Vincent Van Gogh | Drawings for study

Perhaps the most prolific post-impressionist painter of all time, Vincent Van Gogh gave us his mind, his heart, his soul, and, most notably, his ear. His works are probably better known generally than those of any other painter in history.

Born in 1853, Van Gogh was the son of a Dutch Protestant minister.

Early in his life, he possessed a moody temperament that would later haunt him in his efforts to become a successful artist.

His brief and turbulent life is thought to epitomize the mad genius legend.

Stuart Davis | Modern painter

Edward Stuart Davis (1892-1964) was an early American modernist painter.

He was well known for his jazz-influenced, proto-pop art paintings of the 1940s and 1950s, bold, brash, and colorful, as well as his Ashcan School pictures in the early years of the 20th century.

With the belief that his work could influence the sociopolitical environment of America, Davis' political message was apparent in all of his pieces from the most abstract to the clearest.

Maxfield Parrish | Golden Age Illustrator

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) deeply committed to the democratization of art, was probably the most popular artist of the twentieth century in the United States after Norman Rockwell link. Like many American artists, including Winslow Homer link, Parrish began his artistic career as an illustrator and became prominent through the publication of his work in popular magazines, such as Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, Life, and Collier’s. 

Giovanni Giacometti | Post-Impressionist painter

Giovanni Ulrico Giacometti (1868-1933) was a Swiss painter of the beginning of the 20th century.

He is the father of the famous sculptors Alberto and Diego Giacometti and the architect Bruno Giacometti, as well as the cousin of the painter and poster designer Augusto Giacometti.

Giovanni Giacometti was born in Stampa, the Grisans on March 7th, 1868.

Encouraged by his teacher, the young Giacometti entered on the artistic career and moved to Munich in 1886 to attend the school of arts and crafts.

Andreas Achenbach | Romantic painter

Andreas Achenbach, (born Sept. 29, 1815, Kassel, Hesse-died April 1, 1910, Düsseldorf, Ger.), Landscape painter, a pioneer of the German Realist school.

He studied at the Düsseldorf academy under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, but emancipated himself from the contemporary school of landscapists that delighted in the representation of Romantic scenery.

Augusto Giacometti | Abstract painter

The Swiss painter Augusto Giacometti (1877-1947) made color the focus of his art.

In a magnificent display of color with some 130 exhibits, the Kunstmuseum Bern is mounting an overview of the work of this pioneer of Abstraction.

On show will be loans from leading Swiss and international museums, artworks from private collections that have never been on public view before, as well as pieces from the Kunstmuseum Bern Collection.

GC Myers, 1959 | Symbolic Landscapes

A self-taught painter GC Myers, is a modern painter of “internal” landscapes, evocative compositions that reflect the synthesis of numerous schools of influence- Eastern philosophy, American Regionalist and Modernist paintings, Abstract-Expressionism, Art Nouveau and on and on.

His ability to draw from many and diverse sources results in a world of creation that is truly unique, speaking with a vocabulary that is, at once, both personal and universal.

Myers’ use of simplistic design, bold coloration and stylized rendering transforms the natural landscape into one that resonates with human emotions and qualities.

Sergio Lopez, 1983 | Pittore di figure e paesaggi

Sergio Lopez si è laureato all'Accademia d'Arte di San Francisco ed è un pittore esemplare in una varietà di mezzi. La sua conoscenza artistica è aumentata quando ha scoperto il suo amore per la pittura ad olio ed il disegno a carboncino.

Ha riempito album da disegno dopo album da disegno con osservazioni dal vero e disegni della sua immaginazione.

Gli illustratori della Golden Age, i pittori Bravura, gli artisti contemporanei, i concept designer, gli scrittori di graffiti ed i fotografi sono stati alcune delle sue più forti influenze nella sua ricerca della pittura.

Vail Oxley | Impressionist painter

Vail Oxley is a Beijing-based artist that creates impressionist style garden scenes.

Oxley prefers a country ambience reminiscent of Monet's Giverny paintings.

The artist's paintings are gentle themes; painted using a clear, bright palette and soft edged visual style.

Vail Oxley's work has become popular around the world.