Carlos Oviedo, 1970 | Figurative painter

Carlos Oviedo was born in the town of Puebla, attends workshops in various institutions of paint from an early age, and also takes private lessons with one of Puebla's most renowned teachers, teacher Faustino and his wife Rosa Salazar, then studied graphic design at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

Make personal studies in the United States for eight years, where he maintains contact with works of contemporary masters of the world, who motivate and influence the degree to develop his painting technique to an unexpected level.

Andrea Schiavone | Mannerist painter

Andrea Meldolla (Croatian: Andrija Medulić), also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrea Lo Schiavone (c. 1510/1515-1563) was an Italian Renaissance painter* and etcher, born in present-day Croatia, active mainly in the city of Venice.

Andrew Sterrett Conklin, 1961 | Figurative painter

Andrew Sterrett Conklin, a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a figurative painter.

He holds a BFA from the American Academy of Art, and a certificate in painting from the National Academy School in New York City.

Conklin received additional instruction from portraitist Aaron Shikler and painter and illustrator David Levine.

Jan van Huysum | Still life painter

Jan van Huysum, (Amsterdam, 1682-1749) Dutch painter known for his still lifes of flowers and fruits.

He was the eldest son of Justus van Huysum, a versatile painter whose subjects included landscapes, seascapes, battle scenes, portraits, and flowers. Jan van Huysum studied under his father but soon surpassed him in skill.

Michael Sweerts | Boy in a Turban Holding a Nosegay, 1658-1661

Title: Boy in a Turban Holding a Nosegay.

Author: Michiel Sweerts (Flemish Baroque Era painter, 1618-1664).

Date: ca. 1658 - 1661.

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Dimensions: 76.4 x 61.8 cm.

Current location: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Spain).

Zhao Chun / 赵春, 1970 | Figurative painter

Zhao Chun / 赵春 was born in Shenyang City, Liaoning province, China.

He graduated from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts.

He participated in the Hong Kong Return to Art exhibition and won the Silver Medal.

For the 30th anniversary of the China-Japan Peace Treaty, the Seibu Art Museum in Tokyo organized an exhibition of oil paintings by Zhao Chun.

Carne Griffiths, 1973 | Abstract / Portrait painter / Illustrator

Carne Griffiths* is a fine artist and illustrator who makes artwork using tea, vodka, whiskey, brandy and calligraphy ink.

Originally from Liverpool, Griffiths graduated from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone in 1995.

Oleg Supereco, 1974 | Renaissance style painter

Oleg Supereco* is an Russian painter* whose production has been hailed by some critics as the new Michelangelo* and Raphael*.

Supereco was born in Moscow and nowadays lives in Italy.

Vincent van Gogh | Irises, 1890

Title: Irises
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise)
Date: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Adele R. Levy, 1958
Accession Number: 58.187
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825.

In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted four exuberant bouquets of spring flowers, the only still lifes of any ambition he had undertaken during his yearlong stay: two of irises, two of roses, in contrasting color schemes and formats.

In the Museum’s Irises he sought a “harmonious and soft” effect by placing the “violet” flowers against a “pink background”, which have since faded owing to his use of fugitive red pigments. Another work from this series, Roses (1993.400.5), hangs in the adjacent gallery. Both were owned by the artist’s mother until her death in 1907. | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.