Olga Grigoreva-Klimova, 1984

Olga Grigoreva-Klimova / Ольга Григорьева-Климова was born in the city of Shchelkino,  in Crimea.

She graduated from the Crimean Art College Nicholas Samokish and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine (Kiev).

Since 2007 she has been a participant of republican and all-Ukrainian exhibitions.

Works are in the Kiev Museum of Modern Art, as well as in private collections and galleries in Ukraine, Russia, USA, Taiwan, Poland, Romania, China, Switzerland, Great Britain.

Tim Nguyen | Lacquer painter

Tim Nguyen was born in Vietnam and lives on Oahu, Hawaii.

His oil and lacquer paintings are exhibiting through out Hawaii, Asia, Europe and America.

Tim’s art is collected worldwide and sought after for both his creative expressions reflecting the culture and beauty that surrounds him as well as his sensitivity and mastery of the medium.

Tim Nguyen was always interested in art as a child.

Fruit Carving

Fruit carving is the art of carving fruit, a very common technique in Europe and Asian countries, and particularly popular in Thailand, China and Japan.

There are many fruits that can be used in this process; the most popular one that artists use are watermelons, apples, strawberries, pineapples, and cantaloupes.

Dominik Jasinski, 1981

Born in Rzeszow, Poland and currently based in Portugal, Dominik Jasinski, a painter, graphic designer and illustrator, graduated Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (2006).

Jasinski cooperates with a number of companies, fashion designers and institutions (Empik, Reserved, Tatuum, Dagma Art, Wasowscy Publishing House, Dar Al Funoon Kuwait, Maestro Foundation, As Cmielow Porcelain Company, Confashions Kuwait).

His art work features in the centenary edition of British VOGUE.

Jean Hélion | Modern painter

Jean Hélion (1904-1987) was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist.

His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as a figurative painter.

He was also the author of several books and an extensive body of critical writing.

He was born at Couterne, Orne, the son of a taxi driver and a dressmaker.

Arcadi Mas i Fondevila | Luminist painter

Arcadi Mas i Fondevila, or Fontdevila (1852-1934), was a Catalan painter and graphic artist.

He was the son of a tailor.

His father recognized his artistic talent at an early age and enrolled him at the Escola de la Llotja, where he studied with Claudi Lorenzale and Antoni Caba.

At the age of twenty, he held his first exhibition at the salon of the "Associació Artística de Barcelona".

Marcella Giulia Pace, 1975 | 48 Colors of the Moon

Marcella Giulia Pace was born in Ragusa on the island of Sicily. She teaches at primary school in Cortina d’Ampezzo (Veneto).

In 2011, the italian Ministry of Public Administration presented her with an award for innovation in teaching.

She pursues various passion which are remote from each other only at cursory glance: astronomy, mountains, music, optical illusions as well as skill and logic games.

Juan Brufal, 1973 | Digital painter

Juan Carlos Brufal is a digital artist who has born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Based in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Brufal is self-taught who has been practicing art for 10 years.

Among Brufal's notable influences are masters such as Picasso, Dalì, Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Andy Warhol, Man Ray and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Their work has left a profound mark on his artistic vision and contributed to the uniqueness and evocative narrative of Brufal's artworks.

Ivan Slavinsky, 1968

Ivan Slavinsky / Иван Славинский was born in Leningrad, Russia. His father, Dmitry Oboznenko, painter of battle-pieces, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and his mother - Galina Patrabolova, art critic.

Ivan began to paint with 5 years professional skills was the at school at the Academy of Fine Arts.

The first exhibition of Ivan Slavinsky in St. Petersburg took place in the gallery "Association of Free Artists" in 1991.

Scott Gustafson, 1956 | Fantasy Illustrator

Scott Gustafson is an American illustrator based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

His career has spanned over twenty-five years, and during it, he has worked as a freelance cartoonist and contributed illustrations to various magazines and children's books.

During the later years of his career, he wanted to write a story lengthier than a thirty-two page children's book.

Jantina Peperkamp, 1968

As a self-taught artist, Peperkamp has developed her own unique style.

Jantina Peperkamp's paintings show us a parallel reality, a glimps into her personal perception.

As a self-taught artist, Peperkamp has developed her own unique style.

Her paintings are painstakingly created with many thin layers of paint that reveal an incredible amount of detail.

John Brosio, 1967

Born was in Pasadena, California, John Brosio has been drawing for as long as he can remember and those earliest scribbles depict much of the same "off center" subject matter that concerns him today.

Apart from various travels his life has been based in either Southern California where he was raised or Northern California where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of California at Davis in 1991.

Learning under the guidance of artists such as Wayne Thiebaud and Richard Bunkall, Brosio was seduced away from his original aspirations toward a career in film and movie special effects, consequently, cinematic influences are apparent in his work.

Max Ginsburg, 1931

Born in Paris, France, Max Ginsburg, is an realist artist and teacher.

His paintings explore the range of daily human life, concerned as much with life's ironies and social injustices, as with its many joys.

Issues of war and peace, racism and the inhumanity of man have been a major focus in his art.

The son of a painter, Ginsburg studied art at New York City's famed High School of Music and Art and then at Syracuse University.

H. A. Brendekilde | Udslidt (Worn Out), 1889

Hans Andersen Brendekilde's (Danish painter, 1857-1942) most famous painting is Udslidt (Worn Out).

He painted it for the World Exposition in Paris 1889, the 100 years celebration of the French Revolution.

In the catalogue it is called Au Secours.

It was exhibited in Copenhagen 1890, Munich 1891 (Zu Hülfe) and Chicago 1893 (Worn Out).

Hans Andersen Brendekilde | Worn out, 1889 (detail) | Funen's Art Museum

Aga Osak | Magic realism painter

Polish painter and illustrator Aga Osak graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Rzeszów.

Diploma in sculpture in the studio prof. Maria Górecka in 2009.

Graduated Active Art School of Theater Technique in Warsaw in 2011.

After graduation she was involved in theatrical scenery and theater costumes.

She also dealt with photography and stage design for photo shoots.

Currently she is focusing on painting.

Today she creates and paint magical stories from fantasy land based on Surrealism and Magic Realism.

She combines various painting techniques and styles and is looking for new means of expression.

Her painting is characterized by dynamics, expression, richness of color, details and symbols, with a mix of 3D elements and theater climate.

Aga Osak si è laureata all'Istituto di Belle Arti dell'Università di Rzeszów.

Diploma di scultura presso lo studio prof. Maria Gorecka nel 2009.

Diplomata alla Scuola d'Arte Attiva di Tecnica Teatrale di Varsavia nel 2011.

Dopo il diploma si è occupata di scenografie teatrali e costumi teatrali.

Si è occupata anche di fotografia e scenografia per set fotografici.

Attualmente si sta concentrando sulla pittura.

Oggi crea e dipinge storie magiche dal mondo fantastico basate sul surrealismo e sul realismo magico.

Combina varie tecniche e stili pittorici ed è alla ricerca di nuovi mezzi espressivi.

La sua pittura è caratterizzata da dinamica, espressione, ricchezza di colore, dettagli e simboli, con un mix di elementi 3D e clima teatrale.

Tomás Moragas | Orientalist painter

Tomàs Moragas i Torras (1837-1906) was a Spanish painter, known for his Orientalist and genre scenes.

Due to political turmoil, his family moved to Barcelona when he was still a baby.

He showed some talent for art at an early age and was apprenticed to a silversmith.

Later, in 1850, he attended the Escola de la Llotja, where his primary instructors were Claudi Lorenzale and Pau Milà i Fontanals.

Teodoro Duclère | Veduta painter

Carlo Teodoro Duclère (Naples, 1812-1869) was an Italian landscape painter, associated with the School of Posillipo.

His father, Jacques-François Théodore Duclère, born around 1788, was from Seine-et-Marne, France, and came to Italy during the Napoleonic Wars.

He met and married Teodoro's future mother, Costanza Lepori, in Rome and they settled in Naples, where he took a job as a customs officer.

Pasolini, la Callas e l'Amore impossibile | Le Lettere

Quando Pier Paolo Pasolini (Scrittore, poeta, autore e regista cinematografico e teatrale italiano, 1922-1975) incontra Maria Callas (Soprano americana di origine greca, uno dei cantanti lirici più famosi ed influenti del 20° secolo, 1923-1977) per la prima volta era il 1969 e stava lavorando al suo nuovo film "Medea".

Lui ricorda così la prima volta che la vide: "Una straordinaria apparizione fisica, con quei grandi occhi in un volto dagli zigomi alti, dai lineamenti e dalle espressioni che rientrano perfettamente nella mia mitologia fisionomica".

Pier Paolo Pasolini e Maria Callas sul set del film "Medea"

Attilio Simonetti | Neo-Pompeian painter

Attilio Simonetti (1843-1925) was an Italian painter and Antiquarian.

He was born and resided mainly in Rome: a son of Francesco, a Roman jeweler and engraver, and Carolina née Raffaeli, from a family of mosaicists.

He showed a talent for art at an early age, which brought him to the attention of a family friend, the painter Marià Fortuny.

At the age of sixteen, he began his formal studies.

Vincenzo Capobianchi | Neo-Pompeian painter

Vincenzo Capobianchi or Capobianchi (1836-1928) was an Italian painter born in Rome, who is best known for painting realistic Neo-Pompeian genre scenes.

He was also a prominent numismatist, and author of papers on Italian coinage.

Among his works are: The Yellow Dress (1875), Roman children practice indoor archery (1881) and The Merchant of Fine Antiquities.

Walter Molino (1915-1997)

Walter Molino was an Italian comics artist and illustrator.

Born in Reggio Emilia, Molino made his professional debut as illustrator and caricaturist in 1935, collaborating with the newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia and the children's magazines Il Monello and L'Intrepido.

In 1936 he started working for the satirical magazine Bertoldo, and in 1938 he debuted as a comic artist with the series Virus, il mago della Foresta Morta, with texts of Federico Pedrocchi.

Walter Molino | La Singoletta, 1962

Frans van Straaten, 1963 | Figurative sculptor

Born in Hague, Frans van Straaten is a Dutch artist and known for his bronze sculptures.

He is a figurative artist and sculptor, who creates bronze sculptures in which he unites force and movement.

In 1985 Van Straaten obtained his second-level teaching certificate in Drawing and Handicrafts.

He continued his education in Rotterdam at the Willem de Kooning Academy.

Dino Campana e Sibilla Aleramo "Quel viaggio chiamato amore"..

Nel 1916, sulle colline del Mugello, il poeta Italiano Dino Campana (Marradi, 20 agosto 1885 - Scandicci, 1º marzo 1932), conobbe la scrittriceSibilla Aleramo (Alessandria, 14 agosto 1876 - Roma, 13 gennaio 1960), autrice del romanzo "Una donna", con la quale instaurò una intensa quanto tumultuosa relazione, che si sarebbe interrotta all'inizio del 1918, a seguito di un breve incontro nel Natale del 1916, a Marradi.

Nell'ultima lettera qua di seguito, c'è tutto il dolore del poeta che non riesce a dimenticare l'amore per la Sibilla Aleramo.

Charles Amable Lenoir | Reverie, 1893

Bazoche | Romantic painter

A self-taught painter based in the Périgord Noir, Bazoche managed to combine his two passions: comics and painting.

In a style imbued with a certain naivety, his paintings are always the pretext to tell stories, sometimes nostalgic, sometimes romantic, sometimes dramatic, but the viewer always has his place to tell his own story...

Maria Samoletova, 1990

Мария Самолётова was born in the small town of Tarusa, in a family of ceramic artists.

In her childhood home, cats always lived; they were on a par with the owners of the house, and their numbers significantly exceeded the latter, thereby creating a special furry comfort, an atmosphere of unpretentious kindness and peace.

Memory and love, which over time suggested plots for the development of a series of paintings dedicated to furry friends (purrs).

Plamen Dimitrov, 1988 | Abstract sculptor

Plamen Dimitrov is an Bulgarian artist of figurative and abstract bronze sculptures.

Every sculptures are unique in the visual art world because they are 3 dimensional in nature and other then reliefs, utilize 360 degrees of space requiring the artist to fully think through this aspect of the work keeping it interesting and well thought out at all angles of view.

Svetlana Tartakovska, 1979

Svetlana Tartakovska was born in Berditchev near Kiev.

She lives and works in The Netherlands and she graduated at the Klassieke Academie voor Beeldende Kunst (Classical Academy for Visual Arts) in Groningen.

She also studied at The Art Academy in Florence and attented workshops at Sam Drukker.

She is a young woman with a rich inheritance from an old culture: a treasury of world-famous authors including Dostojewsky and Lermontov and great painters like Repin.

Carolien van Olphen, 1971 | Figurative painter

Carolien van Olphen is a Dutch painter, born in Rotterdam.

She received her education at the Classical Art Academy in Groningen.

Carolien is a realistic portrait painter, a technical skilled artist.

She likes to dress-up her models in bright patterned dresses, silk ropes, fur coats etc.

Jungsuk Lee | Romantic illustrator

Jungsuk Lee 이정석 is a South Korean illustrator, who makes work under the name Endmion1.

Graduated in Business Administration from Chungju National University.

Jungsuk Lee's dreamlike artwork creates beautifully atmospheric compositions that are highlighted with emotionally engaging cityscapes, starry nights and wistful figures.

Madeleine Gross, 1993 | Abstract artist

Madeleine Gross is a Toronto-based artist who combines photography and painting to represent how we live in both reality and fantasy.

She photographs idyllic scenes from across the world - beaches, lakes, snow-covered mountains and medieval cobbled streets - and paints vibrant strokes over selections of the people, objects, and landscapes.

The result is a unique aesthetic: part photo, part painting, photorealism and abstraction in one frame.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Tête de jeune fille, 1882

Painted in 1882, "Tête de jeune fille" dates from a key period of transition within Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s career.

It was at the beginning of that year that the pioneering Impressionist dealer Paul Durand-Ruel had begun to purchase Renoir’s work, granting the artist a new level of professional and financial security, which in turn enabled him to travel abroad for the first time.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Tête de jeune fille, 1882 | Christie's

Nikita Busyak | Urban sketcher

Nikita Busyak comes from Ukraine, the city of Kharkov, and it is this city that he depicts in his incredible illuminated architectural sketches.

In each architectural drawing, he digitally manipulates the windows so that they glow with golden light, making it seem as though someone is home.

Nikita is an inventor of Glowing Archisketch technique.

Elizabeth Jane Gardner | Academic painter

Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau (Exeter, New Hampshire, 1837 - Paris, 1922) was an American academic and salon painter, who was born in Exeter, New Hampshire.

She was an American expatriate who died in Paris where she had lived most of her life.

She studied in Paris under the figurative painter Hugues Merle (1823-1881), the well-known salon painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911), and finally under William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).

Marie Wunsch | Genre painter

Marie (Mizzi) Wunsch (1862-1898) was an Austrian artist.

As a little girl, she took part in drawing classes where her keen sense of observation was already evident.

However, her talent was not encouraged until 1880 when she was admitted to the Austrian Museum's preparatory school to study.

She kept drawing and painting and eventually moved to Venice where she received further instructions from Eugen v. Blaas.

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)

Newell Convers Wyeth, known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American painter and illustrator.

He was a student of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators.

Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books - 25 of them for Scribner's, the Scribner Classics, which is the body of work for which he is best known.