Vyacheslav Khabirov | Kazakhstan

Khabirov Vyacheslav è nato nel 1967 in Kazakistan, nella città di Ust-Kamenogorsk.

L'amore per la pittura si è manifestato in Vyacheslav nella prima infanzia.

All'età di 13 anni iniziò a dipingere ad olio, poiché vedeva in esso il mezzo migliore per creare i suoi dipinti.

Mentre studiava alla scuola d'arte, ha preso parte a mostre tenutesi nella capitale del Kazakistan, Almaty.

Vladimir Volegov, 1957 | Morning light

Vladimir Volegov is a visual artist from Russia, who lives in Spain.

His early work centered on graphic art for music recordings, comics, and commercial posters.

He is known in the West for his oil paintings, which often depict outdoor family life scenes.

Born in Khabarovsk, Russia, Volegov began painting at the age of three and his talent would be noted repeatedly throughout his adolescence.

After having attended the art school, "Krivoj rog" and having served in the army, Volegov was admitted to the lvov polygraphic institute in the former soviet union.

Mihai Criste (Romanian, 1975)

Romanian artist Mihai Criste is fascinated by abstraction, mystery and surrealism, and was inspired by famous surrealists like Dali and Magritte.

Mihai Criste was born in the Deva Hunedoara county in Romania.

A professional painter for more than 10 years, Mihai has participated in numerous contests and exhibitions.

His artworks combine several subjects in an attempt to confuse the viewer of what is reality.

Dorina Costras (Romanian, 1967)

Dorina Costras è nata ad Iasi, in Romania.

Ha lavorato come designer e come insegnante di belle arti.

Ora collabora per la decorazione come designer di interni e dipinge.

I suoi dipinti sono in stile fantasy e il tema favorito è dei costumi e maschere di carnevale, ma anche un universo fantastico con l'atmosfera della storia lontana dai nostri giorni.

Lawrence Koe | Idyll, c. 1908-11

Lawrence E. Koe was a portrait painter and sculptor. He is listed as living in Brighton when he first exhibited at The Royal Academy in 1891, but by 1894 he had moved to London where he appears to have settled for the remainder of his life.

Carolyn Biggio, 1958

Nata a Columbus, nel Ohio, la pittrice Americana Carolyn Biggio è cresciuta a Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

La sua istruzione formale le è valsa una laurea in scienze; ma in seguito ha intrapreso gli studi artistici con Henry Hensche alla Cape School of Art.

Altre lezioni con i suoi seguaci hanno approfondito il suo impegno ed il suo percorso professionale si è spostato sulla pittura.

Edward Hopper | Pittore realista

Edward Hopper, considerato il migliore pittore realista Americano del XX secolo, è stato un pittore famoso soprattutto per i suoi ritratti della solitudine nella vita americana contemporanea.

Il successo ottenuto con una mostra di acquerelli 1923 e con un'altra di dipinti 1924 contribuiscono a fare di Hopper il caposcuola dei realisti che dipingevano la "scena americana".

La sua evocativa vocazione artistica si rivolge sempre più verso un forte realismo, che risulta la sintesi della visione figurativa combinata con il sentimento struggente e poetico che Hopper percepisce nei suoi soggetti.

Diceva: "non dipingo quello che vedo, ma quello che provo".

Edward Hopper: "Non dipingo quello che vedo, ma quello che provo"!

"Il mio scopo in pittura è sempre quello di usare la natura come mezzo, per cercare di fissare sulla tela le mie reazioni più intime di fronte al soggetto, così come mi appare quando lo amo di più: quando il mio interesse e il mio modo di vedere riescono a dare unità alle cose".

"L'opera è l'uomo. Una cosa non spunta dal nulla".

"La gente trova qualcosa nel tuo lavoro, la traduce in parole e poi va avanti per sempre. Del resto, perché non dovrebbe esserci nostalgia nell'arte?".

Edgar Degas | Ballet dancers | Part. 5

Edgar Degas | Ballet dancers | Part. 4

Edgar Degas | Ballet dancers

Among the supreme masterpieces of the century are Degas's pictures of the ballet and its dancers. The impulse towards painting the contemporary scene came to him not only from Gustave Courbet 1819-1877 and Manet 1832-1883 but from his friend, the critic Duranty, the exponent of the aesthetics of naturalism. Yet in the particular direction of his tastes and his conception of design he was entirely individual. To study and convey movement was a chosen task, first undertaken on the race course and then in his many pictures of the Opera, viewed from behind the scenes, in the wings, or from the orchestra stalls during a performance.

Edgar Degas | Ballet dancers | Part. 2

Alphonse Maria Mucha | Master of Art Nouveau

Alphonse Mucha was born in what is now the Czech Republic in 1860 and moved to Paris in 1890 where he became the star of the poster-art movement under the patronage of the Sarah Bernhardt. After World War I he returned to Czechoslovakia and became the father of a slavic arts and crafts movement which combined elements of art nouveau with classic national themes. In addition to commercial art, jewelry design, interior decoration, sculpture and stage design, Mucha experimented with lettering and calligraphy to produce excellent source material for unique typefaces. Mucha's style is virtually synonymous with French Art Nouveau and he is one of the most imitated artists and designers of all time.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: "It's with my brush that I make love"

"People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance".

"Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art".

"The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion".

Jerome G. Parker | Portrait painter

A Central California native, Jerome Garth Parker comes from a family of artists and musicians. A quiet and introspective figure, Jerome is active in galleries in this beautiful region of his home state.

Figurative compositions, closely observed from life, comprise many of this artists rich work in oils and charcoal.

Though clearly inspired by the masters, Jerome's intriguing subjects nevertheless capture a certain contemporary view of life in the moment.