Masaaki Sasamoto 笹本正明, 1966

Japanese artist Masaaki Sasamoto was born in 1966 in Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, specializing in Japanese painting.

He has been a permanent participant of solo and group art exhibitions throughout Japan. Masaaki Sasamoto currently lives and works in Yamanashi Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan. The artworks of Masaaki Sasamoto are exhibited at Art Prefectural Gallery of Yamanashi Museum.

Paul Chabas | Academic painter

Paul Émile Chabas (1869-1937) was a French painter🎨 and illustrator and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

He was born in Nantes, and had his artistic training under William-Adolphe Bouguereau🎨 and Tony Robert-Fleury. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1890.

He was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 and in 1912 received the Médaille d’honneur🎨. His preferred subject was a young girl in a natural setting.

Ludivine Corominas, 1976 | Still life painter

French painter Ludivine Corominas is a self-taught artist, acquired her first notion of art by her father. With many elegance, fines and exquisite delicacy, Ludivine declines colors of rainbow by creating tones and nuances which light up the sun of her brushes.

The redcurrants, the luscious grapes, crystalline transparency, fine porcelains are the principal subjects of this artist: The still life.

Giorgio Conta, 1978 | Figurative sculptor

Giorgio Conta grew up in an artistic environment where, being his father a well known artist, he came into contact with various personalities from the art and culture world, including the great pianist Arturo Benedetti Michel-angeli, close friend of the family, who expressed the wish to be his Godfather. After having earned his high-school diploma he attended a sculpture school devoting himself to painting and drawing as well.

Antonio Sannino, 1959 | Abstract /Cityscape painter

Antonio Sannino was born in Naples in 1959. He lives and works in Naples and Rome.

He is been focusing for years in portraying "landscapes". Sannino has been able to create new representations of the landscape, by searching new framing, re-drawing the space and its contents. He uses his camera to catch the best light in his pictures, that moment when everything seems to be frozen and timeless. His sea surfaces do not only reproduce water but they emphasize the transparency and light.