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Jeffrey R. Watts, 1970 | Gypsy spirit


Jeffrey R. Watts is a southern California native. Growing up in rural San Diego county with an artist father, Watts demonstrated an early aptitude for the visual arts. But it was competitive sports that held his interest as a teenager.
After an injury cut short his budding career in professional cycling, Jeff turned his focus back to art, enrolling at the California Art Institute in Calabasas. Watts was soon asked to teach at the institute and began to work as an illustrator in the movie industry.
However, Jeff's goal to become an easel painter would draw him back to San Diego where he started a small life drawing and painting studio known as Watts Atelier of the Arts. Jeff's aesthetic sensibilities have long drawn him to the figurative art of nineteenth century Europe and Russia.

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Javier S. Barrera

Javier Sanz Barrera, pittore di Soria, insegnante di disegno e pittura, frequenta per cinque anni i corsi di disegno, pittura e modellismo presso la Scuola di Arti Applicate e Mestieri Artistici di Soria, Belle Arti a Barcellona e San Fernando a Madrid.
Maestro vetraio presso la Royal Farm Glass Factory e artista-artigiano a Soria e provincia in questa specialità, realizzazione di vetrate artistiche, progettazione, restauro e realizzazione di sculture in vetro.


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John Singer Sargent | Madame Ramon Subercaseaux, 1880-81

This portrait is a collaboration between a young artist establishing himself in the Parisian art world and a young couple with progressive tastes.
It depicts Amalia Subercaseaux (1860-1930), wife of Chilean consul and artist Ramón Subercaseaux (whose portrait hangs nearby), seated at a piano in the couple’s elegant and stylish residence on the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.
Working within an established portrait tradition, Sargent assimilates evolving ideas about representation and identity.


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Evariste Carpentier | Love is in the air

Évariste Carpentier, (1845 in Kuurne - 1922 in Liège), was a Belgian painter of Genre scenes and animated landscapes. Over the years, his painting evolved from the academic art to Impressionism. He is, alongside Emile Claus, one of the earliest representatives of Luminism in Belgium.
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Michael Tolleson, 1957

Michael Tolleson è un artista, autore e oratore professionista a cui è stato diagnosticato l'autismo e gestisce una galleria d'arte mentre vive negli Stati Uniti e in Messico.
Durante la sua breve carriera pittorica (circa 9 anni) ha dipinto più di 1500 dipinti degni di una galleria.
Indipendentemente dalle dimensioni, i dipinti vengono solitamente completati in meno di 120 minuti.
Di conseguenza, Michael è riluttante a prendersi il merito del suo lavoro, credendo che il suo autismo sapiente sia in realtà l'artista dentro di lui.
Fino alla metà degli anni '50, Michael non era consapevole del suo autismo.


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Anke Merzbach, 1959 | Surrealist photographer

Anke Amelie Merzbach è una creatrice di immagini e fotografa Tedesca.
Dopo aver studiato educazione, ha inizialmente lavorato per 20 anni come giornalista alla pubblicazione di un giornale di educazione ai media.
Dal 2004 si dedica completamente al lavoro come image maker.
In tal modo, mette spesso in scena immagini dall'aspetto surreale in cui l'obiettivo è ritrarre le persone.
In contrasto con l'attività di semplice messa in scena e raffigurazione di un fotografo, si considera una creatrice di immagini.
Lei è uno degli artisti surrealisti.


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Oskar Kokoschka | The Elbe Near Dresden, 1921

Oskar Kokoschka | The Elbe Near Dresden, 1921 | Detroit Institute of Arts

Artwork detail by the Detroit Institute of Arts:

This picture most likely depicts the view from the window of Kokoschka’s studio in Dresden, from which he enjoyed a splendid view of the Elbe River, its bridges, and the houses on the far shore.
The three elements of the landscape - water, embankment, and sky - are suggested by bold patches of bright color, and the simple, strongly horizontal composition emphasizes the low buildings and the river’s edge.
Painted between 1919, when Kokoschka moved to Dresden, and 1921, this painting is one of the earliest works by the artist to have been acquired by a U.S. museum.