Robert Henri | Edna Smith in a Japanese Wrap, 1915

Robert Henri (1865-1929), urban realist painter, a leader of The Eight and the Ashcan School and one of the most influential teachers of art in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.

Henri studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, from 1884-1888, and at both the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Caravaggio | The crowning with thorns, 1603

The Crowning with Thorns is a painting by the Italian master🎨 Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio🎨. Executed probably in 1603, it is now located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

According to Caravaggio🎨's biographer Giovanni Bellori a Crowning with Thorns was made for Caravaggio's patron Vincenzo Giustiniani, and this painting can be traced convincingly to the Giustiniani collection.

Claude Monet | Spring (Fruit Trees in Bloom) 1873

Claude Monet made this work in the vicinity of his home in Argenteuil, a village on the Seine northwest of Paris that was a favorite gathering place of the Impressionists.

Although the scene has previously been called Plum Blossoms and Apples Trees in Bloom, the type of tree cannot be determined from the flurry of white buds evoked by the artist.

Abraham Pether (1756-1812)

Abraham Pether was an English🎨 landscape painter, recognised for his skill in depicting moonlit scenes.

He was also a talented musician, inventor, mathematician and philosopher.

He painted river and mountain scenery, with classical buildings, in a pleasing though artificial style, somewhat resembling that of Richard Wilson; but his reputation rests on his moonlight subjects, which attracted much admiration, and earned for him the sobriquet of "Moonlight" Pether.

Albert Gleizes | Impressionist / Cubist artists

Albert Gleizes (1881-1953) as a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris.

Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du "Cubisme", 1912.

Gleizes was a founding member of the Section d'Or group of artists.

He was also a member of Der Sturm, and his many theoretical writings were originally most appreciated in Germany, where especially at the Bauhaus his ideas were given thoughtful consideration.

Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884-1961)

Hilda Rix Nicholas was an Australian artist.

Born in the Victorian city of Ballarat, she studied under a leading Australian Impressionist, Frederick McCubbin, at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1902-1905 and was an early member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.

Fabian Perez (Buenos Aires, 1967)

Fabian Perez è un artista di Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ha lasciato la sua città natale Campana, all'età di 20 anni e ha iniziato a viaggiare per il mondo cercando di sviluppare il talento artistico che aveva ereditato da sua madre.

Negli anni ha esplorato molti percorsi diversi alla ricerca di una maggiore espressione di sé e verità artistica.

Attualmente risiede a Los Angeles.

L'arte e lo stile di Fabian sono unici; la sua arte riflette passione, emozione e pura energia.

È il creatore di un nuovo stile di pittura che ha chiamato Neo Emotionalism, caratterizzato da uno stile narrativo drammatico ed un'atmosfera inebriante.

Lluis Rizzo Rey, 1959 | Surrealist painter

Lluís Rizzo Rey was born in Barcelona. He had the good luck of growing up with his parents, parental grandparents, brother and five sisters, in an environment that was humble but full of fascination for culture.

Since he was seven years old, Lluís already exhibited a passion for art, and he was drawing every minute he could, whenever he did not need to study.

Jozsef Borsos (1821-1883)

Jozsef Borsos was a Hungarian🎨 portrait painter and photographer.

He was also renowned for his numerous "genre" paintings and is most often recognized as an artist of the Biedermeier.

Jozsef Borsos studied in Budapest and subsequently at Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts from 1840 until 1842.

Valentine Cameron Prinsep | Pittore preraffaelita

Valentine Cameron Prinsep, noto anche con lo pseudonimo di Val Prinsep (Calcutta, 14 febbraio 1838 - Londra, 4 novembre 1904), è stato un pittore Britannico, membro dei preraffaeliti.

Nato a Calcutta nel 1838, Valentine Cameron Prinsep era il secondo figlio di Henry Thoby Prinsep, un funzionario dell'Impero anglo-indiano, e di sua moglie Sarah Monckton Pattle, figlia di James Pattle.

Lei era sorella della fotografa Julia Margaret Cameron e di Maria Jackson (nata Pattle), nonna di Virginia Woolf e Vanessa Bell.

Alexander Shevelev / Александр Шевелёв, 1964

The art of Alexander Shevelev from Rybinsk, Russia has an indestructible relation to a certain time. An era for him to live and to create in.

An era with it's history which determined his art inclination. Themes served as subjects in his works are diverse: russian nature with it's bright revolution of the seasons, different aspects of province life, historical tendencies of urban and rural life, et cetera.

To find the artistic and historical sides of ordinary life and than bring it to his artworks is the main thing Aleksander aims at.

Anna Rose Bain, 1985

Anna Rose Bain is a classical realist artist located in Arvada CO. She specializes in painting commissioned oil portraits for the Denver area and nationwide.

Anna Rose Bain was born and raised in rural Wisconsin. She began drawing from the moment she could pick up a pencil.

Constantin Lvovich, 1974 | Ballet dancers

Constantin Lvovich / Константин Львович studied at the studio of Ilya Glazunov at the Academy of Fine Arts of Moscow.

Influenced by many styles, he has mastered the technique of combining both Realism and Impressionism.

An acclaimed artist at 36 years of age, he has exhibited throughout Europe.

Eugene de Blaas (1843-1931)

Eugene de Blaas🎨 was born to Austrian parents. His father, Karl (1815-1894), teacher to him and his brother Julius became Professor at the Academy in Vienna and Venice, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

It was in Venice that Eugene de Blaas established himself as the leading painter of Venetian genre.

The golden Italian climate and the magnificent old stone facades had made Venice an essential stop on the Grand Tour since the early eighteenth century.

Past visitors had returned home with views and portraits; the late nineteenth visitor wanted more.

Olga Sacharoff (1889-1967)

Olga Nicolaevna Sacharoff was a Spanish artist of Russo-Persian origin associated with naive art and the Surrealist movement.

Olga Sacharoff (also spelled Sakhorova, Zakharova, or Zacharoff) was born in Georgia, which at the time was a part of the Russian Empire.

Her mother was of Persian origin. After studying at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, she visited Rome and traveled to Munich, where she came in contact with the German Expressionist movement.

Edmund Greacen (1876-1949)

Edmund William Greacen was an American🎨 Impressionist painter. His active career extended from 1905-1935, during which he created many colorful works in oil on canvas and board.

One of his works, a reproduction of which is at the Smithsonian Institution, was awarded the Salmagundi Club's Samuel T. Shaw Prize🎨 in 1922.

Kal Gajoum, 1968

Kal Gajoum was born in Tripoli. He was only ten years old when he entered his first art competition.

Later on he was introduced to oil painting and palette knife techniques by friend of the family who were artist in attendance at the Leonardo da Vinci school of art in Rome.

He held his first exhibition in 1983 in Tripoli.

Matilda Browne (1869-1947)

Matilda Browne was an American🎨 Impressionist artist noted for her flower paintings and her farm and cattle scenes.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was a child prodigy who received early art training from her artist-neighbor, Thomas Moran🎨.

Georges Seurat (1859-1891)

Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French🎨 post-Impressionist artist.

He is best known for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism as well as pointillism.

While less famous than his paintings, his conté crayon drawings have also garnered a great deal of critical appreciation.

Maria Oosthuizen, 1972 | Romantic painter

Maria Magdalena Oosthuizen was born in Paarl, raised mostly in Gauteng, currently residing in Mossel Bay.

"I believe my highest calling in life is my relationship with God, my husband, my children and with all people. My friends and family provide a balance in my life and keep me humble. They are all extraordinary people!

I am inspired by God for He is the creator of all beautiful things. He called me for His purpose and in obedience and love of art, I paint with all I am to worship Him" - Maria Oosthuizen.