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Geoffrey Wynne, 1949 | Impressionist Watercolour painter



Born in Stoke, on Trent, Staffordshire, British painter Geoffrey Wynne moved to Spain soon after completing his degree in Fine Art at North Staffordshire University of Fine Art - BA Hons in Fine Art, 1985.
Geoffrey paints in watercolour and draws inspiration from the colour, sparkling light and vibrant culture of the Mediterranean - most notably Venice, Portugal, Morocco, Andalucia and Granada Spain, where he lives and works.

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Apostolos Geralis / Απόστολος Γεραλής | Academic Genre painter



Apostolos Geralis /Απόστολος Γεραλής (1886-1983) was born on the island of Mytelene and died in Athens, Greece.
In 1896 he enrolled at The School of Fine Arts, Athens, where he studied painting under Dimitrios Geraniotis, Spyros Vikatos, Georgios Jakobides and Georgios Roilos.
Between 1910-1915 he held a teaching position at the Pancyprian Gymnasium, Nicosia and later, between1919-1920 he continued his studies in Paris, at The Julian Academy.

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Kevin Sloan | Allegorical Realism painter



Kevin Sloan draws upon the diverse imagery acquired from his extensive travels around the world to create the unique magic realism paintings that have made him such a well-known, collected artist. With a portfolio of fine art that can be found in numerous public and private collections, his distinctive, provocative and occasionally humorous imagery create truly unique allegorical still lifes and landscapes.

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Erin Hanson, 1981 | Impressionist / Expressionist / Abstract painter



Hanging precariously and horizontally from red sandstone, hundreds of feet above the ground, may not seem like it would inspire the creation of beautiful oil paintings, but that is exactly what happened with Erin Hanson.
After a lifetime of experimenting in different styles and mediums, it wasn’t until Hanson began rock climbing at Red Rock Canyon that her painting style was consolidated by a single inspiration and force of nature.

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Arturo Martini | Symbolist sculptor

Arturo Martini, (born August 11, 1889, Treviso, Italy - died March 22, 1947, Milan), Italian sculptor and painter who was active between the World Wars. He is known for figurative sculptures executed in a wide variety of styles and materials.
Martini was trained in goldsmithing and in ceramics and worked for a time as a potter.
In 1905 he began sculpting; he attended art classes in Italy at Treviso and Venice before traveling to Munich, Germany, where he studied under the academic sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand in 1909.
Martini experimented with an angular and emotional Expressionist style in his early works (such as The Prostitute, 1909).
He first exhibited his sculptures in Paris in 1912.