibitions and taken part in 10 group exhibitions. He paints using oil on canvas and often works on a few paintings at the same time.
Karol Bak creates realistic canvasses with many of his figurative works being inspired by myth and mythology. He works and lives in Poznan.

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Hau Edward Petrovich (1807-1887)

Hau Edward Petrovich è nato a Revel, oggi Tallinn.
Impegnato nella pittura fin dall'infanzia, negli anni 1830-1832 ha studiato pittura presso l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Dresda.
Nel 1838 (o 1836), l'Accademia Imperiale delle Belle Arti di San Pietroburgo lo ha onorato con una medaglia d'argento.
Nel 1854 (o 1864), ad Eduard Petrovic è stato seghato il titolo di accademico della pittura ad acquerello.


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Virginia Palomeque (Argentine painter, 1961)


Virginia Palomeque è nata a Buenos Aires. Dipinge e disegna sin da giovanissima, frequentando vari laboratori e scuole d'arte. Successivamente, ha ottenuto un posto presso il prestigioso Manuel Belgrano National College of Fine Arts da cui si è laureata nel 1989.
Il suo lavoro è stato influenzato dall'Espressionismo e dal Realismo, ma è l'impronta della sua personalità a renderlo straordinario.
L'intensità della sua pittura e la singolarità dei suoi temi, sviluppati attraverso l'uso audace del colore nella sua espressione più pura, catturano l'immaginazione e affascinano gli spettatori in tutti i suoi spettacoli.
Espone le sue opere dal 1990, ha partecipato a numerose mostre d'arte nazionali, provinciali e comunali e ha ricevuto numerosi premi e riconoscimenti.

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Albena Vatcheva | Bulgaria


Albena is a young French artist of Bulgarian origin who advances in a spectacular way. Her painting is the heiress of various traditions, including that of masters of the icon.
Using different oriental sources, in particular India and Persia, she has created a world of troubling fairy, which exercises a true fascination over the eye, so much her glowing colors create magic. Tender, loving, her characters live in a world of peace, harmony and mutual consolation.
Let us not forget that poetry was her first passion. ALBENA lives in the parallel universe of tales, of big universal legends, of invincible childhood and enjoys an outstanding sensibility.
The ease and the elegance she has acquired allow her to express a wide range of feelings. Spiritual and sensual, she is undoubtedly only at the dawn of more than a promising journey.
We have here an authentic talent, especially considering her recent admission into the sphere of painting.

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Richard MacDonald (American sculptor, 1946)


Richard MacDonald is a California-based contemporary figurative artist known for his bronze sculptures and his association with Cirque Du Soleil. Richard MacDonald was educated at the prestigious Art Center College of Design and received a Bachelor of Professional Arts, Cum Laude.
In the 30 years of his artistic career, Richard MacDonald has achieved international distinction for his sculpture, paintings and drawings, and has been the recipient of many national and international awards.
He has also held numerous one-man shows and exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe and the Orient.
His fascination with the human figure and human emotions has led MacDonald to focus on sculpting figures of mimes, dancers and athletes, each of which conveys a sense of joy and pays tribute to the beauty of the human form.

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Russ Mills, 1971


Russ Mills - Byroglyphics - was born in Exeter, Devon - UK. Graduated from Leeds Met University in 1995 after completing a BA in Graphic Art and Design, specializing in Experimental Film and Animation.
After finding gainful employment in various non-creative institutions went back to basics and began work with pen, pencil and computer.
Has spent almost 20 years crafting skills, absorbing influences from every facet of visual culture and archiving found objects and ephemera to substantiate his work.

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Manuel Nuñez, 1956


L'artista Spagnolo Manuel Nuñez ha iniziato la sua carriera artistica dopo aver lasciato l'Art Center College of Design nel 1979.
Ha iniziato a lavorare principalmente come illustratore realizzando poster di film, copertine di album e lavori editoriali.
Successivamente si è concentrato sulle illustrazioni di moda, lavorando per aziende come May Company, Lord and Taylor, Robinsons, Nordtroms e Woodward e Lohrop.

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Albert Bierstadt (German-born American painter, 1830-1902)


Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West.
He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes.
He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of them for the remainder of the 19th century.
Bierstadt was born in Prussia, but his family moved to the United States when he was one year old.
He returned to study painting for several years in Düsseldorf. He became part of the second generation of the Hudson River School in New York, an informal group of like-minded painters who started painting along the Hudson River.
Their style was based on carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called luminism. Bierstadt was an important interpreter of the western landscape, and he is also grouped with the Rocky Mountain School.


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Mariana Palova, 1990


Mariana Palova finds within the positive a living and colorful metamorphosis- the essence of her own cosmogony. Playing with the influence of her experiences and her transformations, Mariana surrounds herself with an aura showing special devotion to the nature elements, analogies, the substitution, human monsters and the astrologic environment.
Despite her young age and relative inexperience, her work has slipped quickly into important art/social circles. Equally rejected and loved, Mariana's sensitive artwork, evokes overflowing passion and a philosophy of life based on the beauty of human metamorphosis and the allure of imagination, eschewing all that is sick and grotesque in the world.

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Sacha Baraz, 1940


Il pittore Francese Baraz Sacha, figlio di immigrati ucraini e polacchi, è nato a Parigi. Baraz ha lavorato su tre periodi: surrealismo, figurativo, ed ora è in una fase astratta. Scoprire Baraz Sacha e il suo lavoro, è un'avventura umana come nessun'altra.
È un crocevia vivente di culture, rare, sepolte e disparate. È l'espressione attraverso la materializzazione di immagini e colori di tutte le forme e tipi di vita.

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Marcus Larson - Fishing near the fjord by moonlight, 1862


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Herman Richir - La fontaine d’amour


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Herman Richir - Guerre et Paix, c. 1914


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Atkinson Grimshaw - Moonlight, Wharfedale, 1871


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Gioacchino La Pira - Vesuvius at Night, 1865


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Ralph Albert Blakelock - A Waterfall, Moonlight


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Angelo Inganni | Inverno

Angelo Inganni (Brescia, 1807 - Gussago, 1880) è stato un pittore bresciano, celebre per le vedute urbane di Milano e di Brescia e per le scene di genere, caratterizzate da una gustosa vena narrativa e dalla minuziosa descrizione di fatti e personaggi della vita quotidiana.
Alle prime esposizioni dell'Accademia Angelo Inganni si presenta subito come un abile pittore di vedute, ma anche come pittore di genere.


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Angelo Inganni | Interno del Duomo di Milano, 1844


Nato a Brescia nel 1807, il giovane Angelo Inganni viene avviato alla pittura, insieme al fratello maggiore Francesco, nella bottega del loro padre.
Iniziano così a lavorare a dipinti a soggetto sacro, commissionati al padre e destinati a chiese della campagna bresciana.
Nel 1827 è chiamato alle armi, svolge il servizio nel battaglione Cacciatori a Milano e nei momenti di libertà dipinge vedute con caserme.
È notato dal maresciallo Radetzky che gli chiede un ritratto.

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Edouard Fournier - The Funeral of Shelley, 1889


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Angelo Inganni | Notturno di Piazza del Duomo a Milano


Le tele di Angelo Inganni (Brescia, 1807 - Gussago, 1880) sono una documentazione visiva della Milano del suo tempo.
Apre uno atelier a Milano, in via San Marco ed in breve tempo diviene uno dei vedutisti più noti del XIX secolo.
Nella sua attenzione alla realtà, sa cogliere anche luminosità notturne, giornate gelide invernali, scenette nella strada.

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Malcom T. Liepke (Minneapolis, 1953)

Malcolm T. Liepke (born October 31, 1953) is an American painter born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California, but dropped out after a year and a half.
He moved to New York and began studying, on his own, artists such as John Singer Sargent, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Diego Velázquez, James McNeill Whistler and Édouard Vuillard.


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Catherine Klein - Vintage Art


Catharina Klein [b. 1861, Eylau, East Prussia - d. 1929, Berlin, Germany] is also known as Catherine Klein. Her name was Anglicized during WWI to avoid any disinclination to buy her work. She is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Christine". Her signature is "C.Klein" and usually accompanies her work, especially in those postcards and prints closest to the original paintings which were in oil or gouache, an opaque watercolor paint. If her signature is underlined, it’s an indication of an earlier work. She rode the crest of chromolithography at the end of the 19th and into the 20th Century. Catharina Klein was born in 1861 in Eylau in East Prussia (what is now a Russian province called Kallinigrad which is actually separated by the Baltic States from Mainland Russia).
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Pino (Giuseppe Dangelico) 1939-2010



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Beatriz Hidalgo, 1967


Beatriz Hidalgo de la Garza è una moglie, un architetto, un umanista, madre e soprattutto... orgogliosamente Messicana.
La sua incessante ricerca dell'estetica ed il desiderio di tradurla nel mondo, hanno portato Beatriz Hidalgo a studiare e sviluppare una brillante carriera di architetto, una passione che unisce un ottimo equilibrio con la loro vera vocazione, la pittura.

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Max Ernst | Terre Écossaise, 1935

"Terre Écossaise" was painted by German painter, sculptor, graphic artist and poet Max Ernst (1891-1976) in 1935.
He had served in an artillery division of the German army during world war one. This experience was deeply traumatic.
Ernst used Freuds dream theories as a way of dealing with his trauma.
This exploration of the unconscious was expressed through his art.


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Boris Indrikov (Russian, 1969)


Boris Indrikov was born in in Leningrad, Russia. He graduated from the Art School as graphic designer. He worked for the Scientific Journal of Chemistry as illustrator.
In 1994 he started his career as independent painter. Boris Indrikov is a member of the International Federation of Artists of UNESCO.
His creativity is mainly expressed in a mystical realism, not seldom inspired by Eastern cultures. With an unbelievable feeling for the rythm of lines, he could have been a costume designer as well.
Most of his works are monochrome in earth colors. His works can be found in collections in Russia, Holland, Germany, France and the USA.

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Didier Delamonica (French, 1950)


Delamonica born in Lille, in the north of France. His studies include "Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles", commencing with two careers working adjacent during several years, comprising publicite / advertising and painting. He abandoned the the first one. Now, he presents his work in ...numerous galleries all over France.
The works of Delamonica are including a number of private collections in USA and Canada, and in Europe.

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Lionel Walden - Hawaiian Fisherman, 1924

Lionel Walden - Hawaiian Fisherman, 1924
Lionel Walden - Alexander III Bridge, Paris
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Lionel Walden - I Docks di Cardiff, 1894

Musée d'Orsay, Parigi

Lionel Walden (1861-1933) was an American painter active in Hawaii, Cornwall and France.
He was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1861. He first became interested in art in Minnesota, where the family moved when his father became rector of an Episcopal Church there. As a young man, Walden moved to Paris where he studied painting with Carolus-Duran. In around 1893-97, Walden was in England, living in Falmouth. Paintings of Cardiff in Wales are in museums in Cardiff and Paris. Walden received medals from the Paris Salon and was made a Knight of the French Legion of Honor. He visited Hawaii in 1911 and several times thereafter. Walden died in Chantilly, France in 1933.
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Claude Monet - The River Epte


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Claude Monet - Camille Monet à la fenêtre, 1872


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Berthe Morisot | Dahlias, 1876


La maggior parte dei dipinti della Morisot include scene domestiche di famiglia, bambini, donne e fiori, raffiguranti com'era la vita delle donne alla fine del XIX secolo.
Invece di ritrarre lo spazio pubblico e la società, Morisot preferiva scene private ed intime.
Ciò riflette le restrizioni culturali della sua classe e del suo genere in quel momento.
Come la sua collega impressionista Mary Cassatt, si è concentrata sulla vita domestica e sui ritratti in cui poteva usare la famiglia e gli amici personali come modelli, tra cui sua figlia Julie e sua sorella Edma.

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Eric Fortune (American illustrator)


Eric Fortune is an illustrator and gallery artist based out of Columbus, Ohio. He received his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design where he was honored with the Outstanding Senior Award upon graduation.
His work continued to garner acclaim with the acceptance into such prestigious annual competitions as The Society of Illustrators NY and LA as well as Spectrum and others.
He was the Artist Guest of Honor for ConGlomeration and was awarded the Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist of 2009. Lyrical, haunting, yet poignant at the same time, Eric Fortune’s paintings make lasting impressions.

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Frants Diderik Bøe - Norwegian Still Life painter



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Boris Dubrov (Russian, 1979)

Boris Dubrov was born in St. Petersburg. At the age of five he surprised his parents by his unique art abilities. So, they decided to take him to the Art school where he got necessary knowledge of painting and graphics which he later developed on a professional level.

In 1994 Boris entered the Art-Restoring Lyce...um "Kupchino" where while studying he got interested in surrealisme. The Administration of this Lyceum arranged the first exhibition of his works in the field of surrealisme.


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Penleigh Boyd - Woodcutter’s Cottage


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Nikolai Dubovskoy - Silence, 1890


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Edward Hopper | Room in Brooklyn, 1932

"Room in Brooklyn" è una delle numerose opere d'arte di Hopper che raffigurano un individuo che guarda fuori dalla finestra la città.
In questo dipinto, una donna è seduta su una sedia a dondolo accanto a una pittoresca finestra del suo appartamento, guardando il paesaggio urbano di Brooklyn.
Hopper ha cercato di catturare la condizione umana in una città moderna e mostrare l'effetto della modernità che spesso può portare all'isolamento e alla solitudine.

Edward Hopper | Room in Brooklyn, 1932 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Alice Pike Barney - Dream Book



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Ettore Aldo Del Vigo (Swiss, 1952)


Ettore Aldo Del Vigo è nato a Basilea in Svizzera. Dopo aver conseguito il diploma di di grafica editoriale in una tipografia specializzata in libri e cataloghi d' arte dove ha modo tra gli altri di conoscere Max Ernst uno dei padri del surrealismo si trasferisce in Sardegna dove entra in contatto con vari artisti locali partecipa a numerosi concorsi e collettive d' arte.
Nel 79 allestisce con successo la sua prima personale cui fanno seguito altre esposizioni, nel 2000 esegue una serie di dipinti per la chiesa di S. Paolo Apostolo in Sassari tra cui la Pala dell'Altare e nel 2004 l'Ambasciata Italiana a Londra gli commissiona una serie di opere da installare nella sala da ricevimento. Attualmente vive e lavora a Sassari.

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William Whitaker | Drawing


The only son of an artist father, William Whitaker grew up in the special world of the working artist. He had access to the finest art materials and was painting in watercolor and oil at the age of six.
His fondest early memories are of the sights sounds and smells of the art studio. He has been a professional artist since 1965, during which time he has conducted workshops and been a university art professor.
He continues to work with one or two advanced student artists for fun. He paints about three or four hours every day ands spends the rest of the time trying not to ruin any good work he's done.

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Robert Doesburg, 1945


- "Sono nato a Rotterdam nei Paesi Bassi.
Dipingo per tutta la vita, ma a tempo pieno dal 1995.
La mia specialità è lo stile quadrato.
Ho sviluppato questo stile da solo.
Lavorare in questo stile mi dà tutte le opportunità di utilizzare molti più colori, mostrando effetti sorprendenti ed immagini scintillanti, indipendentemente dal soggetto".

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Arturo Ferrari | Via San Bernardino in Milano, 1912

Arturo Ferrari (Milan, 1861-1932) was an Italian painter.
Initiated into artistic studies by his father Cesare, an associate of Luigi Scrosati, and the painter Mosè Bianchi from Lodi, Arturo Ferrari completed his training at the Brera Academy under the guidance of Giuseppe Bertini from 1877-1884 while working in the studio of Gerolamo Induno at the same time.
He made his debut at the Esposizione di Belle Arti di Brera in 1879 with a view of the interior of Milan Cathedral, thus inaugurating the repertoire of Milanese perspective views that was to be a constant feature of his vast production of oil paintings and watercolours.


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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | The Lovers, 1875


The resting couple of lovers amidst nature in The Lovers painting is rendered dynamically by quickly alternating colourful spots that imitate the trembling atmospheric light.
The way the two figures are modelled are specific for Renoir: the actress Henriette Henriot and the painter Pierre Frank-Lamy.
Renoir held a special position among impressionists, mostly landscape painters, because he frequently focused on figural topics. | Source: © National Gallery Prague

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Louis de Trinquesse - After the Soirée, 1774

Louis de Trinquesse [ca.1746-1800] was a French painter. He was a student at the Académie Royale from 1758 to at least 1770 and worked both as a portrait painter and a Genre painter. His portraits are usually gentle and uncomplicated likenesses painted in pastel colours, for example the Young Girl (1777; Paris, Louvre). When dealing with older male sitters, however, his style could be grander and more sober, as in the portrait of the Abbé Gentil (1783; Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Musées Bagnols-sur-Cèze) and the Portrait of an Architect (formerly identified as Jacques-Denis Antoine; 1780; private collection), the most ambitious of Trinquesse's known works, showing the architect as if measuring a drawing.
Trinquesse's Genre paintings are in the gallant and bourgeois tradition of Frédéric Schall and Louis-Joseph Watteau de Lille, depicting scenes of love and dalliance in parks and gardens, for example the Offering to Venus (1786; Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts) and the Declaration of Love (1786; private collection). Such works are thoroughly artificial, with a smooth porcelain-like finish; they demonstrate the painter's enjoyment of the depiction of rich materials.
Trinquesse was well known among contemporary collectors for his very assured drawings, mostly in red chalk, many of which depict young artists at work, such as the Drawing Class (Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts). He failed twice to become an Academician and exhibited instead at the Salon de la Correspondance organized by Pahin de la Blancherie.