Tuman Zhumabaev, 1962 | Impressionist painter

Туман Жумабаев is one of the most prominent artist living in Russia today.

Recently, he had a painting acquired by the Hermitage for its permanent collection.

Arrived in Leningrad from Kyrgyzstan. In 1981-1985 he studied at the Serov Art College; in 1991 he graduated from the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, under the tuition of Profession Yu. M. Neprintsev.

Gerardine Jacoba ~ Still life painter of flowers

Came from an artistic family, the still life Dutch painter Gerardina Jacoba Van de Sande Bakhuyzen [1826-1895], was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Her father was the painter Hendrik Van de Sande Bakhuyzen, and her brother was the painter Julius Jacobus Van de Sande Bakhuyzen.

Gerardina was taught by her father, as were all her numerous sisters. She achieved great success with her oils and watercolours of flowers and still lives, winning numerous medals between 1870-1880, in which year she had an exhibition at the Grafton Gallery in London.

Andre Kohn, 1972 | White umbrellas

Андрей Конь is a Russian-born American painter.

Raised by an artistically gifted family near the Caspian Sea in southern Russia, Andre Kohn’s childhood was marked by the natural splendor of mountains and sea, and by an unfettered access to all the creative arts.

Almudena Pintado, 1969 ~ Abstract Mixed media painter

Almudena Pintado, self-taught spanish painter, born in Benavente, Spain in 1969. CIALEC member (International Centre for Art and Literature "E. Córdoba"). Develops his work in the abstract style and mixed media on canvas or wood. 

Mary Baxter St. Clair | Magical Fantasy painter

Mary Baxter St. Clair, american painter, entered the world with a brush in her hand.

Others remark that she paints with fairy dust.

All are touched by her sense of wonder and marvel at her beautifully detailed paintings of wide-eyed children, ethereal angels, elusive fairies and piquant pixies, richly dressed in brilliant colors.