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Pia Erlandsson | Swedish Watercolor painter

Swedish painter Pia Erlandsson works through watercolors to focus on the minute expressions of her subjects. Her fascination with human emotions is evident throughout her ethereal oeuvre.
- I was born in south of Sweden, living in Gothenburg since many years back. I have been working full time as a watercolor artist since 2007.
In my paintings I usually portray people. I want to convey feelings and expressions of universal emotions, communicating different states of the human mind. I try to find the tension and harmony between colors and shapes, and light and darkness, where the water and pigments together create new forms.

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William Schneider, 1945 | VideoArt

William Schneider - American painter - has received awards in exhibitions including those of: Academic Artists, The Degas Pastel Society, Oil Painters of America, The Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Portrait Society of America, and Salon International.


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Igor Mitoraj (Polish, 1944-2014)

Igor Mitoraj (1944-2014) was a Polish artist and sculptor.
Known for his fragmented sculptures of the human body often created for large-scale public installations, he is considered one of the most internationally recognized Polish sculptors.

Biography

Mitoraj was born on 26 March 1944 in Oederan, Germany.
His Polish mother was a forced labourer, while his father was a French officer of Polish extraction.


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Robert Coombs, 1970 | Figurative painter


As a young boy, Robert Coombs had received one of the most exciting presents he could remember - a set of watercolor paints.
He was so anxious to use them that he quickly grabbed a pad of paper and sat down to paint anything he could find. It ended up being a bowl of fruit and he applied the paint straight out of the tube as thick as toothpaste.

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Tamara De Lempicka ~ The Dream | VideoArt

"...I live life
in the margins of society,
and the rules of normal society
don't apply to those
who live on the fringe".

- Tamara De Lempicka, 1898-1980

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Jose Royo, 1941 | La luce del Mediterraneo

Jose Royo: "Mi piace credere che i miei quadri raggiungano luoghi lontani e persone che non hanno mai visto la luce del Mediterraneo.
È una bella idea che i miei dipinti possano permettere loro di sperimentare la luminosità di questa parte del mondo".

Si possono tracciare paralleli impressionanti anche tra il lavoro di Royo e quello del maestro spagnolo Joaquin Sorolla.
Entrambi sono nati a Valencia, entrambi hanno avuto una formazione classica, entrambi sono "maturati" in stili di pittura che catturano la drammatica essenza visiva della loro terra natale, Valencia e del Mar Mediterraneo.


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Andre Lucero | American Plein Air painter

Andre Lucero is an American painter whose work is primarily composed of plein air landscapes, still lifes and figurative paintings done from life. In combining the draftsmanship of the Academic School along with the color and brushwork of the impressionists, Andre’s work captures the drama of common places and objects as seen through his personal artistic vision. An avid hiker, fly fisherman, and gardener Andre believes that even the most simple of subjects can be elevated, taking on a meaning greater than their initial appearance.

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Carolyn Anderson ~ American Impressionist painter

American painter Carolyn Anderson, a nationally recognized artist, is an accomplished pastelist and oil painter. Born and raised in the Chicago area, Anderson attended school at Illinois State University. She joined the Vista program (Volunteers in Service to America) in the early 70's and was assigned to work on an Indian reservation in Montana, She eventually returned to Montana and now lives in Havre, a small community in north central Montana near the Canadian border.

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William Dalton | Golden Waves | Photographer


For many years I traveled the world as a global VP for a fortune 500 fragrance and flavor company . I witnessed first hand the wonders and beauty of our world. I have attempted to photograph some of the beauty of our world to share with others. Many years ago I came across a wonderful French term, "objet trouve". Webster's Dictionary defines the term as, "a natural object found by chance and held to have aesthetic value, (e.g. driftwood) especially though the working of natural forces". I attempt to create "objet trouve" in my photographs. The wonders I find in nature are photographed in an attempt to create art. All photographs of animals, including birds, are taken in the wild. None of my work is of animals in zoos or rehab facilities. I am a published wildlife photographer but a true amateur.

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Koh Sang Woo, 1978 | Color Negatives photography


Koh Sang Woo was born in Seoul and currently lives in New York. He has had numerous important international exhibitions recently, including “Media Media” at the Queens Museum New York, Pulse Miami, “Distinctively Korea” at Christie's in London, the Sungkok museum in Seoul, and as an invited artist at the 798 Beijing Biennial in China.

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Ljubomir Ivankovic, 1953 | Serbian-born Canadian painter

Ljubomir Ivankovic, Serbian-born Canadian painter, was born in Pirot, Yougoslavia.
Education: 1981/82 - Scholarship from the Yougoslavian Government to study in France; 1978 - Member of the Yougoslavian Artists Association; 1978 - Belgrad University's School of Graphic Arts. He is granted the official title of painter/etcher.
1972 - Nis (Yougoslavia) School of Graphic Arts.
Exhibitions: - Ivankovic has participated in many group exhibitions in Yougoslavia, France, Spain, Poland, Germany, Norway and Argentina. He was awarded many prizes for his works in etching or for illustrating art books.
In 1982, at the Salon d'octobre de la Serbie in Paris, the French Government (Department of Education and Culture) has recognized officially his contribution to culture.
Ljubomir Ivankovic came to Canada in 1990 and is now a canadian citizen, living in Montreal.


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Luis Romero, 1948 ~ Spanish Spray Paint painter

Luis Romero, Spanish painter was born in Ronda, Málaga, Spain. Romero is successful participated in many international exhibitions. Romero illustrated books, landscape posters, theater, workshops and training courses learn about painting techniques. His picture has been recognized by the critics, and he has six times been awarded at the concert in Malaga Manchestvere, Switzerland and other cities. His paintings are on display in the country and around the world Romero.

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Nathalie Mulero Fougeras, 1970

French painter Nathalie Mulero Fougeras was born in Lyon, France. The last of 5 generations of artists, she discovers painting in her family studio. At the age of 19, she settled in Paris for a few years and studied Art History, restauration of old paintings, pastel and painting. Today, she lives in the south of France, with her husband and cat, Sayuri.

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Ademaro Bardelli | Figurative / Portrait painter

Italian painter Ademaro Bardelli (1934-2010) was born in Florence.
He lives and works in Tuscany and has been involved in art since 1956.
He attended the Art Institute of Florence from 1949-1953.


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Jean Pierre Monange, 1946 | Abstract painter

Jean Pierre Monange is an French painter*, known for working in the Abstract style*.
Monange was born in Belfort.
Jean Pierre Monange graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Ecole de Graphisme and Ecole de Design.


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Valery Sidorov [Валерий Сидоров] 1956

Russian painter Valery Sidorov [Валерий Сидоров] has finished the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. I live and I work in Yaroslavl. During creative activity USA, Greece and other countries is created about 3000 works nowadays which are taking place in individual collections of Russia, Italy, England, Spain.

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Kiyo Murakami, 1976 ~ Japanese Photographer

Kiyo Murakami is a talented fine art photographer, who combines photography and photo-manipulation into amazing pieces of art – she manages to create fantasy worlds that you can’t even dream of. Kiyo was born and live in Tokyo, Japan. After graduated from the art school, she began to do various art, illustration, design and music.

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Jazz-minh Moore, 1978 ~ American Symbolist painter

Jazz-minh Moore is a New York based artist, with a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, and a MFA from California State University, Long Beach. Her interest lies in the complicated dialectic between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’ within contemporary society. Moore has had solo shows in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Paris, and been featured in various publications, including Whitewall Magazine, New American Paintings, the Village Voice, Interview Magazine, the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Zingmagazine.
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Jose Royo, 1941 | Impressionist painter

Born in Valencia, Spanish painter Jose Royo began demonstrating his artistic talent early.
At the age of 9 his father, a prominent physician and avid art enthusiast, employed private tutors to instruct Royo in drawing, painting, and sculpture.
When Royo turned 14 he entered the San Carlos Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Valencia.
Upon turning 18 Royo continued his artistic studies privately with Aldolfo Ferrer Amblat, Chairman of Art Studies at the San Carlos Academy.


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Ionut Caras, 1978 ~ Surrealist photographer





Romanian professional photographer and photo mechanic Ionut Caras was born on 6 February 1978 and lives in Iasi, Romania. Caras Ionut is the most usual Romanian sailor. His passion for photography began seven years ago when Kara discovered the processing of photographs, artistic of composition.
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Sara Abid | Impressionist painter

Pakistani painter Sara Abid is a self-taught artist and has interned with Ufaq Ehsan - Artist and former NCA teacher and Zil-e-huma - former PTV art and set designer/director.
- I am a self-taught artist from Lahore, Pakistan, specializing in the impressionist style of art. For me a painting is not just blobs of paint on your canvas; it’s your mind, soul, energy, personality and mood. When a single painting is completed, you look at it and smile; the more you look at it, the wider the smile gets. Sometimes you just don’t want to give your work away, feeling a connection with it like that’s your child and only YOU have the right over it! But I want to share this happiness with the world. I want every painting of mine to cheer you up.


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Karen Noles, 1947 ~ Native American paintings

American painter Karen Noles was born in the very small town of Merna, Nebraska. She grew up there but from the time she was a very young girl her artistic ability was noticed and encouraged by her parents. At age 19 she graduated from the Omaha School of Commercial Art. She was quickly hired by the Hallmark Card Company as a greeting card illustrator and she continued to work in illustration for Hallmark and other companies for nearly 20 years.

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Alexandre Pavlenko, 1974 | Pointillist painter


Ukrainian painter Александр Павленко was born in Izmail.
He made his first drawing during his first year in school.
In 1984, after finishing art school he took private drawing lessons at the studio of another Izmail artist, where he was able to further develop his drawing technique.
His technique became so well developed that he is able to achieve any effect desired.

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JoAnn Peralta | Realist /Impressionist painter



JoAnn Peralta, Fine Artist JoAnn Peralta's fine art paintings have captivated collectors with her keen sense of mood and lush brushwork since 2004. Each painting invokes a timeless romantic flair towards life and sets a tone of intrigue through her use of lighting and color. The beauty of light with a contemporary, modernist touch is what Peralta describes as her inspiration. Her passion for the West, historical and romanticized, are what dominate her vision and scope as it pertains to her hispanic and Italian ancestry and it continues to draw Masters of the American West, Autry Museum patrons and collectors.

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Martinho Dias, 1968 ~ Abstract Realism painter

Martinho Dias, Portuguese painter, was born in Trofa, near Oporto, Portugal, where he lives and works. He is represented in the “NY Arts Annual Catalogue”, 2009, New York
He has a degree in Fine Arts - Painting, from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Oporto University, since 1996.

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Mark Keller, 1955 | Figurative painter


Mark Keller is a musician, songwriter, producer, painter, filmmaker, drawer, teacher and owner of Loudville Studios in Sausalito, CA. And that’s just scratching the surface.
As a boy in Oklahoma, Mark developed a passion for music. He took this passion into his adult life, playing in a number of bands and eventually making his way into the advertising industry as a jingle writer.

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Christine Taherian, 1960 ~ Impressionist painter

Christine Taherian, British painter, was born in Cardiff in 1960. During late 70's she went to Glasgow and attended a Fine Art Course in Glasgow University. Before finishing the course she moved to Tehran with her family and continued studying and practising painting.
While she was in Tehran, she also studied Persian language and researched on Middle Eastern art and culture. Christine has produced art works in different media and styles but her major interest is impressionism using Oil, Acrylic and Mixed Media.

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Oleg Trofimov, 1962 | Impressionist painter

Олег Трофимов was born in the USSR. He graduated Abramtzevo artistically-technical college in 1984. His diploma was published in journal "Decorative art".
Then in 1992 He graduated Moscow higher artistically-technical college.
Oleg Trofimov takes part in more than 20 Russian and foreign exhibitions.
His artworks are in private collections of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Canada, USA and in corporative collections of Russian banks and large Russian enterprises.
Naples Museum of Fine Art, Naples, Florida и Dallas Arts and Crafts Museum, Dallas, Texas bought artworks of this artist for their exposition in 2008.


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Alvaro Castagnet, 1954 ~ Impressionist Watercolor painter



Uruguayan painter Alvaro Castagnet was born in Montevideo, in the beautiful South American country of Uruguay. His early interest in art was cultivated mainly by his father, who sent him to the National School of Art in Montevideo at a very young age where he was taught by Professor Esteban Garino. Castagnet carried on his formal education in art at the Fine Arts University, where Miguel Angel Pareja was his oil painting tutor. Castagnet migrated to Australia in 1983, and lived there enjoying the cosmopolitan and forward-looking attitude of that country for 20 years.

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Robert Coombs, 1970 | Ballet dancers


Robert Coombs** is an award winning** painter of figure whose time-period is illusive in that they wear simple clothing that features the subject rather than the era in which it was worn.
Robert Coombs was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Coombs see:
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Eastman Johnson | Co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art


Eastman Johnson [1824-1906] was an American painter and Co-Founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. Best known for his Genre paintings, paintings of scenes from everyday life, and his portraits both of everyday people, he also painted portraits of prominent Americans such as Abraham Lincoln, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His later works often show the influence of the 17th-century Dutch masters whom he studied while living in The Hague, and he was even known as The American Rembrandt in his day.
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Jacques Van Den Abeele, 1960 ~ Figurative sculptor

Jacques Van den Abeele, Belgian sculptor, is exhibited in galleries spread over Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States of America. He realized also monumental sculptures for state orders.
For Jacques Van den Abeele, art is above all a quest for the essential foundations of existence, moving towards what lies behind appearances: feelings, emotions, fears. His sculptures thus allow us to see the fragility and the transcience of life, like the ephemeral sound of a note of music which, barely perceived, already fades and disappears. The artist works directly in wax and from this the statue is cast following the”lost wax” principle which makes each item a totally unique piece. He himself does the surface finishing and creates the patina on his works and wild expectations. If it so happens – only in a few cases –that a man is present, they engage in a game of cards during which the lady will invariably draw an ace of hearts which she meaningfully pushes under the man’s nose. This might be called a form of seduction.