Jean Metzinger | Cubist painter

Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (June 24, 1883 - November 3, 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes, developed the theoretical foundations of Cubism.

His earliest works, from 1900 to 1904, were influenced by the Neo-impressionism of Georges Seurat and Henri-Edmond Cross.

Between 1904-1907 Metzinger worked in the Divisionist and Fauvist styles with a strong Cézannian component, leading to some of the first proto-Cubist works.

Miguel Avataneo, 1962 | Figurative painter

Miguel Angel Avataneo, Argentine painter, was born in the province of Cordoba in Argentina and his love of the pure form of classicism was nourished by his early interest in the Italian masters: Correggio (1489-1534), Giorgione (1478-1510), Raphael (1483-1520) and Titian (1488/90-1576).

He was also greatly influenced by the late eighteenth century french paintings of David, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).

Vittorio Tessaro, 1958 | Figurative sculptor

Italian artist* Vittorio Tessaro was born in Caldogno, Vicenza. After graduating from art school in Valdagno (Vicenza), he has developed an idea of ​​sculpture "felt" free and without royalties, allowing it always to express his skills in the pure sense and instinctive.
Knowledge of the tools of the model has enabled him to begin his own, a kind of long patient battle with the form, which meant even refuse illustrious models of the past: do not refuse to allow himself to be overwhelmed.

Antonio Sgarbossa, 1945 | Figurative painter

The following collection include the figurative paintings by Italian painter Antonio Sgarbossa.

Sgarbossa was born in Fontana Viva, Italy, the 18th of July 1945.

Louis Treserras, 1958 | Hyperrealist painter

French painter, sculptor and photographer Louis Treserras claims to be a self taught painter.

For 30 years he has been painting young and mysterious female models.

His rigorous approach to artistic composition would almost compare to a science, like mathematics.

His style remains however poetic an intimist, with a very distinct and soft range of colors.

Spartaco Lombardo, 1958 | Figurative painter

Italian painter🎨 Spartaco Lombardo was born in Luino, Italy by the Lake Maggiore, the 26th of March 1958.

Modern figurative painter, he has displayed his works in personal and collective exhibitions in Italy and abroad and he has entered many national and international contests.

His works are in private and institutional art collections. His occupational activity in the pictorial field began in 1981.

Aram Nersisyan, 1958 | Figurative pastel painter

Aram Nersisyan is an Armenian pastel painter, known for working in the Figurative style.

Nersisyan was born in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

Nersisyan studied at Armenian National University of Architecture and Construction.

Current Residence is Yerevan, Armenia.

Nietzsche e la "Carmen" di Bizet

"La musica non è un’arte ma una categoria dello spirito umano", scriveva Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), filosofo, aforista, saggista, poeta, compositore, accademico e filologo tedesco.

Tra i massimi filosofi di ogni tempo, Friedrich Nietzsche ebbe un'influenza controversa e indiscutibile sul pensiero filosofico, letterario e politico del Novecento. La sua filosofia è considerata da alcuni uno spartiacque fra la filosofia tradizionale ed un nuovo modello di riflessione, informale e provocatoria.

Edouard Manet 1832-1883 - Carmen in Bizet's opera

Jafar Petgar (1920-2005) | Genre painter

Jafar Petgar (1920-2005) was one of the most influential Iranian Old Masters.

His work, a dozen at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, shows this gifted artist achieved the mastery of his craft at an early age (see his painting of his mother while he was only 17).

Osamu Obi, 1965 | Figurative/Portrait painter

Japanese painter⏭ 小尾 修 Osamu Obi was born in Kanagawa, Japan.

• 1988 - Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting;
• 1990 - Completed Master's Degree Program in Oil Painting, Musashino Art University;
• 1991 - Exhibition of Grand Prize Paintings, Tokyo Central Museum. Awarded Grand Prize;
• 1993 - Participated in Yasui Prize Exhibition;
• 1996 - Participated in Exchange Exhibition between South Korean and Japanese Oil Painters (Yokohama and Seoul).