Licio Passon, 1965 | Venice painter

Licio Passon was born in Udine, Italy.

To comprehend the artistic life of Licio Passon you can’t neglect his belonging to his homeland of the Friuli region and his truest and most profound values of a rustic life that he has made his own and not revisited as a faded memory.

The people who have formed him have been his parents who well knew the hardship of the fields.

Alexei Antonov, 1957 | Surrealist still life

Aлексей Антонов is a Russian artist who has studied art in Russia, Azerbaijan and Italy, and has been living in the US since 1990.

TAlexei Antonov has created a stunning collection of still life paintings that embody hyper realism and classic work of Renaissance masters.

Antonov was literally born an artist, began to draw, as he remembers - since the age of three.

The first drawings were made by mom’s lipstick, right on the wallpaper.

Helen Allingham RWS | Victorian era painter

Helen Allingham RWS (née Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson; 26 September 1848 - 28 September 1926) was an British* watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era.

Biography

Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson was born at Swadlincote in Derbyshire, the daughter of Alexander Henry Paterson, a medical doctor, and Mary Herford Paterson.

Helen Paterson was the eldest of seven children. The family moved to Altrincham in Cheshire when she was one year old.

In 1862 her father and her 3-year-old sister Isabel died of diphtheria during an epidemic.

The family then moved to Birmingham, where some of Alexander Paterson's family lived.

George Lundeen, 1948 | Departure / La partenza, 1986

"Departure", installed in the park near the library in Loveland, CO, is a life size bronze sculpture by the American artist, George Lundeen.

According to the artist, "The original piece came from a sketch I did in the Rome train station.

There were a couple of kids across from me on the marble floor.

It became the first life-size piece I ever did".

Romee Kanis, 1953 | Figurative sculptor

Romee Kanis was born in Jutphaas.

Currently she lives in St. Maartensbrug in Zijpe in a farmhouse, where her sculpture garden and her studio are located and she also works in her workshop in Schermerhorn.

At age 18, Romee began in Spain and France with drawing portraits.

On the Place du Tertre in Paris and by working in the major cities of Europe, she got a good look at the people around her.

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Classical Realism by William Whitaker Jr.

American painter William Whitaker Jr. (1943-2018) is an artist who has been at the forefront of painting's representational revival during recent years.

The only son of an artist father, William Whitaker Jr. grew up in the special world of the working artist.

He had access to the finest art materials and was painting in watercolor and oil at the age of six.

His fondest early memories are of the sights sounds and smells of the art studio.

Whitaker loves to paint from life in an old fashioned studio.

Frida Kahlo: “Vorrei essere ciò che ho voglia di essere”

Vorrei poter fare tutto ciò che mi piace dietro il sipario della "follia".

Allora: disporrei fiori, tutto il giorno,

dipingerei; dolore, amore e tenerezza,

riderei quanto mi pare della stupidità degli altri, e tutti direbbero: "Poverina, è pazza!"

Alexander Saidov, 1970 | The Garden of Eden

The compositions in Alexander Saidov's paintings are thought out to the smallest detail and every part of his imaginary world seems real.

While painting his pieces, the artist almost becomes a storyteller, who sounds so convincing that viewers start perceiving everything depicted not as a fantasy, but as real world, with its own course of life.

In some artworks, fantasy worlds are based on myths, legends, and religious texts, which are familiar to a wide range of viewers.

Tina Cassati | Surreal fashion

Berlin based artist Tina Cassati, makes costumes (sculpture le mode and giardino di arte), ruffs, hats-, bags - and shoes-, jewelry objects into modern surreale digital-photo-art worlds and illustrations.

She paints, sews, draws, photographs, digital collage - mixed media, collage, illustration.

She does not care about genres.

Her work is influenced by Renaissance, Baroque, Traditional Clothing (Folk Costumes) fairy tales. To her, fashion is fine art.

Sarah Myers, 1980 | Figurative sculptor

Sarah Myers lives and works in Arizona.

As a child her fascination for the artwork in museums - and even for ancient artifacts - formed her feeling that art was the language of a world filled with splendor and possibility.

She continues this today with her love of human expressions, depicting heads, hands, movement, vitality in a range of mediums from line drawing and painting to ceramic sculpture.

William Dyce | Pre-Raphaelite painter

Prof William Dyce FRSE RSA RA (1806-1864) pioneer of state art education in Great Britain.

Dyce studied at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh and the Royal Academy schools, London.

One of the first British students of early Italian Renaissance painting, he visited Italy in 1825 and 1827-1828, meeting in Rome a group of young German painters, the Nazarenes.

Claude Monet | The Houses of Parliament, 1900-1905

Claude Monet painted a series of oil paintings of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, in the fall of 1899 and the early months of 1900 and 1901 during stays in London.

All of the series' paintings share the same viewpoint from Monet's window or a terrace at St Thomas' Hospital overlooking the Thames and the approximate canvas size of 81 cm x 92 cm (32 in x 36 3/8 in).

They are however painted during different times of the day and weather circumstances.

Laura Lee Zanghetti | Figurative painter

Laura Lee Zanghetti is an Award winning self taught artist who mainly works in oils.

She paints full time and enjoys a number of different techniques and styles of painting in her home studio in Walpole MA.

Her favorite subjects vary from beach scenes to cityscapes and her latest.... "umbrella ladies".

She's been painting full time for the past 13 years in her home studio in Walpole.

Robert Antoine Pinchon | Post-Impressionist painter

Claude Monet referred to him: "As a surprising touch in the service of a surprising eye".

Among Robert Antoine Pynchons' important works are a series of paintings of the River Seine, mostly around Rouen and landscapes depicting places in or near Upper Normandy.

Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886-1943) was a French Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School- l'École de Rouen.

He was consistent throughout his career in his dedication to painting landscapes en plein air.

Keith Perelli, 1968 | Surrealist painter

Keith Perelli is a figurative artist exploring male portraiture through the lens of personal, social and political issues.

The abstract and surrealist sensibilities in his work stems from both his interest in the work produced and taught at the University of New Orleans by prominent local professors in the field of painting.

His graduate work at the University of Cincinnati in sculpture and installation focused on the on complex social and political ramifications of HIV and and the AIDS crisis of the 80ś and 90ś.

Alex Bertaina, 1963 | Abstract painter

Maybe my sky and my sea are united, as our existence, between transport towards nature and departure from it and they shall treat these wounds" - Alex Bertaina

Alex Bertaina is an Italian painter, born in Turin. He lives and work in Cuneo, in North West Italy.

Gianni Gueggia, 1956 | Expressionist painter

Italian painter Gianni Gueggia was born in Trenzano, Brescia, Italy.

He began exhibiting his works since 1973.

He has participated in numerous national and international awards and received many favors from the critics.

Martin Pate | Ballet Dancers

Martin Pate graduated with honors from Ringling School of Art in 1981.

His figurative works won acclaim in the Sarasota area by such notables as Thornton Utz who declared a life drawing by Martin as the best work in the 1981 student show.

His love of figurative works has led to numerous commissions over the last 30+ years including a 20+ year association with the National Park Service.

Martin's personal paintings and drawings have won awards in local, regional and national shows.

Daria Petrilli, 1970 | Pop-Surrealist Illustrator

Daria Petrilli is an award winning illustrator, born in Rome, Italy.

After graduating with an MA in Communication and Design at the Università La Sapienza, she took on various agency roles as a graphic designer and illustrator in Rome.

Later she moved to London, where she completed a Diploma in Experimental Illustration at the LCC - part of the University of the Arts London, achieving the highest possible grade.

Gerda Wegener | Lili Elbe’s wife in 'The Danish Girl'

Gerda Wegener: The Lady Gaga of the 1920s

The Danish Girl tells the story of the painter Einar Wegener, who had the world’s first gender-reassignment surgery and became Lili Elbe.

But his wife Gerda had a fascinating life and career of her own.

Gerda Wegener | Ulla Poulsen, 1927

Yana Movchan, 1971 | Magic Realism painter

Ukrainian-born Canadian painter Yanina (Yana) Movchan was born in Kiev.

Yana’s sublime mastery of the technique and structure of Renaissance painting combines with the instinctive symbolism of "magical realism" to create a personal neo-realist idiom.

Her work is formal, yet playful; contemporary, yet timeless; and joyous, yet mysterious, evocative and dreamlike.

Bartolomeo Veneto | High Renaissance painter

Bartolomeo Veneto (1502-1555) was an Italian painter who worked in Venice, the Veneto and Lombardy.

During his time in Venice, he studied under Gentile Bellini.

The little information available about Bartolomeo's life has been derived from his signatures, dates, and inscriptions.

His best known works are portraits or pictures with portrait-like character.

Bartolomeo's later works, and especially those done on commission in Milan, indicate an influence from the artist Leonardo da Vinci.

Steven Quartly, 1971 | Modern impressionist painter

Steve Quartly from his studio in Southern California creates oils on canvas, specializing in Contemporary Impressionism.

Quartly’s dedication to painting the world he sees, has contributed to his vibrant works.

A plain white canvas becomes a beautiful European city scene, a Mediterranean seascape or a warm California Landscape.

Kahlil Gibran | Sulla Parola

Ed allora uno studioso disse:

Spiegaci la Parola.

E lui rispose dicendo:

Voi parlate quando avete perduto la pace con i vostri pensieri;

E quando non potete più sopportare la solitudine del cuore voi vivete sulle labbra,

e il suono vi è di svago e passatempo.

George Lundeen | Departure

Glenna Goodacre | Figurative sculptor

Glenna Goodacre’s (1939-2020) sculptures are immediately recognizable for their unique expression, texture, design and movement.

Beginning as a painter provided a foundation for her first bronzes created in 1969.

She has since created over 600 different works, the most well-known of which is the Vietnam Women’s Memorial installed in Washington, D.C. in 1993.

Her largest piece is the massive Irish Memorial created in 2002 for Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia.

Witali Żuk (Vitus), 1973 | Fantastic painter

Bиталий Жук (Витус) / Witali Żuk (alias Vitus) was born in Minsk.

Witali graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Ilya Repin in St. Petersburg.

Witalis' picture differs good choice of colors and the wonderful play of light.

Witali attaches great the value of detail in his works, which create an unforgettable atmosphere of the picture.

Richard Nadler, 1987 | Generative art

Richard Nadler is a contemporary digital artist based in Munich, Germany, whose innovative work explores the dynamic interplay between tradition, Artificial Intelligence, and digital media.

With roots in the Bavarian countryside and formative experiences from extensive travels in Japan, his artistry is deeply infused with personal narrative and cultural resonance.

Arthur John Elsley | Genre painter

Arthur John Elsley (20 November 1860 - 19 February 1952) was an English painter of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, famous for his idyllic genre scenes of playful children and their pets.

He achieved great popularity during his life and much of his work appeared in calendars, magazines and books.

Elsley was born in London, one of six children of John Elsley, coachman and amateur artist, and Emily Freer.

Elsley's father had exhibited at the British Institution Exhibition in 1845 but later in life contracted tuberculosis which forced him into early retirement.

Alexander Saidov / Александр Саидов, 1970 | Still Life

Alexander Saidov / Александр Саидов was born in the village of Pavlovskaya, Krasnodar region, Russia.

In 1989 he has finished the Krasnodar Art Institute.

Since 1995 is a member of The Artist’s Union of Russia.

From 1991 is participant of city, regional, zone exhibitions.

Egyptian Art History and Sitemap

Ancient Egyptian art is a highly stylized and symbolic tradition that remained remarkably consistent for over 3,000 years, deeply intertwined with the civilization's religious beliefs, particularly those concerning the afterlife and the concept of universal order (Ma'at).

Most surviving art comes from tombs and monuments, and thus focuses on achieving immortality.

The contemporary history of Egyptian art is characterized by a dynamic interplay between national identity, social commentary, and a rich historical heritage, evolving from Western-influenced modernism to a diverse, globally recognized scene.

Thutmose | The Sculptor of the bust of Nefertiti

František Drtikol | Art Déco / Nouveau photographer

František Drtikol (1883-1961) was a Czech photographer and became famous for his modernist portraits and acts in the style of the late Art Nouveau.

Born in 1883 in the mining town of Pribram, west of Prague, Drtikol would go on to study photography in Munich, where he would be heavily influenced by the Art Nouveau.

Early on he divided his time among both drawing and photography, but focused primarily on the latter upon his return home; both as an art form and as a means for making a living.

Pasquale Celommi | A good catch, 1895

Pasquale Celommi (1851-1928) was an Italian painter, known for his outdoor scenes of Italian life in verist style.

Born in Montepagano, Abruzzo, Italy, he developed a keen eye for detail and depicted everyday life with a captivating realism.

Thanks to the help of a local landowner, Don Camillo Mezzopreti, and to a contribution of 30 lire by the Municipality, he managed to study until the year 1873, when he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.

Igor Talwinski | Ballet dancers

Igor Talwinski (1907-1983) was a notable Polish-born French painter, active primarily in France and England, known for his portraits and figure studies, particularly female figures.

His work is characterized by a figurative style, with soft modeling of faces and bodies often contrasted by lively brushwork in the backgrounds.

He was mobilized in September 1939 and was taken prisoner by the Germans.

Canaletto | London paintings, 1746-1755

The revered Venetian landscape painter Giovanni Antonio Canal (28 October 1697 - 19 April 1768), known as Canaletto, enjoyed a roaring trade from English visitors to Italy in his early career, but by 1740 the War of the Austrian Succession had taken hold and tourism was dwindling.

In 1746, Canaletto decided to move to London to be closer to his market.

At this time Britain was flourishing under newfound wealth.

Philippe Jacquot, 1966 | Figurative painter

Philippe Jacquot's favorite subject is the representation of characters.

Later he sought expression in both portraits and figure.

He works the pencil and pastels, as well as red chalk drawing, oil and acrylic.

After several experiences in decorative painting and design, in 1990 he decided to devote himself exclusively to his painting.

Daniel Del Orfano, 1968 | Romantic painter

Daniel Del Orfano is an American painter, known for working in the Romantic Figurative style.

Through the combination of his simple palette of fiery, emotionally driven reds and his creative use of shadows, Del Orfano raises the temperature in these sensual and seductive paintings.

Even Del Orfano's trademark "Red Umbrella" is prominently portrayed in a playful, creative manner.

Rob Gonsalves | Magic realism painter

Robert "Rob" Gonsalves (1959-2017) was an award winning Canadian painter of magic realism -surrealism.

He produces original works, limited edition prints and illustrations for his own books.

John Currin, 1962 | Figurative painter

John Currin is an American painter based in New York City.

He is most recognised for his technically proficient satirical figurative paintings that explore controversial societal topics.

His work shows a wide range of influences, including sources as diverse as the Renaissance, popular culture magazines, and contemporary fashion models.

He often distorts or exaggerates the erotic forms of the female body, and has stressed that his characters are reflections of himself rather than inspired by real people.

Lorenzo Quinn, 1966 | Figurative sculptor

Contemporary Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn is a leading figurative sculptor whose work is inspired by such masters as Michelangelo, Bernini and Rodin.

Exhibited internationally, his monumental public art and smaller, more intimate pieces transmit his passion for eternal values and authentic emotions.

He is best known for expressive recreations of human hands:

"I wanted to sculpt what is considered the hardest and most technically challenging part of the human body", he asserts.

"The hand holds so much power - the power to love, to hate, to create, to destroy".

Andrey Belle, 1957 | Figurative painter / sculptor

Aндрей Белле was born in Minsk, Bielorussia. Since his birth, he lived and studied in Leningrad, now St Petersburg.

From 1975-1977, he served in the Soviet Army.

In 1977, he went straight from the army into the V. I. Mukhina Leningrad Higher School of Commercial Art.

He began to exhibit his work while still at the institute.

Upon graduating and being professionally assigned to the Lot Central Research Institute, he started work as an independent artist - a painter and graphic artist.

Pasquale Celommi | Verist painter

Pasquale Celommi (1851-1928) was born in Montepagano - Italy, into a family of fishermen.

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.

He 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.

Nikki Marie-Smith | Mixed-media painter

Nikki Marie Smith is an artist, mother,and entrepreneur. She creates themed art, including a music-inspired series, and received the FAA Artistic Merit Award.

"- I am an artist, a mother, and an entrepreneur. I'm passionate about music and color and seek to convey the transformative power of music through my paintings.

My artwork and tutorials have been regularly featured in Cloth Paper Scissors and Cloth Paper Scissors PAGES magazines.

Ric Nagualero | Surrealist / Outdoor painter

Ric Nagualero (1972-2022) was an internationally collected, award winning wilderness painter and outdoors man, with more than 12 years of professional experience in his field.

He's the man behind one of the most popular YouTube channels on the subject of outdoor plein air painting and wilderness painting adventures.

"With a bit of "know how" everyone can learn how to paint, you just need the basics, patience and to practice, practice, practice the skills you are taught, so you can “earn” and keep them for as long as you live" - Ric Nagualero.

Robert De Niro, Sr | Abstract Expressionist painter

Robert Henry De Niro, better known as Robert De Niro, Sr. (May 3, 1922 - May 3, 1993) was an American abstract expressionist painter and the father of actor Robert De Niro.

Robert De Niro, Sr., was born in Syracuse, New York, to an Italian American father, Henry Martin De Niro (1897–1976), whose parents emigrated from Ferrazzano, in the province of Campobasso, Molise, and an Irish American mother, Helen M. (née O'Reilly; 1899–1999).

He was the eldest of three children; he and siblings John and Joan were raised in Syracuse, New York.

Award winning Artists | Sitemap

Lists of Award winning Artists cover some of the notable awards presented for art, some for a specific form or genre, some for artists from one country or region, some more general.

An award in art is a prize or form of recognition given to artists or their work to honor exceptional talent, promote creativity, and acknowledge significant contributions to the arts.

These awards, often conferred by institutions, foundations, or governing bodies, provide artists with visibility, professional advancement opportunities, and sometimes financial support.

Ilian Rachov, 1970 | Baroque Era style painter

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Ilian Rachov starts his artistic career like self-taught man in 1988 realizing copies of medieval orthodox icons and frescoes, re-discovering ancient techniques of gilding methods and how to engrave after the golden backgrounds of the icons.

His personal elaboration of that kind of old techniques and his modern view of this very antique art helps him to develop an own personal and unmistakable style in the iconography field.

Paul Chabas | Figurative painter

Paul Émile Chabas (1869-1937) was a French painter and illustrator and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

He was born in Nantes, and had his artistic training under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1890.

He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 and in 1912 received the Médaille d’honneur.

His preferred subject was a young girl in a natural setting.

Firmin Baes | A Master of Pastel painting

Firmin Baes (1874-1943) was a Belgian painter.

The son of the decorative painter Henri Baes, Firmin Baes was active as a portrait painter and a painter of still life subjects, figures, landscapes and interiors.

He studied under Léon Frédéric at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels between 1888-1894, and the elder artist’s influence is evident in many of Baes’s early paintings.

Pasquale Celommi | Four Seasons / Le Quattro stagioni, 1890-1901

In the series of the "Four Seasons", commissioned to Pasquale Celommi by the Commander Pasquale Ventilj, the pastoral world is reproposed through rustic "types” who reveal themselves rather self-conscious if compared to the more dramatic scenes of the same country artist Teofilo Patini.

The Four Seasons are part of the collection of the The Pinacoteca Civica of Teramo.

Pasquale Celommi | Winter / Inverno, 1890-1900 | Pinacoteca di Teramo