Mara Schasteen, 1976 | Still life painter

"Wyoming native and artist, I am dedicated to excellence in expressing the beauty of the world around me.

I work primarily in oils. The path my life has taken has not allowed for formal study of the arts, so I am teaching myself".

Julius Exner | Genre painter

Johan Julius Exner, (30 November 1825 - 15 November 1910), Danish genre painter, was born in Copenhagen to Johann Gottlieb Exner, a Czech musician from Bohemia, who came to Denmark during the Napoleonic period, and his wife Karen Jørgensdatter.

Exner originally intended on becoming a history painter, but quickly found his niche, however, in genre painting, the most popular and lucrative painting style of his era.

Gustav Vermehren | Genre painter

Gustav Vermehren (1863–1931) was a Danish painter who was born in Copenhagen into a creative family and destined to become an artist.

He initially took drawing lessons from his father (the painter Frederik Vermehren).

He studied at the technical school and was finally admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in Sep. 1881 and ended his studies there in May 1891.

Józef Rapacki | Landscape painter

Józef Rapacki (19 March 1871, Warsaw - 31 January 1929, Olszanka) was a Polish painter, watercolorist and graphic designer; best known for his nostalgic landscapes of Mazovia.

He was born to a theatrical family; son of the actor, Wincenty Rapacki. His brother Wincenty and sister Honorata also became actors.

Jerzy Leszczyński, the actor and director, was his nephew. He decided on a different course and, at the age of fourteen, enrolled in a drawing class taught by Wojciech Gerson.

Friedrich Prolss | Genre painter

Fritz (Friedrich) Anton Otto Prölß (1855-1934) was a German portrait and genre painter.

Prölß studied painting at the academies in Dresden with Ferdinand Pauwels and in Munich from 1880 with Franz von Defregger.

He was a member of the Munich artists' cooperative and exhibited his paintings in the Munich Glass Palace, among other places.

Although his residence was in Munich, he spent the summer months in Mittenwald for more than 50 years from 1879, where he created most of his work.

Giambattista Bassi | Master of Verismo

Gian Battista Bassi was an Italian painter. In his day he was defined as the "Master of Verismo".

Born in 1784 in Massa Lombarda, Giambattista Bassi joined the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 1810, and thanks to one of his paintings, he was awarded a three year stay in Rome.

Among many, he became friends with Tommaso Minardi, Antonio Canova and Pietro Giordani, thanks to whom Bassi was able to obtain his first important commission: two paintings for the King of Naples.

Karel Balcar, 1966 | Figurative painter

Karel Balcar (born in Lanškroun) is a Czech painter.

Balcar studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague (1984-1985) and at the University of Economics, Prague (1986-1987).

In 1992 he enrolled Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and graduated in 1999 from studio of professor Zdeněk Beran.

Most of his exhibitions since then have been in Prague, including venues such as the Liechtenstein Palace, town hall and the Rudolfinum but also the cities of Brno, Hradec Králové and at the Czech Centre in New York City.

He lives and works in Prague.

William Frederick Yeames RA | Historical genre painter

William Frederick Yeames RA (1835-1918) was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas "And When Did You Last See Your Father?", which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.

Yeames was born in Taganrog, Russia, the son of a British consul based in Russia.

After the death of his father in 1842, Yeames was sent to school in Dresden where he began studying painting.

After a change in the fortunes of his family, Yeames moved to London in 1848, where he learnt anatomy and composition from George Scharf and took art lessons from F. A. Westmacott.