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Jacques Le Nantec, 1940 | Scultore figurativo

Jacques Le Nantec, vero nome Jacques Métayer - è uno scultore Francese nato a Nantes.
Alla età di tredici anni, ripristinò una statuetta rotta e scoprì la passione per la scultura.
Nell’ottobre del 1957, ad Annecy espose le sue prime quindici opere, tra cui due a grandezza naturale.


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Francois Lassere, 1960 | Oppositionist Art Movement



Born in Puy de Dôme, France, in 1960, François Lassere is a self-taught painter who practices several techniques. He was interested in hyperrealism for many years, then moved on to working in raw material, when a painter in Paris suggested to him to expand to new techniques.
Lassere then embarked on a new trend, which he calls “Oppositionism”. From this point on his work will mostly consist of highlighting heterogeneous styles to extract harmony from them. He was awarded a gold medal at the Rome academy in 1998, and has been referenced in the international valuation guides since 2000.

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Anne Bachelier, 1949 | Surrealist /Visionary painter | VideoArt


Anne Bachelier is an French contemporary painter, printmaker, ballet designer and illustrator, known for working in the Surrealist style. For more than 35 years, Bachelier has captured dreams on canvas. She has been dubbed ‘art’s enchanting Scheherazade’ (Gallery and Studio), a reputation established through international exhibitions of an ever-growing gallery of sorceresses, chimeras and other mythical creatures.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Bachelier see Anne Bachelier, 1949 | Surrealist /Visionary painter.


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Anne Bachelier, 1949 | Surrealist /Visionary painter



French painter and illustrator Anne Bachelier, was born in Louvigne du Desert, France.
Metamorphosis, transition, and evolution provide the common threads of the art of Anne Bachelier. The artist captivates her audience with compelling, highly imaginative images that are distinct, unique, inventive and immediately recognizable.
Her metaphysical, dream-like fantasies evoke feelings simultaneously powerful, peaceful, and protective. This unique "other" world, untouched by time or place, reminds the viewer of the eternal dance of transformation and regeneration.

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William Blake | Symbolist painter

Tigre! Tigre! divampante fulgore
Nelle foreste della notte,
Quale fu l'immortale mano o l'occhio
Ch'ebbe la forza di formare

La tua agghiacciante simmetria?
Amor non cerca di compiacer se stesso
Né per se stesso ha cura
Ma per un altro ogni favor rassegna
E il Cielo erige in un oscuro inferno.
William Blake 1757-1827 | British Romantic era Poet and painter
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Gianni Gueggia, 1956 | Expressionist painter



Italian painter Gianni Gueggia was born in Trenzano, Brescia, Italy in 1956. 
He began exhibiting his works since 1973. He has participated in numerous national and international awards and received many favors from the critics. Numerous solo and group exhibitions in which he exhibited his works, including at the Cultural Club "Don E. Verzeletti". Lives and works in Castrezzato - Brescia, Italy.
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Pasquale Celommi | A good catch


Pasquale Celommi (1851-1928) was an Italian painter, known for his outdoor scenes of Italian life. Celommi was born in Montepagano, Abruzzo, Italy in 1851.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Celommi see: Pasquale Celommi | Outdoor scenes of Italian life ➦

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Pasquale Celommi | Outdoor scenes of Italian life


Pasquale Celommi (1851-1928) was born in Montepagano, Italy in 1851. Celommi showed an early interest in art and often drew in his home as a child. Celommi decided to receive academic training and moved Florence to study under Antonio Ciseri at the Academy of Florence.
Celommi was a strong student and often praised by his teacher Ciseri. Celommi started exhibiting his work in various regions of Italy. Celommi had a large exhibition in Turin and eventually in Rome.

Pasquale Celommi nel suo studio con la moglie, Giuseppina Giusti
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Odysseas Oikonomou, 1967 | Children portrait painter

Albanian-born Greek painter Odysseas Oikonomou /Οδυσσέας Οικονόμου was born in Dhuvjan, Albania to Greek parents.
He paints from the age of five years old.
At the age of 14 years old, ending eight-year primary school, and after double competition (in Gjirokaster, Berat,) wins a place in the Artistic Liceu "Ajet Xhindole" in Berat.
After a four-year studying, ending in 1985 with excellent the school.
His first teacher was the eminent painter Sotir Capo «Artist i Merituar».
In 1990 he graduated from the Pedagogical Institute of Gjirokastra «Eqerem Çabej».


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Craig Mooney | Abstract Landscape/ Figurative painter



Craig Mooney makes paintings of dramatic moments and heightened emotionality that are known for being expansive and expressive. Though a representational painter, the artist incorporates a myriad of abstract qualities throughout his paintings.
In his figurative work, Mooney romanticizes his subjects and presents them in an atmospheric lens that is best described as dreamlike.
His paintings appear to be capturing a moment suspended in time. While his work feels familiar, it is not specific. Rather it is, on a very basic level, symbolism of what could have been, has been or will be...

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Amedeo Modigliani | Portrait of Paulette Jourdain, 1919

One of the last paintings created by Modigliani, the Portrait of Paulette Jourdain is an outstanding example of the artist’s work. Pauline "Paulette" Jourdain was the housemaid and later the lover of Modigliani’s dealer Léopold Zborowski.
She is painted on one of the largest canvases used by the artist in a completely frontal, stately manner that directly engages the viewer.
She is presented with great dignity and presence, commanding our attention and respect.
The rich colors, transcendent light and dynamic surface further transform this painting into a masterwork.
The painting demonstrates well how the artist assimilated a broad range of influences from African art to Old Master paintings to create his own unique, sophisticated vision.


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Amedeo Modigliani | Quotes / Aforismi

  • When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes.
  • Quando conoscerò la tua anima, dipingerò i tuoi occhi.

  • It is your duty in life to save your dream.
  • Il tuo unico dovere è salvare i tuoi sogni.


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    Antonio Canova | Paolina Borghese, 1805-1808


    The reclining Paolina Borghese as Venus Victrix in the center of the room holds an apple in her hand, evoking the Venus Victrix in the judgement of Paris, who was chosen to settle a dispute between Juno (power), Minerva (arts and science) and Venus (love).
    The same subject was painted on the ceiling by Domenico de Angelis (1779), framed by Giovan Battista Marchetti's tromp d'oeil architecture, and was inspired by a famous relief on the façade of the Villa Medici.
    This marble statue of Pauline in a highly refined pose is considered a supreme example of the Neoclassical style. 


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    Mark Ashkenazi | Pop Art /Vintage style painter


    'Each piece of artwork showcases my feelings and thoughts in the moment'..

    Mark Ashkenazi, an Israeli photo artist, based in New York, focus on eclectic mediums.
    Mark's portfolio ranges from eye-catching figure art, pop art, comics and cartoons to portraits and colorful animal art.


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    Adam Miller, 1979 | Renaissance / Baroque style painter

    Adam Miller's paintings explore the intersection between mythology, ecology and humanism.
    Visually inspired by baroque and Hellenistic narrative painting they take a polytheistic approach to contemporary folklore, questions of progress and the experience of human narrative in the face of technological change and the struggle to find meaning in a world poised between expansion and decay.
    Miller's work is mannerist in it's use of the human form as a vehicle of feeling and thought beyond the literal representation of a particular person.


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    Nikki Marie Smith | Abstract /Vintage style painter


    "I am an artist, a mother, and an entrepreneur. My artwork and tutorials are regularly featured in Cloth Paper Scissors and Cloth Paper Scissors Pages magazines. I am following my passions and creating art that I love for the sheer joy of it! I hope it resonates with you as well.
    I believe music and art have the power to move and inspire; to change the way we see the world.
    My award winning Music Lovers series combines my passions for music, art and self-expression in a signature style uniquely my own".


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    Edouard Vuillard | Les Nabis Group

    Édouard Vuillard, in full Jean-Édouard Vuillard (born Nov. 11, 1868, Cuiseaux, France-died June 21, 1940, La Baule), French painter, printmaker, and decorator who was a member of the Nabis group of painters in the 1890s.
    He is particularly known for his depictions of intimate interior scenes.
    Vuillard studied art from 1886-1888 at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

    Édouard Vuillard 1868-1940 | French Post-Impressionist Nabi painter

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    Plinio Nomellini | Divisionist painter

    Plinio Nomellini (Livorno, 1866 - Florence, 1943) was an Italian painter. Nomellini was born in Livorno in 1866. In 1885 he enrolled at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under Giovanni Fattori and formed friendships with Telemaco Signorini and Silvestro Lega as well as Giuseppe Pellizza some time later.
    He took part in the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889 and moved to Genoa, where he adopted Divisionism, the following year.
    He exhibited a piece inspired by the Genoese workers’ strikes at the 1st Brera Triennale in 1891 and was arrested on charges of anarchism in 1894.


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    Neil Simone, 1947 | Visionary Surrealist painter


    Neil Simone is a visionary surrealist artist whose paintings have a concept and style as distinctive as they are unique.
    Neil has exhibited both original oil paintings and prints in many leading galleries around the world and recently had an exhibition celebrating 40 years as a professional artist.
    Born in London, Neil studied basic graphic art and design at school.
    In 1969 he visited Harrogate and quickly discovered the majestic scenery of North Yorkshire.

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    Raimondo Roberti, 1947 | Venice painting



    Raimondo Roberti was born on May 31, 1947 in Naples, Italy.
    Members of his family, who were high military officers of the Royal Fleet, strongly influenced Roberti and his lifelong attraction to all things pertaining to the sea. His family’s isolated villa was very near the grounds of G. Gigante.
    Gigante was one of the foremost exponents of Neopolitan classical painting, a painting style known as the School of Posillipo, an artistic style that Roberti would study later in life.

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    Regina Hona, 1956 | Seascapes painter


    Regina Hona is an Australian artist, art show judge and tutor who's speciality is painting portraiture and water subjects.
    Regina has held many group and solo exhibitions and has been winning many major awards since 1999. Her works have been printed in several issues of the Australian Artist Magazine and a feature article published in the International Artist Magazine.
    Although she is predominately known for her seascapes and landscapes, she is equally at home painting portraits, still life and other subjects.


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    Flip Gaasendam,1957 | Neo-Impressionist painter


    Born in 1957, Flip Gaasendam studied from 1977-1982 at the Minerva Academy of Groningen. In 1988 he obtained the 'J. Egberts' price of the Pictura Association. From 1992 on, he was welcomed in the best galleries of The Netherlands.
    In 1997 he participated at the ‘Painters of Minerva' exhibition, held at the same time at ‘De Twee Pauwen’ Gallery in The Hague and at Panorama Mesdag Museum. Gaasendam’s works are present in many collections, notably at the Drenthe Museum, Gasunie, ING and Unilever.


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    Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Still Life with Roses

    • "What seems most significant to me about our movement is that we have freed painting from the importance of the subject. I am at liberty to paint flowers and call them flowers, without their needing to tell a story".
    • "La vita è un mazzo di fiori rossi".
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    Suhair Sibai, 1956 | Abstract Portrait painter


    Suhair Sibai was born in Syria in 1956. Through her work, Suhair explores the concepts of identity and the Self, using the female form as her preferred medium. According to Suhair, who was educated as an artist in the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles, the level of multiculturalism and diversity to which many of us are exposed to these days has the potential to cause the discord, displacement, and division of the Self.


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    Raj Chaudhuri | Orientalist painter

    Raj Chaudhuri describes himself as one of the "New Orientalists", a traveling painter in the modern world. Storytelling is his focus, creating exotic imagery from ceremonial camel races to paintings utilizing bright flashes of color such as "Rajasthani Women Waiting for a Bus" which recently won Raj an Honorable Mention Award at the 15th Annual American Impressionist Society's National Juried Show.


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    Gaetano Cellini | Humanity Against Evil / L'umanità contro il male, 1908


    L’umanità contro il male /Humanity against Evil, now at Rome’s National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), was one of the first works by Ravenna-born sculptor Gaetano Cellini (1873-1937).
    Cellini presented the plaster model at the Milan Expo of 1906, for which he won the prestigious "Premio Fumagalli dell'Accademia di Brera".

    On the base, he inscribed the title of the work and a couplet explaining its meaning:
    "Thus I’ll extirpate using my teeth and nails
    the eternal pain that stings my heart".

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    André Rieu, 1949 | The King of Waltz


    André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
    Together they have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act, as successful as some of the biggest global pop and rock music acts.
    For his work, Rieu has been awarded such honours as the Order of the Netherlands Lion by the Netherlands, the Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France, and the Honorary Medal by his native Province of Limburg.

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    Pablo Picasso | The Bathers

    Il tema delle bagnanti "The Bathers" - l’inserimento del nudo nel paesaggio, occupa una parte cospicua nella produzione pittorica dei grandi maestri, diventando fondamentale per la stessa storia dell'Arte.
    Le numerosissime tele di Cézanne influenzarono profondamente tutti i protagonisti delle avanguardie, da Matisse a Braque, da Picasso a Moore.
    Soprattutto Picasso e Matisse, e tramite loro gran parte dei pittori del Novecento, pur attraverso percorsi diversi, gli saranno debitori di nuove possibilità espressive del linguaggio pittorico.


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    Lyudmila Agrich | Ballet dancer


    Ukrainian-born Lyudmila Agrich moved to Denver almost 20 years ago and has made a name for herself in the Colorado art scene with her unparalleled palette knife mastery.

    For biographical notes and other works by Agrich see Lyudmila Agrich | Impressionism Expressionist painter.


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    Lyudmila Agrich | Impressionism Expressionist painter


    Lyudmila Agrich was born in Russia. After changing her place of residency several times, her family finally settled down in the beautiful city of Odessa in Ukraine by the Black Sea. As a child she got all attention and love from her parents. They were always encouraging in all of her creative expressions. As a result she spent several years in musical school and the school of fine arts for children.


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    Gino Severini | Cubo-Futurism painter

    Gino Severini, (born April 7, 1883, Cortona, Italy-died February 27, 1966, Paris, France) Italian painter who synthesized the styles of Futurism and Cubism.
    Severini began his painting career in 1900 as a student of Giacomo Balla, an Italian pointillist painter who later became a prominent Futurist.
    Stimulated by Balla’s account of the new painting in France, Severini moved to Paris in 1906 and met leading members of the French avant-garde, such as the Cubist painters Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso and the writer Guillaume Apollinaire.


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    Giacomo Balla | Futurist painter


    Biacomo Balla, (born July 24, 1871, Turin, Italy-died March 1, 1958, Rome) Italian artist and founding member of the Futurist movement in painting.
    Balla had little formal art training, having attended briefly an academy in Turin. He moved to Rome in his twenties. As a young artist, he was greatly influenced by French Neo-Impressionism during a sojourn he made in Paris in 1900. Upon his return to Rome, he adopted the Neo-Impressionist style and imparted it to two younger artists, Umberto Boccioni and Gino Severini. Balla’s early works reflect contemporary French trends but also hint at his lifelong interest in rendering light and its effects.


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    Adebanji Alade ROI, 1972 | Figurative / Cityscape painter


    Adebanji Alade - ROI (Member of The Royal Institute Of Oil Painters) was born in Nigeria, and trained at Yaba College of Technology (a renowned art college in Nigeria). He extended his studies at Heatherly’s School of Fine Art in Chelsea in the UK.
    Adebanji is a professional artist working in Chelsea, London. He is primarily a figurative and portrait artist with a fascination for painting and sketching people and draws inspiration from the people he sees travelling on public transport.  Adebanji, along with five other acrylic painters, was one of the first to try our new Artists’ Acrylic colours.