Rafal Olbinski, 1945 | Surrealist / Visionary painter

"In front of a painting, as in front of a beautiful woman, one must revel in wonder" - Rafal Olbinski*.

- "Poetic humor is a quality rarely found in the fine arts" - says Andre Parinuad, President of the International Arts Salon in Paris.

- "Rafal Olbinski has this gift.He wants to show us that our imagination is a magical world, which we are recreating forever. He draws us into a different universe, and forces us to use our eyes to participate in a marvelous world which is the true dimension of dreams".

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Olbinski see:

• Rafal Olbinski, 1943 | Surrealist painter ➺

Jean Metzinger | Cubist painter

Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (June 24, 1883 - November 3, 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes, developed the theoretical foundations of Cubism.

His earliest works, from 1900 to 1904, were influenced by the Neo-impressionism of Georges Seurat and Henri-Edmond Cross.

Between 1904-1907 Metzinger worked in the Divisionist and Fauvist styles with a strong Cézannian component, leading to some of the first proto-Cubist works.

Miguel Avataneo, 1962 | Figurative painter

Miguel Angel Avataneo, Argentine painter, was born in the province of Cordoba in Argentina and his love of the pure form of classicism was nourished by his early interest in the Italian masters: Correggio (1489-1534), Giorgione (1478-1510), Raphael (1483-1520) and Titian (1488/90-1576).

He was also greatly influenced by the late eighteenth century french paintings of David, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).

Vittorio Tessaro, 1958 | Figurative sculptor

Italian artist* Vittorio Tessaro was born in Caldogno, Vicenza. After graduating from art school in Valdagno (Vicenza), he has developed an idea of ​​sculpture "felt" free and without royalties, allowing it always to express his skills in the pure sense and instinctive.
Knowledge of the tools of the model has enabled him to begin his own, a kind of long patient battle with the form, which meant even refuse illustrious models of the past: do not refuse to allow himself to be overwhelmed.

Antonio Sgarbossa, 1945 | Figurative painter

The following collection include the figurative paintings by Italian painter Antonio Sgarbossa.

Sgarbossa was born in Fontana Viva, Italy, the 18th of July 1945.

Louis Treserras, 1958 | Hyperrealist painter

French painter, sculptor and photographer Louis Treserras claims to be a self taught painter.

For 30 years he has been painting young and mysterious female models.

His rigorous approach to artistic composition would almost compare to a science, like mathematics.

His style remains however poetic an intimist, with a very distinct and soft range of colors.

Spartaco Lombardo, 1958 | Figurative painter

Italian painter🎨 Spartaco Lombardo was born in Luino, Italy by the Lake Maggiore, the 26th of March 1958.

Modern figurative painter, he has displayed his works in personal and collective exhibitions in Italy and abroad and he has entered many national and international contests.

His works are in private and institutional art collections. His occupational activity in the pictorial field began in 1981.

Aram Nersisyan, 1958 | Figurative pastel painter

Aram Nersisyan is an Armenian pastel painter, known for working in the Figurative style.

Nersisyan was born in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

Nersisyan studied at Armenian National University of Architecture and Construction.

Current Residence is Yerevan, Armenia.

Yarek Godfrey (1957-2014) | Figurative painter

Yarek Godfrey (real name Jaroslaw Pawel Nowicki) was a Polish artist of French, British and Austrian origins).

In 1982 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and the Studies for Stage Costume design for theater in Cracow.

In 1983 he moved to Paris, where he lived until his death in 2014. Godfrey received numerous awards for his work (among others, the Gold Medal of the XXXVIII Salon of Young Artists, Grand Palais, Paris, 1987; Grand Prix of the XXVI International Art Salon Côte d’Azur, Cannes, 1990).

He presented his work at numerous group and individual exhibitions, primarily in the United States and France, but also in Belgium, Monaco or Italy.

He died tragically on March 28th, 2014.