Georges Mazilu, 1951 | Surrealist painter

Romanian painter Georges Mazilu is known internationally for his signature style linking contemporary surrealism** with the art of the Northern Renaissance**.

Masterfully executed and bewitchingly beautiful, his paintings portray mysterious figures seemingly caught in deep contemplation or frozen in the midst of enigmatic rituals.

Leonora Carrington | Painting

Leonora Carrington, (born April 6, 1917, Clayton Green, Lancashire, England-died May 25, 2011, Mexico City, Mexico), British-born Mexican Surrealist artist and writer known for her haunting, autobiographical, somewhat inscrutable paintings that incorporate images of sorcery, metamorphosis, alchemy and the occult.

Carrington was raised in a wealthy Roman Catholic family on a large estate called Crookhey Hall. Carrington’s Irish mother and Irish nanny introduced her to Celtic mythology and Irish folklore, images of which later appeared in her art. From an early age Carrington rebelled against both her family and her religious upbringing. 

Denis Oktyabr 1977 ~ Impressionist painter

Son of a popular Siberian artist Valery Oktyabr, Денис Октябрь was born in a Russian city Novoaltaisk to continue the family artistic tradition. In 1992 Denis finished Artists School and in 1997 graduated Artistic College of Novoaltaisk. Oktyabr paints portraits, landscapes, genre pictures. In his paintings Oktyabr tries to abstract his mind and brush from shapes and stereotypes to reflect feelings, emotions and to illustrate the sacred process of perception and meditation. Shapes and colors of his paintings are perfect instruments to explore and embody ideas and sensations. Looking at his pictures one feels that there is a vision of the way things are intended to be, but never are.

Armen Gasparian, 1966 | Symbolist painter

Gasparian was born in South Armenia, where he studied art in George Ajrapetjana's workshop. He moved to St. Petersburg nearly two decades ago, and continues living and working there today.

His works are in private collections worldwide, including Germany, Holland, Finland, North America, and Russia.

His romantic images and use of symbolism convey nature with delicate lyricism. While the artist experimented with a bright palette in his earlier works, his later pieces are muted and convey a sense of calm and tranquility.

The refined quality of these pieces is characteristic of the northern school of art.

Gasparian has developed his own artistic language, combining the traditions of classical art and the new plastic form.

Ruth Sanderson, 1951 | Fantasy illustrator

Ruth Sanderson is an illustrator of many books for children and young adults.

Graduated from the Paier College of Art in Connecticut in 1974.

Since then, she has illustrated many books for children and young adults.

Sanderson is a member of the Society of Illustrators, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Western Massachusetts Illustrator's Guild.

Eduard Hau | Interiors of the Hermitage Museum

Eduard Petrovich Hau / Эдуард Петрович Гау (28 July 1807 in Reval - c.1888 in Dorpat) was a Baltic German painter and graphic artist.

He was the son of painter Johannes Hau (1771-1838), who had emigrated from Northern Germany in 1795, and he grew up in the German community of Tallinn ("Reval" in German). His half-brother was the painter Woldemar Hau. From 1830-1832, he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.

Theodore Robinson | Impressionist painter

Theodore Robinson (1852-1896) was an American painter best known for his Impressionist landscapes.

He was one of the first american artists to take up impressionism in the late 1880s, visiting Giverny and developing a close friendship with Claude Monet.

Several of his works are considered masterpieces of American Impressionism.

Abraxsis Der Jen | Love stories in the Forbidden City

Abraxsis Der Jen is an Taiwanese painter.

Specialty: Portraits of traditional Chinese women, national character, national costumes.
Submitted works are included in a huge series of paintings under the general title: Illustration Collection of the Ancient Chinese People - The Zephyr-Love Stories of the Royal Manchu in the Forbidden City.

Antonio Tamburro, 1948

Tamburro nasce nel 1948 ad Isernia. Frequenta l’Accademia di Belle Arti a Napoli seguendo i corsi del Prof. Giovanni Brancaccio e nel 1968 si trasferisce a Roma e conclude gli studi all’Accademia di Belle Arti diretta da Franco Gentilini.

Virginia Palomeque, 1961 | Figurative Expressionism painter

Palomeque was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 1961. She has been painting and drawing since a very young age, attending various workshops and art schools. Later, she gained a place at the prestigious Manuel Belgrano National College of Fine Arts from which she graduated in 1989. Her work has been influenced by Expressionism and Realism, but it is the imprint of her own personality that makes it remarkable. The intensity of her painting and the singularity of her themes, developed through the bold use of colour in its purest expression, capture the imagination and enthrall spectators at all her shows. She has been exhibiting her work since 1990, has participated in many National, Provincial and Municipal art shows and has been awarded numerous prizes and honours.

Angelo Bellini, 1938

Angelo Bellini was born in Mantova, Italy. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (Milano) and a talented sketcher, his work became the precursor of a new style based on the fragmentation of time, space and light. Each work results in a kaleidoscope of colors, contrasts and emotions.

His art was soon recognized internationally and is featured in many European galleries and museums (Pinacotheque Friuli in Grosseto, Sassoferrato, Rome, Padova, Cagliari and Palermo Museums of Modern Art).

Angelo Bellini's highly sophisticated sense of culture appears in each of his paintings, while at the same time he keeps alive the sense of discovery and surprise of his childhood.

Julie Heffernan, 1956 ~ Magical Realism

American painter Julie Heffernan is an Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Montclair State University in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. She received a B.F.A., at the University of California, Santa Cruz and an M.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking at the Yale School of Art. Heffernan is a Professor of Fine Arts at Montclair State University in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. She is represented by PPOW Gallery in New York City, Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, CA; and Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. She is married to Jonathan Kalb, chair of the Theater Department at Hunter College and theater critic, author of "Great Lengths". Heffernan is the mother of two sons: Oliver, the eldest, and Sam.

Paul Robert Turner, 1975

Paul Robert Turner is a Canadian Figurative Oil Painter living and working in Toronto Canada and is a co-founder of AWOL Collective, Gallery and Studios. Paul is a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, and recently received the Viewers Choice Award for the 2007 Kingston Prize, Canada’s only national Portrait competition. His work can be found in private collections in Canada, England, France, Israel and the United States.

Tomohiro Nakagawa 中川 知洋, 1974 | Surrealist /Visionary painter

Tomohiro Nakagawa 中川　知洋 is an Japanese painter born in 1974.  Nakagawa is known for working in the Surrealist* and Visionary style.

Lelio Menozzi, 1935

Lelio Menozzi, pittore Italiano, è nato a Reggio Emilia nel 1935. Successivamente, da ragazzo, si è trasferito prima a Stradella, poi a Pavia. Ha cominciato quando non aveva ancora vent’anni come vignettista, collaborando con parecchie riviste settimanali quali Epoca, Le Ore, Visto e Radio Corriere, tanto per citare le più note.