Antonio Masini (1933-2018)

Antonio Masini nasce a Calvello (Potenza) nel 1933. Compie gli studi classici e subito dopo frequenta lo studio di Domenico Spinosa dell’Accademia di BB.AA. di Napoli.

Nel 1960 si laurea in giurisprudenza.

Nello stesso anno partecipa alla Mostra Nazionale di Pittura “1º Centenario della Rivoluzione Lucana” e gli viene assegnato il primo premio.

Nel 1970 espone con altri sette pittori italiani al Palms Shore Club Gallery di New York.

Nel 1972 espone con un gruppo di artisti umbro-toscani al Palazzo dei Priori a Perugia.

Con la Galleria Sant’Ambroeus di Milano partecipa nel 1975 e ’76 al Salon International d’Art, Art 6’75 e Art 7’76 a Basilea (Svizzera).

Victor Koulbak / Виктор Кульбак, 1946

Victor Koulbak was born in 1946 in Moscow, where he studied at the Art School from 1958-1964.
He then spent two years working as a draughtsman for various publishing houses. In 1966, he was admitted to the Polygraphic Institute of Moscow, where he studied for three years.
He then continued to work as an illustrator to earn his living. Five exhibitions in which he tried to show his work were closed down two-to-three hours after opening.

Philippe Loubat, 1962 | Surrealist painter

Philippe Loubat was born in Montpellier and currently lives and works in Languedoc Roussillon, France.

He dedicates himself exclusively to painting since 1980, and after 10 years of intensive research and self-taught experimental work, he maintains an assiduous presence in several renowned stages of international contemporary art, such as: Lineart - Gand / Belgium, Europ Art - Geneva / Switzerland, Holland Art Fair - La Haye and Art Twente - Almelo / Netherlands, St’ Art - Strasburg, Artenimes - Nimes, Grenoble, D’art - Nice / France, and Art New York and Art Expo - New York / USA.

He is also represented in various private and institutional collections, as well as in the Museum of Contemporary Art MAC, in Bahia, Brazil.

Jeffrey Batchelor, 1960 | Surrealist painter

Jeffrey Batchelor definitely deserves a lot of attention having displayed the richness of his talent with his oil on canvas paintings.

He demonstrates an interesting approach to the scenes he paints, creating very magical and fun effects.

Conceptually, his work ranges from straight realism to surrealism, and from rectangular canvases to shaped canvas panels.

Lev Kaplan /Лев Каплан, 1967 | Magic Realism painter

Lev Kaplan was born 1967 in Lugansk, Ukraine. He spent a lot of years in Kiew, Ukraine, where he studied architecture. In 1992, he moved to Germany with his family. Today he lives in Stuttgart where he works at an advertising agency as an art director. He spends all of his leisure time painting and creating graphics as well as illustrating children's books.