Archip Ivanovič Kuindži | Landscape painter

Архип Иванович Куинджи ([1842-1910) is considered one of the most talented Russian landscape painters of his generation.

Born in Ukraine, he was associated during the second half of the 1870s with a group of Russian Realist painters known as the Wanderers.

In the 1890s, he was hired to teach landscape painting at the Academy of Fine Arts but was later dismissed for sympathizing with student agitators.

Mosè Bianchi | Genre/Macchiaioli painter

Mosè Bianchi (Monza, 1840-1904) was an Italian painter and printmaker.

Bianchi's family moved from Monza to Milan and he enrolled at the Brera Academy.

Having interrupted his studies to serve in the second war of independence, he returned to attend the school of painting directed by Giuseppe Bertini.

François-Auguste Ravier | Romantic landscape painter

François-Auguste Ravier (1814 - 1895) was born in Lyons in 1814. His father, a confectioner, wanted him to pursue a career as a notary, and the young Ravier went off to Paris in 1832 to study law. His spare time was taken up with drawing and painting, and he has been said to have attended the studios of Jules Coignet (1798-1860) and Aligny (q.v.). But according to Nathalie Favier, an expert on this painter, it is possible that Ravier received advice from a number of artists without having pursued any traditional artistic training. In 1837-38 he painted in the Paris area, in the forest of Fontainebleau, and in the Dauphiné and the Bugey, a region to the east of Lyons. In Royat, in 1839, he met Corot (q.v.), whom he revered the most. Between 1840-1847, no doubt following Corot's advice, Ravier went on a number of lengthy trips to Italy to draw and paint in the Roman countryside.

Arthur Braginsky, 1965

Nato a Mukachevo, Ucraina, Arthur Braginsky è un artista pluripremiato che vive e lavora in Ungheria.

Nel 1982 si è laureato da Mukachevo scuola d'arte.

Successivamente ha studiato a Lviv I. Fedorov Poligrafico Institute.

Dal 1987-1989 ha lavorato come artista delle luci presso la Filarmonica regionale (Uzhgorod), più tardi presso il Teatro Drammatico russo come decoratore.

Marlene Dietrich 1901-1992

John Bramblitt, 1971 | Palette Knife painting from a blind artist

John Bramblitt is a blind painter living in Denton Texas. He began painting after losing his sight in 2001 after a series of severe seizures. His art has been sold in over twenty countries and he has appeared internationally in print, TV and radio. He has appeared on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, ABC, and BBC Radio, and he's been featured in The New York Times and Psychology Today. He's the subject of the award winning documentary shorts "Line of Sight' and "Bramblitt". His work has received much recognition including the ‘Most Inspirational Video of 2008′ from YouTube and three Presidential Service Awards for his innovative art workshops.