Eugène Bégarat, 1943 | Post-impressionist painter

Eugène Begarat was born at Nice. In 1960, he entered the "Ecole des Arts Décoratifs de Nice", in 1964 at the "Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris". His first holidays were at Venice and Murano.

He set himself up in Brittany and became interested in the Pont-Aven school and with Nabists such as Felix Valoton et Maurice Denis.

Later, he went on a series of trips to Italy, Morocco, Tunis, and Spain before returning to Paris to the l'Oise, and in 1993 to Provence.

René Miessen (Bellor) | Symbolist painter

Bellor is the pseudonym of the Belgian symbolist painter René Miessen (1911-2000).

He was born in Arlon in Belgium on July 30, 1911. At the age of 15, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in his hometown, and after four years of studies at the Architecture Academy of Tournai, his father could no longer financially support his studies.

Established in Brussels and enters the active life in the field of advertising where he made an important career, but his true passion is painting.

Cristina Iotti, 1965 | Photorealism / Figurative painter

Italian painter🎨 Cristina Iotti is born in Sassuolo, Italy where she lives and works. She graduated at the European Institute of design (IED) of Milan in 1987 with a degree in Illustration.

From 1988-2001 she worked professionally for 13 years as a tile- designer for graphic arts and serigraphic studios. She also designed sketches for prints on sweaters and illustrations for packaging and children books.

In 2002 she decided to dedicate herself full time to painting and since then she has participated in national and international group and solo-exhibitions.

In addition to this she has been shortlisted in several and important national and international Prizes🎨 and Art-competitions receiving prizes and acclaim.

Through a personal chromatic choice and photographic framing, yet keeping the link with ancient techniques, she describes, with highly detailed accuracy and attention to details, contemporary and everyday events.

Danilo Ricciardi, 1958 | Figurative painter

Italian painter Danilo Ricciardi was born in Siracusa, located near the southeastern corner of Sicily on the Ionian coast.

At the age of 12 he produced his first canvas with oil paints.

He became a full-time painter at the age of 22.

His paintings have been exhibited in Geneva, Malta, New York, Rome, in many cities in Italy.

Auguste Rodin | Hands of a pianist

Fascinated by the expressive qualities of the hands, French🎨 sculptor Auguste Rodin🎨 sculpted hands more than he did any other part of the body.

As revealing as a face, they are sometimes capable, on their own, of symbolizing an entire of human activity, like the Hand of a Pianist which seems to run along an imaginary piano with nervous energy.