Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach | Symbolist / Art Nouveau painter

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913) was a German painter and social reformer.

Diefenbach is a champion of reform of life , as the pioneer of naturism and the peace movement. His commune "Himmelhof" in Ober St. Veit (1897-1899) was one of the models for the students of his Gusto Graser reform founded settlements Monte Verita in Ascona.

As a painter he is an independent representative of Art Nouveau and Symbolism.

Diefenbach was a son of the painter and art teacher at the high school Hadamar Leonhard Diefenbach.

Brian O'Neill, 1969 | Figurative painter

American painter Brian O’Neill is a Signature Member of The Pastel Society of America and is proficient in a variety of mediums including oil, pastel, acrylic and charcoal.

His work has been showcased in galleries across The U.S, Canada, Japan and England.

O’Neill is most noted for his floral paintings and drawings and has been an avid gardener and nature enthusiast most of his life.

Brian is a graduate of The Ani Art Academy apprenticeship program where he studied under the guidance of acclaimed realism painter Anthony Waichulis.

In the spring of 2013 O’Neill joined The Memorial Art Gallery Creative Workshop in Rochester, NY where he teaches fundamental drawing and painting skills.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum of international stature in the centre of Copenhagen, founded in 1888 by the brewer Carl Jacobsen (1842-1914) who created one of the largest private art collections of his time.

It was named after his brewery, Ny Carlsberg, with the addition of "Glyptotek", meaning collection of sculpture.

The Glyptotek houses over 10.000 works of art divided up into two principal collections.

The museum contains two main departments of ancient and modern art, offering a unique combination of art in impressive architectural surroundings.

Walter Girotto, 1953 | Figurative painter

Walter Girotto is an Italian painter ⎆, known for work in the Figurative style.

Girotto was born in a small northern Italian town called Rovigo and it was May 4th when his family moved to Turin -Italy, to seek their fortune.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Girotto see:

• Walter Girotto ⎆

Stephan Sinding | Adorazione

Stephan Abel Sinding (1846-1922) è stato uno scultore Norvegese-Dnese.

Si è trasferito a Copenaghen nel 1883 e ha avuto la sua svolta nello stesso anno.

Nel 1890 ottenne la cittadinanza danese.

Nel 1910 si stabilì a Parigi dove visse e lavorò fino alla sua morte nel 1922

Vita e formazione

Stephan Abel Sinding nacque a Trondhjem come figlio dell'ingegnere minerario Matthias Wilhelm Sinding (1811-1860) e Cecilie Marie Mejdell (1817-1886).

Sinding era il fratello del compositore Christian Sinding e del pittore Otto Ludvig Sinding e nipote di Nicolai Mejdell (1822-1899) e Thorvald Mejdell (1824-1908), ed attraverso il primo cugino di Glør Thorvald Mejdell, che sposò la sorella di Stephan, Thora Cathrine Sinding.

Stephan Sinding era anche cugino di primo grado di Alfred Sinding-Larsen e dei tre fratelli Ernst Anton Henrik Sinding, Elisabeth Sinding (1846-1930) e Gustav Adolf Sinding (1849-1925).

Anatoly Korobkin, 1974 | Figurative painter

Анатолий Коробкин was born in Krasnodar, Russia. Committed to the Russian realistic school, graduate of the of Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, he aspires for absolute fidelity in reproducing the reality. Tackled various genres, for the most part it is portrait, landscape and historical painting.

His works are in private and corporate collections of Russia, USA, France, Germany, Denmark, England and the museum Russian Academy of Painting.

As a member International Federation of Artists.

Olga Gouskova, 1974 | Figurative painter

Ольга Гуськова was born in Moscow, Russia. She grew up in Belarus.

1985-1992 - Byelorussian Art lyceum, Minsk, Belarus

1992-1996 - Byelorussian Academy of Arts, Design department, Minsk, Belarus

In 1996 she immigrated to Belgium.

Since 2002 she lives in Bruges and works as graphic designer.

Nico Vrielink, 1958 | Figurative painter

Nico Vrielink was born in Reusel in the south part of the Netherlands. He was educated at an Academie of Art in Belgium to become a teacher. But teaching wasn't his cup of tea and since 1984 he working as an artist.

A year later, in 1985 Nico met his wife Jeane in Singapore. It was love at first sight and since the day he started painting her he never stopped doing so. By this time Nico has made more than 4000 paintings of Jeane.

If there is just one artist whose work can be linked to a muse, Nico Vrielink is far the most outstanding candidate. All over the world, the thousands of portraits he has painted of his muse illuminate many hundreds of private homes, institutions, galleries and museums.