Ippolito Caffi | View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1843-1857

Ippolito Caffi (1809-1866) modernized the veduta vocabulary inherited from Canaletto, selecting new points of view, and he showed an interest in nocturnal scenes with artificial or lunar illumination, in recording the effects of light and atmosphere at particular times, and in chronicling unusual events such as eclipses and balloon flights.

His most famous work, the Last Hour of Carnevale in Rome (The Candles) (1837; Venice, Ca' Pesaro), displays the originality of his style.

Hans Zatzka | Water Lilies

Austrian painter with an academic style, Hans Zatzka (1859-1945) is also known under the pseudonyms of Zabateri, P.Ronsard, Bernard Zatzka and Joseph Bernard.

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1877 to 1882, where he took lessons with Christian Griepenkerl, Carl Wurzinger and Carl Von Blaas.

In 1880, the twenty years old painter received his first reward, the Goldene Füger-Medaillen.

Paintings of Children by Garmashs

Mr. Mikhail (Michael) Garmash (1969 Lugansk, Ukraine) and Mrs. Inessa Garmash (1972 Lipetsk, Russia) are two award winning Russian painters, known for working in the Romantic /Impressionist /Figurative style.

Both work on the same piece, which is extraordinarily unique in the art industry.

Several years after their marriage, Michael began a painting of their daughter for a project at school.

However, their two-year old found the painting during his absence and painted her own version of the subject.

Lionello Balestrieri | Triptych of Chopin, 1904

Lionello Balestrieri | Chopin Triptych, 1904 | Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

The Balestrieri's Triptych of Chopin is a series of three panel painting:

╰┈➤ Chopin and George Sand;

╰┈➤ Chopin at Piano;

╰┈➤ Chopin Dying.

Location: Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA.

Alexander Gorbikov, 1966 | Plein air painter

Александр Горбиков was born in Stavropol, Russia. In 1998 he has graduated Repin Academy of painting, a sculpture and architecture in St. Petersburg. Is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, the International Federation of Artists. Now Александр lives and works in a Stavropol.