Jacques-Laurent Agasse

Jacques-Laurent Agasse

Born at Geneva, Agasse [1767-1849] studied in the public art school of that city. Before he turned twenty he went to Paris to study in veterinary school to make himself fully acquainted with the anatomy of horses and other animals. He seems to have subsequently returned to Switzerland.
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Jacques-Laurent Agasse

Born at Geneva, Agasse [1767-1849] studied in the public art school of that city. Before he turned twenty he went to Paris to study in veterinary school to make himself fully acquainted with the anatomy of horses and other animals. He seems to have subsequently returned to Switzerland.
Scott Mattlin, 1955

Scott Mattlin, 1955

American painter Scott Mattlin is an artist with a deep and passionate appreciation for beauty in the natural world and within the human spirit. This enthusiastic and sensitive joy is reflected strongly in his artwork. His work is executed in a vibrant, impressionistic style, which - while still retaining its representational roots, incorporates abstract elements, resulting in a uniquely contemporary union.
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Scott Mattlin, 1955

American painter Scott Mattlin is an artist with a deep and passionate appreciation for beauty in the natural world and within the human spirit. This enthusiastic and sensitive joy is reflected strongly in his artwork. His work is executed in a vibrant, impressionistic style, which - while still retaining its representational roots, incorporates abstract elements, resulting in a uniquely contemporary union.
Vladimir Hozatski, 1955

Vladimir Hozatski, 1955

Well-known in his native Russia, as well as abroad, Hozatski has received numerous accolades for his work. One of the major commissions he received was a request, in 1985, from then-President Mikhail Gorbachev for Hozatski and his father Guenrich to paint the interior walls of the President's Black Sea summer dacha in the Crimea.

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Vladimir Hozatski, 1955

Well-known in his native Russia, as well as abroad, Hozatski has received numerous accolades for his work. One of the major commissions he received was a request, in 1985, from then-President Mikhail Gorbachev for Hozatski and his father Guenrich to paint the interior walls of the President's Black Sea summer dacha in the Crimea.

Émile Friant | Genre painter

Émile Friant | Genre painter


Émile Friant (1863-1932) carries out primarily portraits and scene paintings of the everyday life. Its fabrics draw their instantaneous character in the photographic process.
Émile Friant is born in Dieuze in 1863. Its family, of modest origin, settles in Nancy at the time of the annexation of the Alsace-Moselle. Émile Friant begins his formation at the School of the Art schools of Nancy and exposes as of the fifteen years age to the local Show. Friant continues his studies in Paris in the workshop of the painter Alexandre Cabanel and becomes at twenty years second price of Rome. Paris where the Friant young person finds other Lorraine artists like Aimé Morot, Jules Bastien-Lepage and Victor Prouvé.

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Émile Friant | Genre painter


Émile Friant (1863-1932) carries out primarily portraits and scene paintings of the everyday life. Its fabrics draw their instantaneous character in the photographic process.
Émile Friant is born in Dieuze in 1863. Its family, of modest origin, settles in Nancy at the time of the annexation of the Alsace-Moselle. Émile Friant begins his formation at the School of the Art schools of Nancy and exposes as of the fifteen years age to the local Show. Friant continues his studies in Paris in the workshop of the painter Alexandre Cabanel and becomes at twenty years second price of Rome. Paris where the Friant young person finds other Lorraine artists like Aimé Morot, Jules Bastien-Lepage and Victor Prouvé.

Lovers in Art | Painting and sculpture

Lovers in Art | Painting and sculpture

Ti amerò finchè il cielo non avrà più lacrime da piovere,
ti amerò finchè le stelle si tufferanno dal cielo dritte dritte nelle nostre tasche...

I'm gonna love you
Till the heavens
Stop the rain.

I'm gonna
Love you
Till the stars
Fall from the sky
For you and I

Love is a dream. Dreams are good, but do not be surprised if you wake up in tears.
Jim Morrison

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

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Lovers in Art | Painting and sculpture

Ti amerò finchè il cielo non avrà più lacrime da piovere,
ti amerò finchè le stelle si tufferanno dal cielo dritte dritte nelle nostre tasche...

I'm gonna love you
Till the heavens
Stop the rain.

I'm gonna
Love you
Till the stars
Fall from the sky
For you and I

Love is a dream. Dreams are good, but do not be surprised if you wake up in tears.
Jim Morrison

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

Ladies with flowers

Ladies with flowers

Cogli questo piccolo fiore,
prendilo! Non indugiare!
Temo che appassisca
e cada nella polvere.
Se non può trovare posto
tra i fiori della tua ghirlanda
onoralo almeno
con il tocco della tua mano
anche se doloroso.

Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883)

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Ladies with flowers

Cogli questo piccolo fiore,
prendilo! Non indugiare!
Temo che appassisca
e cada nella polvere.
Se non può trovare posto
tra i fiori della tua ghirlanda
onoralo almeno
con il tocco della tua mano
anche se doloroso.

Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883)

William Harnett | Trompe-l'œil still lifes painter

William Harnett | Trompe-l'œil still lifes painter

William Michael Harnett

William Michael Harnett (1848-1892) was an Irish-American painter**, known for his trompe l'oeil still lifes of ordinary objects.
Harnett painted musical instruments, hanging game, and tankards, but also painted the unconventional Golden Horseshoe 1886, a single rusted horseshoe shown nailed to a board.
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William Harnett | Trompe-l'œil still lifes painter

William Michael Harnett

William Michael Harnett (1848-1892) was an Irish-American painter**, known for his trompe l'oeil still lifes of ordinary objects.
Harnett painted musical instruments, hanging game, and tankards, but also painted the unconventional Golden Horseshoe 1886, a single rusted horseshoe shown nailed to a board.
Beppo Zuccheri, 1973

Beppo Zuccheri, 1973

Beppo Zuccheri, Italian painter, graphic designer and video-manipulator was born from the Tagliamento river in 1973. After his classical studies he pretended to attend the Fine Arts' Academy in Bologna and the Faculty of literary and philosophical studies in Bologna, too. He got his diploma at the International graphic-advertising School in Venice. Since 2006 he has been cooperating with the “ONOFF” group, which was founded by himself.
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Beppo Zuccheri, 1973

Beppo Zuccheri, Italian painter, graphic designer and video-manipulator was born from the Tagliamento river in 1973. After his classical studies he pretended to attend the Fine Arts' Academy in Bologna and the Faculty of literary and philosophical studies in Bologna, too. He got his diploma at the International graphic-advertising School in Venice. Since 2006 he has been cooperating with the “ONOFF” group, which was founded by himself.
Harbin Snow Sculpture Festival, 2012

Harbin Snow Sculpture Festival, 2012

In frigid northeastern China, in the city of Harbin is hosting its 26th annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. Massive buildings built of ice from the frozen surface of the nearby Songhua River, large scale snow sculptures, ice slides, festival food and drinks can be found in several parks in the city. At night, visitors who endure the bitter cold will see the lights switched on, illuminating the sculptures from both inside and outside.


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Harbin Snow Sculpture Festival, 2012

In frigid northeastern China, in the city of Harbin is hosting its 26th annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. Massive buildings built of ice from the frozen surface of the nearby Songhua River, large scale snow sculptures, ice slides, festival food and drinks can be found in several parks in the city. At night, visitors who endure the bitter cold will see the lights switched on, illuminating the sculptures from both inside and outside.


Kate Lightfoot - Pop Surrealism painter

Kate Lightfoot - Pop Surrealism painter


I'm a self-taught Aussie artist who lives in a quiet Melbourne town-house with my lovely boyfriend, two demanding cats and a bright blue Siamese fighting fish called Jet Li.
During the day, I work in the creative department of an advertising agency. At night, I draw my girls.
I like to work in pencil as I have absolutely no patience and I hate waiting for paint to dry. Watercolour is also great fun (and dries quickly!) - it has a mind of its own and I love the surprise results you can get from it.
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Kate Lightfoot - Pop Surrealism painter


I'm a self-taught Aussie artist who lives in a quiet Melbourne town-house with my lovely boyfriend, two demanding cats and a bright blue Siamese fighting fish called Jet Li.
During the day, I work in the creative department of an advertising agency. At night, I draw my girls.
I like to work in pencil as I have absolutely no patience and I hate waiting for paint to dry. Watercolour is also great fun (and dries quickly!) - it has a mind of its own and I love the surprise results you can get from it.
Italia Ruotolo | Pop Art painter

Italia Ruotolo | Pop Art painter

Italia Ruotolo born in Naples, Italy.
After Classic Literature studies graduated at the Fine Arts Academy of Naples.
For many years she worked as goldsmith and jewel designer.
Ruotolo's work is a broad range of pop art and Art Nouveau.


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Italia Ruotolo | Pop Art painter

Italia Ruotolo born in Naples, Italy.
After Classic Literature studies graduated at the Fine Arts Academy of Naples.
For many years she worked as goldsmith and jewel designer.
Ruotolo's work is a broad range of pop art and Art Nouveau.


Lennette Newell ~ Fashion photographer

Lennette Newell ~ Fashion photographer

Naturalist fashion photographer Lennette Newell channels a lifelong passion for Earth’s biodiversity and the magical wonder of the natural world into compelling animal portraits that afford viewers an intimate glimpse of creatures large and small.
Lennette Newell | Naturalist fashion photographer
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Lennette Newell ~ Fashion photographer

Naturalist fashion photographer Lennette Newell channels a lifelong passion for Earth’s biodiversity and the magical wonder of the natural world into compelling animal portraits that afford viewers an intimate glimpse of creatures large and small.
Lennette Newell | Naturalist fashion photographer
Rembrandt | Periods, themes and styles

Rembrandt | Periods, themes and styles

Throughout his career, Rembrandt (1606-1669) took as his primary subjects the themes of portraiture, landscape and narrative painting. For the last, he was especially praised by his contemporaries, who extolled him as a masterly interpreter of biblical stories for his skill in representing emotions and attention to detail.
Stylistically, his paintings progressed from the early "smooth" manner, characterized by fine technique in the portrayal of illusionistic form, to the late "rough" treatment of richly variegated paint surfaces, which allowed for an illusionism of form suggested by the tactile quality of the paint itself.


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Rembrandt | Periods, themes and styles

Throughout his career, Rembrandt (1606-1669) took as his primary subjects the themes of portraiture, landscape and narrative painting. For the last, he was especially praised by his contemporaries, who extolled him as a masterly interpreter of biblical stories for his skill in representing emotions and attention to detail.
Stylistically, his paintings progressed from the early "smooth" manner, characterized by fine technique in the portrayal of illusionistic form, to the late "rough" treatment of richly variegated paint surfaces, which allowed for an illusionism of form suggested by the tactile quality of the paint itself.


Nicoletta Tomas, 1963 | Figurative painter | VideoArt

Nicoletta Tomas, 1963 | Figurative painter | VideoArt

Nicoletta Tomas was born in Madrid, Spain. A self taught painter, started the artistic career in Valencia (Spain) 1990, using in depth the pastel technique. I concentrated on diferent themes such as indoor motifs, city views and bullfighting scenes. At this time and since 1998 I have given my paintings a new turn, centered on the human body. I am in a constant search for new ways of artistic expresions, both in style and means.

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Nicoletta Tomas, 1963 | Figurative painter | VideoArt

Nicoletta Tomas was born in Madrid, Spain. A self taught painter, started the artistic career in Valencia (Spain) 1990, using in depth the pastel technique. I concentrated on diferent themes such as indoor motifs, city views and bullfighting scenes. At this time and since 1998 I have given my paintings a new turn, centered on the human body. I am in a constant search for new ways of artistic expresions, both in style and means.

Manolo Valdés,1942

Manolo Valdés,1942

Valdés is a Spanish artist residing in New York, working in paint, sculpture and mixed media. He introduced to Spain a form of expression that combined political and social obligations with humor and irony.
Manolo Valdés was born in Valencia. He entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in 1957, where he studied two years.
In 1964 he established the artists' group Equipo Crónica with Joan Toledo and Rafael Solbes in which he remained until Solbes' death in 1981.
He now lives and works in New York and Madrid.


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Manolo Valdés,1942

Valdés is a Spanish artist residing in New York, working in paint, sculpture and mixed media. He introduced to Spain a form of expression that combined political and social obligations with humor and irony.
Manolo Valdés was born in Valencia. He entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in 1957, where he studied two years.
In 1964 he established the artists' group Equipo Crónica with Joan Toledo and Rafael Solbes in which he remained until Solbes' death in 1981.
He now lives and works in New York and Madrid.


Caravaggio | Art in Detail

Caravaggio | Art in Detail

Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio (1571-1610) è stato un pittore italiano. Formatosi a Milano ed attivo a Roma, Napoli, Malta e in Sicilia fra il 1593 e il 1610, fu uno dei più celebri pittori italiani di tutti i tempi, dalla fama ancora oggi universale.


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Caravaggio | Art in Detail

Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio (1571-1610) è stato un pittore italiano. Formatosi a Milano ed attivo a Roma, Napoli, Malta e in Sicilia fra il 1593 e il 1610, fu uno dei più celebri pittori italiani di tutti i tempi, dalla fama ancora oggi universale.


George McNeil | Abstract expressionist painter

George McNeil | Abstract expressionist painter

A pioneer Abstract Expressionist of the New York School, George McNeil (1908-1995) had over forty solo exhibitions during his lifetime.
Between the ’40s and until the mid ’60s his art was decidedly abstract but it was always joined to metaphor. George McNeil had a career that spanned the entire postwar American art era.
McNeil attended Pratt Institute and the Art Students’ League, where he studied with Jan Matulka.


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George McNeil | Abstract expressionist painter

A pioneer Abstract Expressionist of the New York School, George McNeil (1908-1995) had over forty solo exhibitions during his lifetime.
Between the ’40s and until the mid ’60s his art was decidedly abstract but it was always joined to metaphor. George McNeil had a career that spanned the entire postwar American art era.
McNeil attended Pratt Institute and the Art Students’ League, where he studied with Jan Matulka.


Ben Nicholson | Abstract painter

Ben Nicholson | Abstract painter

Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (1894-1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscapes and still-life.
He was one of the leading promoters of abstract art in his country.
Born in Denham, Buckinghamshire, Nicholson was the son of the painters Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde, and the brother of artist Nancy Nicholson, architect Christopher Nicholson and Anthony Nicholson.


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Ben Nicholson | Abstract painter

Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (1894-1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscapes and still-life.
He was one of the leading promoters of abstract art in his country.
Born in Denham, Buckinghamshire, Nicholson was the son of the painters Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde, and the brother of artist Nancy Nicholson, architect Christopher Nicholson and Anthony Nicholson.


Arturo Souto Feijoo [1902-1964]

Arturo Souto Feijoo [1902-1964]

Arturo Souto Feijoo was an important spanish painter who studied in Seville and Madrid and then traveled to Paris in the 1920s where he was influenced by the avant-garde. Prior to his exile from Spain following the Spanish Civil War, Souto exhibited throughout Europe. While living in Havana, Mexico, and the U.S. during the 1940s until his death in 1964, Souto continued to exhibit and developed a reputation as one of the outstanding spanish painters of the twentieth century.
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Arturo Souto Feijoo [1902-1964]

Arturo Souto Feijoo was an important spanish painter who studied in Seville and Madrid and then traveled to Paris in the 1920s where he was influenced by the avant-garde. Prior to his exile from Spain following the Spanish Civil War, Souto exhibited throughout Europe. While living in Havana, Mexico, and the U.S. during the 1940s until his death in 1964, Souto continued to exhibit and developed a reputation as one of the outstanding spanish painters of the twentieth century.
Angelica Privalihin

Angelica Privalihin

Angelica Privalihin was born in a small village called Uzlovaja in the Tula region of Russia. She attended the Special School for Gifted in Arts for children in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. She was taught to see the beauty of the world, and to depict it not realistically, but through her own feelings and vision. When not with her family Angelica devotes all of her time to painting, participating in exhibitions in both Russia and abroad. Her works are held in the Art Museum of the city of Krasnoyarsk and Art Museum of Divnogorsk and other museums in Siberia and the Far East and in private collections in Russia, Israel, Germany, USA, China and now, UK.
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Angelica Privalihin

Angelica Privalihin was born in a small village called Uzlovaja in the Tula region of Russia. She attended the Special School for Gifted in Arts for children in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. She was taught to see the beauty of the world, and to depict it not realistically, but through her own feelings and vision. When not with her family Angelica devotes all of her time to painting, participating in exhibitions in both Russia and abroad. Her works are held in the Art Museum of the city of Krasnoyarsk and Art Museum of Divnogorsk and other museums in Siberia and the Far East and in private collections in Russia, Israel, Germany, USA, China and now, UK.
Anatoly Dverin, 1935 | Impressionist painter

Anatoly Dverin, 1935 | Impressionist painter

Anatoly Dverin was born in Ukraine, studied in St. Petersburg and earned wide recognition and success before leaving the Soviet Union in 1976, eventually settling in Massachusetts.
Since that time, he has amassed numerous awards and created a breathtaking body of work.
He is a popular demonstrator at the major pastel societies.
He recently published a book of his life and work, Anatoly Dverin - American Impressionist.


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Anatoly Dverin, 1935 | Impressionist painter

Anatoly Dverin was born in Ukraine, studied in St. Petersburg and earned wide recognition and success before leaving the Soviet Union in 1976, eventually settling in Massachusetts.
Since that time, he has amassed numerous awards and created a breathtaking body of work.
He is a popular demonstrator at the major pastel societies.
He recently published a book of his life and work, Anatoly Dverin - American Impressionist.


Mariusz Lewandowski

Mariusz Lewandowski

Mariusz Lewandowski è nato nel 1931 a Dzialdowo. Fin dall'infanzia ha sentito la necessità di creare. Nel 1975 dipinse il suo primo quadro ad olio. Da allora, inizia a prendere parte attiva all'aria aperta e varie mostre. Oggi i suoi quadri rappresentano l'orgoglio di molti collezionisti, sia in patria che all'estero.
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Mariusz Lewandowski

Mariusz Lewandowski è nato nel 1931 a Dzialdowo. Fin dall'infanzia ha sentito la necessità di creare. Nel 1975 dipinse il suo primo quadro ad olio. Da allora, inizia a prendere parte attiva all'aria aperta e varie mostre. Oggi i suoi quadri rappresentano l'orgoglio di molti collezionisti, sia in patria che all'estero.
Eser Afacan, 1953 | Figurative painter

Eser Afacan, 1953 | Figurative painter

Eser Afacan is a Turkish artist, painter, and sculptor of Assyrian ethnicity.
His father, also an artist, is Assyrian, while his mother is of Greek origin.
Afacan began drawing at a young age.
Eser Afacan, Turkish painter, studied in Manchester, England before moving to Norway in 1978 to study Mathematics and Physics at the University of Bergen.


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Eser Afacan, 1953 | Figurative painter

Eser Afacan is a Turkish artist, painter, and sculptor of Assyrian ethnicity.
His father, also an artist, is Assyrian, while his mother is of Greek origin.
Afacan began drawing at a young age.
Eser Afacan, Turkish painter, studied in Manchester, England before moving to Norway in 1978 to study Mathematics and Physics at the University of Bergen.


Isabelle Sauvineau, 1965 | Pop Art painter

Isabelle Sauvineau, 1965 | Pop Art painter

French painter Isabelle Sauvineau studied nursing during her time spent at Cegep in Granby.
She later started working in the fashion industry where she stayed for 5 years.
After the birth of her two children Sauvineau’s passion for painting emerged.
It’s with enthusiasm and confidence that she launched herself down a new career path, in the visual arts.


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Isabelle Sauvineau, 1965 | Pop Art painter

French painter Isabelle Sauvineau studied nursing during her time spent at Cegep in Granby.
She later started working in the fashion industry where she stayed for 5 years.
After the birth of her two children Sauvineau’s passion for painting emerged.
It’s with enthusiasm and confidence that she launched herself down a new career path, in the visual arts.


Ibe Onyeka, 1971 | Abstract painter

Ibe Onyeka, 1971 | Abstract painter

Nigerian-born American painter Ibe Onyeka has achieved international recognition for his dramatic approach to painting.
Described as one of the most exciting young painters to emerge from Sub-Saharan Africa since the 1990s, he was awardedThe Best SOLO Artist of the Year 2006” at the International Artexpo New York.
Ibe looks for inspiration in “natural and humanistic traditions of contemporary realism and abstraction”.


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Ibe Onyeka, 1971 | Abstract painter

Nigerian-born American painter Ibe Onyeka has achieved international recognition for his dramatic approach to painting.
Described as one of the most exciting young painters to emerge from Sub-Saharan Africa since the 1990s, he was awardedThe Best SOLO Artist of the Year 2006” at the International Artexpo New York.
Ibe looks for inspiration in “natural and humanistic traditions of contemporary realism and abstraction”.


Christian Deberdt | Fantasy painter

Christian Deberdt | Fantasy painter


Deberdt (1947-2011) began his career studying printmaking and graphic arts at the Gametta Printing School and the Estienne Graphic Art School in Paris, followed by a stint as an illustrator on the popular comic strip Asterix.
In 1966, at the age of 18, with four years of experience in the graphic arts field, Deberdt decided to leave Paris and to start a new life in Montreal where his eldest brother was already established.
Itching for adventure, Deberdt left Paris in 1968 for North America where, for the next seven years, he traveled extensively across Canada and the United States, absorbing the incredible landscapes.

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Christian Deberdt | Fantasy painter


Deberdt (1947-2011) began his career studying printmaking and graphic arts at the Gametta Printing School and the Estienne Graphic Art School in Paris, followed by a stint as an illustrator on the popular comic strip Asterix.
In 1966, at the age of 18, with four years of experience in the graphic arts field, Deberdt decided to leave Paris and to start a new life in Montreal where his eldest brother was already established.
Itching for adventure, Deberdt left Paris in 1968 for North America where, for the next seven years, he traveled extensively across Canada and the United States, absorbing the incredible landscapes.

Scott Harding, 1965

Scott Harding, 1965

Scott Harding was born in San Antonio, Texas.
His passion for art began at an early age when he spent much of his time drawing.
His need to draw continued through his school years, often getting him in trouble when his teachers caught him sketching in class.
After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree through the Honors Painting Program at Indiana University, Bloomington in 1989, Harding moved to Chicago and began a professional career in illustration.


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Scott Harding, 1965

Scott Harding was born in San Antonio, Texas.
His passion for art began at an early age when he spent much of his time drawing.
His need to draw continued through his school years, often getting him in trouble when his teachers caught him sketching in class.
After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree through the Honors Painting Program at Indiana University, Bloomington in 1989, Harding moved to Chicago and began a professional career in illustration.


Frederick Arthur Bridgman | Orientalist painter

Frederick Arthur Bridgman | Orientalist painter


Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928) was an American artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects.
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Bridgman was the son of a physician.
He began as a draughtsman in New York City, for the American Bank Note Company in 1864-65, and studied art in the same years at the Brooklyn Art Association and at the National Academy of Design.

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Frederick Arthur Bridgman | Orientalist painter


Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928) was an American artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects.
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Bridgman was the son of a physician.
He began as a draughtsman in New York City, for the American Bank Note Company in 1864-65, and studied art in the same years at the Brooklyn Art Association and at the National Academy of Design.

Bob Stroody ~ Digital landscapes

Bob Stroody ~ Digital landscapes

Stroody (Bob) is a British digital painter, graphic designer, photographer and illustrator of the UK. Pictures Bob's full of magical beauty and fabulousness and performed at the highest professional level.
Bob Stroody | London | Digital landscape
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Bob Stroody ~ Digital landscapes

Stroody (Bob) is a British digital painter, graphic designer, photographer and illustrator of the UK. Pictures Bob's full of magical beauty and fabulousness and performed at the highest professional level.
Bob Stroody | London | Digital landscape
Dino Valls, 1959 | Surrealist painter

Dino Valls, 1959 | Surrealist painter

Having previously obtained a degree in medicine, he is now one of the Spanish representatives of the vanguard of figurative art.
His painting, elaborating and expanding the methods of past masters, centers on the human psyche by using figurative techniques only as a formal support in which to project a conceptual content laden with profound psychic weight, where the most obscure pulsations develop in a symbolic process of intellectualism.
His first one-man exhibition was received in Zaragoza in 1981. The following year he was awarded the San Jorge First Place Award in Painting, after receiving his degree in medicine and surgery in 1982, he decided to devote himself exclusively to painting; the kind of painting which would be influenced by the humanistic perspective that brought about the study of man.
This kind of attitude is reminiscent of the creative climate of the Renaissance.

Dino Valls 1959 | Spanish surrealist painter

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Dino Valls, 1959 | Surrealist painter

Having previously obtained a degree in medicine, he is now one of the Spanish representatives of the vanguard of figurative art.
His painting, elaborating and expanding the methods of past masters, centers on the human psyche by using figurative techniques only as a formal support in which to project a conceptual content laden with profound psychic weight, where the most obscure pulsations develop in a symbolic process of intellectualism.
His first one-man exhibition was received in Zaragoza in 1981. The following year he was awarded the San Jorge First Place Award in Painting, after receiving his degree in medicine and surgery in 1982, he decided to devote himself exclusively to painting; the kind of painting which would be influenced by the humanistic perspective that brought about the study of man.
This kind of attitude is reminiscent of the creative climate of the Renaissance.

Dino Valls 1959 | Spanish surrealist painter

Roberto Ferri, 1978

Roberto Ferri, 1978


Roberto Ferri is an Italian painter who is deeply inspired by Baroque painters (Caravaggio in particular) and other old masters of Romanticism, the Academy and Symbolism.
Ferri was born in Fontanaviva, Taranto, Italy in 1978.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Roberto Ferri see Roberto Ferri, 1978 | Baroque Era style painter.

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Roberto Ferri, 1978


Roberto Ferri is an Italian painter who is deeply inspired by Baroque painters (Caravaggio in particular) and other old masters of Romanticism, the Academy and Symbolism.
Ferri was born in Fontanaviva, Taranto, Italy in 1978.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Roberto Ferri see Roberto Ferri, 1978 | Baroque Era style painter.

Katherine Stone, 1986 | Realist painter

Katherine Stone, 1986 | Realist painter

Katherine Stone’s approach to art is traditional with an emphasis on technique and fine craftsmanship.
She uses chiaroscuro and other traditional techniques to diffuse hard edges and create dramatic light effects.
Stone also incorporates symbolic objects into her compositions—including skulls, dead birds, flowers, and books—which allude to the passage of time, life and death, and decay and regeneration.
In the past few years she has won First Place and People’s Choice in the biannual Portrait Society of Canada Portrait Competition, First Place in the Still Life Category in the international ARC Salon, and has placed in half a dozen international art competitions including the prestigious ARC International Salon.


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Katherine Stone, 1986 | Realist painter

Katherine Stone’s approach to art is traditional with an emphasis on technique and fine craftsmanship.
She uses chiaroscuro and other traditional techniques to diffuse hard edges and create dramatic light effects.
Stone also incorporates symbolic objects into her compositions—including skulls, dead birds, flowers, and books—which allude to the passage of time, life and death, and decay and regeneration.
In the past few years she has won First Place and People’s Choice in the biannual Portrait Society of Canada Portrait Competition, First Place in the Still Life Category in the international ARC Salon, and has placed in half a dozen international art competitions including the prestigious ARC International Salon.


Aung Kyaw Htet, 1965 | Figurative painter | VideoArt

Aung Kyaw Htet, 1965 | Figurative painter | VideoArt

Burmese artist Aung Kyaw Htet paints detailed Buddhist figures on expressionistic and sometimes ethereal backgrounds.
With a strong emphasis on the figurative and facial expressions in particular, he expertly combines color, line and form to achieve balanced compositions, as peaceful to experience as they are beautiful to look at.
For biographical notes and other works by Aung see:

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Aung Kyaw Htet, 1965 | Figurative painter | VideoArt

Burmese artist Aung Kyaw Htet paints detailed Buddhist figures on expressionistic and sometimes ethereal backgrounds.
With a strong emphasis on the figurative and facial expressions in particular, he expertly combines color, line and form to achieve balanced compositions, as peaceful to experience as they are beautiful to look at.
For biographical notes and other works by Aung see:

Tadeusz Makowski | Cubist painter

Tadeusz Makowski | Cubist painter

Tadeusz Makowski [1882-1932] was a Polish painter who worked in France and was associated with the School of Paris.
From 1902-1906, he studied classical philology at the Jagiellonian University. During that time, he also began studying art at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts with Jan Stanisławski and Józef Mehoffer.
Upon completing his courses there in 1908, he moved to Paris, where he would live for the rest of his life.
Originally he painted in the style taught by his professors. Then, he painted some frescoes that attracted the attention of a group of Cubist painters, led by Henri Le Fauconnier, who worked in Montparnasse. This had a decisive influence on his work.


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Tadeusz Makowski | Cubist painter

Tadeusz Makowski [1882-1932] was a Polish painter who worked in France and was associated with the School of Paris.
From 1902-1906, he studied classical philology at the Jagiellonian University. During that time, he also began studying art at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts with Jan Stanisławski and Józef Mehoffer.
Upon completing his courses there in 1908, he moved to Paris, where he would live for the rest of his life.
Originally he painted in the style taught by his professors. Then, he painted some frescoes that attracted the attention of a group of Cubist painters, led by Henri Le Fauconnier, who worked in Montparnasse. This had a decisive influence on his work.


Karen Aghamyan, 1946

Karen Aghamyan, 1946

Karen Aghamyan is an armenian-born painter. Born in 1946 and President of the Artist's Union of Armenia since 1998. In 1969, he graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute and has been a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR since 1970. Since 1970 he has participated in more than 70 exhibitors, 11 of which were one-man shows. His pictures are property of museums of Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, France and private collections in many countries of the world.
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Karen Aghamyan, 1946

Karen Aghamyan is an armenian-born painter. Born in 1946 and President of the Artist's Union of Armenia since 1998. In 1969, he graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute and has been a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR since 1970. Since 1970 he has participated in more than 70 exhibitors, 11 of which were one-man shows. His pictures are property of museums of Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, France and private collections in many countries of the world.
Ben Goossens, 1945 | Surrealist photographer

Ben Goossens, 1945 | Surrealist photographer

Goossens worked for 35 years in his native Belgium as an ad agency art director.
After retiring, Goossens turned to creating photo montages with a distinctive Surrealism style reminiscent of his fellow countryman, René Magritte.


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Ben Goossens, 1945 | Surrealist photographer

Goossens worked for 35 years in his native Belgium as an ad agency art director.
After retiring, Goossens turned to creating photo montages with a distinctive Surrealism style reminiscent of his fellow countryman, René Magritte.


Graciela Rodo Boulanger, 1935

Graciela Rodo Boulanger, 1935

Her love of art was influenced by her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur. She studied music and art throughout childhood, giving her first piano recital at age 15, and her first art exhibitions in Vienna and Salzburg at age 18. Pursuing her dream to be both a great artist and musician, Rodo soon found that time would not permit the necessary devotion to both her passions. At 22, she turned all of her energy to painting. She studied etching and printmaking along with René Carcan under Johnny Friedlaender in Paris.
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Graciela Rodo Boulanger, 1935

Her love of art was influenced by her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur. She studied music and art throughout childhood, giving her first piano recital at age 15, and her first art exhibitions in Vienna and Salzburg at age 18. Pursuing her dream to be both a great artist and musician, Rodo soon found that time would not permit the necessary devotion to both her passions. At 22, she turned all of her energy to painting. She studied etching and printmaking along with René Carcan under Johnny Friedlaender in Paris.
Zayasaikhan Sambuu, 1975 | Magic Realism painter

Zayasaikhan Sambuu, 1975 | Magic Realism painter

Mongolian painter Zayasaikhan Sambuu, also known as Zaya was born in an isolated village in the Gobi Desert.
At fifteen he decided to become a Buddhist monk but the strict rules of the monastery were at odds with his irrepressible creativity.
By the time he was a teenager, communist Mongolia was becoming less oppressive, and freedom of religion returning.


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Zayasaikhan Sambuu, 1975 | Magic Realism painter

Mongolian painter Zayasaikhan Sambuu, also known as Zaya was born in an isolated village in the Gobi Desert.
At fifteen he decided to become a Buddhist monk but the strict rules of the monastery were at odds with his irrepressible creativity.
By the time he was a teenager, communist Mongolia was becoming less oppressive, and freedom of religion returning.


Nikolai Shurygin

Nikolai Shurygin

Shurygin was born in 1957 in Kimry, Russia. In 1979 he graduated from Moscow School of applied arts (design). During 10 years the painter has been studying multilayered painting which secrets were lost in the beginning of XIX. This unique technique was used by flemish painters as well as russian painters such Kiprensky, Levitsky, Borovikovsky and many others.
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Nikolai Shurygin

Shurygin was born in 1957 in Kimry, Russia. In 1979 he graduated from Moscow School of applied arts (design). During 10 years the painter has been studying multilayered painting which secrets were lost in the beginning of XIX. This unique technique was used by flemish painters as well as russian painters such Kiprensky, Levitsky, Borovikovsky and many others.
Michael Bergt, 1956 | Magic Realism painter

Michael Bergt, 1956 | Magic Realism painter

Michael Bergt was born in a small Nebraska farming community.
At the age of five, he decided he wanted to be an artist. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Denver.
At nineteen, Michael became friends with a group of artists, Beat poets and late-night coffee drinkers in lower downtown Denver.


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Michael Bergt, 1956 | Magic Realism painter

Michael Bergt was born in a small Nebraska farming community.
At the age of five, he decided he wanted to be an artist. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Denver.
At nineteen, Michael became friends with a group of artists, Beat poets and late-night coffee drinkers in lower downtown Denver.


Boris Grigoriev [1886-1939]

Boris Grigoriev [1886-1939]

Бори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев 1886-1939 | Russian Realist painter

Бори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев 1886-1939 | Russian Realist painter
Бори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев was born in Rybinsk and studied at the Stroganov Art School from 1903-1907. Grigoriev went on to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under Aleksandr Kiselyov, Dmitry Kardovsky and Abram Arkhipov from 1907-1912.
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Boris Grigoriev [1886-1939]

Бори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев 1886-1939 | Russian Realist painter

Бори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев 1886-1939 | Russian Realist painter
Бори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев was born in Rybinsk and studied at the Stroganov Art School from 1903-1907. Grigoriev went on to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under Aleksandr Kiselyov, Dmitry Kardovsky and Abram Arkhipov from 1907-1912.
Camille Pissarro | L'Impressionismo ed il Neoimpressionismo

Camille Pissarro | L'Impressionismo ed il Neoimpressionismo

Pissarro e l'impressionismo

Considerando la sua partecipazione a tutte le 8 esposizioni del gruppo è inevitabile dare per scontato che Camille Pissarro risponda alla generica definizione di «pittore impressionista».
Egli, in realtà, si pose in maniera ambivalente davanti alle ambizioni del gruppo: se da un lato decantava la mobilità della luce e degli effetti cromatici e le potenzialità del principio compositivo en plein air, impiegando al contempo macchie di colori piccole e irregolari, dall'altra dava vita a composizioni che, seppur in assenza di linee di contorno, sono solide e ben congeniate, inondate di una luce che «modella ed evidenzia le forme con dolcezza e vivacità, pur non arrivando mai a dissolverle» come, nella maturità pittorica, avevano fatto alcuni suoi colleghi come Monet o Renoir.


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Camille Pissarro | L'Impressionismo ed il Neoimpressionismo

Pissarro e l'impressionismo

Considerando la sua partecipazione a tutte le 8 esposizioni del gruppo è inevitabile dare per scontato che Camille Pissarro risponda alla generica definizione di «pittore impressionista».
Egli, in realtà, si pose in maniera ambivalente davanti alle ambizioni del gruppo: se da un lato decantava la mobilità della luce e degli effetti cromatici e le potenzialità del principio compositivo en plein air, impiegando al contempo macchie di colori piccole e irregolari, dall'altra dava vita a composizioni che, seppur in assenza di linee di contorno, sono solide e ben congeniate, inondate di una luce che «modella ed evidenzia le forme con dolcezza e vivacità, pur non arrivando mai a dissolverle» come, nella maturità pittorica, avevano fatto alcuni suoi colleghi come Monet o Renoir.


Georges Mazilu, 1951 | Surrealist painter

Georges Mazilu, 1951 | Surrealist painter

Georges Mazilu 1951 | Romania | Surrealist painter

Romanian painter Georges Mazilu is known internationally for his signature style linking contemporary surrealism** with the art of the Northern Renaissance**.
Masterfully executed and bewitchingly beautiful, his paintings portray mysterious figures seemingly caught in deep contemplation or frozen in the midst of enigmatic rituals.

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Georges Mazilu, 1951 | Surrealist painter

Georges Mazilu 1951 | Romania | Surrealist painter

Romanian painter Georges Mazilu is known internationally for his signature style linking contemporary surrealism** with the art of the Northern Renaissance**.
Masterfully executed and bewitchingly beautiful, his paintings portray mysterious figures seemingly caught in deep contemplation or frozen in the midst of enigmatic rituals.

Denis Oktyabr 1977 ~ Impressionist painter

Denis Oktyabr 1977 ~ Impressionist painter

Son of a popular Siberian artist Valery Oktyabr, Денис Октябрь was born in a Russian city Novoaltaisk to continue the family artistic tradition. In 1992 Denis finished Artists School and in 1997 graduated Artistic College of Novoaltaisk. Oktyabr paints portraits, landscapes, genre pictures. In his paintings Oktyabr tries to abstract his mind and brush from shapes and stereotypes to reflect feelings, emotions and to illustrate the sacred process of perception and meditation. Shapes and colors of his paintings are perfect instruments to explore and embody ideas and sensations. Looking at his pictures one feels that there is a vision of the way things are intended to be, but never are.

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Denis Oktyabr 1977 ~ Impressionist painter

Son of a popular Siberian artist Valery Oktyabr, Денис Октябрь was born in a Russian city Novoaltaisk to continue the family artistic tradition. In 1992 Denis finished Artists School and in 1997 graduated Artistic College of Novoaltaisk. Oktyabr paints portraits, landscapes, genre pictures. In his paintings Oktyabr tries to abstract his mind and brush from shapes and stereotypes to reflect feelings, emotions and to illustrate the sacred process of perception and meditation. Shapes and colors of his paintings are perfect instruments to explore and embody ideas and sensations. Looking at his pictures one feels that there is a vision of the way things are intended to be, but never are.

Armen Gasparian, 1966 | Symbolist painter

Armen Gasparian, 1966 | Symbolist painter

Gasparian was born in South Armenia, where he studied art in George Ajrapetjana's workshop. He moved to St. Petersburg nearly two decades ago, and continues living and working there today.
His works are in private collections worldwide, including Germany, Holland, Finland, North America, and Russia.
His romantic images and use of symbolism convey nature with delicate lyricism. While the artist experimented with a bright palette in his earlier works, his later pieces are muted and convey a sense of calm and tranquility.
The refined quality of these pieces is characteristic of the northern school of art.
Gasparian has developed his own artistic language, combining the traditions of classical art and the new plastic form.

Armen Gasparian 1966 | Russian symbolist painter
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Armen Gasparian, 1966 | Symbolist painter

Gasparian was born in South Armenia, where he studied art in George Ajrapetjana's workshop. He moved to St. Petersburg nearly two decades ago, and continues living and working there today.
His works are in private collections worldwide, including Germany, Holland, Finland, North America, and Russia.
His romantic images and use of symbolism convey nature with delicate lyricism. While the artist experimented with a bright palette in his earlier works, his later pieces are muted and convey a sense of calm and tranquility.
The refined quality of these pieces is characteristic of the northern school of art.
Gasparian has developed his own artistic language, combining the traditions of classical art and the new plastic form.

Armen Gasparian 1966 | Russian symbolist painter
Ruth Sanderson, 1951 | Fantasy illustrator

Ruth Sanderson, 1951 | Fantasy illustrator


Ruth Sanderson is an illustrator of many books for children and young adults.
Graduated from the Paier College of Art in Connecticut in 1974.
Since then, she has illustrated many books for children and young adults.
Sanderson is a member of the Society of Illustrators, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Western Massachusetts Illustrator's Guild.

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Ruth Sanderson, 1951 | Fantasy illustrator


Ruth Sanderson is an illustrator of many books for children and young adults.
Graduated from the Paier College of Art in Connecticut in 1974.
Since then, she has illustrated many books for children and young adults.
Sanderson is a member of the Society of Illustrators, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Western Massachusetts Illustrator's Guild.