Alexander Averin, 1952 | Plein Air painter

Russian painter🎨 Alexander Averin / Александр Аверин was born in Noginsk, near Moscow.

The main theme of Alexander Averin’s painting are genre scenes with charming Russian young ladies against blossoming meadows and gardens, shady river coasts and sea landscapes.

Plot of the paintings is filled with sincere warmth and cordial feelings towards children.

André Henri Dargelas | Le tour du monde, 1860

André Henri Dargelas (1828-1906) was an French🎨 genre painter. He was born in Bordeaux on 11 October 1828.

He entered l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1854 and began exhibiting at the Paris Salon in the same year.

A regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon, Dargelas was beloved during his lifetime for his sentimental and playful depictions of children.

Almeida Júnior (1850-1899) | Genre painter

José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior was a major Brazilian painter🎨 whose works became a source of inspiration for subsequent modernists. As a painter, he defied the popular traditions of his contemporaries and carved a new niche for himself.

At a time when his fellow painters were achieving fame by painting mythological and historical subjects, he decided to focus on reality and portray the beauty of rural life. The subjects he chose to paint were an unchartered territory, but his skill ensured that the gamble paid off.

Ivan Goryushkin-Sorokopudov (1873-1954) | Genre painter

Russian painter🎨 Ivan Silych Goriushkin Sorokopudov / Иван Силыч Горюшкин-Сорокопудов was born in the family of barge hauler Sila Goryushkin in the Nashchi village of the Tambov province in 1873.

Became an orphan in the early age and was sent to the distant relatives Sorokopudov belonged to the lower middle class from Saratov. So he obtained his double last name.

Jacob van Velsen (1597-1656) | Dutch Golden Age painter

Jacob Jansz. van Velsen was a Dutch🎨 Golden Age painter. Little is known about the painter's life. He lived his entire life in Delft, but died in Amsterdam.

He was the son of Jan Jacobsz van Velsen and Janntegen Jansdr van der Hooch. April 18, 1625 he became a member of the Delft Saint Luke Guild.

Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851-1929) | Genre painter

Francesco Paolo Michetti was an Italian painter🎨 known especially for his genre works.

He was born in Tocco da Casauria in the Province of Chieti. His father having died when he was a boy, Michetti was forced to work with a local artisan.

In 1868, Michetti was awarded a stipend by the province to study at the Accademia (now Istituto) in Naples under Domenico Morelli🎨.

Charles Edward Hallé (1846-1914) | Genre painter

Charles Edward Hallé, sometimes given as Edward Charles Hallé, was an English painter🎨 and gallery manager.

He was a painter of history scenes, genre scenes🎨 and portraits.

Hallé was the son of Sir Charles Hallé, the German-born pianist and orchestra conductor, who emigrated to England during the revolution of 1848. His younger sister was the sculptor and inventor Elinor Hallé CBE.

Cesare Ciani (1854-1925) | Post-Macchiaioli painter

Cesare Ciani was an Italian painter🎨 associated with the Post-Macchiaioli group.

A student of Giuseppe Ciaranfi at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1878, where he won a prize for painting, Cesare Ciani was also strongly influenced by the work of the Macchiaioli painter Giovanni Fattori🎨, with whom he also studied.

Fattori’s guidance is readily evident in Ciani’s landscapes, city scenes and portraits, confidently painted with broad, sketchy brushstrokes.