Classical Realism by William Whitaker Jr.

American painter William Whitaker Jr. (1943-2018) is an artist who has been at the forefront of painting's representational revival during recent years.

The only son of an artist father, William Whitaker Jr. grew up in the special world of the working artist.

He had access to the finest art materials and was painting in watercolor and oil at the age of six.

His fondest early memories are of the sights sounds and smells of the art studio.

Whitaker loves to paint from life in an old fashioned studio.

Frida Kahlo: “Vorrei essere ciò che ho voglia di essere”

Vorrei poter fare tutto ciò che mi piace dietro il sipario della "follia".

Allora: disporrei fiori, tutto il giorno,

dipingerei; dolore, amore e tenerezza,

riderei quanto mi pare della stupidità degli altri, e tutti direbbero: "Poverina, è pazza!"

Alexander Saidov, 1970 | The Garden of Eden

The compositions in Alexander Saidov's paintings are thought out to the smallest detail and every part of his imaginary world seems real.

While painting his pieces, the artist almost becomes a storyteller, who sounds so convincing that viewers start perceiving everything depicted not as a fantasy, but as real world, with its own course of life.

In some artworks, fantasy worlds are based on myths, legends, and religious texts, which are familiar to a wide range of viewers.

Tina Cassati | Surreal fashion

Berlin based artist Tina Cassati, makes costumes (sculpture le mode and giardino di arte), ruffs, hats-, bags - and shoes-, jewelry objects into modern surreale digital-photo-art worlds and illustrations.

She paints, sews, draws, photographs, digital collage - mixed media, collage, illustration.

She does not care about genres.

Her work is influenced by Renaissance, Baroque, Traditional Clothing (Folk Costumes) fairy tales. To her, fashion is fine art.

Sarah Myers, 1980 | Figurative sculptor

Sarah Myers lives and works in Arizona.

As a child her fascination for the artwork in museums - and even for ancient artifacts - formed her feeling that art was the language of a world filled with splendor and possibility.

She continues this today with her love of human expressions, depicting heads, hands, movement, vitality in a range of mediums from line drawing and painting to ceramic sculpture.

Claude Monet | The Houses of Parliament, 1900-1905

Claude Monet painted a series of oil paintings of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, in the fall of 1899 and the early months of 1900 and 1901 during stays in London.

All of the series' paintings share the same viewpoint from Monet's window or a terrace at St Thomas' Hospital overlooking the Thames and the approximate canvas size of 81 cm x 92 cm (32 in x 36 3/8 in).

They are however painted during different times of the day and weather circumstances.

Laura Lee Zanghetti | Figurative painter

Award winning artist Laura Lee Zanghetti is a self taught artist who mainly works in oils.

She paints full time and enjoys a number of different techniques and styles of painting in her home studio in Walpole MA.

Her favorite subjects vary from beach scenes to cityscapes and her latest.... "umbrella ladies".

She's been painting full time for the past 13 years in her home studio in Walpole.

Robert Antoine Pinchon | Post-Impressionist painter

Claude Monet referred to him: "As a surprising touch in the service of a surprising eye".

Among Robert Antoine Pynchons' important works are a series of paintings of the River Seine, mostly around Rouen and landscapes depicting places in or near Upper Normandy.

Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886-1943) was a French Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School- l'École de Rouen.

He was consistent throughout his career in his dedication to painting landscapes en plein air.

Keith Perelli, 1968 | Surrealist painter

Keith Perelli is a figurative artist exploring male portraiture through the lens of personal, social and political issues.

The abstract and surrealist sensibilities in his work stems from both his interest in the work produced and taught at the University of New Orleans by prominent local professors in the field of painting.

His graduate work at the University of Cincinnati in sculpture and installation focused on the on complex social and political ramifications of HIV and and the AIDS crisis of the 80ś and 90ś.

Alex Bertaina, 1963 | Abstract painter

Maybe my sky and my sea are united, as our existence, between transport towards nature and departure from it and they shall treat these wounds" - Alex Bertaina

Alex Bertaina is an Italian painter, born in Turin. He lives and work in Cuneo, in North West Italy.

Gianni Gueggia, 1956 | Expressionist painter

Italian painter Gianni Gueggia was born in Trenzano, Brescia, Italy.

He began exhibiting his works since 1973.

He has participated in numerous national and international awards and received many favors from the critics.

Martin Pate | Ballet Dancers

Martin Pate graduated with honors from Ringling School of Art in 1981.

His figurative works won acclaim in the Sarasota area by such notables as Thornton Utz who declared a life drawing by Martin as the best work in the 1981 student show.

His love of figurative works has led to numerous commissions over the last 30+ years including a 20+ year association with the National Park Service.

Martin's personal paintings and drawings have won awards in local, regional and national shows.

Daria Petrilli, 1970 | Pop-Surrealist Illustrator

Daria Petrilli is an award winning illustrator, born in Rome, Italy.

After graduating with an MA in Communication and Design at the Università La Sapienza, she took on various agency roles as a graphic designer and illustrator in Rome.

Later she moved to London, where she completed a Diploma in Experimental Illustration at the LCC - part of the University of the Arts London, achieving the highest possible grade.

Gerda Wegener | Lili Elbe’s wife in 'The Danish Girl'

Gerda Wegener: The Lady Gaga of the 1920s

The Danish Girl tells the story of the painter Einar Wegener, who had the world’s first gender-reassignment surgery and became Lili Elbe.

But his wife Gerda had a fascinating life and career of her own.

Gerda Wegener | Ulla Poulsen, 1927

Yana Movchan, 1971 | Magic Realism painter

Ukrainian-born Canadian painter Yanina (Yana) Movchan was born in Kiev.

Yana’s sublime mastery of the technique and structure of Renaissance painting combines with the instinctive symbolism of "magical realism" to create a personal neo-realist idiom.

Her work is formal, yet playful; contemporary, yet timeless; and joyous, yet mysterious, evocative and dreamlike.

Steven Quartly, 1971 | Modern impressionist painter

Steve Quartly from his studio in Southern California creates oils on canvas, specializing in Contemporary Impressionism.

Quartly’s dedication to painting the world he sees, has contributed to his vibrant works.

A plain white canvas becomes a beautiful European city scene, a Mediterranean seascape or a warm California Landscape.

Glenna Goodacre | Figurative sculptor

Glenna Goodacre’s (1939-2020) sculptures are immediately recognizable for their unique expression, texture, design and movement.

Beginning as a painter provided a foundation for her first bronzes created in 1969.

She has since created over 600 different works, the most well-known of which is the Vietnam Women’s Memorial installed in Washington, D.C. in 1993.

Her largest piece is the massive Irish Memorial created in 2002 for Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia.

Witali Żuk (Vitus), 1973 | Fantastic painter

Bиталий Жук (Витус) / Witali Żuk (alias Vitus) was born in Minsk.

Witali graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Ilya Repin in St. Petersburg.

Witalis' picture differs good choice of colors and the wonderful play of light.

Witali attaches great the value of detail in his works, which create an unforgettable atmosphere of the picture.

Richard Nadler, 1987 | Generative art

Richard Nadler is a contemporary digital artist based in Munich, Germany, whose innovative work explores the dynamic interplay between tradition, Artificial Intelligence, and digital media.

With roots in the Bavarian countryside and formative experiences from extensive travels in Japan, his artistry is deeply infused with personal narrative and cultural resonance.

Arthur John Elsley | Genre painter

Arthur John Elsley (20 November 1860 - 19 February 1952) was an English painter of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, famous for his idyllic genre scenes of playful children and their pets.

He achieved great popularity during his life and much of his work appeared in calendars, magazines and books.

Elsley was born in London, one of six children of John Elsley, coachman and amateur artist, and Emily Freer.

Elsley's father had exhibited at the British Institution Exhibition in 1845 but later in life contracted tuberculosis which forced him into early retirement.