Jean-Gabriel Domergue | La Parisienne

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889 - 16 November 1962) was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women.

Domergue was born in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.

In 1911, he was a winner of the Prix de Rome.

From the 1920s onward he concentrated on portraits, and claimed to be "the inventor of the pin-up".

He also designed clothes for the couturier Paul Poiret.

George Hendrik Breitner | Impressionist painter

From: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) was born in Rotterdam. In 1876, he enrolled at the academy in The Hague.

Later, he worked at Willem Maris's studio.

In this early period he was especially influenced by the painters of the Hague School. Breitner preferred working-class models: labourers, servant girls and people from lower-class neighbourhoods.

He saw himself as 'le peintre du peuple', the people's painter. In 1886, he moved to Amsterdam, where he recorded the life of the city in sketches, paintings and photos.

André Hambourg | Romantic Seascape painter

André Hambourg (May 5, 1909 - Dec 4, 1999) was born in Paris and received an education at l’École Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs under Paul Nicolausse and at l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Hambourg had his first solo exhibition at the young age of 19 at the Galerie Taureau in Paris, and soon after became a staple in the Paris Salons.

In 1933, Hambourg was awarded🎨 the Prix de la Villa Abd-el Tif. As a result of this award, he was able to travel to North Africa, where he spent nearly a decade painting in Algeria and Morocco. Throughout his years in North Africa, Hambourg exhibited his paintings in numerous one-man shows.

Fernando Botero | Neo-Figurative painter / sculptor

Fernando Botero Angulo (1932-2023) was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín.

His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece.

He is considered the most recognized and quoted living artist from Latin America, and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Alexey Shalaev / Алексей Шалаев, 1966 | Cityscape painter

Алексей Шалаев was born in Moscow. He studied automation systems at the Moscow Aviation Institute but infatuation with art in yearly ninetieth’s lead him to A. Skvortsov, a lector of the Moscow Academy of Art and Manufacture -former Stroganov Art School.

The artist works with equal success in different genres, but the favorite theme is the urban landscape.

Annie Manero | Abstract painter

Annie Manero is realized in a passion for painting that she has not always been able to express totally in the family years, but that takes her from her adolescence towards the study of the painting of others, the big ones.

Closer, for more than 20 years, she has let her imagination paint for her.

Her paintings open up her sensitivity for the colors they are in the tone or in the harmonies.

They also enlighten us by their lights, and those of our regions have magical reflections on the ponds and on the sea.

She explored the themes of nature that surrounds us and finally all the visions of travel and especially the eternal Venice that inspired him a lot.

Katia San Millan, 1952 | Visionary painter

Dominican artist Katia San Millan is a spiritual visionary painter whose work spans the gamut from Realism, Impressionism, Surrealism to the Abstract.

Haitian born artist with over 37 years of experience as a visual artist and art teacher.

"I am the daughter of master artist, Roger San Millan, who touched, shaped and colored my life as if it had been one of the many mediums he used to express his passion for deep reflection and beauty".

Alexander Sigov, 1955 | Magic Realism painter

Russian painter🎨 and graphic artist Александр Сигов was born in St. Petersburg.

Graduated from the Art College, a Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia since 1994.

Participant of more than 150 exhibitions. His works are in numerous private collections in Russia and other countries