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Jean Bailly, 1940 | Pittore surrealista

Jean è nato ad Algeri.
Dopo l'infanzia ad Orléans, vive a Parigi fino al 1966.
Da quel momento, torna nel suo paese d'infanzia.
Iniziando come kinesiterapista, dedica il suo tempo libero alla pittura.
Poi decide di dedicarsi completamente alla sua arte e lavora come artista free lance.


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Luana Celli, 1980


Luana Celli è una pittrice Romana. Da anni vive e lavora in provincia. Ha frequentato l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma ed è stata allieva del M° Giulio Turcato.
Ha partecipato ad importanti mostre italiane riscuotendo sempre successi di critica e pubblico. Vincitrice di numerosi premi, espone nella famosa storica mostra "Cento Pittori Via Margutta".

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Salustiano Garcia Cruz (Siviglia, 1965)

Il pittore Spagnolo Salustiano García Cruz si è laureato all'Università di Siviglia, in Spagna.
I suoi sono quadri rossi o bianchi in un puro concetto di stile rinascimentale, che trasmettono calma attraverso uno studio dettagliato della forma e una pennellata chiara.
I personaggi sono busti e volti solitari sopra uno spazio vuoto e monocromo, che appaiono come nei sogni dove tutto si tinge di rosso.


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Jeffrey R. Watts, 1970 | Gypsy spirit


Jeffrey R. Watts is a southern California native. Growing up in rural San Diego county with an artist father, Watts demonstrated an early aptitude for the visual arts. But it was competitive sports that held his interest as a teenager.
After an injury cut short his budding career in professional cycling, Jeff turned his focus back to art, enrolling at the California Art Institute in Calabasas. Watts was soon asked to teach at the institute and began to work as an illustrator in the movie industry.
However, Jeff's goal to become an easel painter would draw him back to San Diego where he started a small life drawing and painting studio known as Watts Atelier of the Arts. Jeff's aesthetic sensibilities have long drawn him to the figurative art of nineteenth century Europe and Russia.

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Javier S. Barrera

Javier Sanz Barrera, pittore di Soria, insegnante di disegno e pittura, frequenta per cinque anni i corsi di disegno, pittura e modellismo presso la Scuola di Arti Applicate e Mestieri Artistici di Soria, Belle Arti a Barcellona e San Fernando a Madrid.
Maestro vetraio presso la Royal Farm Glass Factory e artista-artigiano a Soria e provincia in questa specialità, realizzazione di vetrate artistiche, progettazione, restauro e realizzazione di sculture in vetro.


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John Singer Sargent | Madame Ramon Subercaseaux, 1880-81

This portrait is a collaboration between a young artist establishing himself in the Parisian art world and a young couple with progressive tastes.
It depicts Amalia Subercaseaux (1860-1930), wife of Chilean consul and artist Ramón Subercaseaux (whose portrait hangs nearby), seated at a piano in the couple’s elegant and stylish residence on the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.
Working within an established portrait tradition, Sargent assimilates evolving ideas about representation and identity.


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Evariste Carpentier | Love is in the air

Évariste Carpentier, (1845 in Kuurne - 1922 in Liège), was a Belgian painter of Genre scenes and animated landscapes. Over the years, his painting evolved from the academic art to Impressionism. He is, alongside Emile Claus, one of the earliest representatives of Luminism in Belgium.
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Michael Tolleson, 1957

Michael Tolleson è un artista, autore e oratore professionista a cui è stato diagnosticato l'autismo e gestisce una galleria d'arte mentre vive negli Stati Uniti e in Messico.
Durante la sua breve carriera pittorica (circa 9 anni) ha dipinto più di 1500 dipinti degni di una galleria.
Indipendentemente dalle dimensioni, i dipinti vengono solitamente completati in meno di 120 minuti.
Di conseguenza, Michael è riluttante a prendersi il merito del suo lavoro, credendo che il suo autismo sapiente sia in realtà l'artista dentro di lui.
Fino alla metà degli anni '50, Michael non era consapevole del suo autismo.


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Anke Merzbach, 1959 | Surrealist photographer

Anke Amelie Merzbach è una creatrice di immagini e fotografa Tedesca.
Dopo aver studiato educazione, ha inizialmente lavorato per 20 anni come giornalista alla pubblicazione di un giornale di educazione ai media.
Dal 2004 si dedica completamente al lavoro come image maker.
In tal modo, mette spesso in scena immagini dall'aspetto surreale in cui l'obiettivo è ritrarre le persone.
In contrasto con l'attività di semplice messa in scena e raffigurazione di un fotografo, si considera una creatrice di immagini.
Lei è uno degli artisti surrealisti.


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Oskar Kokoschka | The Elbe Near Dresden, 1921

Oskar Kokoschka | The Elbe Near Dresden, 1921 | Detroit Institute of Arts

Artwork detail by the Detroit Institute of Arts:

This picture most likely depicts the view from the window of Kokoschka’s studio in Dresden, from which he enjoyed a splendid view of the Elbe River, its bridges, and the houses on the far shore.
The three elements of the landscape - water, embankment, and sky - are suggested by bold patches of bright color, and the simple, strongly horizontal composition emphasizes the low buildings and the river’s edge.
Painted between 1919, when Kokoschka moved to Dresden, and 1921, this painting is one of the earliest works by the artist to have been acquired by a U.S. museum.

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Claude Monet | The Japanese Footbridge, 1899

Japanese Footbridge is an oil painting by Claude Monet.
It was painted in 1899. It measures 81.3 x 101.6 cm (32 x 40 in.) It hangs in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
In the last decades of Monet's life, his prized water garden at Giverny became a subject the artist explored obsessively, painting it 250 times between 1900 and his death. Eventually, it was his only subject.


He began construction of the water garden as soon as he moved to Giverny, petitioning local authorities to divert water from a nearby river.
The resulting landscape was Monet's invention entirely, and he used it as his creative focus and inspiration.

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Julie Ford Oliver | Still Life

An illustrator for more than 25 years, I returned to fine art after my last child graduated from college.
I currently paint in a variety of media allowing the subject matter to guide my choices.
I work out of a spacious studio situated next to my house in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and another studio on Main Street, downtown Las Cruces.


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Ivailo Petrov, 1965 | Bulgaria


L'artista Bulgaro Ivaylo Petrov è nato a Sofia, in Bulgaria.
Si è laureato alla Scuola di Belle Arti di Sofia nel 1984-1990 ed al 1995 ha studiato presso l'Università Bulgara di Belle Arti.
Insegna all'Università di Architettura dal 1996.
Ha tenuto numerose mostre in Italia, Spagna, Austria, Belgio, Germania, USA, Repubblica Ceca.

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Thomas Sully | Portrait painter

Thomas Sully (1783-1872) was an British-born American painter, one of the finest U.S. portrait painters of the 19th century.
Sully’s parents moved to the United States in 1792, settling in Charleston, S.C.
He was a pupil of Gilbert Stuart in Boston (1807) and of Benjamin West in London (1809) and was influenced by the portrait artist Sir Thomas Lawrence.
After 1810 he made Philadelphia his home, although in 1838 he visited London to paint a full-length portrait of the young Queen Victoria for the Society of the Sons of St. George of Philadelphia.


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Pat Brennan | Surreal Fantasy


Having been a traditional artist all my life, in the last two years I have discovered a great affinity for digital artwork in all its forms. A gift from my daughter of a computer complete with software started me on a path of discovery.
In March 2006, I joined Deviant Art. Being a part of this community encouraged me to further my knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. I now work with a digital brush as easily as a real one.