Ilya Zomb, 1960 | Magical realism painter

New York based Russian-born painter Ilya Zomb studied at the Odessa State Art College and the Odessa Art School between 1971 and 1979, majoring in fine arts.

In his paintings, images of ballerinas, elephants, and gigantic fruits appear as if out of a dream, but the artist says it's the everyday life in New York,where he lives, that inspires his flights of fancy.

Occupying the shadowy space "between the possible and impossible, the real and unreal", Ilya Zomb’s brilliantly conceived, chimerical paintings lie at the elusive intersection of reality and pure fantasy.

Olga Dandorf, 1973 | Romantic painter

Olga Vladimirovna Dandorf / Ольга Владимировна Дандорф was born in Tomsk, Russia.

As a child, she lived in Brest, studied at the Children's Art School, then graduated from the Art School at the Academy of Arts of Belarus.

Now he lives and works in Yalta.

Egor Zaitsev, 1967

Egor Nikolaevitch Zaitsev / Егор Николаевич Зайцев was born in Orel, Russia.

In 1986 he graduated from the Moscow Academic School of Memory of 1905, in 1994 - MGAHI, named after V.I. Surikov in the workshop of prof. V. N. Zabelina.

From 1995 to 2001 worked in the Creative Workshop of the Russian Academy of Arts under the guidance of A.P. and S.P. Tkachev.

In 1994 he was admitted to the Ministry of Agriculture.

He was awarded a diploma from the Russian Academy of Arts (1996), a gold medal from the Russian Union of Artists (2002), first prize at the Youth Exhibition and a creative trip to Paris in 2002.

Elena Tatkina | Pastel painter

Elena Tatkina / Елена Таткина is a graphic artist, art pastel expert, teacher at Kalacheva school, author of more than 10 courses on pastels and academic drawing for designers.

Since 2001, art director, art producer of computer graphics for cinema, advertising and multimedia in the largest domestic technology company.

Participates in the largest film and game projects in Russia and the world.

Teaching activity since 2005.

In 2006-2007, under the leadership of Elena, a six-month drawing course was launched for illustrators of Artemy Lebedev's studio.

Irina Morozova, 1980 | Pastel painter

Russian pastelist Irina Morozova (Klimova) / Ирина Климова was born in Moscow.

She graduated from the Moscow Pedagogical University, Faculty of Art and Graphics (Easel Graphics Workshop).

She worked as an artist and artistic director in major film and advertising studios in Moscow.

She is engaged in professional photography, she teaches pastel painting at the school of Veronica Kalacheva and holds master classes.

Boris Nikolaev | Romantic painter

Николаев Борис Павлович (1925-2017) was an Russian artist, master of landscape and realistic portrait, author of monumental paintings on the theme of war hardships and romantic cityscapes of post-war Leningrad.

Nikolayev Boris Pavlovich was born on February 14, 1925 in Novosibirsk. Soon the family moved to Leningrad.

The fascination with drawing leads Boris Nikolaev to the studio of the Leningrad House of artistic education of children.

Andrey Zakirzyanov, 1969

Born in Simferopol Crimea USSR, Andrey Zakirzyanov / Андрей Закирзянов is an artist, film director, animator, designer, teacher an so on.

1985 / 1989 - Graduated from V.A. Serov Art school (Roerich Art School).

1990 / 1992 - Russian Academy of Arts.

2001 / 2008 - Professor Design and Animation St.Petersburg State University.

Alexandra Nedzvetskaya, 1981

Александра Недзвецкая was born in St. Petersburg.

In 1999 finished the Academic lyceum at the Academy of Arts.

In 2006 finished the Academy of Arts, faculty of painting, portrait painting workshop of prof. V.V. Sokolov.

2006 to 2009 - postgraduate studies at the Department of Painting.

Since 2007 - a member of the Union of Artists of Russia.

State scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture, RF 2012.

Winner of the Muses of St. Petersburg grant competition in 2008.

Laureate of the First International Christmas Ballet Festival, art competition "Nutcracker" - II degree diploma, 2006.

Diploma-recipient of the International Forum "Youth and Society - Meeting Each Other", LENEXPO, St. Petersburg, 2007.

Laureate of the Russian competition "Modern Academic drawing" - Diploma of the 1st degree, 2009.

Diploma-recipient of the exhibition "Young Artists of Russia" Moscow, Central House of Artists, 2010.

Member of the Youth Salon. Moscow, Central House of Artists, 2013.

Participant of the Russian exhibition "Russia - XII" Moscow, Central House of Artists, 2014.

2015 - Winner of the competition "Plein air on large formats", Furge, France (Forges, Haute-Normandie, France).

2014 - permanent participant in exhibitions in France with the support of the Russian-French association.

Permanent participant in annual exhibitions of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists.

Permanent participant of collective exhibitions in Russia and abroad.

Works are in private collections in Europe and America.

Александра Недзвецкая è nata a San Pietroburgo, in Russia

Nel 1999 ha terminato il liceo accademico presso l'Accademia delle Arti.

Nel 2006 termina l'Accademia delle Belle Arti, facoltà di pittura, laboratorio di ritrattistica del prof. V.V. Sokolov.

Dal 2006 al 2009 - studi post-laurea presso il Dipartimento di Pittura.

Dal 2007 - membro dell'Unione degli artisti russi. Titolare di borsa di studio statale del Ministero della Cultura.

Vincitore del concorso per borse di studio Muse di San Pietroburgo nel 2008;

Vincitore del Primo Festival Internazionale del Balletto di Natale, concorso artistico "Lo Schiaccianoci" - diploma di II grado, 2006;

Diplomata al Forum internazionale “Gioventù e società - Incontrarsi", LENEXPO, San Pietroburgo, 2007;

Vincitore del concorso russo "Disegno accademico moderno" - Diploma di 1° grado, 2009;

Destinataria del diploma della mostra "Giovani artisti della Russia" Mosca, Casa Centrale degli Artisti, 2010.;

Membro del Salone della Gioventù. Mosca, Casa Centrale degli Artisti, 2013.;

Partecipante alla mostra russa "Russia - XII" Mosca, Casa Centrale degli Artisti, 2014.

2015 - Vincitore del concorso "Plein air sui grandi formati", Furge, Francia (Forges, Alta Normandia, Francia).

2014 - partecipante permanente a mostre in Francia con il sostegno dell'associazione russo-francese.

Partecipante permanente alle mostre annuali dell'Unione degli artisti di San Pietroburgo.

Partecipante permanente a mostre collettive in Russia ed all'estero.;

Le opere sono in collezioni private in Europa ed America.

Yuri Denissov, 1962 | Figurative painter

Franco-Russian painter Yuri Denissov lives and works in Antibes and participates in the cultural life of the Côte d'Azur.

His father was a philosophy professor.

Denissov studied at the Fine Arts School of Saint Petersburg, diploma with honors "Excellent", in 1991.

Thanks to his academic training and his realistic painting technique, Yuri Denisov manages to create lively compositions that bring scenes from everyday life to life.

Kostya Lupamov, 1977 | Abstract painter

"Painting for me is the best way to come to terms with myself" - Kostya Lupanov / Константин лупанов.

Kostya Lupanov or Konstantin Lupanov / Константин лупанов was born in Krasnodar, Russia, where he still lives and works..

In 2004 he graduated from the Art and Industry Academy of the Krasnodar State University of Culture and Arts.

Participant of collective exhibitions in Krasnodar and St. Petersburg, author of several personal projects implemented in Russia, France, Italy.

Expressive in character, complex and at the same time simple in composition, Konstantin Lupanov's painting attracts more and more attention of professionals and lovers of fine arts.

Konstantin Makovsky | Academic / Genre painter

Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (1839-1915) left a significant artistic legacy.

He worked as a genre painter, was a master of history painting and was also a skilled landscape artist.

However, portraiture was definitive in his oeuvre.

The artist's son, the famous Silver Age art critic, Sergei Makovsky, considered that his father's legacy included 'very many portraits, more than all those by Kramskoi, Repin and Serov put together'.

Kira Panina, 1961

Кира Панина is a Russian painter, born in Fryazino (Moscow region).

Kira graduated from the Abramtsevo Industrial Art College named after outstanding Russian artist Viktor Vasnetsov.

Panina is a member of the Union of Artists of the Moscow region.

The Russian artist is engaged in painting, graphics, and interior design.

Diana Malivani, 1976 | Impressionist painter

Diana Malivani was born in the USSR, in the city of Sukhumi (Republic of Abkhazia), in the family of teachers of physics and chemistry.

Graduated from N.P. Ogarev Mordovia State University (1993-2001) in Saransk, she is a Doctor of Medicine by her training and profession (M.D., Ph.D), specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.

She acquired an extensive experience in sports medicine and dietology in fitness industry, with "World Class Club" in Moscow.

Also she is the author and illustrator of children’s books published in Russian, English, French and German.

After many years spent in France, she now lives with her family in Cyprus.

Denis Korobkov, 1982

Contemporary Russian artist Денис Коробков lives and works in Penza.

He graduated from the Penza Art College named after. K. A. Savitsky, Penza in 2006.

He devoted part of his work to the history of this beautiful city.

The artist is engaged in painting, graphics and restoration of old photographs.

Anastasia Trusova, 1988 | Impressionist painter

Anastasia Trusova / Анастасия Трусова is a Russian impressionist artist who has known how to draw and paint in a variety of artistic approaches since childhood.

In a style she calls Graphic Impressionism, she prefers working on the foreground or focusing on the main character in a piece.

She paints with oil, pencils, watercolors, and pens, but now mostly acrylics using brushes and a palette knife.

Ksenia Stekolshchikova, 1991 | Figurative painter

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Ксения Стекольщикова was born in Moscow in the artist’s family.

2001 - Entered the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts (MAHL RAH).

2005 - Took 1st place in the competition of the Royal Danish Embassy, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of H.H. Anderson (Awarded with a diploma).

Since 2007 - Participant of Russian and Moscow exhibitions (more than 20 exhibitions).

Pablo Neruda / Yuri Krotov | Ode to summer / Ode all'estate

Estate, violino rosso,

nuvola chiara,

un ronzio

di catena montuosa

o di cicala

ti precede,

il cielo

a volta,

liscio, luccicante come

un occhio,

Gregorio Sciltian | Magic Realism painter

"The only true and supreme purpose of the art of painting has been and will always be that of obtaining the illusion of reality" - Gregorio Sciltian.

Gregorio Sciltian / Գրիգոր Շիլտյան (Nakhicevan, Armenia 1900 - Rome 1985) was an Italian-Armenian painter, designer, and medallist.

Sciltian is well known for his portraiture and trompe-l'œil compositions.

Pedro Salinas | Non rifiutare i sogni / Don’t reject dreams / No rechaces los sueños

Non rifiutare i sogni in quanto sogni.

Tutti i sogni possono

esser realtà, se il sogno non finisce.

La realtà è un sogno. Se sogniamo

che la pietra è la pietra, quello è la pietra.

A correre nei fiumi non è un’acqua,

ma è un sognare, l’acqua, cristallino.

Marc Chagall

Gabriele Münter e Wassily Kandinsky | Amore ai tempi dell'astrattismo

Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) è stata una pittrice espressionista Tedesca.

Vasilij Vasil'evič Kandinsky / Василий Васильевич Кандинский (1866-1944) è stato un pittore Russo, naturalizzato francese, precursore e fondatore della pittura Astratta.

Insieme, con Franz Marc ed altri, fondarono il movimento artistico espressionista Der Blaue Reiter (Il cavaliere azzurro).

La Münter era di Berlino e proveniva da una famiglia benestante che aveva vissuto a lungo negli Stati Uniti.

Nel 1901 si iscrisse ad un corso d'arte a Monaco di Baviera.

L'anno successivo, poiché alle donne erano precluse le Accademie, iniziò a prendere lezioni presso la scuola d'arte privata Phalanx-Schule (appena fondata da W. Kandinsky) dove seguì i corsi di Wilhelm Husgen e quelli di Wassily Kandinsky.

Wassily Kandinsky | Ritratto Gabriele Münter, 1903 | Lenbachhaus, Monaco di Baviera