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Thomas Faed | Genre painter

Thomas Faed RSA (1826-1900) was a Scottish painter.
Faed was born on 8 June 1826, at Barlay Mill in Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was the brother of the artists James Faed, John Faed and Susan Faed.
He received his art education in the school of design, Edinburgh and was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1849.
He went to London three years later, was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1861, and academician in 1864, and retired in 1893.


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David FeBland, 1949

David FeBland è nato a Londra e si è trasferito negli Stati Uniti all'età di sei anni.
Ha iniziato a dipingere come autodidatta a metà degli anni '80.
Si è diplomato prima presso l’Università della Virginia, negli Stati Uniti e poi presso l’Università di Manchester, in Inghilterra.
Artista completamente autodidatta, FeBland aveva iniziato una carriera in Architettura del Paesaggio e Communication Design, e conduceva programmi radiofonici di jazz, finché, alla metà degli anni Ottanta, ha deciso di diventare un pittore a tempo pieno.


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Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz, 1951 | Allegorical cartoonist

Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz was born in Makow Mazowiecki, Poland.
He graduated at the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1976).
Works and activity: book illustrations, cartoons, prints, posters, paintings and stage sets.
Debuts in the magazines: "Polska" and "Szpilki" in 1972.
Publications in periodicals and the Polish press, e.g.: "itd", "Karuzela", "Kobieta i Zycie", "Magazyn Rodzinny", "Radar", "Razem", "Rzeczpospolita", "Sukces" (artistic director 1998-2000), "Szpilki", "Sztandar Mlodych", "Zycie Warszawy", as well as abroad: "Pardon" and "Slapstick" (Germany).


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Felix Ehrlich | Genre painter

Felix Ehrlich (1866-1931) was a German portrait and genre painter.
Ehrlich studied painting at the Königsberg Art Academy under Carl Steffeck since 1883 and became his master student in 1888.
Back in Berlin he was appointed court painter in 1896.
In the same year he married Bertha Homoth.
Felix Ehrlich portrayed Otto von Bismarck as well as Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife, the crown prince couple and many high-ranking officials and officers.


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Le bambine senza tempo di Berit Hildre, 1964

Berit Hildre è nata ad Alesund, in Norvegia. Vive nel Sud della Francia da circa vent'anni con il suo compagno e pittore Louis Treserras ed insegna scultura.
Berit Hildre: - "Le mie bambine sono come i fiori; fragili margherite nell'incavo di una valle, meravigliosamente fresche e belle, vulnerabili, in balia di tante cose che possono distruggere questo piccolo miracolo in un istante; una margherita, una bambina.
Le bambine credono negli angeli, nelle fate e nei troll, nei principi e nei maghi".


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Il mondo allegorico di Sergei Rimashevski, 1964

Sergei Rimashevski / Сергей Римашевский was born in Grodno, Belarus.
Due to his high level of professionalism in his portraits, paintings, allegories he appears before the judges as a director and playwright.
His paintings, woven from real life experiences keep secrets, awakening the imagination.
The artist reveals the world of the individual, but the reading of this world is only available to thoughtful viewer, ready to plunge into the world of childhood.


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Jacques François Carabain (1834-1933)

Pittore di paesaggi ed architettura, Jacques François Carabain fu allievo dei maestri olandesi Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer e Valentijn Bing all'Accademia di Amsterdam.
I suoi viaggi lo portarono in Francia, Germania, Italia ed Austria, ma si stabilì in Belgio.
Era particolarmente interessato alle strutture medievali e barocche ed era spesso attratto dalle affollate piazze del mercato.
Le sue opere sono conservate nel Museo di Ypres e nel Museo Rudolfinum di Praga.