Pio Joris | Genre painter

Pio Joris (8 June 1843 - 6 March 1921) was an Italian painter, engraver and watercolorist.

Pio Joris was born in Rome and attended the Istituto di Belle Arti as a child.

In 1861, he enrolled at the Accademia di San Luca, where he remained for just a year.

On a visit to the 1st Esposizione Nazionale di Belle Arti of Florence in 1861, he was attracted by the naturalistic works from the Naples school.

Alexandra Savina, 1962 | Cubist painter

Alexandra Savina was born and brought up in Kiev, Ukraine and graduated from the Fine Art School and Teachers College (Department of Art).

She worked as an art teacher and designer.

In 2005, Aleksandra came to Canada and currently resides in Toronto.

She was mesmerized by the beautiful landscapes of her new country and home, and these landscapes have become her new source of inspiration.

Pierre-Joseph Redouté | The Raphael of flowers

Pierre-Joseph Redouté (10 July 1759 - 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large, coloured stipple engravings.

He was nicknamed "the Raphael of flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time.

Redouté produced over 2,100 published plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never rendered before.

Redouté was an official court artist of Marie Antoinette, and continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror.

He survived the turbulent political upheaval to gain international recognition for his precise renderings of plants, which remain as fresh in the early 21st century as when first painted.

Dmitri Spiros, 1971 | Pittore Impressionista astratto

Dmitry Spiros è un artista impressionista contemporaneo, cresciuto nell'Asia centrale.

Attualmente vive e lavora in Messico.

Spiros ha iniziato a studiare pittura nel 1992 e ha conseguito il diploma cinque anni dopo.

Il genere preferito di Spiros è il paesaggio urbano ed astratto.

Michel Devanakis, 1962 | Figurative painter

Michel Devanakis is a contemporary figurative painter. He lives and works in Athens, Greece.

- "Restless autodidact, adventurer and traveller, making art to live and share my own moments of wonder and happiness!Works held in private collections in Canada, France, Greece and Italy.

Born and raised in Douala (Cameroon) from Greek parents, I studied Graphic Design and advertising in France.

In the years following my studies, I lived and worked in many countries (France, Bermuda, Mexico, Canada) before settling in Greece in 1997, where I founded my own agency.

I have been awarded for my design works and have been the art director for numerous magazines (+Design, Insider Athens, Bonjour, etc.)".

Betsy Osieck (1880-1968)

Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (29 dicembre 1880-1 marzo 1968) è stata una pittrice, acquarellista, acquaforte, pastellista e disegnatrice Olandese che faceva parte del gruppo di pittura Amsterdamse Joffers.

Lizzy Ansingh (1875-1959)

Maria Elisabeth Georgina Ansingh è stata una pittrice Olandese.

Ansingh apparteneva a un gruppo di pittrici post-impressioniste influenzate dal movimento dell'Impressionismo di Amsterdam chiamato Amsterdamse Joffers.

Fu anche membro dei circoli artistici (ancora esistenti) di Amsterdam Arti et Amicitiae e Sint Lucas.

Morì ad Amsterdam il 14 dicembre 1959.

Lynn Noelle Rushton, 1967

Award winning artist Lynn Noelle Rushton focuses on work-a-day scenes from daily life.

Both in oils and the ancient hot wax medium of encaustic, Rushton's work has been exhibited in one-person, regional, and national juried shows.

Her honors include an archival file at the National Museum for Women in the Arts, images in the J. Paul Getty/Art Calendar International Registry for Art and Artists and listing on the Texas Commission on the Arts' Artist in Residency.

Lynn Noelle Rushton

Charles Sillem Lidderdale | Genre painter

Charles Sillem Lidderdale (1830, St.Petersburg - 1895, London) was an British artist of promise who exhibited 36 paintings at the Royal Academy from 1856-1893.

His career was marred by eyesight trouble which, after lengthy and skilful treatment by Tirgolin Tweedy, the oculist, yielded sufficiently to enable him to continue his work.

Unfortunately, he had to give up watercolour, a medium more exacting than oils.

But his watercolours, though not numerous, were admired both for their technique and colour.

Sibilla Aleramo | Lettere d’amore a Lina Poletti

Marta Felicina Faccio detta Rina, nota anche con lo pseudonimo di Sibilla Aleràmo (Alessandria, 14 agosto 1876 - Roma, 13 gennaio 1960), è stata una scrittrice, poetessa e giornalista Italiana.

È ricordata per il suo romanzo autobiografico "Una donna" (1901-1904) in cui dipinse la condizione femminile in Italia a cavallo fra il XIX ed il XX secolo. Si tratta infatti di uno dei primi libri femministi apparsi in Italia.

Tamara de Lempicka

Sibilla Aleramo | Tentazione

Hai avuto un gesto delle mani, dolce,

mentre parlavi dell’amore femineo,

hai figurato col cavo delle mani dolcemente

la raccolta e tremula dedizione d’un cuore.

Maria Amaral

Ernest Biéler (Swiss, 1863-1948)

Born in 1863 in Rolle, Ernest Biéler left for Paris at the age of seventeen to study in the city’s art schools.

He works under the influence of impressionism at first and paints an initial masterpiece that causes quite a stir at the 1889 World’s Fair (Pendant la messe à Saint-Germain en Savièse - During the Mass in Saint-Gemain in Savièse, 1886), the picture’s subject being inspired by a stay in the Canton of Valais.

Illustrating the novels of Emile Zola, Alphonse Daudet and Victor Hugo - over and above the few portrait commissions that come in - makes it possible for him to live in the French capital.

Phil Lockwood | Scenery painter

From Lockwood’s website, his self-description: "I was born - Sheffield, England and I am now living in the Ecclesall area of the city.

My training was at:

Junior School of Art and Design (Sheffield)

Sheffield College of Art and Crafts

Leeds College of Art

Retford (Teaching Certificate).

Camille Corot: "Le prime due cose da studiare sono la forma ed i valori".

• ""Ho imparato dall'esperienza che è utile iniziare disegnando il proprio quadro in modo chiaro su una tela vergine, avendo prima notato l'effetto desiderato su una carta bianca o grigia, e poi fare il quadro sezione per sezione, il più immediatamente possibile, in modo che quando è stato tutto coperto ci sia ben poco da ritoccare. Ho notato che tutto ciò che è finito in una sola seduta è più fresco, meglio disegnato e trae più profitto da molti fortunati incidenti, mentre quando si ritocca questo iniziale splendore armonioso si perde. Penso che questo metodo sia particolarmente buono per il fogliame, che ha bisogno di una buona dose di libertà". - Citazione dai "Quaderni" di Corot (1796-1875), ca. 1828.

Frank Holl R.A. | Portrait painter

From: British Museum

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Draughtsman, illustrator, painter and royal portraitist; born in Kentish Town, London, to a family of engravers; received his first instruction from his father, Francis Holl, ARA; educated at University College School and entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 15 in 1860, receiving a silver medal in 1862 and gold in 1863; exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1864 until his death; becoming an Associate in 1878 and an Academician in 1883; his major works included portraits of Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales and prominent politicians.

Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918)

Thérèse Schwartze (Amsterdam, 20 dicembre 1851 - Amsterdam, 23 dicembre 1918) è stata una pittrice Olandese, molto celebrata nel suo tempo, che unì grandi competenze tecniche di ritrattista con un eccellente senso degli affari.

Nata ad Amsterdam nel 1851, Thérèse era la figlia del pittore di origine americana Johan Georg Schwartze, da cui ricevette la sua prima formazione.

In seguito andò a studiare per un anno presso il Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten e poi si recò a Monaco di Baviera dove proseguì i suoi studi insieme a Gabriel von Max e Franz von Lenbach.

Arunas Rutkus (Lithuanian painter, 1961)

Arunas Rutkus is one of those rare artists who, sensing the rhythm of globalization, joined the global art stage with great confidence.

The artist has exposed his works in more than 50 personal and group exhibitions across the globe, and his artworks can be found in museums, galleries and in private collections in the USA, Qatar, Monaco, France, United Arab Emirates, China, Russia, United Kingdom, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Hungary, Spain, Israel, New Zealand, Lithuania.

Arunas Rutkus is famous for his unique painting style, characteristic for so called Eastern school – figurative poetic symbolism, and impeccable implementation technique.

Mats Åkerman, 1956 | Modern painter

Mats Åkerman, born in Stockholm, is a Swedish painter, draftsman and graphic artist.

He has created his own fantasy world which he calls "The Swagi Union".

The main character in this world is called Rocco Rivarossi and the story takes place mostly in the 1950s.

The pictures often depict restaurants, boats, trains and urban environments.

Walter MacEwen | Genre painter

Walter MacEwen (13 February 1860, Chicago - 20 March 1943, New York City) was an American painter.

From 1884 to 1914, he often lived and worked in the Netherlands.

He is considered to have been a member of the Egmondse School, named after the mostly American artists' colony near Egmond aan Zee.

He was the son of a merchant and entrepreneur of Scottish origin.

Louis Justin Maurice Perrey | Genre / Portrait painter

Louis Justin Maurice Perrey (1856-1904) was an French painter of portaits and genre scenes working in late 19th Century. Louis Perrey exhibited at the Paris Salon.