Valentin De Boulogne | Baroque painter

With the exception of Valentin de Boulogne's baptismal record, bearing a disputed date of either 1591 or 1594, the artist's early life is undocumented.

The son of a painter and stained glass worker, Valentin likely received his first training with his father in his native Coulommiers, near Paris.

He may subsequently have studied with an artist in Paris or in Fontainebleau.

It is not known when he departed for Italy, where he resided the remainder of his short life.

Joachim von Sandrart remarked (1675) that Valentin reached Rome before Simon Vouet (1590-1649), who arrived around 1614.

Maria Ilieva, 1973 | Portrait / Still life painter

Maria Ilieva was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In 1991, she graduated from National School of Fine Arts, and in 1997, the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, with speciality Mural Painting.

Since 1997, Maria Ilieva is a member of the Association of Bulgarian Artists.

She works in the field of the murals, portraits, still lifes, illustrations and fine arts painting.

Her works are property of private collections in Germany, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Russia and USA.

Angelos Panayiotou, 1943 | Abstract painter

• "I would like my art to be an emotional and spiritual refuge.

I would like the image to be serene, peaceful, opening a path towards our inner salvation" - Angelos Panayiotou.

Άγγελος Παναγιώτου was born in Farkadona, Trikala, Greece.

In 1962 he enrolled at The School of Fine Arts, Athens, where he studied painting under George Mavroides.

He continued his education by visiting many European Museums, in particular Le Louvre, where he studied historical western art, mainly the Renaissance and Baroque period.

The Marathon Boy, 340-330 B.C.

The Marathon Boy or Ephebe of Marathon is a Greek bronze sculpture found in the Aegean Sea in the bay of Marathon in 1925.

It is conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens where it is dated to around 340-330 BC.

The Museum suggests that the subject is the winner of an athletic competition.

Vincenzo Cardarelli | I gabbiani / Seagulls

Non so dove i gabbiani abbiano il nido,

ove trovino pace.

Io son come loro

in perpetuo volo.

La vita la sfioro

com'essi l'acqua ad acciuffare il cibo.

Jimmy Lawlor, 1967 | Surrealist painter

Daniel Del Orfano | Romantic umbrella

" - I aspire to blend old fashion artistic integrity with modern perception.

My paintings depict life, not as it may be, but more as it is remembered- a snapshot, not of a particular moment, but of an overall memory.

It is the beauty of the emotion felt at an exacting time that I attempt to portray.

Trying to capture the romantic yet realistic view one has of everyday life is at the root of all my work".

Jimmy Law, 1970 | Abstract portrait painter

Jimmy Law is a self-taught artist and painter of expressive portraits and resides in Cape Town, South Africa.

Jimmy’s professional art career started in 2010.

He is specialised in portraiture, figurative work and sculpting.

"- I was born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State on 26 September 1970. I matriculated in 1989.

In 1990 I enrolled to study a three year Graphic Design Diploma course at the Technicon of the Orange Free State".

Everett Shinn | Ashcan School painter

Everett Shinn (1876-1953), a painter, illustrator, designer and playwright who was best known for his images of the theater, was born in New Jersey in 1876.

He studied industrial design in Philadelphia from 1888-1890, and in 1893, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

At the same time, Shinn supported himself as an artist-reporter for the Philadelphia Press, where he became friends with William Glackens, George Luks and John Sloan, whose style of urban realism influenced Shinn to depict the bleaker aspects of city life.