Pierre-Joseph Redouté | The Raphael of flowers

Pierre-Joseph Redouté (10 July 1759 - 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large, coloured stipple engravings.

He was nicknamed "the Raphael of flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time.

Redouté produced over 2,100 published plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never rendered before.

Redouté was an official court artist of Marie Antoinette, and continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror.

He survived the turbulent political upheaval to gain international recognition for his precise renderings of plants, which remain as fresh in the early 21st century as when first painted.

Dmitri Spiros, 1971 | Pittore Impressionista astratto

Dmitry Spiros è un artista impressionista contemporaneo, cresciuto nell'Asia centrale.

Attualmente vive e lavora in Messico.

Spiros ha iniziato a studiare pittura nel 1992 e ha conseguito il diploma cinque anni dopo.

Il genere preferito di Spiros è il paesaggio urbano ed astratto.

Michel Devanakis, 1962 | Figurative painter

Michel Devanakis is a contemporary figurative painter. He lives and works in Athens, Greece.

- "Restless autodidact, adventurer and traveller, making art to live and share my own moments of wonder and happiness!Works held in private collections in Canada, France, Greece and Italy.

Born and raised in Douala (Cameroon) from Greek parents, I studied Graphic Design and advertising in France.

In the years following my studies, I lived and worked in many countries (France, Bermuda, Mexico, Canada) before settling in Greece in 1997, where I founded my own agency.

I have been awarded for my design works and have been the art director for numerous magazines (+Design, Insider Athens, Bonjour, etc.)".

Betsy Osieck (1880-1968)

Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (29 dicembre 1880-1 marzo 1968) è stata una pittrice, acquarellista, acquaforte, pastellista e disegnatrice Olandese che faceva parte del gruppo di pittura Amsterdamse Joffers.

Lizzy Ansingh (1875-1959)

Maria Elisabeth Georgina Ansingh è stata una pittrice Olandese.

Ansingh apparteneva a un gruppo di pittrici post-impressioniste influenzate dal movimento dell'Impressionismo di Amsterdam chiamato Amsterdamse Joffers.

Fu anche membro dei circoli artistici (ancora esistenti) di Amsterdam Arti et Amicitiae e Sint Lucas.

Morì ad Amsterdam il 14 dicembre 1959.

Lynn Noelle Rushton, 1967

Award winning artist Lynn Noelle Rushton focuses on work-a-day scenes from daily life.

Both in oils and the ancient hot wax medium of encaustic, Rushton's work has been exhibited in one-person, regional, and national juried shows.

Her honors include an archival file at the National Museum for Women in the Arts, images in the J. Paul Getty/Art Calendar International Registry for Art and Artists and listing on the Texas Commission on the Arts' Artist in Residency.

Lynn Noelle Rushton

Charles Sillem Lidderdale | Genre painter

Charles Sillem Lidderdale (1830, St.Petersburg - 1895, London) was an British artist of promise who exhibited 36 paintings at the Royal Academy from 1856-1893.

His career was marred by eyesight trouble which, after lengthy and skilful treatment by Tirgolin Tweedy, the oculist, yielded sufficiently to enable him to continue his work.

Unfortunately, he had to give up watercolour, a medium more exacting than oils.

But his watercolours, though not numerous, were admired both for their technique and colour.