Jeffrey Batchelor (American painter, 1960)

Jeffrey Batchelor was born in North Carolina and studied at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, deferring in 1987 to pursue a career in theatrical scene painting.

Conceptually, his work ranges from straight realism to surrealism, and from rectangular canvases to shaped canvas panels.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century.

He is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the inventionof constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore.

Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" 1907, and "Guernica" 1937, a portrayal of the german bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

Ben Goossens | Surrealist photographer, 1945

Goossens worked for 35 years in his native Belgium as an ad agency art director. After retiring, Goossen's turned to creating photo montages with a distinctive Surrealism style reminiscent of his fellow countryman, René Magritte.

Goossens' images have received awards in a number of prestigious international photography competitions including Gold and Silver medals at the Trierenberg Super Circuit, the world's largest annual photography salon.

Goossens has also seen his work widely published, including an in-depth 10 page exposition in the March 2007 edition of Photo Art International. His composite photos are remarkable for their seamless yet painterly renderings of Surrealism dreamscapes.

Michael Bergt (American painter, 1956)

Michael Bergt was born in a small Nebraska farming community. At the age of five, he decided he wanted to be an artist. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Denver.

At nineteen, Michael became friends with a group of artists, Beat poets and late-night coffee drinkers in lower downtown Denver. Dividing his time between college, odd jobs and painting, his fellow artists encouraged him to "just paint".

In 1978, Michael spent time in San Francisco, where he painted and eventually met the art dealer John Pence who gave him his first major one-man show in 1980.

Bergt began a correspondence with Paul Cadmus 1904-1999 in 1988. With the support of his mentor, Bergt exhibited with Cadmus at the Midtown Gallery in New York City.

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.

Stuart Davis (1894-1964)

Nato a Filadelfia, Stuart Davis è stato uno dei primi pittori modernisti Americani.

Lasciata la scuola superiore, nel 1910 frequenta la Scuola d’arte di Robert Henri a New York ed espone per la prima volta alla “Exhibition of Independent Artists”.

Terminati gli studi, nel 1913 inizia a collaborare con la rivista socialista “The Masses” ed espone alcuni acquerelli all’Armory Show.

Nel 1917 tiene la sua prima personale alla Sheridan Square Gallery di New York.

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.

Albena Vatcheva, 1967

Albena Vatcheva è un artista Francese di origine bulgara che avanza in modo spettacolare.

La sua pittura ha ereditato diverse tradizioni, compresa quella dei maestri dell'icona.

Utilizzando diverse fonti orientali, ha creato un mondo di fata inquietante, che è un vero fascino per gli occhi, poiché i suoi colori luminosi creano magia. Teneri, amorevoli, i suoi personaggi vivono in un mondo di pace, armonia e reciproca consolazione.

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.

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.

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.

Albert Bierstadt | Luminist painter

Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) 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.

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.

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.

Marcus Larson | Fishing near the fjord by moonlight, 1862

Simeon Marcus Larson (1825-1864) was a Swedish landscape painter from Åtvidaberg, Östergötland.

He has been recognized as "one of Sweden's foremost 19th-century painters" and labeled as "the most outstanding of the Swedish Düsseldorf painters".

His paintings were known for being dramatic and primarily depicted rivers under violent skies as well as shipwrecks in storms.