Wolfgang Lettl ~ Surrealist painter

Wolfgang Lettl [1919-2008] was a surrealist painter who was born in Augsburg, Germany. Success with his freelance art led him to develop his surrealism, and he participated in the 1963 Grosse Kunstausstellung München - the "Grand Art Exhibition Munich", becoming a member of the Neue Münchener Künstlergenossenschaft - "New Munich Artist Cooperative Society". One-man shows in Germany and abroad followed. In addition to his surrealism, the landscapes around his second residence in Puglia, Italy, inspired him to sometimes paint in an impressionistic style. In 1992, on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at the Toskan Hall of Columns, he offered his paintings to the city of Augsburg on permanent loan. After the opening of the "Lettl Atrium - Museum for Surreal Art" in Augsburg in 1993, Lettl has concentrated on experiments in other media (including film) as well as continuing his painting. A major retrospective exhibition was held in Augsburg in 2000.

Yuri Dubinin

Born in 1962. Since 1993 Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Exhibited since 1991, participated in many regional, national and international exhibitions. Lives and works in the city of Zhitomir.

Ric Nagualero | Symbolist painter

Nagualero has been immersed in the world of art for most of his life. A native of Portugal, at the age of two he moved to South America (Brazil) with his parents.
There he resided for the next 15 years, absorbing the exotic surroundings of the land and it’s people, a multiracial culture with its rich traditions and customs.

Luis De Leõn, 1950

Figlio di spagnoli rifugiati politici, Luis De Leõn è nato ad Oujda, in Marocco.

Arrivò in Francia all'età di 13 anni e continuò gli studi presso l'Ecole d'Art des Tissages di Lione.

Diventerà Designer, Grafico e Docente di Arti Plastiche.

Sempre pittore...

Ispirazione principale: La bellezza!

Numerose mostre personali e collettive scandiranno il suo percorso in Francia ed all'estero: Svizzera, Germania, Belgio, Stati Uniti, Cina...

Bogusław Jagiełło, 1960 | Le Sfingi di Poznan

Bogusław Jagiełło was born in 1960. He studied at Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, at Faculty of Painting, Graphics Arts and Sculpture. In '84 graduated in graphics arts techniques in studio of prof. Tadeusz Jackowski. Two-time holder of scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and Arts.

Now he lives and creates in Kłodawa - a village near Gorzów Wielkopolski. He have attended to painting, graphics arts, sculpture, poster art, book illustration and Theatre stage design.

Serge Marshennikov, 1971 | Realistic figurative painter | VideoArt

Realistic figurative art of Russian painter🎨 Serge Marshennikov portrays female beauty in its purest form. His painting skills take their roots in traditional Russian art of the 19th century.

Some of his artworks are on permanent display in the Museum of Modern Art (El Paso), in The Grace Museum (Abilene), as well as many important private collections in Russia, England, Denmark, France and Japan.

Serge Marshennikov’s paintings also have been sold on famous Christie’s (London) and Bonham’s (Knightsbridge) art auctions.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Marshennikov🎨 see:

• Serge Marshennikov, 1971 | Realistic figurative painter🎨.
• Serge Marshennikov, 1971 | Figurative painter🎨.

Givi Siproshvili

In 1971, graduated from Tbilisi Academy of Arts by specialty of painting. Since 1974, he became the member of the Union of artists of USSR and Georgia. Since 2000, he was the member of the International Federation of artists (UNESCO).

After graduating from the Academy of Arts, I participated both in numerous republic exhibitions and All-Union exhibitions. I have participated in more than 200-s group and in 7 personal exhibitions.

Alberto Aragòn Reyes, 1980 | Symbolist painter / sculptor

Sculptor Alberto Aragón Reyes was 8 April 1980 inOaxaca, Mexico, a region known for its rebellious nature.

His work is strongly influenced by mural painting, which he works on in addition to his other artistic activities.

His works are charged with the spiritual nature of the relationship between people and animals, which has a strong tradition in Mexico. His motifs and themes are strongly influenced by the ancient traditions of old Mexico.

Ken Hamilton, 1956

Born in Nigeria, West Africa, Irish painter Ken Hamilton returned to Ireland at the age of eleven where he eventually went to Art College in Belfast.

Seeking to learn about the science of art, Hamilton spent a lot of time researching and experimenting in order to learn as no one else had done it before.

On the contrast to other painters, Hamilton’s works did not so much portray his own emotions; instead they revealed the world we live in today and what we know about our world today.

Rejecting the trends of so-called contemporary art, he has sought to restore some of the ancient values of painting now discarded by so many.

Maggie Vandewalle

Maggie Vandewalle was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. She received an art scholarship to the University of Iowa in 1981, where she worked towards a BFA in printmaking under Virginia Myers. After school she turned to painting, in part due to the cost of printmaking equipment, yet also to fulfill a desire for more immediate results. “I discovered that much as I loved working with copper and etching materials, the steps involved with creating a finished piece were taking a toll on my impatient nature”.

Dae Chun Kim, 1964 | European Landscapes

Dae Chun Kim's delightful use and choice of vibrant colors bring peace and a warm cozy feeling to his paintings.

European landscaping is his favorite subject, especially the Mediterranean Sea and English gardens.

Kim graduated from Hong-Ik University with a major in oil painting.

Now painting for 30 years, Kim has accumulated numerous accolades.

His work has been displayed in a countless number of exhibitions including Hyundai Art Gallery in Korea, Gallery Birmingham in London, and many more.

József Kárpáti, 1956

József Kárpáti was born in Kevermes, Békés County, Hungary.

Graduated as a teacher of arts at the Teacher Training College of Eger.

At the beginning he took interest in the non-figurative style of painting, which shows the influence of his master, Ignác Kokas.

Within some years he found his individual abstract world of images.

Salvador Dali | Signs of the Zodiac, 1967

In the late 1960’s, Leon Amiel, a well-known publisher of Dali’s works, commissioned Dali to create the molds for each of the 12 signs of the Zodiac based on Dali’s Zodiac gouaches and lithographs. Twelve Original Hand Signed Numbered Salvador Dali Lithograph - Signs of the Zodiac, New York e Paris, 1967.

A modern master of the Surreal arts, Salvador Dali’s works continually challenged convention by questioning the antithesis of surrealism: our normal sense of the “real". Surrealism’s objective was to make accessible to art the realms of the unconscious, irrational and imaginary.

Sagittarius

Ancient Persian sculptures

The Ancient Persians modern Iran are more familiar to us than the other empire builders of Mesopotamia or the Ancient Near East, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, and the Assyrians, not only because the Persians were more recent, but because they were amply described by the Greeks. Just as one man, Alexander of Macedon Alexander the Great, ultimately wore the Persians down quickly in about three years), so the Persian Empire rose to power quickly under the leadership of Cyrus the Great.

Andrey Kartashov, 1974

Ukrainian painter Андрей Карташов was born in the city of Uzhgorod, the ancient capital of Transcarpathia, in western Ukraine. The picturesque slopes of the Carpathian mountains, the majestic open spaces, the mossy stones and ancient castles awakened in him a special feeling for the world around him, and that finally led him to the decision to devote his life to art. In 1995, Andrey graduated with honors from the College of Applied Arts of Uzhgorod. His senior project was recognized as the best end-of-study project of the year, and earned him the right to enroll, without entrance examinations, at the Lvov Academy of Arts. However, for Andrey, study at Lvov would not be sufficient; only the best academy for art, that in St. Petersburg, would satisfy his desire for the highest quality instruction possible. Once in St. Petersburg, no longer surrounded by the bright and enchanting natural beauty of Carpathia, Andrey was forced to learn a more difficult skill: to distinguish the various shades of St. Petersburg’s grey.