Henri Le Sidaner | Intimist painter

Henri Eugene Augustin Le Sidaner (1862-1939) was an French painter, known for working in the Intimist style.

Le Sidaner began his career around 1880 as a young apprentice of Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Soon he was seduced by the Parisian artistic fervour, particularly the works of both the Impressionists and the post-Impressionists.

After a few months, repressed by the academic milieu, the painter abruptly decided to settle in Étaples, a small village near Pas-de-Calais, where he finished his training in solitude.

Henry Moret (1856-1913)

Henry Moret è stato un pittore Francese.

Di impostazione Impressionista, virò stilisticamente verso il Simbolismo.

Fu uno dei più interessanti artisti che, sotto la guida di Paul Gauguin, costituirono la Scuola di Pont-Aven.

Rubens Santoro | Genre / Marine scenes painter

Rubens Santoro🎨 (1859-1941) was an Neapolitan painter of genre and marine scenes, particularly well-known today for his views of Venice.

He was born in Mongrassano and studied under Giovanni Battista at the Naples Academy.

He then won numerous prices🎨, like a silver medal in Barcelona during the Universal Exhibition in 1911.

He also received two gold medals🎨 in 1891 and 1892. The two paintings exhibited there were acquired by the King of Italy Umberto I.

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

Rubens Santoro | Venice painting🎨

Gustave Loiseau | Scenes of Paris streets

Loiseau was born in Paris on 3 October 1865 into an affluent commercial family.

He was largely self-taught and during his youth he worked with a decorator, painting the outskirts of Paris in his free time.

An inheritance from his grandmother provided him with a certain degree of financial comfort and independence that allowed him to concentrate fully on paining and to move to Montmartre.

Here he met Maxime Maufra, with whom he remained friends for the rest of his life.

He enrolled at the École des Arts Décoratifs for a year, the only training in colour and drawing which he received.

Vladimir Volegov, 1957 | Romantic painter

Russian painter Владимир Волегов is famous for his figurative paintings with his dramatic use of color and texture he creates a portrait-like treatment of the female form, captured in a frozen, yet living moment, with the surrounding bursts of color and scenery.

Born in Khabarovsk, Russia, Volegov began painting at the age of three and his talent would be noted repeatedly throughout his adolescence.

After having attended the art school, "Krivoj rog" and having served in the army, Volegov was admitted to the lvov polygraphic institute in the former soviet union.