Cai Yushui, 1963 | Ink wash painter

Cai Yushui /蔡玉水 is born in Ji’nan, Shandong Province.

He is a professional painter in Beijing Fine Art Academy, a first-class artist in China, and a member of Chinese Artists Association.

He used to teach in Shandong University of Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore), and Shandong University of Art Design.

From 1981-1985, Yushui Cai studied at the Art Department of Shandong University of Arts and remained their as a teacher after graduation.

He is specialized in Chinese inkwash painting, heavy variety and sketch.

Chris Maynard | Featherfolio art / L'arte delle piume

Chris Maynard is an American artist who creates delicate sculptural compositions using real feathers. Chris Maynard has worked with feathers since he was 12 years old but only began showing his work in 2010.

Chris Maynard combines his scientific knowledge, his artistic sense, and his love of feathers and life in a new art form. His message is one of beauty, appreciation of life-especially birds, and conservation. His inspiration originates mostly in his native northwestern United States though his themes appeal worldwide. He is a member of Artists for Conservation and a signature member of the Society of Animal Artists. Maynard is represented by the Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

Kostas Rigoula Tsigris, 1954 | Symbolist /Figurative painter

Greek painter Kostas Rigoula - Tsigris /Κώστας Ρηγούλης - Τσίγκρης, was born at Megara. Began his studies at the Mathematics Department of the University of Athens but his love for the painting turned in other directions. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, the teachers and D. Mitaras P. Tetsis.

In the early years of paintings dealt with almost all issues but mainly landscapes with scenes inspired by ancient sculptures and compositions where the dominant element was the human figure with realistic display.

Inessa Morozova, 1981 | Plein air /Figurative painter

Inessa Morozova / Инесса Морозова is a plein air and figurative painter who was born in Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine.

In 1998, she graduated from the Solntsevo Art school.

In 2004, she graduated from Humanitarian - Applied Institute, with the specialization "Designer of Small Shapes".

The favorite theme of her paintings are flowers and children.

Hans Hassenteufel | Figurative painter

The German painter Hans Hassenteufel (1887-1943) was born in 1887 in Hamburg and studied with Rudolf Zeller in Hamburg, at the Painting School Walter Thor in Munich and at the Munich Academy under Peter Halm and Franz von Stuck.

His favorite subjects were portraits, figures, landscapes and still lives.

Hassenteufel died in 1943 in Munich.