James Coleman, American painter, was born in Hollywood, California in 1949. As a youth, his creative abilities seemed to dominate his world. Though he lacked the athletic skills of his young friends, he more than made up for it with imagination and ingenuity. As a young man, his interest in filmmaking and fine art would mark the beginning of a long, successful career in animated films.
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James Coleman, 1949 ~ Walt Disney Fine Art

Thomas Blackshear ~ Visionary painter
Thomas Blackshear, African-American painter, is an artist who is best known for his emotionally powerful Christian and ebony themes. Blackshear is considered to be one of the world's most talented artists because of his versatility, consummate skill, and extraordinary sense of color, style, and design.
Intimacy

Mark Newman, 1962 ~ Figurative sculptor
Born in 1962, Mark Newman is an American sculptor who has a career of 19 years behind, if we calculate only his professional activities. Newman has a remarkable style expressed through art, through his vivid looking sculptures that appear to be freakishly alive! He spends a lot of time in his studio where he molds some of the best sculptures the modern world has seen. Newman believes in practice, drawing, observing forms and people and getting inspired by other artists.
Pubblicato il 30/08/12 ed aggiornato il

Pablo Neruda / Victor Nizovtsev
Chiedo silenzio / I ask for silence / Pido silencio
Ora, lasciatemi tranquillo.
Ora, abituatevi senza di me.
Io chiuderò gli occhi
E voglio solo cinque cose,
cinque radici preferite.
Una è l'amore senza fine.
La seconda è vedere l'autunno.
Non posso vivere senza che le foglie
volino e tornino alla terra.
La terza è il grave inverno,
la pioggia che ho amato, la carezza
del fuoco nel freddo silvestre.
La quarta cosa è l'estate
rotonda come un'anguria.
La quinta cosa sono i tuoi occhi.
Matilde mia, beneamata,
non voglio dormire senza i tuoi occhi,
non voglio esistere senza che tu mi guardi:
io muto la primavera
perché tu continui a guardarmi.

Cesar Santos, 1982 | Realist Portrait / Conceptual painter | Part. 2
Cesar Santos is a Cuban-born American painter, best known for images that transmit the impression of paintings of the past, but are also imbued with contemporary, fresh concepts and his own philosophy.
His work shows a wide range of influences, including sources as diverse as the Renaissance, Nineteenth Century academic work, and contemporary society. His artistic energy drives him to arrange elusive figures and objects in conceptual designs, yet rendering them in a believable and convincing way.
His work shows a wide range of influences, including sources as diverse as the Renaissance, Nineteenth Century academic work, and contemporary society. His artistic energy drives him to arrange elusive figures and objects in conceptual designs, yet rendering them in a believable and convincing way.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Santos, see Cesar Santos, 1982 | Realist Portrait / Conceptual painter.

Umberto Mazzone, 1941
Umberto Mazzone, pittore italiano, è nato a Catania. Attualmente vive e opera a Bevagna (PG), proseguendo un lungo percorso artistico, iniziato a soli dieci anni. Proprio a quell’età, stimolato dalla sua insegnante di disegno, si accosta al variegato mondo dell’arte, che cattura la sua giovane fantasia, consentendogli di scoprire le sue possibilità fantastiche e umane, attraverso segni ed i colori. Da allora segue una ricerca artistica, lievitata dagli studi classici e soprattutto dal mondo greco e orientale, che lo porterà a sperimentazioni sempre nuove, legate ai valori di quelle civiltà che ci hanno segnato sia come popoli, che come individui.
Pubblicato il 29/08/12 ed aggiornato il
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Victor Nizovtsev, 1965 | Siren song
Виктор Низовцев is a Russian painter, a master of whimsical and narrative art. Subjects include fantasy landscapes, russian folklore, theatre and mermaids. I've been on the hunt for Nizovtsev's mermaids for a while now, and in total I have found 9 of them on the internet. I know there are more. He does them so well, and with such care, I imagine his studio overrun with them. I love the calm beauty of his mermaids, relaxing in pools of lanterns, or sleeping at the bottom of the sea. Their fishtails are magnificent, with gold coinlike scales that practically shimmer on the canvas.

Pablo Neruda e Brita Seifert ~ Il Bacio
Ti manderò un bacio con il vento e so che lo sentirai, ti volterai senza vedermi ma io sarò li Siamo fatti della stessa materia di cui sono fatti i sogni Vorrei essere una nuvola bianca in un cielo infinito per seguirti ovunque e amarti ogni istante Se sei un sogno non svegliarmi Vorrei vivere nel tuo respiro Mentre ti guardo muoio per te |
Il tuo sogno sarà di sognare me Ti amo perché ti vedo riflessa in tutto quello che c'è di bello Dimmi dove sei stanotte ancora nei miei sogni ? Ho sentito una carezza sul viso arrivare fino al cuore |
Ho sentito una carezza sul viso arrivare fino al cuore Vorrei arrivare fino al cielo e con i raggi del sole scriverti ti amo Vorrei che il vento soffiasse ogni giorno tra i tuoi capelli, per poter sentire anche da lontano il tuo profumo! |

Brita Seifert, 1963 ~ Surrealist painter
Brita Seifert, German Fantastic/Surrealist painter, was born in Leipzig, Germany. In 1980 I started drawing with pencil and paper, and then learned to paint with oils. Never having agreed with the method of art education in school, all my techniques in the application of art materials were self-taught. Being interested in all that encompasses art and design I decided to investigate computer art.
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Sergey Ignatenko ~ Night's Dream
Сергей Игнатенко, belarusian painter, was born in Gomel, the Republic of Belarus in 1975. His career began in art school. As a child, he fiddled with paint and paintbrush and made figurative pictures with his mother's and sister's portraits. They were his models. In 1997 he successfully accomplished his studies in A. Hlebaw Minsk High School of Art.
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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.

Claudio Sacchi, 1953 | Magic Realism painter
Italian painter* Claudio Sacchi was born in Pesaro, Italy. He attended the Art School in Urbino, and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. Major influences in his artistic education were his encounters with Pietro Annigoni and with Enrico Del Bono. Since 1977 his work has been included in the archive of the Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, in the section on twentieth-century Italian art.

Igor Morski, 1960 ~ Surrealist painter
Igor Morski is a Polish painter, illustrator and graphic designer whose surreal work is as thought evoking as they are beautifully rendered. Anyone wishing to glance at his work will find themselves staring. It’s the kind of art that would make a casual observer do a double-take. His work includes, among other fantastic things: a naked, balding, man leaking water from the holes drilled in his body, another one bearing a tied-up giant fly on his back, and a mother and child cat-people. Igo has created many wonderful and spectacular surrealistic illustrations. Igor is known for his huge imagination and creativity to bring to life such an interesting situations which are appreciated by many.
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Meadow Gist, 1975 | Impressionist Figurative / Portrait painter
Meadow Gist, a young American painter, is member of both the California Art Club and Oil Painters of America.
Gist has studied at Watts Atelier for the past six years, and has taught there for the last three.
She began her art career in the corporate field painting displays and murals for a major retail chain. Her work has been exhibited as a finalist in the International Artist Magazine's Still Lifes and Florals Competition 2006 and as a "Top 50" selection at Salon International 2007.
She began her art career in the corporate field painting displays and murals for a major retail chain. Her work has been exhibited as a finalist in the International Artist Magazine's Still Lifes and Florals Competition 2006 and as a "Top 50" selection at Salon International 2007.

Howard Rogers, 1932 | Bronze figurative sculptures
Howard Rogers began his fine art career as a highly successful illustrator on the East Coast, working on projects for national magazines and book publishers. He eventually moved west to paint full time, greatly inspired by the landscapes and cowboy lifestyle. Today, he is nationally recognized for his western paintings, although his subjects include figuratives, florals and wildlife.
He is also highly sought after for his lyrical figurative bronzes.
He is also highly sought after for his lyrical figurative bronzes.
Pubblicato il 25/08/12 ed aggiornato il

Hamish Blakely ~ Love letters to my wife
Hamish Blakely, British painter: - In much of my work, I paint Gail, my wife. This is especially evident in my latest pieces. These paintings owe their character and presence to her. Even more than the aesthetic allure and depth Gail brings as the subject, it is her imagination whilst choreographing our many photo shoots, that makes the paintings work. She doesn't appear merely as a decorative or passive pictorial element; she endows the work with nobility, nuance, intrigue and grace. This, in part, she does by making the poses look natural while showing some form of tension in the anatomy. There is also a sense that she is unconcerned about the viewer, cosseted in her own world. For an Artist, this has to be the finest definition of inspiration I can conceive of. A customer explained this far more eloquently, "You are painting love letters to your wife"..
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Tina Blondell, 1953 ~ Visionary/Figurative painter
Austrian-American painter Tina Blondell was born in Salzburg, Austria, to an American father and austrian mother who encouraged her early interest in art. Crucial to her education as an artist, was her first-hand encounters with art in Italy, where she lived until 1971, particularly the work of Caravaggio and of Artemisia Gentileschi.
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Johanna Harmon, 1968 ~ Spring's Warmth
Born in Tempe-Arizona, Johanna Harmon remembers being passionate about drawing from as early as seven years old. Unsure of how to apply her vast natural talent in her adult life, she went to work at a design and fabrication firm. In her mid-twenties she began taking numerous classes at the Scottsdale Artists’ School and would also attend workshops at the Denver Art Students League and the Fechin Art Institute in Taos. In the late 90’s she moved with her husband to Colorado and at 30 she set up a studio in her home to become a full-time painter.

Vicente Romero, 1956 | Figurative painter
Vicente Romero Redondo, spanish painter, was born in Madrid as the eldest of four sons. Due to the work of his father, he grew up in many different towns all over Spain. The family moved back to Madrid when he was 15 years old. During his childhood, his parents thought he would dedicate his life to painting, as his caricatures of schoolmates and teachers were famous in every school where he studied and one would rarely see him without a pencil and a notepad in his hands. Romero achieved his dream: he began studies at the High School for Art San Fernando, the most prestigious art school in Spain - Salvador Dali studied there from 1922-1926. During his first years he dedicated his time to sculpture, but soon realized that only by painting could he express all the sensibility he possessed and needed to transmit.

DeAngel, 1966 ~ Hyperrealist Figurative painter
DeAngel es un artisya nacido en la ciudad de Barcelona en el año 1966, donde se forma de manera autodidacta en el mundo de la pintura, mientras paralelamente realizaba sus estudios de diseñador gráfico, en la escuela de artes aplicadas "Llotja" con trabajos en diferentes campos artísticos, como la fotografía, ilustración y el diseño gráfico.
Pubblicato il 23/08/12 ed aggiornato il

Chelìn Sanjuan, 1967 ~ Magical Realism painter
Chelin Sanjuan Piquero born in the city of Zaragoza, Spain. In 1968, emigrates with his parents to Chile, where she will live for five years. Later on they move to Venezuela, country where she will reside until 1987. Her artistic vocation starts at a very short age. With three years paints insistently -houses, landscapes and dogs everywhere she can paint on, including all her home's walls. At the age of seven she shows an amazingly and early way of understanding the perspective and the color usage, being accepted in the studio of some local painters, that work with models. There borns it's taste for the sketching of the human form, still-life and nature. She is a happy chilc playing with easels and paintbrushes.
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Gala, la passione surreale di Salvador Dali
Gala, Elena Ivanovna Diakonova 1894-1982, moglie del poeta Paul Eluard, conosciuta nel 1929, fu la prima amante e poi moglie di Salvador Dalí 1904-1989, il pittore spagnolo degli "orologi molli"e delle "giraffe in fiamme". L'incontro con la moglie di Eluard, Gala, sarà folgorante tanto che, nell'estate dello stesso anno la conduce nella sua terra natale per dichiararle il suo amore.

Serge Marshennikov, 1971 | Figurative painter
Serge Marshennikov has won awards, including the Chairman’s Choice Award and Certificate of Excellence from the International Art Renewal Center’s salon, and he was chosen as on of the “Top 30” by the Portrait Society of America in 2008.
His one-man shows after college were a success, and his paintings are in demand and have sold in Russia and in presitgious auction houses like Christie's London and Bonham's in Knightbridge. His paintings are in museums in the United States, and in important private collections internationally.
His one-man shows after college were a success, and his paintings are in demand and have sold in Russia and in presitgious auction houses like Christie's London and Bonham's in Knightbridge. His paintings are in museums in the United States, and in important private collections internationally.

Arsen Kurbanov / Арсен Курбанов, 1969 | Portrait painter
Арсен Курбанов was born in Mahachkala, Dagestan. In 1988 he completed coursework at the Jamal Dagestan Art College, receiving a red diploma - a symbol of scholastic excellence. Kurbanov was immediately accepted into the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg, where he studied with the late Neprintsov, graduating in 1994.

Tuman Zhumabaev, 1962 ~ Impressionist painter
Туман Жумабаев is one of the most prominent artist living in Russia today.Recently, he had a painting acquired by the Hermitage for its permanent collection.Arrived in Leningrad from Kyrgyzstan. In 1981-1985 he studied at the Serov Art College; in 1991 he graduated from the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, under the tuition of Profession Yu. M. Neprintsev.
Pubblicato il 22/08/12 ed aggiornato il
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Gerardine Jacoba ~ Still life painter of flowers
Came from an artistic family, the still life Dutch painter Gerardina Jacoba Van de Sande Bakhuyzen [1826-1895], was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Her father was the painter Hendrik Van de Sande Bakhuyzen, and her brother was the painter Julius Jacobus Van de Sande Bakhuyzen.Gerardina was taught by her father, as were all her numerous sisters. She achieved great success with her oils and watercolours of flowers and still lives, winning numerous medals between 1870-1880, in which year she had an exhibition at the Grafton Gallery in London.
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Andre Kohn, 1972 | White umbrellas
Андрей Конь is a Russian-born American painter. Raised by an artistically gifted family near the Caspian Sea in southern Russia, Andre Kohn’s childhood was marked by the natural splendor of mountains and sea, and by an unfettered access to all the creative arts.

Tomás Taure Alonso, 1944 ~ Moments
Tomás Taure Alonso is a self-taught spanish painter who works in a figurative style. By profession, he is a doctor and surgeon. Since 2000, he has been studying in the studio of painter Roberto Fuentes. Taure uses an agile brushstroke to present the human figure, especially the feminine form and thus shows off his virtuosity with color and form. His oil paintings give the feeling of being unfinished, his intention being that the viewer finish the painting conceptually. His artworks are found in private collections in Spain, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Brazil, the United States, Argentina and Mexico.
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Kathryn Morris Trotter ~ Paris in the rain
Kathryn Morris Trotter, american painter, a native Mississippian, claims that painting is her greatest passion. After graduating from The University of Texas in Austin, Trotter had an innate curiosity about life, travel, and the ineffable creative world. Her passion propelled her ventures into the corporate world of fashion, interiors and textile design, which have been highly influential in her subject and style of painting.

Mary Baxter St. Clair ~ Magical Fantasy painter
Mary Baxter St. Clair, american painter, entered the world with a brush in her hand. Others remark that she paints with fairy dust. All are touched by her sense of wonder and marvel at her beautifully detailed paintings of wide-eyed children, ethereal angels, elusive fairies and piquant pixies, richly dressed in brilliant colors.
Pubblicato il 20/08/12 ed aggiornato il

Henri Matisse | Odalisque series


In 1917 Matisse relocated to Cimiez on the French Riviera, a suburb of the city of Nice. His work of the decade or so following this relocation shows a relaxation and a softening of his approach.
This "return to order" is characteristic of much art of the post-World War I period and can be compared with the neoclassicism of Picasso and Stravinsky as well as the return to traditionalism of Derain.

Ennio Montariello, 1960 ~ Figurative painter
Nato a Napoli nel 1960, il pittore italiano Ennio Montariello vive a Campello sul Clitunno (Pg). Nel 1978 si diploma presso il Liceo Artistico di Napoli. Nel 1982 e 1983 si diploma agli Stages Internazionali di pittura di Anacapri di Napoli. Questioni delle arti: incontri internazionali, tenuti da Gillo Dorfles, Joe Tilson, Gianni Pisani, Enrico Baj, Giulio Carlo Argan, Achille Bonito Oliva, Filiberto Menna, Lea Vergine, Francesco Vincitorio, Mimma Russo.
Pubblicato il 19/08/12 ed aggiornato il
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Childe Hassam | Flag series / La serie delle bandiere
The most distinctive and famous works of american painter Childe Hassam's later life compose the set of about thirty paintings known as the "Flag series".
Flag paintings by Hassam are in the collections of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society and the National Gallery of Art.
Claude Monet, among other french painter, had also painted flag-themed works - The Rue Montorgueil, Paris 1878.
Flag paintings by Hassam are in the collections of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society and the National Gallery of Art.
Claude Monet, among other french painter, had also painted flag-themed works - The Rue Montorgueil, Paris 1878.

Claude Monet | The Rue Montorgueil, 1878
The Rue Montorgueil, Paris, was painted by Claude Monet (1840-1926) on 30 June 1878 for a festival declared that year by the government celebrating "peace and work".
This was one of the events organised for the third Universal Exhibition in Paris a few weeks after it opened, and intended to be a symbol of France’s recovery after the defeat of 1870.
This was one of the events organised for the third Universal Exhibition in Paris a few weeks after it opened, and intended to be a symbol of France’s recovery after the defeat of 1870.
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