Elisabetta Sirani | Baroque painter

Elisabetta Sirani (8 January 1638 - 28 August 1665) was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker who died in still unexplained circumstances at the early age of 27.

She was the most famous woman artist in early modern Bologna and established an academy for other women artists.

Life

Elisabetta Sirani was born in Bologna in January 1638, the first of four children of Margherita and Giovanni Andrea Sirani. Sirani, like many other female artists, was born into an artistic family and was first trained in her father’s studio.

Marc Figueras, 1981 | Hyper-realist painter

Marc Figueras was born in Barcelona in 1981 and trained at the "Escola d'Arts i Oficis" de Barcelona. His hyper-realistic works, typically depicting anonymous persons before some of the most iconic landmarks of Barcelona, or showcasing empty vehicles parked in the streets, have recently captivated audiences in countries as culturally diverse as Portugal and Taiwan.

Natalia Bryliova, 1984 | Figurative painter

Natalia Bryliova /Наталья Брилева is an Belarusian painter known for working in the Figurative / Surrealism style.

Bryliova was born in Minsk, Belarus in 1984.

She studied fashion and design at the Minsk Fashion School from 1995 until 2004.

Bryliova studied at the Minsk Academy of Drawing and Painting from 2003 to 2007.

Currently residing and working in France.

George Henry Boughton RA | Genre painter

George Henry Boughton RA (December 4, 1833 - January 19, 1905) was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer.

Boughton was born in Norwich in Norfolk, England, the son of farmer William Boughton. The family emigrated to the United States in 1835, and he grew up in Albany, New York where he started his career as a self-taught artist. At this early stage, he was influenced by the artists of the Hudson River School.

Filippo Indoni | Genre painter

Filipo Indoni (1842-1908) was an Italian painter** who painted in the Realist style.
He often created lively scenes of peasants and lower class people playing, laughing and generally being care.
Indoni made these formerly forgotten people in the art world shine, while his fellow artists were portraying them in darker themes. Indoni was particularly talented with watercolors, and painted a number of scenes of peasants** and country people in watercolor.

Unlike many other artists who portray peasants and workers, Indoni’s subjects are generally happy and jubilant.
This is because Indoni’s goal was to portray them as being people that are proud of their hard work, as opposed to being downtrodden, and was Indoni’s response to the idealistic, but unrealistic styling of formerly popular Romanticism.

Filipo Indoni (1842-1908) attivo a Roma nella seconda metà del XIX secolo.
Pittore di genere**, di paesaggio e di soggetti classici, realizzati a olio e ad acquerello, fece uso di uno stile accuratamente realistico, apprezzato soprattutto dal mercato straniero.

A Roma espose nel 1872 alla Mostra della Società Amatori e Cultori delle Belle Arti (Costumi delle campagne romane) e alla Esposizione Internazionale del 1883 (Le gioie del viaggio); fu anche presente alle esposizioni di Firenze nel 1880 e di Torino nel 1884 (Costume dell’Impero).

Per il collegio Nazareno di Roma eseguì il ritratto di Alessandro Torlonia. | © Istituto Matteucci.