Nancy Crookston | Figural Impressionist painter

Nancy Seamons Crookston (1948-2023) was a California-based artist awarded the title of Master Oil Painter of America.

One of the most widely recognized artists in the nation, Nancy Seamons Crookston passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on November 17, 2023 from complications of shoulder surgery.

She was 74, a week away from her Thanksgiving Day birthday.

Nelson Molina, 1958 | Cityscape painter

Nelson Molina is an Brazilian painter, known for work in Impressionism style.

Nelson Molina was born in the city of Sorocaba, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

A very personal technique, the strong tooled who made school, it's his identity.

Stanislaw Zoladz, 1952 | Watercolour painter

Stanislaw Zoladz was born in Poland, and has studied at Kraków Academy of Fine Arts.

Since 1978 he lives and works in Sweden.

To find motifs for his paintings, Stanislaw is always on the hunt for exiting light settings.

In the summer he paints where growth gives way to rocks by the water in Stockholm's archipelago.

Nature is a predominant theme in his works of art.

Conflict and isolation in contemporary urban life | David FeBland, 1949

Self taught artist David FeBland was born in London, England and has received professional degrees from The University of Virginia and The University of Manchester, UK.

A fully self-taught artist, FeBland pursued careers in Landscape Architecture and Communication Design as well as hosting a jazz radio program and bicycling through 44 countries before turning his full-time attention to painting in the mid-1980’s.

Stanislav Sidorov, 1954 | Romantic Impressionist painter

American artist with Russian heritage Станислав Сидоров was born in the city of Blagoveshchensk, in the Far East of Russia.

This Town is the capital of the Amur Region and has a unique location directly on the border with China.

Stanislav came from a family of artist's who nurtured and encouraged his creative talent.

He started his art education as a child in the Creative school for Gifted kids then, 4 years in college, then 6 years In the Vladivostok University of Fine Art with formal studies focused on the traditions of the Russian Realistic School of painting characterized by artist's of the 19th century.

George Bodine | Figurative / Cityscape painter

Professional artist George Bodine paints landscapes, cityscapes and people.

Recently, he has been travelling extensively in Europe, and his paintings reflect his unique vision here and abroad.

He paints almost exclusively in oils, many of which are from small, niche manufacturers.

George often hand stretches Belgian linen sized with rabbit-skin glue and primed with white lead, techniques dating from the 16th. century.

Nadezda Streltsova, 1973 | Ballet dancers

Надежда Стрельцова was born in Leningrad, St. Petersburg.

1983-1991 studied at the Art School at the Institute Repin in St. Petersburg (Academy of Arts).

1992-1998 studied at the State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Repin in the studio of prof. Непринцева and Еремеева and Eremeeva.

Gabriele D'Annunzio | Rimani! / Stay!

Rimani! Riposati accanto a me.

Non te ne andare.

Io ti veglierò. Io ti proteggerò.

Ti pentirai di tutto fuorchè d'essere venuto a me, liberamente, fieramente.

Ti amo. Non ho nessun pensiero che non sia tuo;

non ho nel sangue nessun desiderio che non sia per te.

Antonio Sgarbossa, 1945

Antonio Sgarbossa, 1945 | Waiting...

Antonio Sgarbossa is an Italian painter, known for working in the Figurative style.

Antonio Sgarbossa was born in Fontaniva.

His work experience began at the age of 12 when a ceramics workshop opened near his house.

There, young painters painted views of tourist destinations on the ceramic plates, especially Venice, the most famous and most visited city in the Veneto.

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)

Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) was a Russian-born French painter and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, a French pronunciation of initials R.T. Tirtoff was born as Roman Petrov de Tyrtov /Роман Петрович Тыртов in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire in a very distinguished family with roots traced back to 1548.

His father Pyotr Ivanovich de Tyrtov was a Fleet Admiral.

In 1910-1912 Romain moved to Paris to pursue a career as a designer.

This decision was made over strong objections of his father, who wanted Romain to continue a family tradition and to become a naval officer.

Citazioni di Giorgio De Chirico

• "Un'opera d'arte per divenire immortale deve sempre superare i limiti dell'umano senza preoccuparsi né del buon senso né della logica".

• "L'arte deve creare sensazioni sconosciute in passato; spogliare l'arte dal comune e dall'accettato... sopprimere completamente l'uomo quale guida o come mezzo per esprimere dei simboli, delle sensazioni, dei pensieri, liberare la pittura una volta per tutte dall'antropomorfismo... vedere ogni cosa, anche l'uomo, nella sua qualità di cosa.".

Frida Kahlo | You rain on me - I sky you, | Tu mi piovi, Io ti cielo, 1947

You rain on me - I sky you

You’re the fineness, childhood,

life - my love - little boy - old man

mother and center - blue - tender-

ness - I hand you my

universe and you live me

It is you whom I love today.

- I love you with all my loves

Romain de Tirtoff | Art Déco fashion illustrator

Nessun altro stilista ha avuto un'influenza maggiore di Erté nel XX secolo.

Le sue creazioni sgargianti hanno caratterizzato uno dei decenni più opulenti ed iconici della storia: gli anni '20.

Attraversando molti ambiti della cultura visiva, tra cui illustrazioni per riviste di moda, costumi per l'opera e il balletto, scultura e scenografia per il teatro, lo stile inconfondibile di Erté ha segnato l'era moderna.

Martha Medeiros | Lentamente muore / Die slowly / A morte devagar, 2000

Lentamente muore

chi diventa schiavo dell’abitudine,

ripetendo ogni giorno gli stessi percorsi,

chi non cambia la marca o colore dei vestiti,

chi non rischia,

chi non parla a chi non conosce.

When Christmas was prohibit

While Christmas is celebrated globally, throughout history, various nations and regions have banned Christmas celebrations for religious, political, or ideological reasons.

These bans ranged from 17th-century religious reformations to 20th-century state-sponsored atheism.

Even today, in 2025, there are nations that maintain strict bans or significant restrictions on Christmas celebrations.

A 1931 edition of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik, published by the League of Militant Atheists, depicting an Orthodox Christian priest being forbidden to take home a tree for the celebration of Christmastide, which was banned under the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of state atheism.

Norman Rockwell's Silent Night: A Visual Symphony of Holiday Humanity

Norman Rockwell's (1894-1978) skilled hand captured the most heartwarming holiday moments as no one else could.

Over his career, he produced nearly 30 Christmas-themed covers for The Saturday Evening Post, The Literary Digest and numerous others for publications like McCall's and Boys' Life, as well as for cards and advertisements.

Ekaterina Vassilenko Searcy | Ballet dancers

Ekaterina Vassilenko Searcy /Екатерина Василенко Сирси is a Russian-born American figurative and portrait painter, living and working in San Diego, California.

Her drawings and oil paintings respect the technique and style of old masters of Renaissance and baroque period of Italian, Flemish, French and Russian masters.

Carmelo Blandino, 1966 | Abstract flowers

"My works are entrusted with the messages of Ages, created to impart healing and creative inspiration through beauty" - Carmelo Blandino.

Born to Sicilian parents in Tübingen, Germany, and with a childhood spent in the cities of Montreal and Modica, Sicily, Carmelo Blandino’s life journey has spanned continents and oceans.

It has now brought him to the US, where he has studios and residences in both Connecticut and Wisconsin.

Blandino grows his inspirational vocabulary by taking the essentialness of Home to each and every place he has made his bed, wherever he has set up easel and wielded paintbrush.

Charles-Clos Olsommer | Art Nouveau painter

Of French origin, Charles-Clos Olsommer (1883-1966) in Sierre, Switzerland, is naturalized in Neuchâtel in 1899.

He studied painting at the Art School in La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1901-1902 Professor Charles L'Eplattenier.

He attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich (1902-1903) and the School of Fine Arts of Geneva (1904-1905).

He settled permanently in Veyras in 1912. He created there, in a style out of common, the totality of his works.

Nikolay Reznichenko, 1958 | Figurative painter

Russian painter Николай Резниченко was born Saratov region.

Throughout his life he has had various experiences and occupations which have enriched him, in a variety of ways, as an artist, and made him what he presently is.

After graduating from an art college, Николай entered nautical one in Kerch.

He was on his military duty in Kiev, afterwards there followed the period of studying architecture and arts in Krasnodar.