Rae Perry, 1989 | Figurative painter

"American artist🎨 originally from Dallas Texas, I now live and work in Dublin. I spent two years in Florence, Italy where I completed the drawing program at the Angel Academy of Art.

I am mainly self-taught when it comes to painting, and I primarily focus on still-life subject matter.

I eventually plan to incorporate the human figure in my paintings.

My influences range from the classic illustrators, to the Pre-Ralphelites and the great 19th century artists (Mucha, Waterhouse, Whistler, N.C.Wyeth and Chardin)".

Toshiyuki Enoki 榎俊幸, 1961 | Lacquer painter

Japanese artist🎨 Toshiyuki Enoki was born in Tokyo. Educated in several different genres of Lacquer painting, traditional Japanese painting and western painting, Toshiyuki Enoki's works are an amalgamation of the new and aged, reality and myth.

This artist strives to antiquate his works, not only in his thematic tribute to well known traditional artists such as Maruyama Oukyou also in his artist process.

Pedro Álvarez Castelló | Tango Argentino

Pedro Reinaldo Álvarez Castelló (1967-2004) was a Cuban painter who rose to prominence during Cuba's Special Period.

Alvarez was a native of Havana, Cuba.

He studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" from 1980-1985 and the Instituto Superior Pedagogico Enrique Jose Varona from 1986-1991.

He was a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba.

He married a Cuban woman and had a child.

hen he wasn't travelling to promote his work, he divided his time between Malaga, Spain and Havana.

Arkady Ostritsky / Аркадий Острицкий, 1948

Arkady Ostritsky was born in Chisinau, Moldova.

He was recognized very early as gifted in drawing and painting and by the age of 20 was accepted in Moldova's most distinguished Art Academy - the Repin Art Academy.

He graduated with distinction, earned many awards, and became one of his country's most important painters.

John George Brown | Genre painter

From Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum:

John George Brown (November 11, 1831 – February 8, 1913), the son of an impoverished lawyer, was born near Durham, England.

At fourteen he began a seven-year apprenticeship as a glass-cutter in Newcastle-on-Tyne, studying at night from 1849-1852 with William Bell Scott at the School of Design.

From 1852-53 he worked at the Holyrood Glass Works, Edinburgh, studying evenings at the Trustees Academy with Robert Scott Lauder.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Lovesight / Visione d'Amore

Lovesight

When do I see thee most, beloved one?

When in the light the spirits of mine eyes

Before thy face, their altar, solemnize

The worship of that Love through thee made known?

Or when in the dusk hours (we two alone)

Close-kissed and eloquent of still replies

Thy twilight-hidden glimmering visage lies,

And my soul only sees thy soul its own?

Niccolò Paganini: "La felicità non esiste ma la si canta!"

▻ "The violin is my mistress, but the guitar is my master".

▻ "Paganini non ripete!"

▻ "Paganini does not repeat!"

▻ "My secret, if I can call it secret, will indicate the violinists the way to penetrate the instrument much better than what has been done until now and it can demonstrate them, that violin is much more full of opportunities than what is commonly believed.

This discovery is not due to chance, but it is due to a deep study and applying it will no longer be necessary to practice four or five hours a day, it will remove the current scholar method, which studies to make the instrument difficult instead of teaching it".

Barney Seale | A head of Niccolo Paganini, 1782-1840

Meredith Marsone, 1977 | Abstracted Love

Meredith Marsone's (formerly Collins) paintings and drawings explore questions of heritage and identity.

At times there is a tension in her works that reference her Pakeha and Māori heritage, ta moko or floral designs delicately adorn faces of her subjects.

Heritage as well as the continuity of one's lineage are depicted in Meredith's works which often feature her with her daughters.