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.

Pakayla Biehn, 1986 | Surrealist painter

Pakayla Rae Biehn is a young and talented artist born and raised in California. She uses oil and acrylic to create incredible paintings that look like pictures.

Her talent is definitely polyhedric expressed with several techniques and approaches, from painting to installation to design.

Ilham Mirzayev, 1965 | Abstract painter

Ilham Mirzayev Maharram was born in Nakhchivan, the Azerbaijan Republic.

• 1980 - 1984 Studied at the State Arts School named Azim Azimzadeh.
• 1984 - 1986 Served in the Soviet Army.
• 1986 - Began creative work - painting.
• 1989 - Member of the Artists’ Union of USSR / youth group.
• 1991 - Member of the Artists’ Union of USSR / after disintegration of USSR in 1991 - Member of the Artists’ Union of Azerbaijan.
• 1992 - Production Designer of Turkish playwright A. Nelsin "The letter from Takhtali village" / Nakhchivan State Drama Theatre.