Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz, 1951 | Allegorical cartoonist

Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz was born in Makow Mazowiecki, Poland.

He graduated at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1976).

Works and activity: book illustrations, cartoons, prints, posters, paintings and stage sets.

Debuts in the magazines: "Polska" and "Szpilki" in 1972.

Publications in periodicals and the Polish press, e.g.: "itd", "Karuzela", "Kobieta i Zycie", "Magazyn Rodzinny", "Radar", "Razem", "Rzeczpospolita", "Sukces" (artistic director 1998-2000), "Szpilki", "Sztandar Mlodych", "Zycie Warszawy", as well as abroad: "Pardon" and "Slapstick" (Germany).

Felix Ehrlich | Genre painter

Felix Ehrlich (1866-1931) was a German portrait and genre painter.

Ehrlich studied painting at the Königsberg Art Academy under Carl Steffeck since 1883 and became his master student in 1888.

Back in Berlin he was appointed court painter in 1896.

In the same year he married Bertha Homoth.

Felix Ehrlich portrayed Otto von Bismarck as well as Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife, the crown prince couple and many high-ranking officials and officers.

Le bambine senza tempo di Berit Hildre, 1964

Berit Hildre è nata ad Alesund, in Norvegia. Vive nel Sud della Francia da circa vent'anni con il suo compagno e pittore Louis Treserras ed insegna scultura.

Berit Hildre: - "Le mie bambine sono come i fiori; fragili margherite nell'incavo di una valle, meravigliosamente fresche e belle, vulnerabili, in balia di tante cose che possono distruggere questo piccolo miracolo in un istante; una margherita, una bambina.

Le bambine credono negli angeli, nelle fate e nei troll, nei principi e nei maghi".

Il mondo allegorico di Sergei Rimashevski, 1964

Sergei Rimashevski / Сергей Римашевский was born in Grodno, Belarus.

Due to his high level of professionalism in his portraits, paintings, allegories he appears before the judges as a director and playwright.

His paintings, woven from real life experiences keep secrets, awakening the imagination.

The artist reveals the world of the individual, but the reading of this world is only available to thoughtful viewer, ready to plunge into the world of childhood.

Jacques François Carabain (1834-1933)

Pittore di paesaggi ed architettura, Jacques François Carabain fu allievo dei maestri olandesi Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer e Valentijn Bing all'Accademia di Amsterdam.

I suoi viaggi lo portarono in Francia, Germania, Italia ed Austria, ma si stabilì in Belgio.

Era particolarmente interessato alle strutture medievali e barocche ed era spesso attratto dalle affollate piazze del mercato.

Le sue opere sono conservate nel Museo di Ypres e nel Museo Rudolfinum di Praga.

Natalia Bagatskaya, 1967 | Magic realism painter

Natalia Bagatskaya / Наталія Багацька was born in Horodyshche, Ukraine.

Lives and works in Kyiv.

She graduated from the University of Technology and Design in "clothing design" specialty.

Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Specialization: Acrylic painting.

Lucy Michiels, 1973 | Figurative painter

Born in Valenciennes, France, Lucy Michiels is a self-taught painter.

She guides model's into natural poses which capture the qualities so important in her paintings: elegance, softness, and charm.

Seeing the beauty of the human form, the subtlety of expression in the face and the body, Lucy Michiels’s paintings remind us that a look, or a slight smile, can communicate much more clearly than words ever could.

While she paints, time stops, an extreme concentration and wellness rise, a deep mental silence settles in.

The world fades away.

Cesare Pavese | Donne appassionate

Le ragazze al crepuscolo scendendo in acqua,

quando il mare svanisce, disteso. Nel bosco

ogni foglia trasale, mentre emergono caute

sulla sabbia e si siedono a riva. La schiuma

fa i suoi giochi inquieti, lungo l’acqua remota.

Vladimir Volegov

Marco Tulio, 1966 | Magic realism painter

Born in Medellin, Colombia, self-taught artist, Marco Tulio began his artistic endeavors at a very early age; with both of his parents as artists, Marco has been painting since he was very young.

Certainly his talents must be innate as this prodigal child had his first exhibit at the age of eleven.

His father, abstract artist, Guillermo Espinosa instilled in him an appreciation of color but Marco practiced, refined, and has perfected his classically inspired scenes.

Rob Gonsalves (1959-2017)

Rob Gonsalves è stato un artista multi premiato, nato a Toronto in Canada, prima di tutto architetto e scenografo: quello era il suo mestiere prima di dedicarsi completamente alla pittura.

L'interesse per l'arte nasce sin da piccolo, quando dimostra interesse per il disegno ed a dodici anni, quando la sua attrazione si sposta verso l'architettura grazie alla quale impara le tecniche di prospettiva, che sono il mezzo ideale per dar vita alle costruzioni immaginarie.

Sebbene il lavoro di Gonsalves sia spesso classificato come surrealista, si differenzia perché le immagini sono deliberatamente pianificate e derivano da un pensiero cosciente.

Rembrandt | The Artist's Mother, 1629 | Royal Collection

"An old Woman called 'The Artist's Mother'" by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) is a study in old age by a young, aspiring painter who rapidly gained a reputation for this kind of work before moving to Amsterdam to develop his career as a portraitist and history painter.

Executed towards the end of his time in Leiden (c.1629), this painting already reveals Rembrandt’s mastery of precise detail in the treatment of the folds of skin, the sunken eyes, the taut mouth and the prominent nose.

Rembrandt | The Artist's Mother, 1629 | Royal Collection

Jeffrey Ripple, 1962

Many of the flowers and herbs that appear in Ripple’s work come directly from his garden.

Other objects in his work come from his admiration for Spanish Baroque painting’s depiction of materials and items as "almost spiritual".

By lighting and arranging his subjects well he aims to give them that spiritual dimension.

Alessandro Sicioldr, 1990 | Pittore di visioni subconsce

Nato a Tuscania (Italia), Alessandro Sicioldr si forma presso lo studio del padre, apprendendo i metodi ed i materiali della pittura e del disegno.

Dal Surrealismo attinge l’irrazionalità e l’analisi della psiche; dal Simbolismo la dimensione onirica.

Risulta chiara l’ispirazione al Manierismo ed ai pittori Fiamminghi nell’uso del colore, della luce e nella minuziosità dei dettagli.

Frank Buchser (1828-1890)

Frank Buchser è stato un pittore Svizzero.

È noto per i suoi ritratti di importanti personaggi americani del periodo successivo alla guerra civile e per le sue opere con temi orientali.

Buchser viaggiò a Roma passando per Parigi e Firenze e studiò arte a Parigi, Anversa ed all'Accademia di San Luca a Roma.

Mentre era a Roma si finanziò gli studi lavorando per la Guardia Svizzera.

Olga Esther, 1975 | Pop surrealist painter

Olga Esther is an Spanish painter and illustrator who develops her work within Lowbrow or pop surrealism, painting impossible princesses.

She is a graduate of fine arts from Polytechnic University of Valencia, she is the recipient of two art scholarships in Prague and Mexico.

She also holds a master‘s degree in video games.

Now, she lives and works in Valencia.

Anton Romako (1832-1889)

Anton Romako è stato un pittore Austriaco, considerato uno degli artisti più interessanti e pionieri dell'era "Ringstraßenepoche".

Romako dipinse un gran numero di scene di paesaggi (ad esempio da Bad Gastein), influenzato dal Scuola di Barbizon, ma è noto soprattutto per i suoi ritratti e scene storiche.

I suoi primi lavori mostrano l'influenza del realismo Biedermeier, mentre gli ultimi lavori sono dipinti in un nervoso espressionista stile che turbò i suoi contemporanei.

Tigran Asatryan, 1968

Tigran Asatryan / Տիգրան Ասատրյան was born in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

He studied at Hagop Kodjoyan Art School, Terlemezyan Arts College and graduated with Gold Medal from the State Academy of Fine Arts.

He is one of the founders and a member of Realist Artists Union of Yerevan.

Except for Armenia, where his works can be found in Modern Arts Museum of Armenia, his works can be found in the private collections of countries such as USA, Lebanon, Egypt, Russia, Turkey and Qatar.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Stile pittorico

Lo stile pittorico di Dante Gabriel Rossetti inizialmente presentava una maniera spiccatamente preraffaellitica, evidente nelle prime opere, specialmente ne L'infanzia di Maria Vergine ed in Ecce Ancilla Domini; ciò malgrado, l'artista successivamente si discostò dagli ideali dei preraffaelliti, preferendo la raffigurazione di racconti avventurosi ad una pedissequa imitazione della natura.

In questo filone sono ascrivibili tele come Il laboratorio, La canzone delle sette torri, Blue Closet, Hesterna Rosa, Come s'incontrarono, tutte opere dove il Rossetti si lasciò guidare dall'ardore della sua fantasia, intensa e talora aggressiva.

Una decadenza di queste qualità immaginative si ebbe dopo il trapasso della moglie, che lo lasciò nella disperazione.

Umberto Veruda (1868-1904)

Umberto Veruda (Trieste, 1868-1904) was an Austro-Hungarian painter, known for his portraits and upper-class society scenes.

He was born to a family of modest means.

He was introduced to the art of painting by a local artist, originally from Bologna, named Raffaele Astolfi (1829-1900); known for portraits in the Academic style.

In 1884, at the age of sixteen, he went to Munich, where he was able to enroll at the Academy of Fine Arts, where his fellow Triestini, Carlo Wostry and Isidoro Grünhut, were also studying.

Luigi Olivetti | Genre painter

Luigi Olivetti (Revere, Lombardy, November 19, 1856 - Tivoli, January 28, 1941) was an Italian painter, both in oil and watercolor, and engraver.

His secular birth name was Luigi Giacomo Angelo.

In 1883, a Rome, exhibited a watercolor titled: "Città", and in 1884 at Turin, at the National Exhibition he exhibited "Cecilia la Guida delle Catacombe"; "La figlia del Borgomastro" and "Ricordi of the Brettagna".