Andre Brasilier, 1929 | Fauve painter

André Brasilier is a French painter, who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Art in Paris.

In his lifetime Brasilier has been the subject of over 100 solo exhibitions across 20 countries.

Brasilier has been the recipient of several awards including the 1952 Prix Florence Blumenthal and the 1953 Prix de Rome.

Jennifer Verny-Franks | Naïve painter

Jennifer Verny-Franks' paintings capture the humour and beauty of everyday life.

Jennifer was born in North Wales and raised in an extended family of painters, poets, writers and musicians.

Her mother`s studio was her playroom and she was encouraged to draw and experiment with painting materials from an early age.

She was trained at Central Saint Martins, with a background in illustration and fine art.

Giovanni Boldini | La Belle Epoque

From: The British Museum

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Born in Ferrara, the son of the painter Antonio Boldini (1792-1872), from whom he received his first artistic training, Giovanni Boldini studied at the Civico Ateneo di Palazzo dei Diamanti in his native city, where he had established a reputation as an accomplished portrait painter by the time he was 18.

In 1862 he went to Florence, where he met artists in the Macchiaioli circle at the Caffé Michelangiolo, while attending the Scuola del Nudo at the Accademia di Belle Arti.

Michele Gordigiani (1830-1909), the leading portrait painter in Tuscany, passed on some of his commissions to Boldini.

Boldini saw and admired the paintings of Courbet and Manet at the Exposition Universelle in 1867 on a visit to Paris, where he met Degas, who became a lifelong friend.

Marianne von Werefkin (1860-1938)

Marianne von Werefkin /Мариа́нна Влади́мировна Верёвкина (10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1860, Tula, Russia - 6 February 1938, Ascona, Switzerland), born Marianna Wladimirowna Werewkina (transliteration Marianna Vladimirovna Verëvkina), was a Russian-German-Swiss Expressionist painter.

Ancient Asian art

The history of Asian art or Eastern art, includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions.

Developments in Asian art historically parallel those in Western art, in general a few centuries earlier.

Chinese art🎨, Indian art, Korean art, Japanese art🎨, each had significant influence on Western art, and, vice versa.

Near Eastern art also had a significant influence on Western art. Excluding prehistoric art, the art of Mesopotamia represents the oldest forms of Asian art.

Joachim Beuckelaer | Genre painter

From an Antwerp family of painters, Joachim Beuckelaer (1533-1575) trained in the studio of Pieter Aertsen.

In 1560 he became an independent master, and continued to develop themes in painting pioneered by Aertsen, arguably surpassing him in skill.

Edouard Toudouze | Genre painter

Édouard Toudouze (1848-1907) was a French painter, illustrator and decorative artist.

He was born to an artistically accomplished family.

His father, Auguste Gabriel Toudouze (1811-1854) was an architect and engraver.

His mother, Adèle Anaïs Colin (1822-1899), a well known illustrator, was the daughter of Alexandre-Marie Colin and a descendant of Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) | Genre painter

Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde, c. 1605 - Antwerp, January 1638) was a Flemish painter🎨 active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century.

Brouwer was an important innovator of genre painting through his vivid depictions of peasants, soldiers and other 'lower class' individuals engaged in drinking, smoking, card or dice playing, fighting, music making etc. in taverns or rural settings.

Brouwer contributed to the development of the genre of tronies, i.e. head or facial studies, which investigate varieties of expression.

In his final year he produced a few landscapes of a tragic intensity. Brouwer's work had an important influence on the next generation of Flemish and Dutch genre painters.

Alessandro Pomi (1890-1976) | Impressionist painter

Italian painter🎨 Alessandro Pomi was a pupil of Ettore Tito🎨 at the Academy of Belle Arti in Venice and then he completed his studies in Munich and Rome.

It was 1910, his first exposure to Ca Pesaro and two years later at the Venice Biennale where returns in 14 years, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1948.

He participated in various exhibitions in Italy and abroad Pittsburgh, London, Buenos Aires, Monaco Munich, Milan, Venice, Treviso, etc.

Among the many works the great altarpiece made in Sydney and paintings of the Way of the Cross for the Cathedral of Treviso.