Iman Maleki, 1976 | Realist painter

Iman Maleki, Iranian painter, was bornin Tehran.

He has been fascinated by the art of painting since he was a child.

At the age of 15, he started to learn painting under the mastery of his first and only teacher - Morteza Katouzian, who is the greatest realist painter of Iran.

Meanwhile, he began to paint professionally.

In 1999 he graduated in Graphic Design from the Art University of Tehran.

Since 1998, he has participated in several exhibitions.

Eric Casey Baugh, 1984 | Impressionistic Realism painter

Eric Casey Baugh is an acclaimed American contemporary artist known for his cinematic figurative oil paintings and atmospheric charcoal drawings.

His work bridges the gap between traditional realism and hyper-modern, narrative-driven impressionism.

His signature style blends strict anatomical accuracy with dreamlike, blurred, and atmospheric backdrops.

Born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Eric Casey Baugh’s earliest art instruction came around the age of four from his father and aunt who were artists by hobby.

José Malhoa | Naturalist painter

José Vital Branco Malhoa, known simply as José Malhoa (28 April 1855 - 26 October 1933) was a Portuguese painter.

Malhoa was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, the leading name in Portuguese naturalist painting in the second half of the 19th century.

They were both members of the Grupo do Leão (Lion Group), a group of artists and writers in the 1880s.

He often painted popular scenes and subjects, like his two most famous paintings: The Drunks (1907) and Fado (1910).

Michael O'Toole | Impressionist painter

Michael O'Toole (1963-2018) was a renowned Canadian painter from British Columbia.

He attended BCIT where he studied architectural design and later moved to Toronto to work for several architectural firms.

Eventually he was drawn back to the beautiful West Coast where he now resides.

Michael's love for design led him to explore his creativity in variety of media including watercolour, pen and ink, graphite, gouache and acrylic.

Lennette Newell, 1959 | Naturalist photographer

Lennette Newell is an acclaimed American fine art and commercial photographer based in San Francisco, California.

She is world-renowned for her bold wildlife portraits and conceptual body-painting series that explore the blurring lines and evolutionary kinship between humans and the animal kingdom.

Lennette Newell channels a lifelong passion for Earth’s biodiversity and the magical wonder of the natural world into compelling animal portraits that afford viewers an intimate glimpse of creatures large and small.

Richard Ramsey, 1954 | Portrait photographer

Richard Ramsey is a highly celebrated, award-winning portrait photographer based in Memphis, Tennessee, who is best known for his mastery of digital portrait painting.

Spanning a career of over four decades, he blends traditional portrait photography with classical painterly aesthetics.

He has been honored eleven times with the prestigious title of "Photographer of the Year".

Farewell to Sergio Cerchi (1957-2026), the Artist of "Quadrantism"!

Italian artist Sergio Cerchi (1957-2026) was born in Florence, where he lived and worked all his lifem.

Sergio Cerchi worked in what could be defined as the quadrantism painting style.

The artist passed away on July 17, 2026.

He was educated at the Art Institute d'Arte di Porta Romana and studied at the Cherubim Conservatory courses.

From childhood, Sergio Cerci was "torn" between music and the visual arts: two indivisible passions cultivated with tenacity and determination, forcing him to simultaneously attend the workshops of local artists and play in various musical groups.

He began painting at the age of 15, trying different techniques and approaches before his personal style matured.

Duma Arantes, 1973 | Pop / Fashion painter

Duma Arantes is a prominent Portuguese contemporary painter born in Lisbon, best known for her signature pop-art and fashion-influenced portraits of the female form.

She frequently lives and works out of Oeiras, Portugal.

Duma lives and works in Oeiras, Portugal where she studied advertising in IADE -Visual Arts, Design Marketig Institute and also Painting and Drawing at the National Society of Fine Arts, in Lisbon.