Olga Oreshnikov, 1962 | Fantasy painter

Russian painter Ольга Орешникова was born in St Petersburg, a member of one of the most prominent families of artists.

Her paternal grandfather, Professor Oreshnikov, was Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg from 1953-1978.

He was also one of the leading artistic figures in the city and a member of the Soviet Academy.

Olga’s maternal grandfather was Roman Kotlarevsky, a renowned composer and professor of composition at the Conservatory of Music.

Her parents and close relatives are all either painters, art historians or practicing musicians.

Hanan Milner, 1949 | Figurative painter

Hanan Milner was born in Lithuania, former USSR and immigrated to Israel in 1964.

In his youth he studied at Renanim and Telma Yellin art schools in Tel Aviv and at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem.

He also learned from the famous Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs.

From the beginning, Milner painted in a realistic style in oils, water and acrylic.

Magdalena Serwin, 1983 | Figurative painter

Magdalena Serwin is an Polish artist born in the Jastrzębiu-Zdroju region, specializing in oil and putty technique.

Graduate of the State Higher Vocational School in Raciborz with a major in applied arts. Under the tutelage of great artists she explored the arts of painting, graphic arts as well as photography.

To a large extent, however, self-taught, for whom painting is a passion and at the same time a kind of peace, a respite from everyday matters.

When painting a picture, he always tries to find something unusual in the ordinary.

Ordinary characters, not known to anyone, with whom any viewer can identify, make friends....

Nicola Vietti, 1945 | Figurative painter

Nicola Vietti was born in Marseille to Italian parents emigrated from Apulia in France at the beginning of the century. Numerous solo and group exhibitions.

And 'present in catalogs and magazines. He currently lives and works in Milan, after a long period spent in Paris.

The figures of maidens Nicola Vietti, you can look on each side, three-quarter profile, facing away.

The style might defer to their fathers, that should not be forgotten at this point, as the International Botero and Bueno Nicola Vietti that offer a hint of a departure of style attempted with disenchantment.

Matthias Grünewald | Altare di Issenheim, 1512-1516

L'Altare di Isenheim (o Issenheim, secondo la denominazione francese della città alsaziana) costituisce l'opera più importante eseguita da Matthias Grünewald (1475-1528), uno dei più importanti pittori Tedeschi, noto per la drammaticità visionaria con cui ha affrontato temi di carattere religioso.

Si tratta di una sorprendente "macchina di altare" fatta di ante fisse ed ante rimovibili, che possono assumere tre diverse configurazioni.

Committente dell'opera fu l'abate del monastero di Issenheim, Guido Guersi.

Essa era destinata alla preghiera dei monaci antoniani e dei tanti malati (soprattutto quelli sofferenti del "Fuoco di Sant'Antonio") che venivano pietosamente accolti nel monastero.

Gustave Boulanger | Il pittore Néo-Grec

Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (1824-1888) è stato un pittore di figure, artista accademico Francese ed insegnante, noto per i suoi soggetti classici ed orientalisti.

Boulanger fu una figura chiave del movimento artistico Néo-Grec, che cercava di reinterpretare la vita quotidiana dell'antica Grecia e di Roma con precisione archeologica ed un tocco di eleganza moderna.

Di origine creola ed orfano a 14 anni, fu allievo di Pierre Jules Jollivet (1754-1871) e di Paul Delaroche all'École des Beaux-Arts nel 1846.

Vinse il Prix de Rome nel 1849 con l'"Ulisse riconosciuto da Euriclea", divenne membro dell'Accademia di Belle Arti nel 1882 ed insegnò nell'Académie Julian.

I paesaggi emotivi di Isaac Levitan

Isaak Il'ič Levitan / Исаак Ильич Левитан (1860-1900) è stato un pittore, docente e paesaggista Russo.

È considerato il più importante paesaggista russo del XIX secolo.

Figura emblematica dei Peredvizhniki (I Vagabondi), fu pioniere del genere "Paesaggio dell'umore" ("paesaggio emotivo" / "paesaggio dello stato d'animo" / "mood landscape"), catturando non solo scene di natura ma anche le emozioni sottili legate alla stagione, alla luce ed alla solitudine.

Morì prematuramente a soli 39 anni a causa di una malattia cardiaca.

Rainer Maria Rilke | Do not be afraid, it’s me / Non aver paura, sono io..

Do not be afraid, it’s me.

You do not feel that I infringe on you,

with all your senses?

He put wings, my heart,

and now, white flies around your face.

Do not you see my soul before you,

adorned with silence?

Jean-Claude Campana, 1941 | It's Carnival time

Jean-Claude Campana is an French painter, who has been painting for more than thirty years, started his career by exhibiting together with Baboulène, Buffet, Hilaire, Brayer...

The approach of these Masters encourages the talent of Campana, who already in his youth, builds up a strong character.

Strengthened by his expérience in surrealism, symbolism and realism, Jean-Claude Campana has been devoted to Venice since about a fifteen years, in a very personal style.