Michele Byrne, 1959 | Impressionist painter

Michele Byrne is an impressionistic artist known for her bold, colorful palette knife work.

Michele Byrne received a B.F.A. from Kutztown University and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

After working 20 years in graphic design, she turned to full time painting in 2001 and began plein air painting in 2006.

Candace Charlton, 1968 | Abstract Figurative painter

Candace Charlton was born in Durban, South Africa in 1968.

She attended the Johannesburg School of Art, Ballet, Drama and Music from 1983-1986.

Charlton received two scholarships and enrolled at the Rhodes University in Grahamstown where she graduated in Fine Art and majored in Sculpture and History of Art.

Rosanne Pomerleau, 1958 | Figurative painter

Rosanne Pomerleau was born in Ascot Corner.

Training: Self-taught painter.

Achievements: Solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States.

Honours:

Prize of Excellence in 1986, silver medal in watercolour and Prize for Excellence in pastel at the Amsterdam Art International Exhibition in California, U.S.A.

The Selected works of art were exhibited in San Francisco in October 1998.

Member of the American Society of Portrait Artists since 1998.

Collections: Her work is part of public and private collections all over the world.

Edward Hopper | Chop Suey, 1929

"Chop Suey" is the most iconic Edward Hopper (1882-1967) painting.

The 1929 masterpiece became the most expensive work of pre-war American art when it sold for $91,875,000 (including buyer’s premium) on 13 November 2018 as part of An American Place: The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection.

Boccaccio Boccaccino | Early Renaissance painter

Boccaccio Boccaccino (1467-1525) was a painter of the early Italian Renaissance, belonging to the Emilian school. He is profiled in Vasari's "Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori" (or, in English, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects).

He was born in Ferrara and studied there, probably under Domenico Panetti.

Few facts of his life are known.