Alfred Kowalski | Genre painter

Alfred Jan Maksymilian Kowalski /Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915) was a Polish painter and representative of the Munich School.

He was born on 11 October 1849 in Suwałki to father Teofil Kowalski of the Wieruszowa coat of arms and mother Teofilia (née Siewierska).

Wierusz-Kowalski settled in Munich in 1876 after studies in Warsaw, Prague, and Dresden.

He studied for a year at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, and worked under Józef Brandt and Alexander von Wagner.

Françoise Pétrovitch, 1964

Born in Chambéry, Françoise Pétrovitch teaches Fine Arts at the École Supérieure Estienne.

In 1996 she was awarded a special mention at the Lacourière Prize.

She lives and works in Cachan.

Françoise Pétrovitch always leads us gently and gravely where we do not expect to go.

Andrey Shishkin, 1960

Andrey Alekseyevich Shishkin / Андрей Алексеевич Шишкин è un pittore Russo.

Le sue opere sono uno degli esempi più importanti della moderna scena russa di "arte pagana" legata alla fede nativa slava in Russia.

È nato e cresciuto a Mosca.

Si occupa di pittura dagli inizi degli anni 2000 ed attualmente lavora in uno studio privato.

Alexander Goryachev, 1973 | Romantic landscape painter

Alexander Goryachev / Александр Рудольфович Горячев was born in Yalta.

Interest in fine arts appeared from childhood.

The first works were copies of classics: I. Aivazovsky, I. Shishkin, Levitan...

He graduated from the F. Vasiliev art school in Yalta.

In 1986 he entered the Ivanovo Art School.

Victor Hugo: L'uomo e la donna / Man and Woman

L'uomo è la più elevata delle creature.

La donna è il più sublime degli ideali.

Dio fece per l'uomo un trono, per la donna un altare.

Il trono esalta, l'altare santifica.

Angeles Anglada | Pretexto

Wang Yiguang, 1962

Wang Yiguang / 王沂光 is a modern Chinese painter, notable for his Tibetan paintings of flying people, yaks and sheep.

Wang Yi Guang was born in Yimeng Mountain area of Shandong, China.

He is a younger brother of another notable painter, Wang Yidong (王沂东).

He graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1990.

Luigi Benedicenti | Hyperrealist painter

Luigi Benedicenti (1948-2015) was an Photorealist painter from Chieri (Torino), Italy, recognized for his seductive representations of sweets, pastries, and other still life compositions.

Benedicenti’s sensual use of light, reflection, and his invisible brush strokes make his gloss-like paintings seem edible enough to eat.

For his work, he chose the theme of food.