George Lundeen, 1948 | Figurative sculptor

Born and raised in Holdrege, Nebraska, George W. Lundeen, American sculptor, went to college at Hastings and then to the University of Illinois, where he studied with Frank Gallo, a realist sculptor.

He then spent a year on a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship in Florence, Italy, where the works of Old Masters inspired his ambition to sculpt for a living.

Today Lundeen lives and works in Loveland, Colorado, presiding over a family of sculptors, including his wife, a younger brother, a sister-in-law and a cousin.

Gil Bruvel, 1959 | Stainless Steel sculptures

A word from Gil Bruvel...

“I am artist because it is the conduit to release the ideas and visuals I carry daily. Since I was a little boy I have pursued my own exploration rooted in the unconscious mind and nurtured with daily practice using a variety of mediums of artistic expression. My artistic process developed organically from my father's cabinet shop to the stainless steel sculptures I create today.

Rembrandt van Rijn | Vita ad Opere

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, meglio noto semplicemente come Rembrandt (Leida, 15 luglio 1606 - Amsterdam, 4 ottobre 1669), è stato un pittore ed incisore Olandese.

Viene generalmente considerato uno dei più grandi pittori della storia dell'arte europea e il più importante di quella olandese. Il suo periodo di attività coincide con quello che gli storici definiscono l'età dell'oro olandese.

Dopo aver ottenuto un grande successo fin da giovane come pittore ritrattista, i suoi ultimi anni furono segnati da tragedie personali e difficoltà economiche. I suoi disegni e dipinti furono popolari già durante la sua vita, la sua reputazione rimase alta e per vent'anni fu maestro di quasi tutti i più importanti pittori olandesi.

I più grandi trionfi creativi di Rembrandt sono evidenti specialmente nei ritratti dei suoi contemporanei, nei suoi autoritratti e nelle illustrazioni di scene tratte dalla Bibbia.

Sia nella pittura che nella stampa egli esibì una completa conoscenza dell'iconografia classica che modellò per adattarla alle proprie esigenze. Così, la rappresentazione di scene bibliche era costituita dalla sua conoscenza dei relativi testi, dall'influenza delle tematiche classiche e dall'osservazione della popolazione ebrea di Amsterdam. Per la sua comprensione della condizione umana, inoltre, fu definito "uno dei grandi profeti della civiltà".

Ricardo Sanz, 1957 | Painter of light

Ricardo Sanz is an Spanish painter.

His work is contemporary figurative style.

His artistic vocation was forged through his grandfather, owner of the Art Gallery La Perfecta in which he met the great artists of the painting: Sorolla, Zuloaga, Vázquez Diaz, etc.

He has won top honors, including the National Living Culture Award, the Goya Prize Foundation, or Paul Harris Medal awarded the Rotary International Foundation.

Giuseppe Sanmartino | The Veiled Christ, 1753

Placed at the centre of the nave of the Sansevero Chapel, The Veiled Christ is one of the most famous and impressive works of art in the world.

It was the Prince’s wish that the statue be made by Antonio Corradini (Italian🎨 Rococo sculptor🎨, 19 October 1688 - 12 August 1752), who had already done Modesty for him.

However, Corradini died in 1752 and only managed to make a terracotta scale model of the Christ, which is now preserved in the Museo di San Martino.

Vladimir Mukhin / Владимир Мухин, 1971

Vladimir Mukhin /Владимир Мухин belongs to a new generation of Russian artists who survived the artistic repressions of the Soviet Union and are now flourishing in the more open political climate of modern Russia.

He was born in Karaganda a small city in the country of Kazakhstan.

Both his mother and father shared a love of the arts and both were members of notable ballet companies.

At the age of 12, Vladimir began his formal instruction as a painter.

Charles Roka (1912-1999) | Genre painter

Charles Roka (Róka Károly) was a Hungarian painter🎨 living in Norway whose name became synonymous with an excess of artistic kitsch.

Roka was born in Hungary in 1912. After he finished his studies on the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest he went on a European journey. In 1937 he finally settled in Norway, and lived in Bærum, outside Oslo until his death.

Eric Wallis, 1968 | Impressionist painter

Eric Wallis, American painter, started oil painting at the age of seven painting en plein-air along with his father, Kent R. Wallis.

The two worked together, trekking through mountain forests and rural farmland, searching out scenes of quiet, soulful serenity.

Spending his formative years at the side of his experienced father, Eric attained mastery of his medium at a very early age--and for him, painting became intrinsic to living.

Caspar David Friedrich | Stile pittorico e temi

«Il pittore non dovrebbe dipingere solo ciò che vede davanti a sé, ma anche ciò che vede dentro di sé. Se dentro di sé non vede nulla, allora eviti anche di dipingere ciò che vede davanti a sé»

- Caspar David Friedrich.

L'innovazione portata avanti da Friedrich si realizzò in chiave paesaggistica: Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) intendeva far evolvere la concezione classica di paesaggio, inteso solo come scenario bello da vedere, aggiungendovi il sentimento del sublime, una riunione con il sé spirituale attraverso la contemplazione della natura.

L'artista fu un personaggio chiave per trasformare il paesaggio, sino ad allora un fondale subordinato al dramma umano, in un soggetto autosufficiente.

Non a caso i dipinti di Friedrich includono spesso una Rückenfigur, ovvero una persona vista di tergo, assorta nella contemplazione del panorama.