Carsten Witte (German photographer, 1964)

The Hamburg native photographer Carsten Witte has an extensive portfolio ranging from fashion, beauty, advertising and art. He specializes in black and white photography and believes that all his photo's hold a story.

Carsten Witte Studies of Visual Arts and Photography at FH Bielefeld, Internships and assistances to several Photographers. Collaboration with photographer Angela Bergling from 1987-1995.

"Starting with Editorial and Campaign Photography I turned towards Art in 2004. Several exhibitions since then all over the world".

Vincent Van Gogh | Still life with flowers

"In Antwerp I did not even know what the Impressionists were, now I have seen them and though not being one of the club, yet I have much admired certain Impressionist pictures - Degas🎨, figure - Claude Monet🎨, landscape.

And now for what regards what I myself have been doing, I have lacked money for paying models, else I had entirely given myself to figure painting but I have made a series of colour studies in painting simply flowers, red poppies, blue corn flowers and myosotys.

White and rose roses, yellow chrysantemums - seeking oppositions of blue with orange, red and green, yellow and violet, seeking The Broken And Neutral Tones to harmonise brutal extremes. Trying to render intense Colour and not a grey harmony" - Quote of Vincent van Gogh🎨 in his letter to Horace Mann Livens, from Paris, September or October 1886.

Masaccio | Vita ed opere

Masaccio, soprannome di Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai (Castel San Giovanni in Altura, 21 dicembre 1401 - Roma, giugno 1428), è stato un pittore Italiano.

Fu uno degli iniziatori del Rinascimento a Firenze, rinnovando la pittura secondo una nuova visione rigorosa, che rifiutava gli eccessi decorativi e l'artificiosità dello stile allora dominante, il gotico internazionale.

Partendo dalla sintesi volumetrica di Giotto, riletta attraverso la costruzione prospettica brunelleschiana e la forza plastica della statuaria donatelliana, inserì le sue «figure vivissime e con bella prontezza a la similitudine del vero» (Vasari) in architetture e paesaggi credibili, modellandole attraverso l'uso del chiaroscuro.

Jim Farrant (British painter, 1972)

Born in Taunton Somerset, British painter🎨 Jim Farrant attended Portsmouth College of Art.

After a period of travel throughout America and Australia he commenced painting full-time in 2002 and has had considerable success since then. Jim's work is inspired by the American realist school.

"The painting process always begins with a photograph. From a substantial collection of digital images, I will make a composite picture".

Robert Fowler (1853-1926)

Robert Fowler è stato un artista Scozzese che dipinse scene mitologiche e paesaggi.

Fowler è nato ad Anstruther, nel Fife, ed è stato allevato principalmente da suo zio e sua zia mentre i suoi genitori erano via per lavoro.

Ha mostrato una predisposizione molto precoce per l'arte, partendo prima dal disegno a matita per poi passare alla pittura e alla modellazione della creta.

La sua famiglia si trasferì a Liverpool e Fowler andò a scuola al Liverpool College.

All'età di 16 anni, trovò lavoro in un ufficio commerciale dove il suo talento per l'arte fu riconosciuto dal suo datore di lavoro, che incoraggiò i genitori di Fowler a mandarlo alla scuola d'arte.

Harry Holland (British, 1941)

Harry Holland is widely regarded as one of Britain’s best craftsmen, producing technically brilliant and very beautiful paintings.

His style is distinctive and immediately recognisable, something which every artist seeks.

The paintings are suggestive in the sense that they imply situations, events, or relationships that are not directly expressed; this imbues them with an engaging sense of mystery.

A master of painting, Holland works with uncompromising commitment and sincerity to produce art that is intense and rewarding.

Alexey Rychkov (Russian, 1968)

Inspired by works of Russian marine painters, Алексея Рычкова specialized in sea landscapes at the beginning of his creative career. The characteristic feature of his paintings is thin and transparent technique of depicting water in motion.

City landscapes of the artist are of romantic spirit and mood: St. Petersburg, the Neva, bridges and embankments, classical architecture. Landscapes of St. Petersburg are akin to works of old masters in the interpretation of the artist.

He has an excellent command of multilayered painting technique which is organically combined with the effective and solemn panoramic compositions.