Ivailo Petrov, 1965 | Bulgaria

L'artista Bulgaro Ivaylo Petrov è nato a Sofia, in Bulgaria.

Si è laureato alla Scuola di Belle Arti di Sofia nel 1984-1990 ed al 1995 ha studiato presso l'Università Bulgara di Belle Arti.

Insegna all'Università di Architettura dal 1996.

Ha tenuto numerose mostre in Italia, Spagna, Austria, Belgio, Germania, USA, Repubblica Ceca.

Thomas Sully | Portrait painter

Thomas Sully (1783-1872) was an British-born American painter, one of the finest U.S. portrait painters of the 19th century.

Sully’s parents moved to the United States in 1792, settling in Charleston, S.C.

He was a pupil of Gilbert Stuart in Boston (1807) and of Benjamin West in London (1809) and was influenced by the portrait artist Sir Thomas Lawrence.

After 1810 he made Philadelphia his home, although in 1838 he visited London to paint a full-length portrait of the young Queen Victoria for the Society of the Sons of St. George of Philadelphia.

Pat Brennan | Surreal Fantasy

Having been a traditional artist all my life, in the last two years I have discovered a great affinity for digital artwork in all its forms. A gift from my daughter of a computer complete with software started me on a path of discovery.

In March 2006, I joined Deviant Art. Being a part of this community encouraged me to further my knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. I now work with a digital brush as easily as a real one.

William Fettes Douglas (1822-1891)

Pittore Scozzese autodidatta, Sir William Fettes Douglas fu direttore della National Gallery of Scotland nel 1877 e cinque anni dopo, presidente della Royal Scottish Academy.

Sir William Fettes Douglas nacque a Edimburgo nel 1822 e ricevette la sua prima educazione alla Southern Academy e successivamente alla High School.

Suo padre, il signor James Douglas, contabile della Banca Commerciale, era lui stesso un artista dilettante di una certa abilità, e fu in accordo con il suo desiderio che suo figlio entrò al servizio della Banca, servizio in cui continuò per dieci anni.

Tristan Elwell | Pop Surrealist illustrator

Tristan Elwell è un artista, illustratore ed insegnante Americano.

Nato e cresciuto a New York City dove si è diplomato alla High School of Music and Art ha poi proseguito gli studi alla School of Visual Arts dove si è laureato nel 1990.

I dipinti di Tristan Elwell sono apparsi su centinaia di copertine di libri, giochi di carte collezionabili, copertine di riviste e campagne pubblicitarie internazionali.

Frank Markham Skipworth | A dancing girl, 1889

Frank Markham Skipworth (1854 Castor, Lincolnshire - 1929 London) was a very well known painter of portraits, genre and historical subjects.

He studied for two years at the Lincoln School of Art, for three years at the Royal Academy Schools, under Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919)) and finally in 1883-84 was a pupil of the famous Adolphe William Bouguereau in Paris.

Frank Markham Skipworth | Zora, a Dancing Girl, 1889

Thomas Alexander Ferguson Graham | Alone in London, 1894

Thomas Alexander Ferguson Graham (1840-1906) was born in Kirkwall, Orkney but moved to Edinburgh after the death of his father.

In January 1855 he enrolled as a student at the Trustees' Academy where he was a pupil of Robert Scott Lauder (1803-1869).

Fellow students under Lauder included William McTaggart, William Quiller Orchardson, John Pettie and George Paul Chalmers.