Guillaume Seignac | Reunited, 1918-1919

This work was probably executed by Guillaume Seignac (French Academic painter, 1870-1924) in 1918-1919.

It represents two women symbolizing France and Alsace.

Seignac painted another composition in 1914, representing "Belgium, France and England before the German invasion" (Sale, Paris, April 22nd 2009, lot 87).

Peter Demetz, 1969

Born in Bolzano, Italy, awarded🎨 sculptor Peter Demetz lives and works in Ortisei (BZ).

He graduated from the Art Institute of Ortisei, he was an apprentice in the laboratory of master Heinrich Demetz.

In 1993 he obtained the master sculptor diploma.

Since then he has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Ortisei, Milan, Vail/ Colorado, Leipzig, Lichtenstein, Vienna, Florence, Bolzano, Lecce, Istanbul, Palma de Mallorca and Rome.

Bryan Larsen, 1975

Bryan Lamont Larsen Jr. is an American realist painter, born in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Larsen was inspired by the figurative works of the Pre-Raphaelite painters, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and other nineteenth century European painters.

He was educated at Utah State University and at the Grand Central Academy Summer Intensives.

Larsen's work includes architectural elements and figurative works, with themes emphasizing beauty, innovation, aspiration, and optimism for the future.

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian Era luxury.

The Edwardian Period corresponds to the French Belle Époque period. Despite its brief pre-eminence, the period is characterised by its own unique architectural style, fashion, and lifestyle. Art Nouveau had a particularly strong influence. Artists were influenced by the development of the automobile and electricity, and a greater awareness of human rights.

Léon de Smet (Belgian painter, 1881-1966)

Léon de Smet è stato un pittore Belgo🎨 ed il fratello minore del pittore Gustave de Smet (1877-1943), anch'egli famoso pittore.

Nacque a Gand, in Belgio, nel 1881. Ha ricevuto la sua formazione artistica presso la Royal Academy of Art. Insieme a suo fratello, apparteneva ai cosiddetti pittori "Sint-Martens-Latem", un gruppo di artisti che erano attivi nella zona con lo stesso nome.

Lo stile di De Smet è caratterizzato da un tocco impressionista e pointillista.

È rinomato per la sua capacità di costruire una composizione con pennellate rapide, brevi e sottotono, mantenendo sempre l'equilibrio.

John Singer Sargent | Orestes Pursued by the Furies, 1921

'Orestes Pursued by the Furies' was created in 1921 by John Singer Sargent (American painter, 1856-1925) in Neoclassicism style.

It is part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

"Orestes Pursued by the Furies" is an event from Greek mythology that is a recurring theme in art depicting Orestes.

In the Iliad, the king of Argos, Agamemnon, sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia to the Gods to assure good sailing weather to Troy.

In Agamemnon, the first play of Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy, Agamemnon is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus as revenge for sacrificing Iphigenia.

Arnaldo Ferraguti (1862-1925)

Arnaldo Ferraguti è stato un pittore Italiano Verista, celebre in vita anche per le numerose incisioni con le quali illustrò i libri dell'editore Treves.

Studiò all'Accademia di Belle Arti a Napoli, ma si formò pittoricamente anche grazie alla frequentazione del pittore verista Francesco Paolo Michetti, dal quale apprese anche l'utilizzo della fotografia come strumento per la "cattura" delle immagini.

Divenne celebre nel 1891 con l'enorme dipinto Alla vanga, oggi conservato al Museo del Paesaggio di Verbania-Pallanza, nella quale ritrasse un gruppo di braccianti intenti al lavoro sotto lo sguardo del sorvegliante.

Camille Corot: "Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error"

• "Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them".

• "Non imitare, non seguire gli altri, altrimenti resterai indietro".

• "Nessuno mi ha mai insegnato: il mio istinto mi spinge e io gli obbedisco".

He Lihuai 何力怀, 1961 | Realist painter

Mr. He Lihuai 何力怀 - Chinese painter🎨 - was born in Chongqing. He worked as an art designer at Capital Museum from 1985-1996 after receiving Art of Bachelor degree in oil painting at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1984.

As a member of Chinese Artists Association and a professional artist.

He has been honored as a very talented oil painter in contemporary China.

Vladimir Volegov, 1957

Vladimir Volegov -born in Khabarovsk- is a many-sided visual artist from Russia now residing in Spain.

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

He is known in the West for his realistic, profusely colored oil paintings often depicting romantically ambiance outdoor family life scenes.

Tullius Heuer | Surrealist digital painter

Tullius Heuer is a self-taught digital artist from Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.

He uses techniques like Photomanipulation and basic digital painting to bring his ideas alive.

He masterfully blends his pencil art simulations with real photos in his magical three-dimensional manipulations and the results leave us wondering what would happen if drawings came to life.

Zoltán Hornyik, 1960 | Impressionist painter

Hungarian painter Zoltán Hornyik was born in Kemecse.

His first maters were Borbála Fekete, János Kapcsa and Lajos Bíró. He graduated at the Teacher Training College of Nyíregyháza as a teacher of arts and geography in 1985.

After a short career as a teacher he transferred into arts. Since then he has been working as a freelance painter.

Otgoo Badam, 1984

Born in Ulaanbaatar, Badam Otgontuvden became an only Mongolian to teach in the Ilya Repin St Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, the largest arts educational Institution andone of the most important scientific centers in Russia.

It is also considered as a one of the most well known art schools in the world.

Otgontuvden has studied at the Production Vocational School named after Radjiv Gandhi from 1999-2002 and obtained a diploma of tannery profession.

Raphael (1483-1520) | Portraits

Raphael, born Raffaello Sanzio, was crowned the "Prince of Painters" by Giorgio Vasari, a sixteenth-century biographer of artists.

From his father, Raphael learned painting; in his native Urbino, he experienced intellectual court life.

A year after his father's sudden death, Raphael entered the workshop of Urbino's leading painter at age twelve and quickly surpassed his master.

Antonio Frilli (1880-1920) | Figurative sculptor

Antonio Frilli was a Florentine🎨 sculptor who specialized in marble and alabaster statues for public and private customers.

In 1860, Frilli established his first and exclusive Atelier in via dei Fossi, Florence, where he worked with a few assistants on medium-size refined painted alabasters and big white Carrara marble statues for private villas and monumental cemeteries.

Igor Maykov, 1966

Igor Maykov was born in Riga, Latvia. Study at the Academy, a private studio, open-air... actively exhibiting since 1994 participated in many exhibitions / 19 personal / and international art projects in Latvia and abroad! paintings are in private collections around the world.

Ivan Slavinsky, 1968 | Il pittore Romantico

Ivan Slavinsky è un artista che coniuga magistralmente la pittura classica con le tecniche moderne.

Slavinsky fa cose assolutamente incredibili: trasforma il realismo ordinario dei paesaggi urbani, come se scarabocchiasse un tessuto magico della sua percezione, e riempie di tenerezza e sensualità le bellissime immagini femminili, rendendole così desiderate e aggraziate.

Slavinsky è nato a Leningrado, in Russia, in una familia di artisti.

Suo padre, Dmitry Oboznenko, pittore onorato della RSFSR, e sua madre - Galina Patrabolova, critica d'arte.

Ivan ha iniziato a dipingere con 5 anni di abilità professionale all'Accademia di Belle Arti.

La prima mostra di Ivan Slavinsky a San Pietroburgo ha avuto luogo nella galleria "Association of Free Artists" nel 1991.

Il pittore iniziò gradualmente ad acquisire fama a San Pietroburgo.

Più tardi, nel 1993 Ivan Slavinsky andò in Francia, dove visse e lavorò per dieci anni con contratti nelle gallerie europee.

Durante questo periodo ha tenuto mostre personali a Lussemburgo, Dublino (Irlanda), Stoccolma (Svezia), Marsiglia, Parigi (Francia) ed altre città.

Nel 2003 Ivan Slavinsky è tornato a San Pietroburgo e nel giugno 2007 ha aperto la Galleria d'arte Ivan Slavinsky.

Dall'aprile 2010 la galleria porta il nome del proprietario e direttore della galleria Lazarev.

Nel 1997 Ivan Slavinsky è membro dell'Unione Russa degli Artisti.

Nel 2009 Ivan Slavinsky è diventato artista-curatore dell'evento di beneficenza "ABC", che si tiene ogni anno nell'ambito della "Fiera di Natale" a San Pietroburgo.

Marc Chagall | Between Darkness and Light, 1938-1943

"I don't know where he (Marc Chagall) gets those images; he must have an angel in his head".

"Non so dove (Marc Chagall) ottenga quelle immagini; deve avere un angelo in testa".

Pablo Picasso

Camille Corot: "Never lose the first impression which has moved you..."

In the 1860s, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) became interested in photography, taking photos himself and becoming acquainted with many early photographers, which had the effect of suppressing his painting palette even more in sympathy with the monochromatic tones of photographs.

This had the result of making his paintings even less dramatic but somewhat more poetic, a result which caused some critics to cite a monotony in his later work.

Raffaello | La Madonna Sistina, 1513-1514

"La Madonna Sistina" è un dipinto a olio su tela (265x196 cm) di Raffaello, databile al 1513-1514 circa e conservato nella Gemäldegalerie di Dresda.

Insolito per Raffaello in quegli anni è il supporto su tela, che ha dato adito a varie ipotesi: secondo Rumohr l'opera era destinata anche ad essere usata come stendardo processionale. La datazione si basa su dati stilistici ed è in genere legata ai primi anni del pontificato di Leone X, prima dell'Estasi di Santa Cecilia.

Vasari testimonia come l'opera fosse stata dipinta per il convento di San Sisto a Piacenza, come conferma la presenza di due santi ivi particolarmente venerati.