Mihail Aleksandrov, 1949

Mihail Aleksandrov is one of the most influential and recognizable Russian painters in the world.

He is collected in more than 20 countries.

Aleksandrov was born in Vilnius, Lithuania.

He attended the Vilnius Art School classes for five years and then studied at the Vilnius Pedagogical Institute.

He received his degree in Russian Language and Literature in 1971.

Robert McGregor | Genre painter

Robert McGregor RSA (1847-1922) was a Scottish landscape painter, genre painter, portrait painter and marine painter.

His genre was particularly painting working men such as fishermen, shepherds, crofters, pedlars, and farm labourers.

However he also painted Scottish, French and Dutch country and coastal scenery.

He usually signed his work in the right hand bottom corner.

Vadim Markevich, 1969

Vadim Markevich was born in Riga, Latvia.

He graduated from the Lyceum of Arts and Restoration in St. Petersburg, and has exhibited since 1994 in the State Museum of Modern Arts, Minsk.

He went on to study at the Royal College in London in 1999, where he received an expert assessment of his work by Sotheby's.

The artist describes his work as neoclassical; a return to the more traditional style of painting.

Antonio Sgarbossa, 1945 | Il pittore Romantico delle figure

Il maestro padovano Antonio Sgarbossa, nato 'a Fontaniva (Padova), si avvicina all'arte giovanissimo, quando i genitori lo mandano ad imparare il mestiere di decoratore di piatti di ceramica in un laboratorio di Bassano.

È l'inizio di una lungo percorso di ricerca sulle potenzialità della materia cromatica e della rappresentazione pittorica, che lo porterà nel 1971 in Svizzera, favorendo una sua formazione in ambito europeo.

Thomas Faed | Genre painter

Thomas Faed RSA (1826-1900) was a Scottish painter.

Faed was born on 8 June 1826, at Barlay Mill in Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was the brother of the artists James Faed, John Faed and Susan Faed.

He received his art education in the school of design, Edinburgh and was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1849.

He went to London three years later, was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1861, and academician in 1864, and retired in 1893.

David FeBland, 1949

David FeBland è nato a Londra e si è trasferito negli Stati Uniti all'età di sei anni.

Ha iniziato a dipingere come autodidatta a metà degli anni '80.

Si è diplomato prima presso l’Università della Virginia, negli Stati Uniti e poi presso l’Università di Manchester, in Inghilterra.

Artista completamente autodidatta, FeBland aveva iniziato una carriera in Architettura del Paesaggio e Communication Design, e conduceva programmi radiofonici di jazz, finché, alla metà degli anni Ottanta, ha deciso di diventare un pittore a tempo pieno.

Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz, 1951 | Allegorical cartoonist

Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz was born in Makow Mazowiecki, Poland.

He graduated at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1976).

Works and activity: book illustrations, cartoons, prints, posters, paintings and stage sets.

Debuts in the magazines: "Polska" and "Szpilki" in 1972.

Publications in periodicals and the Polish press, e.g.: "itd", "Karuzela", "Kobieta i Zycie", "Magazyn Rodzinny", "Radar", "Razem", "Rzeczpospolita", "Sukces" (artistic director 1998-2000), "Szpilki", "Sztandar Mlodych", "Zycie Warszawy", as well as abroad: "Pardon" and "Slapstick" (Germany).

Felix Ehrlich | Genre painter

Felix Ehrlich (1866-1931) was a German portrait and genre painter.

Ehrlich studied painting at the Königsberg Art Academy under Carl Steffeck since 1883 and became his master student in 1888.

Back in Berlin he was appointed court painter in 1896.

In the same year he married Bertha Homoth.

Felix Ehrlich portrayed Otto von Bismarck as well as Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife, the crown prince couple and many high-ranking officials and officers.

Le bambine senza tempo di Berit Hildre, 1964

Berit Hildre è nata ad Alesund, in Norvegia. Vive nel Sud della Francia da circa vent'anni con il suo compagno e pittore Louis Treserras ed insegna scultura.

Berit Hildre: - "Le mie bambine sono come i fiori; fragili margherite nell'incavo di una valle, meravigliosamente fresche e belle, vulnerabili, in balia di tante cose che possono distruggere questo piccolo miracolo in un istante; una margherita, una bambina.

Le bambine credono negli angeli, nelle fate e nei troll, nei principi e nei maghi".

Il mondo allegorico di Sergei Rimashevski, 1964

Sergei Rimashevski / Сергей Римашевский was born in Grodno, Belarus.

Due to his high level of professionalism in his portraits, paintings, allegories he appears before the judges as a director and playwright.

His paintings, woven from real life experiences keep secrets, awakening the imagination.

The artist reveals the world of the individual, but the reading of this world is only available to thoughtful viewer, ready to plunge into the world of childhood.

Jacques François Carabain (1834-1933)

Pittore di paesaggi ed architettura, Jacques François Carabain fu allievo dei maestri olandesi Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer e Valentijn Bing all'Accademia di Amsterdam.

I suoi viaggi lo portarono in Francia, Germania, Italia ed Austria, ma si stabilì in Belgio.

Era particolarmente interessato alle strutture medievali e barocche ed era spesso attratto dalle affollate piazze del mercato.

Le sue opere sono conservate nel Museo di Ypres e nel Museo Rudolfinum di Praga.

Natalia Bagatskaya, 1967 | Magic realism painter

Natalia Bagatskaya / Наталія Багацька was born in Horodyshche, Ukraine.

Lives and works in Kyiv.

She graduated from the University of Technology and Design in "clothing design" specialty.

Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Specialization: Acrylic painting.

Lucy Michiels, 1973 | Figurative painter

Born in Valenciennes, France, Lucy Michiels is a self-taught painter.

She guides model's into natural poses which capture the qualities so important in her paintings: elegance, softness, and charm.

Seeing the beauty of the human form, the subtlety of expression in the face and the body, Lucy Michiels’s paintings remind us that a look, or a slight smile, can communicate much more clearly than words ever could.

While she paints, time stops, an extreme concentration and wellness rise, a deep mental silence settles in.

The world fades away.

Cesare Pavese | Donne appassionate

Le ragazze al crepuscolo scendendo in acqua,

quando il mare svanisce, disteso. Nel bosco

ogni foglia trasale, mentre emergono caute

sulla sabbia e si siedono a riva. La schiuma

fa i suoi giochi inquieti, lungo l’acqua remota.

Vladimir Volegov

Marco Tulio, 1966 | Magic realism painter

Born in Medellin, Colombia, self-taught artist, Marco Tulio began his artistic endeavors at a very early age; with both of his parents as artists, Marco has been painting since he was very young.

Certainly his talents must be innate as this prodigal child had his first exhibit at the age of eleven.

His father, abstract artist, Guillermo Espinosa instilled in him an appreciation of color but Marco practiced, refined, and has perfected his classically inspired scenes.