Olga Oreshnikova, 1962

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 practising musicians.

Carmen Alberti-Nothelfer, 1968 | Figurative painter

Spanish painter Carmen Alberti-Nothelfer was born in Barcelona.

From 1990-1995 Studied painting at the academy of fine arts in Vienna, Austria.

The artist lives and works in Germany, Austria and Spain.

Joan Beltràn Bofill | Impressionist Figurative painter

Spanish painter Joan Beltrán Bofill (1939-2009) was born in Barcelona.

Joan attended the prestigious Casa Lonja, where several artists from the Catalan School, including Picasso, had also studied.

It was here that Joan studied drawing, painting, composition and theory of colour.

Joan also studied at the Sant Jordi Fine Art School in Barcelona.

Georgi Matevosjan, 1948 | Surrealist painter

Armenian painter Георгий Матевосян was born in Baku, the son of the USSR State Prize laureate writer Hrant Matevosyan.

In 1975 he graduated from the Volgograd Institute specializing in architecture.

Worked as an architect, designer, studied jewelry making and small plastics.

As a student, he did not part with a notebook, constantly sketching portraits of his friends.

Today, the work of the Armenian painter are in museums and private collections in Russia, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Canada, America and Japan.

Mstislav Pavlov, 1967 | Russian Impressionist painter

Мстислав Павлов was born in Leningrad, Russia. Graduated from the Institute of Painting, the Union of Sculpture and Architecture named after I.Repin 1974. Member of “Union Russian Artists” 2002. Participant of multiple art exhibitions in Russia and abroad.