Giorgio Kienerk | Post Impressionist / Symbolist painter

Italian painter and sculptor Giorgio Kienerk (Firenze 1869 - Fauglia/Pisa 1948) born to an old Tuscan family. Kienerk began to study drawing and sculpture with the master Adriano Cecioni.

At the age of only 17, he had the opportunity to show his works at the Florentine Promotrice show for new talent.

When his teacher Cecioni died unexpectedly in 1886, Kienerk worked with Telemaco Signorini, who pushed him to master painting as well.

Kerdalo, 1962 ~ Urban street scene

French painter Kerdalo was born in 1962 in Chamalières. His paintings catch the light and dazzle at first sight as do the town of Paris from which he draws his inspiration. His works often recall the sweet memories of childhood, when time seems to stop. After his studies at the school of Applied Arts and a short passage in the world of Comic strip, he took back his brushes and studied with great interest the Impressionist Masters and so managed to create his own style. Kerdalo knows how to use the slightest lighting and the smallest ray on the street to sublimate the town and to create a serene and calm atmosphere special of Paris.

Jeanie Tomanek, 1949 ~ Allegorical/Narrative painter

American painter Jeanie Tomanek inspired by literature, folktales and Myths, she portrays tall, snow white, bald women in dreamlike settings. A couple of years ago, Jeany left the corporate life behind to follow her passion and fully focus on her artwork. As she explains, painting helps her to develop her inner voice: “I paint to explore the significance of ideas, memories, events, feelings, dreams and images that seem to demand my closer attention”.

Frits Thaulow | Skagen painter

Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.

Johan Frederik Thaulow was born in Christiania, the son of the wealthy chemist, Harald Conrad Thaulow (1815-1881) and Nicoline "Nina" Louise Munch (1821-1894). Thaulow was educated at the Academy of Art in Copenhagen in 1870-72, and from 1873-75 he studied with Hans Gude at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe.

Thaulow was one of the earliest artists to paint in Skagen in the north of Jutland, soon to become famous for its Skagen painters.

Mark Shasha, 1961 | Plein Air painter

Mark Shasha is an Award-winning American artist.

He is also an author, illustrator, educator, actor and a songwriter.

His paintings, drawings and prints are found in public and private collections around the world and have appeared in museums and galleries for more than three decades.

His children's books appear regularly on bestseller lists and have been read by millions worldwide.

Frank Horvat | Pioneer of digital photography

"In almost 70 years of photography, I had the time to photograph many different subjects, with at least a dozen different techniques. But that’s almost beside the point. The point is that I had the time to play many different games" - Frank Horvat

In 2008, Frank Horvat receives the award of La Fondazione del Centenario, in Lugano (Switzerland), for his contribution to European culture.

Retro Postcards / Wolfgang von Goethe | Io penso a te..

Io penso a te.. - Wolfgang von Goethe

Io penso a te quando dal seno del mare
il sole sorge e i suoi raggi dardeggia;
io penso a te quando al chiarore lunare
l'onda serena biancheggia.
Io penso a te quando sale la polvere
lungo il lontano sentiero,
e nella notte oscura, quando al passeggero
sul ponte il cuore balza di paura.

I think of you when sunlight on the ocean

Glimmers at noon;

I think of you when shimmers in the river

Mirror the moon.

I see you in the rise of dust that covers

The distant ridge,

In each deep midnight where the wanderer quivers

On the high bridge.

Igli Jorgo, 1965 | Abstract painter

Igli Jorgo is a modern artist who paints classically in spirit, modern in creation developing a new relation of forms and space.

He gathers an abundance of figure elements from classical images and transcribes them with a descriptive efficacy, which is uncommon to all.

Albanian painter Igli Jorgo was born in Tirana, Albania.

- 1985: Graduate, School of Art in Tirana, with Professor N.Bakalli.

Luis de Leõn, 1950 | Fashion painter

Son of Spanish political refugees, Luis De Leõn was born on July 14, 1950 in Oujda, Morocco.

He arrived in France at the age of 13 and continued his studies at the Ecole d'Art des Tissages in Lyon.

He became a designer, graphic designer and professor of plastic arts.

He has always been a painter...

Numerous solo and group exhibitions have marked his career in France and abroad: Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, the United States, China...

Inspiration principale: The beauty. His work is technically flawless.

Her gesture is sure, and the chromatic palette responds perfectly to her visionary impulses, whose inspiration is obviously the mystery of feminine sensuality..

Love is there but it cannot be seen, it can be guessed.

Adam Licsko, 1979 | Remember yourself

California artist Adam Licsko has been painting professionally since 2001.

Within the first five years of his professional debut, his unique minimalist style attracted an international following and critical acclaim.

He has collections with Nissan, Amgen Cancer Research Institute, Seagate Technologies, Raytheon, Loyola Marymount University, Cisco Systems and State Farm, to name just a few, as well as numerous celebrity collectors.

Paintings he has donated have raised funds for charities, including Make A Wish Foundation-Miami, Central Coast Wine Classic, and The Ventana Wildlife Society [for the California condor] and Greenspace.