Albert Dubois-Pillet | Neo-impressionist painter

Albert Dubois-Pillet (1846-1890) was a French Neo-impressionist painter and a career army officer. He was instrumental in the founding of the Société des Artistes Indépendants, and was one of the first artists to embrace Pointillism.

Albert Dubois-Pillet was a career military officer and self-taught amateur painter, closely aligned with the Neo-impressionists. Though not formally trained, various Salons accepted his still lifes for display as early as 1877.

Auguste Veillon (1834-1890)

Louis-Auguste Veillon was a Swiss painter🎨, noted for his Orientalist works.

After obtaining a degree in Reformed theology in Lausanne, he joined François Diday at his studio in Geneva, where he primarily painted seascapes and mountain scenes from the Bernese Oberland.

In 1858, he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

While in Paris, he spent a considerable amount of time in the Louvre, copying the works of the masters, especially the 17th-century Dutch masters and the work of Claude Lorrain🎨.

Hugo Simberg | Pittore simbolista

Hugo Gerhard Simberg (Hamina, 24 giugno 1873 - Ähtäri, 12 luglio 1917) è stato un pittore Finlandese di origine Svedese che aderì alla corrente simbolista.

Fu anche grafico e scultore.

Hugo Simberg fu uno dei nove figli del colonnello Nicolai Edward Simberg (1822-1915) e della sua seconda moglie Ebba Matilda Widenius (1840-1897).

Aveva anche nove fratellastri, figli di suo padre e della sua prima moglie.

Hugo Simberg | L'angelo ferito, 1903

German Aracil, 1965

Contemporary spanish artist pastelliste, German Aracil was born in Alicante. In 1985 he began his studies at the San Carlos School of Fine Art in Valencia, Spain.

Aracil's first one-man show was held in his home town of Alicante, followed in 1990 by exhibitions in New York's Liz Liberatore Gallery. Two years later he took part in the Art Miami International Art Fair.

Max Bouvet (1854-1943)

French painter Max Bouvet was born in La Rochelle. Bouvet is mainly known for his seascapes in a post-impressionist style, often illustrating Breton and Vendean panoramas.

Itzchak Tarkay (1935-2012)

Itzchak Tarkay was an Israeli artist. Tarkay was born in Subotica, on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border.

In 1944, Tarkay and his family were sent to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp, until Allied liberation freed them a year later.

In 1949, his family emigrated to Israel, living in a kibbutz for several years.

Henri Matisse: Creativity takes courage!

• "There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted" - Henri Matisse.
• "Penso che nulla sia più difficile per un vero pittore che dipingere una rosa, perché per dipingerla deve dimenticare tutte le rose che ha dipinto prima" - Henri Matisse.

Joseph Désiré Court (1797-1865)

Joseph-Désiré Court was a French painter🎨 of historical subjects and portraits.

Court was born at Rouen. He became a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts under Gros, and after carrying off the principal honours there pursued his studies still further at Rome.

Wilhelm von Gegerfelt | Skagen painter

Wilhelm von Gegerfelt, also Vilhelm von Gegerfelt (1844-1920) was a Swedish painter.

Born in Gothenburg, Gegerfelt was the son the architect Victor von Gegerfelt (1817-1915).

From 1861-1863, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy, at the Royal Swedish Academy from 1864-1867, and thereafter in Düsseldorf until 1872.

Johann Till the Younger (1827-1894) Genre painter

Johann Till the Younger was an Austrian🎨 19th Century painter.

Johann Till the Younger trained in Vienna under his father Johann Till the Elder (1800-1889).

His father’s predominant interests were historical scenes.

Johann Till the Younger studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna under Leopold Kupelwieser (1796-1862) and Christian Ruben (1805-1875).

Cafiero Filippelli | Macchiaioli painter

Cafiero Filippelli (1889-1973) was an Italian painter.

Born into a family of modest income in Livorno, Cafiero Filippelli started working at a very young age, but still managed to gain his diploma at the Scuola d’Arte e Mestieri.

Thanks to a scholarship he then went to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where he got to know Giovanni Fattori and Galileo Chini.

Lino Selvatico (1872-1924) | Belle Ѐpoque painter

Lino Selvatico was an Italian painter🎨.

His father, Riccardo was a lawyer, poet, comedic dramatist and politician, who intended his son to become a lawyer and legislator.

Lino's brother, Luigi Selvàtico (1873-1938), was also a painter.

Luigi was nicknamed il gobbo Selvatico due to his physical ailment.

Jerrard Gems | Vintage flower

"Perfumes are the feelings of flowers".
"I profumi sono i sentimenti dei fiori" - Heinrich Heine

"I paint flowers so they will not die".
"Dipingo i fiori così che non moriranno" - Frida Kahlo

"A flower blossoms for its own joy".
"Un fiore sboccia per la sua stessa gioia" - Oscar Wilde

Stojan Milanov, 1963

Stojan Milanov è nato a Belgrado, in Serbia.

È un pittore professionista dal 1985 e membro di ULUPUDS dal 2005.

I suoi temi sono la figura umana ed il paesaggio urbano, la tecnica: olio su tela.

Laureato presso l'Università di Architettura di Belgrado.

Ha partecipato a numerose mostre collettive e incontri d'arte.

Nel 2005, è stato premiato "Artista dell'anno" dalla Simic Galleries, California.

Annick Redor, 1952

For over 35 years Annick Redor has accumulated awards🎨 and exhibitions, both in France and abroad.

French painter🎨 Annick Redor was born in Nantes.

She graduated from the School of Fine Arts, she studied the technique of old masters in the Paris studio, the year she lived in Russia, where interested in iconography, and then there was a period of travel in Europe and America, a six-month trip to Africa, more than a year lived in a remote village in Gabon, and finally decided to go own way in art and find your own handwriting brush.

Joseph Bail (1862-1921) | Genre painter

Joseph Bail was born in Limonest in the Rhone region of France. His father, Jean-Antoine Bail, was a genre painter influenced by the Dutch masters, and he focused his attention on depicting scenes from domestic life.

Bail received his early training from his father and later studied in the studios of Jean Léon Gêrome and Carolus-Durand, two of the leading figures of the Parisian Academy of Fine Arts.

Victor Gilbert (1847-1935)

Victor Gabriel Gilbert was a French painter🎨 mostly known for their Parisian scenes and portraying market scenes there.

He studied with Victor Adam (1801-1866) and subsequently with the Charles Busson (1822-1908).

In 1889 he was awarded🎨 a silver medal in the Societe Artistes Français, and a Bonnat prize in 1926, at the end of his career.

Susan Rios, 1950 | Romantic designer

Serene settings, gentle harmonies, soft, inviting rooms, lush, floral gardens, quiet seas that evoke tranquility - artist Susan Rios’ distinctive style is evident in every image she paints.  

Susan resides in Southern California, amidst rooms very reminiscent of the images she paints.

Paul Bond, 1964

Award-winning artist Paul Bond was born in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Bond’s art lives in the spaces between dreaming and reality.

Drawing from the Latin American genre of Magic Realism, his paintings merge symbolic, surreal and allegorical elements with realistic atmospheres.

Jarek Kubicki, 1976 | 32nd day of Covid-19 Quarantine

"In recent days", says Polish painter Jarek Kubicki, "in Poland there have been many reports of police abuse in connection with quarantine, people are punished for ordinary cycling or jogging, even if they are alone and away from residential areas.

This provoked me to create a series of 32nd day of Quarantine, which refers to this situation in a light way, based on well-known works of art, while allowing to channel social frustration".