Laurie Kaplowitz | Figurative Expressive painter

American painter ▪ Laurie Kaplowitz earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University and her Master of Fine Arts degree from American University. She is a Chancellor Professor in Painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Claude Monet | La Gare St Lazare, Parigi 1877

When he painted The Saint-Lazare Station, Monet had just left Argenteuil to settle in Paris. After several years of painting in the countryside, he turned to urban landscapes. At a time when the critics Duranty and Zola exhorted artists to paint their own times, Monet tried to diversify his sources of inspiration and longed to be considered, like Manet, Degas and Caillebotte, a painter of modern life.

Nicholas Burdykin [Николай Бурдыкин] 1960

Russian painter Николай Бурдыкин, well known as a master of lyrical architectural landscape.

However, in his work, took quite a mythological theme, which is reflected in works of this exhibition.

The myth for centuries nourished the work of artists. Each generation of artists gave their interpretation of the myth.

Not forgotten this issue and in our vain time.

Referring to the mythological theme, Nicholas Burdykin not trying to illustrate it, and focuses all attention on the mythological characters.

Christian Schloe | Digital Visionary painter

Austrian Visionary painter Christian Schloe works includes digital art, painting, illustration and photography.

The surreal scenes by Christian Schloe feature bizarre moments that draw viewers out of a concrete reality and into a dreamy, fictional world.

In his work, the digital artist creates expressive visual stories filled with soft color palettes, elegant birds and butterflies, soft flower petals, and otherworldly, majestic landscapes.

The illusion of a scratched canvas and worn, aged edges allude to a different time and place where a howling wolf is half human, half animal; a couple dances among the clouds; and a young girl collects drops of moonlight in a bowl.

Sampo Kaikkonen, 1975 | Figurative painter

Sampo Kaikkonen, a Finnish figurative painter living and working in Oulu, Finland.

His paintings respect the technique and style of the old masters.

The atmosphere in the paintings is timeless. There are no symbols of specific era and the landscape is universal.

Beside the dominant human figures another strong factor in his works is emotion which mediates through his themes, expressions and colors.

Pia Erlandsson | Swedish Watercolor painter

Swedish painter Pia Erlandsson works through watercolors to focus on the minute expressions of her subjects. Her fascination with human emotions is evident throughout her ethereal oeuvre.
- I was born in south of Sweden, living in Gothenburg since many years back. I have been working full time as a watercolor artist since 2007.
In my paintings I usually portray people. I want to convey feelings and expressions of universal emotions, communicating different states of the human mind. I try to find the tension and harmony between colors and shapes, and light and darkness, where the water and pigments together create new forms.

William Schneider, 1945 | VideoArt

William Schneider - American painter - has received awards in exhibitions including those of: Academic Artists, The Degas Pastel Society, Oil Painters of America, The Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Portrait Society of America, and Salon International.

Igor Mitoraj (Polish, 1944-2014)

Igor Mitoraj (1944-2014) was a Polish artist and sculptor.

Known for his fragmented sculptures of the human body often created for large-scale public installations, he is considered one of the most internationally recognized Polish sculptors.

Biography

Mitoraj was born on 26 March 1944 in Oederan, Germany.

His Polish mother was a forced labourer, while his father was a French officer of Polish extraction.

Robert Coombs, 1970 | Figurative painter

As a young boy, Robert Coombs had received one of the most exciting presents he could remember - a set of watercolor paints.

He was so anxious to use them that he quickly grabbed a pad of paper and sat down to paint anything he could find.

It ended up being a bowl of fruit and he applied the paint straight out of the tube as thick as toothpaste.