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Attilio Pratella | Landscape/Genre painter


Italian painter Attilio Pratella was born in Lugo, Italy in 1856, and died in Naples in 1949. Pratella began drawing in 1877, was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna through a scholarship and was inspired by the works of Fontanesi. By 1880 attended the Fine Arts Institute in Naples, during which time he earned livelihood as a ceramics decorator in the Cacciapuoti factory.
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Théodore Ralli | Orientalist Academic painter

From a well-known family of Chios, Greek painter Théodore Ralli or Theodoros Rallis / Θεόδωρος Ράλλης (1852-1909) worked for a brief period in the commercial house of Rallis-Mavroyannis in London, but abandoned his entrepreneurial career and settled permanently in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
There he studied painting under the Academic teacher and Orientalist painter Jean-Leon Gerome until approximately 1880.
In 1873 he took part in the Salon des Refuses.


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Fanny Nushka Moreaux, 1983 | Abstract/Figurative painter


French Artist Fanny Nushka Moreaux was born in Lille, France. She lives and paint in Paris and Southern France. She studied political science in Science Po and management in HEC Paris. She considers knowledge as a whole and beauty being part of it. Representation of the body is recurrent in the work of Nushka.
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Johnny Morant, 1982 | Figurative painter

Johnny Morant is a contemporary figurative artist. He was born in Hong Kong and grew up in South West England.
After attending art school in Bristol and Bournemouth, he moved to London where his new surroundings had a strong impact on his work.
In this densely populated urban setting Morant is steadily making a name for himself as an accomplished painter of the built environment and the people within it.
Working primarily in oil, his evolving process explores the deconstructive analysis of traditional themes, such as legacy and impact.


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Egypt - Land of the Gods and Pyramids

The ancient Egyptian name of the country was Kemet (km.t), which means "black land".
Ancient Egyptians also called there county t-mry: "Beloved Land" or "Land of Gods".
Travel back in time to a place that has left its imprint and impact on humanity forever.
Discover the ancient metaphysical civilization of Egypt whose advanced knowings and technologies continue to baffle our conservative scientific community today.