José Parra, 1975 | Surrealist painter

José Parra, Mexican painter, was born in Guadalajara Jal. Mexico on Jan. 29th 1975.
He started as an apprentice at his father’s studio in Guadalajara at the age of 16, where he was able to develop his own compositions always influenced by the Spanish baroque sculpture, paintings and furniture manufactured at the family’s studio.
He lived in Puerto Vallarta for short periods of time during 1998-1999, where he was able to begin a more personal style at first influenced by surrealism but blending it with Mexican elements like “Talavera”.

Yo Coquelin | Fantastic and Visionary painter

Yo Coquelin, French painter, lives and works in Paris.

Since 1978, her paintings have been featured at major Contemporary Art Shows in Paris as well as individual and group exhibitions throughout France and internationally.

“I would like my paintings to merge what has been, what is and what will be, between CHAOS and HARMONY”.

Yo is Sociétaire of ‘Salon d’Automne’, ‘Salon des Artistes Français’ and the Taylor Foundation, French artists associations.

She is a member of the ‘Musée de l’Imaginaire’, in Ferrieres’ castle, near Paris.

George Tsui, 1950 | Romantic painter

Chinese-born American painter George Tsui was born in Hong Kong and moved to New York in the late 60s, studying first at the School of Visual Arts and later majoring in oil painting at the Art Students League while working at NBC, he was awarded the prestigious 1997 Emmy Award for Best Individual Art and Craft.

Included in his works of that period are some movie posters, also several paintings chosen for the 1984 Winter Olympics poster series, as well as limited edition art prints for the 1985-1986 "Night of 100 Stars” event for a tribute to The Centennial of The Actor’s Fund of America, the original art work with 100 celebrities signatures was owned by ABC Television Corp.

Julio Cesar Rodriguez, 1976 ~ Surrealist painter

Julio Cesar Rodriguez, Cuban painter, was born in the province of Holguin, Cuba, on the 14 th of September in 1976. Since he was young he was inclined to the arts. He began his studies at the age of 12, in the vocational school of art in Holguin. He later continued in a professional school in the city. After graduating in 1995, he dedicated himself entirely to finding his own true line of art.

Paul Gauguin: "Innanzi tutto, l'emozione!"

Nel nuovo stile di Paul Gauguin, il cloisonnisme o sintetismo, il colore si chiude in zone, così che la scena si presenta in superficie e si annulla ogni rapporto tra spazio e volumi.

A proposito dell'uso delle ombre, nel 1888, Gauguin scriveva a Émile Bernard:

- «Guardate i giapponesi, che pure dipingono in modo ammirevole e vedrete una vita all'aria aperta e al sole, senza ombre.

Usano i colori solo come combinazione di toni, di armonie diverse [...] voglio staccarmi quanto più è possibile da qualsiasi cosa che dia l'illusione di un oggetto, e poiché le ombre sono il trompe-l'oeil del sole, sono propenso ad eliminarle".