Vladimir Mukhin, 1971 | Romantic painter

Vladimir Mukhin captivates audiences with his art, seamlessly blending lyricism, refined lines, and vibrant energy.

His works harmoniously merge the rich color palette of impressionism with the dynamism of Art Nouveau and the foundational techniques of traditional academic painting.

Born in Kazakhstan, Vladimir Mukhin honed his skills at the Penza Savitsky Art College before embarking on a transformative journey at the renowned Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in Moscow.

Georges Corominas, 1945

Son of a Spanish painter, Georges Corominas, after studying at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts d'Alger, returned to France in 1962, where his paintings were quickly noticed.

Corominas is an artist who, while in search of the deep soul of the world, presents his "joie de vivre" as well as his emotions, passions and fascination for the perfect beauty to life, all in a bright enchantment.

Laureate of prestigious price, result of participation in the famous national and international exhibitions, his painting is pointed out by the collectors.

Theodore Earl Butler, l'impressionista americano a Parigi

Theodore Earl Butler (1861-1936) è stato un pittore impressionista Americano.

Nacque a Columbus, Ohio, e si trasferì a Parigi per studiare arte.

Conobbe Claude Monet a Giverny e ne sposò la figliastra, Suzanne Hoschedé.

Dopo la sua morte, sposò la sorella di lei, Marthe Hoschedé.

Butler fu uno dei membri fondatori della Society of Independent Artists.

Ionut Caras, 1978 | Surrealist photographer

Romanian professional photographer and "photo mechanic" Ionut Caras was born and lives in Iasi, Romania.

Caras describes himself as a 'photo mechanic' and has created the series of mindboggling pictures using the computer program.

His passion for photography began seven years ago when Kara discovered the processing of photographs, artistic of composition.

Vladimir Volegov | Il pittore Romantico delle figure

Vladimir Volegov nacque nella città di Khabarovsk il 19 dicembre 1957.

All'età di due anni, sua madre abbandonò il padre, prese il figlio e si trasferì a Sverdlovsk (ex Ekaterinburg).

Da allora in poi, la famiglia si trasferì spesso da una città all'altra.

La madre desiderava che Volegov diventasse medico, ma lui nutriva un forte desiderio di dipingere.

Wisława Szymborska | Non ce l’ho con la primavera, 1993

Non ce l'ho con la primavera

perché è tornata.

Non la incolpo

perché adempie come ogni anno

ai suoi doveri.

Marc Chagall | Fleurs de printemps, 1930

David Gray, 1970 | Classical Realist painter

David's Gray signature style reveals a personal and contemporary expression of beauty and order which pays homage to the Classical Tradition in its craftsmanship.

Collectors of David's work often relate that his painting provoke a sense of peace, stillness, or a contemplative mood.

His award winning works have been covered by major art publications including Southwest Art, Art of the West, and American Art Collector.

Roberto Ferri, 1978 | Portrait of Pope Francis

Roberto Ferri devoted himself to Caravaggesque and academic painting - including Ingres, David, Gericault - but also by Surrealist painters.

Ferri's way of painting is elevated by a technique which is almost virtuosity, where the traditional tools of the surrealism are inserted onto the traditional iconographic elements.

His career took on greater notoriety for having been in charge of portraying Pope Francis.

There were two works commissioned from the Italian artist, which occupy privileged places in the Vatican.

Jules Worms | The furtive message, 1877

In the "Furtive Message" Jules Worms (French academic painter, 1832-1924) re-creates a Spanish street as it might have appeared in the time of Goya.

The background is based on a watercolor sketch the artist made during an 1877 visit to Salamanca.

The picturesque setting forms a backdrop for a farce.

Jules Worms | The furtive message, 1877 | Haggin Museum, California

Vincenzo Sorrentino, 1956 | Neo Baroque painter

Vincenzo Sorrentino was born in Torre Annunziata, (Naples) Italy.

He is an illustrator, painter, sculptor and modeler of ceramic works.

His exhibition activity began in 1984 in institutional places, private galleries and at cultural institutes.

He taught painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, and since 2001 he his a professor of fresco theory and technique at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.

Antonio Mancini | Verist painter

Antonio Mancini (14 November 1852 - 28 December 1930) was an Italian painter.

Mancini was born in Rome and showed precocious ability as an artist.

At the age of twelve, he was admitted to the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied under Domenico Morelli (1823-1901), a painter of historical scenes who favored dramatic chiaroscuro and vigorous brushwork, and Filippo Palizzi.

Mancini developed quickly under their guidance, and in 1872, he exhibited two paintings at the Paris Salon.

Alexei Butirskiy, 1974 | Cityscape painter

Born in Moscow, Russian painter Алексей Бутырский entered Moscow Art College in 1992.

In 1996 he completed his studies at the Art College and graduated with an Excellence Diploma.

In 1998 he graduated from the Russian Academy of the Arts where he studied under respected professor, L.S. Hasyanova.

He graduated from the Academy with the highest honors attainable.

Alexei currently serves as Professor of Drawing at the same academy.

Jacques Van Den Abeele, 1960 | Figurative sculptor

Jacques Van den Abeele, Belgian sculptor, is exhibited in galleries spread over Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States of America.

He realized also monumental sculptures for state orders.

For Jacques Van den Abeele, art is above all a quest for the essential foundations of existence, moving towards what lies behind appearances: feelings, emotions, fears.

Anna Klumpke | Catinou knitting, 1887

Encouraged by an independent, educationally oriented mother, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856-1942) was a copyist in the Luxembourg Museum and studied at the Académie Julien in Paris.

She enjoyed an education guided by the concept that women artists could compete with their male counterparts.

In her memoirs of 1940, Klumpke cites a most influential moment in her childhood: receiving the gift of a Rosa Bonheur doll.

Her admiration of Bonheur, the French painter of animals, led her to paint the aging woman’s portrait - which is considered a companion piece to her portrait of leading suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Louis Aragon | Amor mio, non dire niente / Mon Amour ne dis rien

Amor mio non dire niente

lascia cadere queste due parole nel silenzio

Come una pietra a lungo lisciata fra i palmi delle mie mani

Una pietra veloce e pesante una pietra

Che cada nel profondo della nostra vita

DU Kun 杜昆, 1982 | Surrealist painter

DU Kun /杜昆 born in Sichuan, China.

Under the influence of his art teacher father DU began studying painting from the age of four, later graduating from Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts’ Oil Painting program.

Today he works between Tianjin and Beijing as his base, and is particularly widely renowned as a young Chinese artist for his creativity and the brilliance of his techniques.

Further, since his student days, in addition to his work as a painter DU Kun has been applying his talents in the field of music.

David Bowers, 1956 | Surrealist painter

David Michael Bowers was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and graduated from art school in Pittsburgh in 1979.

He began working as a staff artist at various studios in the Pittsburgh, PA area.

Two years later, David began teaching his craft at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where he lectured for ten years and was honored as the Keynote Speaker for the Class of 2003.

In 1991, David began his illustration career working mostly with book publishers in New York City in which he completed over one hundred book covers in the span of over ten years.

Meadow Gist, 1975 | Impressionist painter

Meadow Gist chooses the subject matter she paints to express a love and respect of a simpler life, when you grew your own food and more things were crafted by hand.

This is what attracted her to being an artist in the first place, "crafting a unique item that has a piece of me in it, and I can say "I made that".

She enjoys presenting a romantic view of bygone days, and sharing a little of this optimism with all who view her paintings.

Her inspiration comes from the painting of the Russian Impressionists and the way they paint daily life, as well as the Orientalists and the pride they bring to the simple man.

Salvador Dali: "Adoro i miei nemici quando sono intelligenti"

"Ho sfondato il muro della spudoratezza con una disciplina da caserma" - confidava Salvador Dalí in una intervista del 1961 alla giornalista e scrittrice italiana Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006), mentre, nelle successive riflessioni tuonava contro gli pseudo moralisti: "Non sono io il pagliaccio ma lo è questa società mostruosamente cinica e così ingenuamente incosciente che gioca a fingere di essere seria per meglio nascondere la propria follia".

Coco Chanel: "Fashion changes, but style endures"!

Coco Chanel and Romy Schneider

• "Where should one use perfume? A young woman asked. Wherever one wants to be kissed".

• "It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong".

And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person".

I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love".

The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness".