Mariana Stauffer | Palette knife Impressionist painter

'Art is the love of my life. I started painting and crafting at an early age. Art is something , that comes from within, it is a happy feeling, love, harmony, message to others. I am always leaving positive emotions and messages in my art works. I love painting cityscapes, landscapes, flowers, rain, nights, birds. My style is Modern Impressionism. Most of my paintings are created using a palette knife only'.

Jacob de Wit | Dutch Rococo Era painter

Jacob de Wit (19 December 1695 - 12 November 1754) was a Dutch artist** and interior decorator who painted many religious scenes.

Jacob de Wit was born in Amsterdam, and became famous for his door and ceiling paintings. He lived on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, and many of the buildings on the Keizersgracht still have door or ceiling paintings done by him.

Since many of the families who lived in Amsterdam in those days had country villas, de Wit also painted in houses in the fashionable areas of Haarlem and the Vecht river.
According to the RKD he was the pupil of Albert van Spiers in Amsterdam and Jacob van Hal in Antwerp where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1714.

While in Antwerp, he made a series of watercolor sketches of the Rubens ceilings in the Carolus Borromeuskerk in Antwerp.

After the church was struck by lightning in 1718 these became a historical document, and his pupil Jan Punt later engraved his sketches and published them in 1751.
His pupils were Jan de Groot (painter from The Hague), Dionys van Nijmegen, Jan Punt, Pieter Tanjé, and the brothers Frans and Jacob Xavery. Jacob de Wit died in Amsterdam in 1754. Tako Hajo Jelgersma was his follower.

Jacob de Wit fu uno dei più celebri artisti di Amsterdam del suo tempo, noto soprattutto per le sue decorazioni parietali e di soffitti nelle case del patriziato benestante.

Si era specializzato in una pittura decorativa del genere trompe-l’oeil a grisaglia, con la quale sapeva magistralmente imitare il rilievo in pietra.

Alberto Gálvez, 1963 | Figurative painter

Spanish painter Alberto Gálvez is known for his oil on linen paintings that capture an enchanted world.

His influences run from antiquity and Renaissance imagery to poetry and French avant-garde films of the 1960s.

Throughout, he reminds us that the ideals of the classical period, proportion, balance and harmony, are still operative, inspiring and engaging.

Galvez embraces this understanding to create images that exist outside of space and time.

Nicholas Hely Hutchinson, 1955 | Neo-Romantic painter

Nicholas Hely Hutchinson is a painter, based in Dorset.

Initially influenced by Dufy and Matisse, he has also drawn on the British Neo-Romantic tradition.

He settled near Blandford, Dorset, and the countryside of that county and Wiltshire, horse racing, interiors and still life were among his subjects.

He studied at Harrow School, Saint Martin's School of Art and Bristol Polytechnic.

Muriel Barclay | Figurative painter

Scottish painter Muriel Barclay has an unusual arts background.

Born and bred in Glasgow she graduated with a degree from Edinburgh University before heading to London where she initially worked in Jacques O’Hana’s Gallery in London’s Mayfair.

She returned to Glasgow to teach history and raise her family, while at the same time studying Drawing and Painting at Glasgow School of Art and History of Fine Art at the Open University.

Juan Gonzalez Alacreu, 1937 | Impressionist painter

Spanish painter Juan González Alacreu was born in Burriana, Castellón, in 1937. At eight years he took classes in Arts and Crafts and at 16 he won a scholarship to the School of Fine Arts of San Carlos de Valencia. He worked for years in the illustration for various publishers until he decided to devote himself to painting.

Andrea Kowch, 1986 | Symbolist painter

Andrea Kowch has been described as "a powerful voice emerging, demonstrating a highly sensitive consciousness that informs a culturally-laced Symbolism".

Born in Michigan, she attended Detroit's College for Creative Studies through a Walter B. Ford II Scholarship, and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2009 with a BFA degree in illustration.

Her paintings, book illustrations, and works on paper are rich in mood, allegory, and precision of medium, reflecting a wealth of influences from Northern Renaissance and American art to the rural landscapes and vernacular architecture of her native Michigan.

Christopher Cart | Figurative painter

"Painting for me is telling stories in paint" - Christopher Cart.

Christopher Cart has painted murals, countless watercolors and oils, portraits in both oils and watercolors and has illustrated many books and periodicals.

A native Mainer his work is also flavored by years in Guadalajara, Mexico and Seattle, Washington.

Cart is currently working on a 14 foot mural to commemorate historic Hallowell of the 1890′s.

And also for his home town of Hallowell, in 2012 he completed a commissioned portrait of Allen Strickland, a major donor to the Hubbard Free Library restoration fund.

William Henry Margetson | Victorian-era painter

William Henry Margetson (1860-1940) is a British painter noted for his pictures of very beautiful girls, typically alone and large on the canvas, and typically with short hair and hats when they are modern subjects.

He studied at the South Kensington Schools, and then at the Royal Academy, exhibiting there from 1885.

He lived at Wallingford on Thames. As well as modern girls and portraits, Margetson also produced a few religious pictures, and some allegorical and classical/ancient ones–for example a Cleopatra, fetchingly attired, with attendants in an Alma-Tadema setting, 1890.

Benvenuto Benvenuti | Neo-Impressionist painter

Benvenuto Benvenuti (Livorno, October 5, 1881 - Livorno, 1959) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes.

He first trained under Lorenzo Cecchi at the School of Arts and Crafts of Livorno.

He was influenced by the Macchiaioli landscape painter, Adolfo Tommasi, who became his close friend.

Dyalma Stultus | Genre / Figurative painter

Dyalma Augusto Federico Stultus (Trieste, 31 October 1901 - Darfo, 24 September 1977) was an Italian painter.

Son of Erminia Stultus and Ralph Pacor he enrolled at Academy of Fine Arts in Venice thanks to a grant obtained from the Municipality of Trieste. In 1922 he organized his first solo exhibition at Ca 'Pesaro. He then went to Trieste and then to Florence in the spring of 1927-1928, and Rome.

In 1930, in 1932 and in 1934 he exhibited at the Venice Biennale as well as in group exhibitions in New York, Budapest, Baltimore and Barcelona.

Hermann Hesse / Daniel Gerhartz | Eleanor, 1898

Le sere d'autunno mi ricordano te

I boschi giacciono bui, il giorno si scolora

ai bordi dei colli in rosse aureole.

In un casolare vicino piange un bimbo.

Il vento se ne va a passi tardi

attraverso i tronchi a raccogliere le ultime foglie.

Poi sale, abituata ormai da lungo ai torbidi sguardi,

l'estranea solitaria falce di luna

con la sua mezza luce da terre sconosciute.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | Gli aforismi

• I capolavori non sono fatti per sbalordire. Sono fatti per persuadere, per convincere, per entrare in noi attraverso i pori.

• In arte si arriva a un risultato notevole solo piangendo. Chi non soffre non crede.

• Studiate il bello in ginocchio.

• Chi non vorrà attingere ad altra intelligenza che alla sua, si troverà ben presto ridotto alla più miserabile di tutte le imitazioni: a quella delle sue stesse opere.

Leonardo da Vinci | Differenza infra poesia e pittura

Trattato della Pittura - Parte prima /18

La pittura immediate ti si rappresenta con quella dimostrazione per la quale il suo fattore l'ha generata, e dà quel piacere al senso massimo, qual dare possa alcuna cosa creata dalla natura.

Ed in questo caso il poeta, che manda le medesime cose al comun senso per la via dell'udito, minor senso, non dà all'occhio altro piacere che se uno sentisse raccontare una cosa.

Or vedi che differenza è dall'udir raccontare una cosa che dia piacere all'occhio con lunghezza di tempo, o vederla con quella prestezza che si vedono le cose naturali.

Giorgio Kienerk | Post Impressionist / Symbolist painter

Italian painter and sculptor Giorgio Kienerk (Firenze 1869 - Fauglia/Pisa 1948) born to an old Tuscan family. Kienerk began to study drawing and sculpture with the master Adriano Cecioni.

At the age of only 17, he had the opportunity to show his works at the Florentine Promotrice show for new talent.

When his teacher Cecioni died unexpectedly in 1886, Kienerk worked with Telemaco Signorini, who pushed him to master painting as well.

Frits Thaulow | Skagen painter

Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.

Johan Frederik Thaulow was born in Christiania, the son of the wealthy chemist, Harald Conrad Thaulow (1815-1881) and Nicoline "Nina" Louise Munch (1821-1894). Thaulow was educated at the Academy of Art in Copenhagen in 1870-72, and from 1873-75 he studied with Hans Gude at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe.

Thaulow was one of the earliest artists to paint in Skagen in the north of Jutland, soon to become famous for its Skagen painters.

Mark Shasha, 1961 | Plein Air painter

Mark Shasha is an Award-winning American artist.

He is also an author, illustrator, educator, actor and a songwriter.

His paintings, drawings and prints are found in public and private collections around the world and have appeared in museums and galleries for more than three decades.

His children's books appear regularly on bestseller lists and have been read by millions worldwide.

Frank Horvat | Pioneer of digital photography

"In almost 70 years of photography, I had the time to photograph many different subjects, with at least a dozen different techniques. But that’s almost beside the point. The point is that I had the time to play many different games" - Frank Horvat

In 2008, Frank Horvat receives the award of La Fondazione del Centenario, in Lugano (Switzerland), for his contribution to European culture.

Retro Postcards / Wolfgang von Goethe | Io penso a te..

Io penso a te.. - Wolfgang von Goethe

Io penso a te quando dal seno del mare
il sole sorge e i suoi raggi dardeggia;
io penso a te quando al chiarore lunare
l'onda serena biancheggia.
Io penso a te quando sale la polvere
lungo il lontano sentiero,
e nella notte oscura, quando al passeggero
sul ponte il cuore balza di paura.

I think of you when sunlight on the ocean

Glimmers at noon;

I think of you when shimmers in the river

Mirror the moon.

I see you in the rise of dust that covers

The distant ridge,

In each deep midnight where the wanderer quivers

On the high bridge.

Igli Jorgo, 1965 | Abstract painter

Igli Jorgo is a modern artist who paints classically in spirit, modern in creation developing a new relation of forms and space.

He gathers an abundance of figure elements from classical images and transcribes them with a descriptive efficacy, which is uncommon to all.

Albanian painter Igli Jorgo was born in Tirana, Albania.

- 1985: Graduate, School of Art in Tirana, with Professor N.Bakalli.

Luis de Leõn, 1950 | Fashion painter

Son of Spanish political refugees, Luis De Leõn was born on July 14, 1950 in Oujda, Morocco.

He arrived in France at the age of 13 and continued his studies at the Ecole d'Art des Tissages in Lyon.

He became a designer, graphic designer and professor of plastic arts.

He has always been a painter...

Numerous solo and group exhibitions have marked his career in France and abroad: Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, the United States, China...

Inspiration principale: The beauty. His work is technically flawless.

Her gesture is sure, and the chromatic palette responds perfectly to her visionary impulses, whose inspiration is obviously the mystery of feminine sensuality..

Love is there but it cannot be seen, it can be guessed.

Adam Licsko, 1979 | Remember yourself

California artist Adam Licsko has been painting professionally since 2001.

Within the first five years of his professional debut, his unique minimalist style attracted an international following and critical acclaim.

He has collections with Nissan, Amgen Cancer Research Institute, Seagate Technologies, Raytheon, Loyola Marymount University, Cisco Systems and State Farm, to name just a few, as well as numerous celebrity collectors.

Paintings he has donated have raised funds for charities, including Make A Wish Foundation-Miami, Central Coast Wine Classic, and The Ventana Wildlife Society [for the California condor] and Greenspace.

Daniel Ridgway Knight | Genre painter

Daniel Ridgway Knight’s (1839-1924) works represent so many aspects of Nineteenth Century painting, including history, genre, landscape, portrait and floral themes.

In each work, all that is aesthetic is recorded with fine detail and skill.

In order to faithfully record the scenery, night studied the different phases of the day and their effects on the environment.

Knight built a glass studio outside of his home, enabling him to paint outdoors, even in the dead of winter.

Paul Gustave Fischer | Flower market

Paul Gustav Fischer (1860-1934) was a Danish painter.

Paul Fischer belongs to the fourth generation of Fischers to live in Denmark. This Jewish family originally came from Poland.

Fischer was a popular artist in his day for his family scenes, female figures and paintings of city scenes in the harbor and streets of Copenhagen, which he transformed into the 'Paris of the North' in his work.

Peter Graham Roi, 1959 | Modern Colourist painter

Peter Graham Roi has earned a reputation as one of Britain's most gifted and distinctive Modern Colourists.

Still life occupies an important place in Peter Graham’s output, affording an opportunity to explore colour in a reflective manner.

"In the peace and quiet of my studio", he wrote in a recent article for ‘The Artist’, "I can focus on the particular characteristics of a pigment, trying to get to the truth of what colour actually is and understanding more about the special relationships between specific colours like red, green or yellow. Still Life painting is the perfect vehicle for this type of expression".

Emilio Longoni | Divisionist painter

Emilio Longoni (1859-1932) was an Italian painter, known for working in the Neo-Impressionism style.

He was born in Barlassina on July 9, 1859, fourth of twelve children, from Garibaldi’s volunteer and horseshoer Matteo Longoni and from tailor Luigia Meroni.

Since he was a child he felt a great passion for painting.

After he finished elementary school he was sent to Milan to work as a boy.

From 1875-1878 he attended the Brera Academy where he received many awards.

Henry Herbert La Thangue | Genre painter

British painter🎨 Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859-1929) was noted for his strong convictions and forceful personality.

In 1886, having completed his studies in Paris, he was the instigator of an abortive movement to reform the Royal Academy.
Though he did not attend the meetings held by his contemporaries which led to the foundation of the New English Art Club (NEAC), La Thangue was arguably its most controversial exhibitor.

Bruno Vallino, 1949 | Plein Air painter

Italian painter Bruno Vallino was born in Locana Canavese. He lives and works in San Germano Chisone, (TO) Italy.

He lost his father while still a child and his family were compelled lo move to Pinerolo (Piedmont).

Here Bruno attendees the local boarding school where he remained for nine years.

- "I was in third year - he says - when the painter Beretta did Vigone was called on to restore the Chapel.

His art enchanted me and I spent all my spare lime watching him and dreaming. How I would like to he like that painter, I thought".

Vangelis Rinas /Βαγγέλης Ρήνας, 1966

Vangelis Rinas is a Greek painter🎨 and sculptor🎨 having his roots in the Northeastern Aegean Sea.

He was born in Samos island, but grew up in Ikaria island. His first tutor in painting was professor Vassilis Korkovelos. Studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Professors Dimosthenis Kokkinides (painting) and Thanassis Exarchopoulos (engravinγ).

Phillips Collection find a mystery man under a Picasso's The Blue Room

"The Blue Room" 1901, one of Pablo Picasso's first masterpieces sits under a microscope at The Phillips Collection, on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Washington. Scientists and art experts have found a hidden painting beneath the painting.

Advances in infrared imagery reveal a bow-tied man with his face resting on his hand, with three rings on his fingers.

Now the question that conservators at The Phillips Collection in Washington hope to answer is simply: Who is he? It’s a mystery that’s fueling new research about the 1901 painting created early in Picasso’s career while he was working in Paris at the start of his distinctive blue period of melancholy subjects. | Evan Vucci, Associated Press

David Leffel, 1931 | Baroque Era style painter

David A. Leffel is a twentieth-century artist who paints in the classic Flemish /Dutch old master style, much in the manner of Rembrandt* or Chardin. His subject matter is Still Lifes, Landscapes, Portraits and figures, but the real subject of his work is the light as it gently drifts from one object to another. It pauses here, then moves on.

"Light is the concept of the painting"
- David A. Leffel.

Hans Thoma | Symbolist painter

Hans Thoma (1839-1924) was a German painter. He was born in Bernau in the Black Forest, Germany.

Having started life as a painter of clock-faces, he entered in 1859 the Karlsruhe academy, where he studied under Schirmer and Des Coudres.

He subsequently studied and worked, with but indifferent success, in Düsseldorf, Paris, Italy, Munich and Frankfurt, until his reputation became firmly established as the result of an exhibition of some thirty of his paintings in Munich.

He died in Karlsruhe in 1924 at the age of 85.

Daniel Graves, 1949 | Florence Academy of Art

American painter Daniel Graves was born in Rochester, New York. Graves graduated from the Maryland Art Institute in 1972 where he studied with Joseph Shepard and Frank Russell.

He continued his studies at the Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Art in Florence, Italy, with Richard Serrin.

Following a course of training with Richard Lack in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he taught at the Atelier Lack Studio of Fine Art.

In the late 1970s, Graves returned to Florence and undertook individual study with Nerina Simi, who maintained a classical nineteenth-century studio. Ms. Simi was the daughter of the Florentine painter Filadelfo Simi, who had studied with Jean-Leon Gerome, the head of the French Academy in Paris in the 1870s.

Stephen Bauman, 1980 | Figurative painter

Stephen Bauman was raised in Miami, FL and now live and work in Florence, Italy. Hi teach painting and drawing at the Florence Academy of Art, under the direction of Daniel Graves.

Stephen Bauman began his studies at The Florence Academy of Art in 2004. To Stephen, skill in drawing is fundamental, and among the most important assets a painter can possess. In his four years as a student he worked to understand the relationship of drawing to painting in the same way his teachers at the Academy understood it.