Ognian Kouzmanov (Bulgarian, 1979)

Ognian Kouzmanov is a professional artist who lives and works in Pleven, Bulgaria.

He has made many exhibitions in France, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Czech Republic, Marocco, Serbia and Bulgaria.

Many of his art works are possession of different European private collectors. He paints mainly abstract paintings.

Alexandre Debrus (1843-1905) | Still lifes painter

Alexandre Debrus was an Belgian painter🎨 of still lifes, flowers and portraits; watercolourist.

Alexandre Debrus was born in Spa in 1818 as the son of Jean Nicolas Debrus. He also died there in 1905.

He worked in England for some time and participated at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876.

His work is well recorded although little is known about his life. He exhibited in France and died in 1905.

Nicoletta Tomas Caravia (Spanish painter, 1963)

"Painting and I are a community, it has me, I have it. I go hand in hand with painting, because it is the intimate language between me and my soul.

I learn from painting. I express my deepest feelings in such a form of world. From my world to the outside world, both inside and outside are expressed in a mirror way. The inner world is always fighting. The patterns I draw, the light of human existence, the fragility and his greatness, all of which are accompanied by my imagination.

Nicoletta Tomas Caravia was born in Madrid. She is a long-standing international painter and illustrator.

She travels the world with exquisite skills, rich colors, gentle and keen touch.

The purest aspect of human beings also attracts the audience into their own experience.

La donna implorante...| Camille Claudel (1864-1943)

L’Implorante, fa parte del gruppo scultorio L'Âge Mûr - L'età matura, una delle sculture più conosciute della Claudel, sia per lo stile che per la maestosità di cui vi è una versione in gesso ed una in bronzo. Richiestale dallo stesso Auguste Rodin 1840-1917 nel 1895, l'opera fu messa in mostra nella versione gesso nel 1899.

Il gruppo scultoreo fa richiamo al Rodin stesso indeciso fra le sua prima compagna, che poi sposerà e Camille -divenuta sua amante dall'età di 18 anni- che nel gruppo scultoreo è simboleggiata dalla figura che tenta di trattenere il "vecchio" amante che ormai si sta rivolgendo verso la sua futura sposa dimostrando comunque un che di esitante.

Jacques Prévert / Jeremy Mann | Bussano...

Chi è

Nessuno

E' solo il mio cuore che batte

Che batte troppo forte

Per causa tua.

Ma di fuori

La piccola mano bronzea sulla porta di legno

Non si sposta

Non si muove

Non muove neanche la punta del dito ...

Ancient Buddhism and Buddhist Art

Buddha, Probably Amitabha Amituofo | Early 7th century | China | Metropolitan Museum of Art

The history of Buddhism spans from the 6th century BCE to the present. Buddhism arose in the eastern part of Ancient India, in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India), and is based on the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama.

The religion evolved as it spread from the northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent through Central, East, and Southeast Asia. At one time or another, it influenced most of the Asian continent.

The history of Buddhism is also characterized by the development of numerous movements, schisms, and schools, among them the Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna traditions, with contrasting periods of expansion and retreat.

Josephine Wall (British, 1947)

"The art of painting is more than a career to me", she says, "it is an all consuming obsession and a love of colour and form. In fact, if I am away from my easel for too long I become restless and anxious to paint again" - Josephine Wall.

Wall's paintings are mainly influenced and inspired by Arthur Rackham, with lesser influences from surrealist artists such as Magritte and Dalí, and the romanticism of the pre-Raphaelites.

A number of her works were exhibited in Teheran and Tokyo during 1974 and her first solo exhibition took place the following year in Swindon. Josephine and her paintings were the subject of a special feature on Southern Television in 1990.

Following a visit to the Spring Fair in Birmingham in 1993 she signed contracts with firms in Britain and Switzerland to publish her work as prints, posters and cards for worldwide distribution.

Her originals and limited edition prints by are often sold through Courtenay's Fine Art and Courtyard of Romance.