William Witherington | The Robin | Art in Detail

British School, mid 19th century, oil on canvas genre painting depicting a father and two children watching a robin in the lane a few feet away from their cottage doorstep.

William Frederick Witherington (26 May 1785 - 10 April 1865) was an British painter and academic. Born in London, he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1805. Except for one year he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy from 1811 until his death. He was elected A.R.A. on 1 November 1830 and R.A. on 10 February 1840. He retired as an academician on 28 May 1863.

Rembrandt | Susanna and the Elders, 1647

Susanna and the Elders is a 1647 painting by Rembrandt, now in the Gemaldegalerie in Berlin.

It is an oil on panel painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt and represents the story of Susanna from the Bible.

The scene shows the moment when Susanna is surprised at the moment she enters her bath.

Susanna and the Elders is a theme from the Old Testament often depicted by Rembrandt, particularly in his drawings.

William Etty | Victorian era painter

William Etty (10 March 1787 - 13 November 1849) was an British artist. He was the first significant British painter of figures and still lifes. Born in York, he left school at the age of 12 to become an apprentice printer in Hull.

He completed his apprenticeship seven years later and moved to London, where in 1807 he joined the Royal Academy Schools.

There he studied under Thomas Lawrence and trained by copying works by other artists. Etty earned respect at the Royal Academy of Arts for his ability to paint realistic flesh tones, but had little commercial or critical success in his early years in London.

Jacques Volpi, 1948 | Palette Knife painter

Jacques Volpi is a very famous painter from southern France, of the school of painting cévenole and Provençal.

He is born in 1948 in the town of Ales in the Gare.

Winner of numerous awards and medals.

He paints by using the technique of the "knife". The subjects are animated by persons, the colours are lively. It is famous for his persons in the rain of noon of France. He exposes internationally and the works are a part of prestigious collections all over the world.

Liudmila Kondakova /Людмила Кондакова, 1956

A classic painter whose artistic vision is expressed through "romantic realism", Liudmila Kondakova is one of Russia's most treasured exports.

Born in Russia, Людмила Кондакова immigrated to the United States in 1991.

A graduate of the Grabar Center in Moscow, she also attended Russia’s School of Sacred Arts, the Moscow Pedagogical Institute and the Moscow Art Institute.

Kondakova connects her highly trained background to her artistic expression this way: "In my art, the essence and beauty has always rested in the details".