Quando l'iperrealismo incontra il surrealismo | Ricardo Celma, 1975

L'artista Ricardo Celma è nato a Buenos Aires.

La sua vocazione artistica si sviluppa immediatamente: a cinque anni frequenta un laboratorio d'arte, a 16 anni ha realizzato la sua prima mostra personale, e cosi ha continuato ininterrottamente per 20 anni.

Al termine del liceo è entrato alla Scuola Nazionale di Belle Arti Prilidiano Pueyrredón, dove ha conseguito il titolo di Professore nazionale di disegno e pittura, con ottimi voti.

Daniel Del Orfano, 1968

L'opera di Daniel Del Orfano raffigura la vita non come potrebbe essere, ma piuttosto come viene ricordata: un'istantanea, non di un momento particolare, ma di un ricordo complessivo.

Daniel Del Orfano, nato e cresciuto a Long Island, New York, dopo aver insegnato presso la prestigiosa Scuola Knox Boarding, è stato integrato nel sistema scolastico pubblico, dove ha insegnato arte a bambini di tutte le età.

Ma, anche se estremamente gratificante, questa non era la sua vera vocazione.

Anastasia Vostrezova, 1981 | The Painter of the Ballet

Anastasia Vostrezova / Анастасия Вострецова was born in a family of artists in Ekaterinburg.

She spent all of her childhood in Moscow and in Pereslavl-Zalesski where her family had a summer house.

She graduated from the I.Shadr Art College, Ekaterinburg (2000) and continued her art education in Saint Petersburg.

In 2008 Anastasia Vostrezova graduated from the I. Repin Saint Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied in the studio of Professor M. Devyatov.

Now she live and work in Saint Petersburg.

Wisława Szymborska | C'è chi / There are those who

C'è chi meglio degli altri realizza la sua vita.

É tutto in ordine dentro ed attorno a lui.

Per ogni cosa ha metodi e risposte.

É lesto ad indovinare il chi, il come, il dove

ed a quale scopo.

René Magritte

Gaetano Bellei (1857-1922)

Dopo la formazione artistica all'Accademia delle Belle Arti di Modena, sotto la guida di Adeodato Malatesta, Il maestro Accademico Italiano Gaetano Bellei si trasferisce a Roma, dove frequenta l'accademia di San Luca, successivamente quella di Francia ed in contemporanea, quella spagnola.

Nel 1883 frequenta Firenze per un anno, dove porta a fine il proprio pensionato artistico.

Nella città toscana entra in contatto, per il suo eclettismo, con collezionisti, mercanti e mecenati di origine inglese per lo più, che gli commissionano varie tipologie di opere.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema | Stile artistico

Considerato uno dei pittori Vittoriani più influenti, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) costituisce una presenza molto particolare nel panorama artistico del XIX secolo; lo stile ed i contenuti delle sue opere manifestano allo stesso tempo elementi antichi e moderni, visitati in chiave personale, tanto che l'Art Journal del 1870 scrisse su di lui: «Alma-Tadema è difficile da classificare: non appartiene a nessuna scuola, o per meglio dire, è lui stesso una scuola».

Odilon Redon | Still Life

Odilon Redon's still life paintings are known for their vibrant colors, dreamlike atmosphere, and Symbolist style.

Unlike traditional still lifes that seek realism, Redon's works are visual meditations that place the visible in the service of the invisible, evoking emotion and imagination.

Magical dreams by Tomasz Kopera, 1976

Tomasz Alen Kopera is a contemporary Polish surrealist painter known for his oil-on-canvas artworks, which are celebrated for their dark, fantastical imagery and intricate detail.

His work explores themes of human nature, the universe, and the subconscious through symbols and dreamlike scenes.

Damian Tirado, 1960 | Belle Époque

Damian Tirado believes that color is a mode of expression in its own right and not simply a descriptive tool.

His paintings are often vivid and bright.

He is inspired by Latin art and classic European painters like Matisse and Renoir.

His work ranges from figurative urban landscapes to portraits.

Pablo Picasso | Sleeping peasants, 1919

Sleeping peasants, is the most potent of the small erotic paintings that is brilliantly coloured.

The restless, irregular rhythms mapped out by the contours of the tumescene limbs and ruckled drapery amount to a graph of love-making which has just occured, while the woman's thrown-back head and uncovered breast confirm her maenadic ancestry.

The ripe bodies nestled in the ripe crops implying some archaic fertility rite.

Peregrine Heathcote, 1973 | Glamour and intrigue

Peregrine Heathcote is a contemporary British painter known for his cinematic and narrative works that blend mid-century glamour with modern sensibilities. His academic realist style, featuring vibrant oil paints and rich colors, creates a world of timeless luxury and intrigue.

Early life and training: Born in London, Heathcote spent his early childhood in Britain and Dubai, which he credits with fostering his creative imagination.

As a child, he took classes at the Heatherly School of Art before receiving classical training at the Florence Fine Art Academy in Italy, where he graduated in 1994.

Léon-Jean-Basile Perrault | Pittore accademico di genere

Léon-Jean-Basile Perrault (1832-1908) è stato un pittore Francese.

Nacque da una famiglia modesta: il padre, Henri, era sarto.

Entrò a 10 anni nella scuola di disegno di Poitiers, allora diretta dai fratelli Hivonnait, dove rimase fino a 14 anni quando, dovendo contribuire al mantenimento della famiglia, trovò un lavoro presso un decoratore, con il quale collaborò ai restauri degli affreschi della locale chiesa di Sainte Radegonde.

Bryce Cameron Liston, 1965 | Figure painter

Bryce Cameron Liston has always lived in the Mountain West and was introduced to the arts at a young age by his mother, who was a very proficient artist.

Later in high school Bryce’s interest in art deepened when he was introduced to the works of great American Illustrators such as N.C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle “Their artwork was so exhilarating and rich, I was hooked”.

Due to limited resources, he chose to pursue his artistic passion by enrolling at the local public University.

Annick Bouvattier, 1964 | Unspoken words

Annick Bouvattier primarily paints painting of modern women, using intricate plays of light and shadow.

These women embrace their femininity without false modesty, remaining indifferent to outside gazes.

Annick Bouvattier was born in Nevers. Her father, a pediatrician and art enthusiast, passed on to her a love for art and painting from a very young age.

Tina Palmer, 1964

Tina Palmer ha sempre saputo che una carriera nell'arte era ciò che voleva.

In gran parte autodidatta, il suo lavoro è disponibile su commissione, attraverso gallerie selezionate negli Stati Uniti ed attraverso i suoi esclusivi Tina Palmer Art Events che consentono agli amanti dell'arte di ospitare Tina ed il suo lavoro a pagamento in ambienti aziendali o domestici, combinando la sua arte, le sue tele creato dai partecipanti mentre si godono la musica, il cibo, il vino e i cocktail selezionati di Tina.

Georges Maroniez | Fishing port at dusk

Georges Maroniez was born in Douai in 1865 and died in Paris in 1933, French painter.

Son of an industrialist, manufacturer of sugar in Montigny-en-Ostrevent, Georges Maroniez very early on showed a taste and gifts for drawing and painting.

His father encouraged him but also asked him to study law, the profession of artist being little considered at the time.

At the end of his studies, he began a career as a magistrate, successively in Boulogne-sur-Mer (1891), Avesnes-sur-Helpe (1894) and Cambrai (1897).

Anne Bachelier, 1949 | Surrealist painter

Metamorphosis, transition, and evolution provide the common threads of the art of Anne Bachelier.

The artist captivates her audience with compelling, highly imaginative images that are distinct, unique, inventive and immediately recognizable.

Her metaphysical, dream-like fantasies evoke feelings simultaneously powerful, peaceful, and protective.

This unique "other" world, untouched by time or place, reminds the viewer of the eternal dance of transformation and regeneration.

Paul Hedley, 1947 | Figurative painter

British painter Paul Hedley paints with compulsion, subtly influenced by his environment and daily experiences.

His paintings show his incredible ability to describe figurative form in the context of good quality and interesting compositions.

His brushwork is very decisive and colourful yet the effect is full of intimacy and serenity.

Paul Hedley was born and brought up in Chatham, Kent.

Claude Monet | Meules, 1890

The year 1890 was a watershed moment in Claude Monet’s life-he turned fifty, bought property for the first time and negotiated the purchase of Édouard Manet’s Olympia and its ensuing placement in the French national collection.

Any of these could have been the most notable occurrence of that period, but 1890 was also the year that Monet painted the most definitive artistic series of the nineteenth century - his Meules.

Claude Monet | Meules, 1890 | Sotheby's

Wolfgang Kossuth | Lo scultore tedesco della Scala di Milano

Wolfgang Alexander Kossuth (1947-2009) è stato un pittore, scultore, violinista e direttore d’orchestra Tedesco.

Ha dedicato tutta la sua vita all’arte, fondendo la passione per la musica a quella per le arti figurative.

Le sue opere ritraggono grandi personalità del mondo della musica, della letteratura e della danza.

Wolfgang Alexander Kossuth nasce in Germania, a Pfronten nel 1947 e muore a Milano, il 31 dicembre 2009.