Timur Tsaku 1971 ~ Surreal Hyperrealist painter

Tsaku was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In 1991, Tsaku returned to his homeland and became an Instructor of painting and drawing at the Tashkent Academy of Art and Theater. In 2001 he returned to Israel to start a new line of works taking its motif in the Old Testament. Tsaku's paintings were acquired for the permanent collections of the Israel Museum and the President's Residence, both in Jerusalem.

Michael Solovyev, 1972

Solovyev was born in the city Sarov, Russia. His childhood was spent in Moscow and later Ivanovo where he attended high school and the art conservatory. In 1991 he graduated from Ivanovo Art College with a degree in Architectural Design. In 1996 Mr. Solovyov graduated from the Ivanovo Textile Academy with a degree in Costume Design. From 1996-2001 he worked in the Kemerovo Regional Drama Theatre as the Chief Set Scenic Designer.

Ricardo Fernandez Ortega 1971 ~ Surrealist painter

Ricardo Fernandez Ortega was born in 1971 in Durango, Mexico. The surreal paintings by Ortega invites us to travel to another time, his style reminds us of the greatest classical masters, however, his painting is modern.

Philippe Guillerm, 1959 | Musical Sculptures

Philippe Guillerm began his professional life in Paris, France, the city where was born and lived for twenty years. Through the years, he has traveled around the world with his wife Jacqueline and their two daughters Monique and Swanne on his forty-eight foot sailboat.

Antoine Jossé, 1970 | Surrealist sculptor and painter

Antoine Josse is a French artist, born in 1970.

His paintings and sculptures express an irrepressible desire for lightness, escapism and to be able to dream the impossible.

The use of captivating and revealing motifs, along with the presence of human beings immersed in a dream-like landscape, convey a unique charm to his work.

His paintings are alluring for their atmosphere, evocative colours, and tumultuous skies.

The minuscule beings are settled in a desolated and dangerous world where the vegetation rapidly spreads, bringing to life dramatic reds, blues and greens, creating spectacular yet enigmatic feelings.

Milen Marinov, 1965

Milen Marinov was born in Varna, Bulgaria. He finished education in the National Academy of Fine Arts - Sofia, Bulgaria between 1988-1993.
Lives and works in Varna, Bulgaria.
Marinov did 12 solo solo exhibitions between 1994-2009 in his home country: Varna, Sofia, Krapetc, Spasovo and Balchik.
In 2007 Marinov did solo exhibition in gallery Atypic Toulouse in France.

Yuri Laptev, 1962 | Surrealist painter

Yuri Laptev is an Ukrainian artist, who created dreamy, imaginative and surreal illustration works.

His works include: Painting, Watercolour, Digital art, Etching and Drawing.

His artworld has been featured in many exhibitions and his presence in several art networks has given them a strong art boost of inspiration and creativity.

He graduated from the Crimean Art College, Samokisha 1986.

Il sito archeologico di Petra

Petra fu rivelata al mondo moderno nel 1812 da Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, un viaggiatore svizzero che, in abiti arabi, si faceva chiamare Cheikh Ibrahim e seguiva la strada che collegava Damasco all'Egitto passando per la Giordania.

Egli aveva sentito dire che nei pressi del villaggio di Wadi Musa si trovavano, in una sorta di fortezza naturale, delle vestigia straordinarie.

La regione apparteneva allora all'Impero ottomano e gli stranieri curiosi di antichità - che erano ritenute "opera degli Infedeli" - erano considerati con grande diffidenza, anche per le tensioni politiche e religiose dell'epoca.

Cristo Redentor | Rio de Janeiro, 1931 | New7Wonders of the World

La statua del Cristo Redentore di Rio de Janeiro è uno dei monumenti più conosciuti al mondo. Il monumento, alto circa 39.6 metri, raffigura un grande Gesù Cristo dalle braccia aperte, a simboleggiare il calore e l'accoglienza del popolo brasiliano verso i visitatori.

Michelangelo | Il risorto, 1520

Il Risorto, conosciuto come il Cristo della Minerva, è una statua marmorea, h. 205 cm, di Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564, realizzata nel 1519-1520 circa, oggi conservata nella Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva a Roma.

Worth1000 | Il sito dei concorsi per l'arte digitale

Worth1000 è un sito di manipolazioni di immagine e concorsi online.

Venne aperto nel 2002, e ad oggi ospita più di 340.000 immagini uniche fra i suoi contest (i primi e più popolari) intitolati "Rejected Transformers", "Invisible World" e "Stupid Protests".

Verso la metà del 2003, iniziò ad ospitare competizioni simili, ma indirizzate verso la fotografia, la redazione testi ed altri contenuti multimediali.

Il sito fu disegnato da Avi Muchnick e Israel Derdik.

La Fontana dei Libri | Roma, 1927

Nel rione romano di Sant'Eustachio, lungo alla via degli Staderari, l'antica strada che deve il suo nome alla presenza dei fabbricanti della Stadera, la bilancia che funziona secondo il principio delle leve, è posizionata, dal 1927, la Fontana dei Libri.

L'opera, realizzata durante l'attuazione del piano di ristrutturazione urbana varato dal Comune di Roma in adesione all'invito del Governo fascista, è situata all'interno di una nicchia marmorea che forma un arco a tutto sesto.

James Wu | Mixed media painter

"I have always been enthusiastic about painting since I was a child.

I started with academy drawing and oil painting when I was 13 years old.

I would say that art is part of my spiritual soul and a very important part of my life.

I’ve learned various chinese ink brush techniques from different masters when I was an undergraduate student at National Taiwan University of Arts in Taipei".

Norman Rockwell | Romantic Realist painter

Norman Percevel Rockwell (1894-1978) was a 20th century American painter and illustrator.

Rockwell was a prolific artist, producing more than 4,000 original works in his lifetime.

His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created.

Gary Jenkins, 1962 | Still life of flowers

Gary Jenkins was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 1962 he graduated from the well known four year Ringling School of Art in Sarasota Florida. Upon graduation, he moved to So. California. Gary started his full time art career working as a key line artist for a large greeting card company.
A little later on, he started working for the large national art store chain, Aaron Bros. During the early 1970s while working at that store, Gary painted in his spare time and began to develope his style of oil painting, focusing primarily on Landscapes and Floral painting.