Anton Smit, 1954 | New Futurist sculptor

Anton Smit was born in the Transvaal town of Boksburg, RSA.

Completely self-taught, in 1979 at the age of sixteen he was awarded the first prize in the SA Association of Arts New Signatures Competition.

In 2003 Smit established his own Sculpture Park in South Africa, which is dedicated to exhibiting his life's work, a functioning large-scale studio, alive with his creative passions.

Naomi Fuks, 1966 | Mixed media painter

Naomi Fuks Is a contemporary artist applying her unique mixed media techniques over canvas combined with acrylics and chalk drawings.

Naomi began painting at the age of three.

She later studied painting and drawing at the Avni Institute of Art and Design and photography and illustration at the Vital Center for Design Studies in Tel Aviv.

In the first years after graduation, inspired by Gustav Klimt, she specialized in acrylic paints combined with colored pencils.

I pastelli figurativi di Laurent Botella, 1974

Laurent Botella è un artista Francese nato a Nantes.

Il suo apprendistato di pittura inizia nel 1989 nella bottega di Maïthé Rovino ad Aussonne, seguito da un anno alle Beaux Arts di Toulouse.

Il lavoro si è concentrato sulla pittura ad olio e pastello.

Il lavoro con carboncino e matita è sempre stato alla base del suo lavoro prima e dopo le lezioni.

Géza Peske | Genre painter

Géza Peske (1859-1934) was a Hungarian painter.

He was born in Kelecsény Austria-Hungary.

He studied under Gyula Benczúr and Ludwig von Löfftz at the Academy of Munich.

He lived in Budapest since 1894.

His most famous pictures genre works with children there are at Hungarian National Gallery.

He died and buried in Bodajk, Hungary, where a street bears his name.

L'arte Naïf del francese Camille Bombois

Camille Bombois (Venarey-les-Laumes, 3 febbraio 1883 - 6 giugno 1970) è stato un pittore Francese, appartenente al movimento Naïf.

Figlio di un umile manovratore di barche sui canali, studiò fino all'età di dodici anni, quando ebbe l'occasione di trovare l'impiego dapprima come garzone di fattoria e poi come fattore.

Proprio in questi anni si avvicinò al disegno e alla pittura come autodidatta.

Gli acquerelli architettonici di Thomas W Schaller, 1956

Thomas W. Schaller è un artista pluripremiato, architetto ed autore che vive a New York City.

In qualità di rinomato artista di architettura, ha ricevuto una borsa di studio della Graham Foundation ed è stato due volte vincitore dell'Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize.

È autore di tre libri; il best-seller e vincitore del premio AIA, Architecture in Watercolor (VNR – McGraw Hill) The Art of Architectural Drawing (J.Wiley and Sons), e Thomas W. Schaller, Architect of Light: Watercolor Paintings by a Master - una retrospective delle sue recenti opere d'arte pubblicate da North Light Books / F+W Media e ora Penguin / Random House, NYC nel 2018.

Nathan Fowkes | Concept artist

Concept artist for the animation and entertainment industry.

Drawing, painting, color and design teacher. among his clients are: DreamWorks, Blue Sky, Blizzard and Disney.

Nathan Fowkes is a veteran entertainment industry artist with credits on 11 feature films including: The Prince of Egypt, Spirit, several projects within the Shrek Universe, How to Train Your Dragon, The Legend of Puss in Boots, RIO2 and an upcoming project from Disney.

Sara Linda Poly, 1945 | Romantic painter

"I have always been at home under the open sky.

Trying to capture the beauty and mystery of nature with paint is a joy like no other...it is like coming home" - Sara Linda Poly.

Sara Linda Poly was born and resided in Philadelphia until 1977 when she moved to Washington, D.C.

L'arte romantica di Nicholas Hely Hutchinson, 1955

Nicholas Hely Hutchinson ha studiato alla St. Martins School of Art ed al Bristol Polytechnic (Fine Art).

Dalla sua prima mostra personale nel 1984 Nicholas ha esposto costantemente a Londra, Dublino e Hong Kong.

I suoi dipinti sono diventati sempre più richiesti e ora sono presenti in molte collezioni private ed aziendali.

È stato rappresentato dalla Portland Gallery dal 1997 al 2022 ed è ora rappresentato dalla John Martin Gallery.

Marie Amalia, 1961 | Naif painter

Marie Amalia Bartolini was born an artist. Her mother, Suzy Bartolini, was already well known for her masterful reverse glass painting, and her father, Cyrille Bartolini, is a renowned sculptor.

Studying the fine arts at Paris University, and later enrolling the Beaux Arts School of Paris, Marie Amalia focused her study on the art of sculpture.

But after completing her courses, Amalia decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps, painting in the rare technique, «fixé sous verre», or «painting on reverse glass».

Exhibiting in European countries such as Paris, Bruxelles, Germany and her native France, Amalia's work is also exhibited in the United States by Edward Montgomery Fine Art in California.

Achille Glisenti | Genre painter

Achille Glisenti (October 1, 1848 - December 21, 1906) was an Italian painter, mostly of elegant genre and Orientalist subjects.

He was born in Brescia and had his first training there under Luigi Campini.

He then studied at the Brera Academy of Milan under Eleuterio Pagliano.

Jeong Hae-Kwang (정해광), 1963 | Hyperrealist painter

Jeong Hae-Kwang in an Korean painter, born in Seoul.

In 1989 he graduated from the Department of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Chung-Ang University (Korea).

Jeong Hae-Kwang is known for his hyper-realistic paintings of portraits and figures.