Nadezhda Streltsov / Надежда Стрельцова, 1973 | Ballet dancers

Надежда Стрельцова was born in in Leningrad, St. Petersburg.

1983-1991 studied at the Art School at the Institute Repin in St. Petersburg (Academy of Arts).

1992-1998 studied at the State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Repin in the studio of prof. Непринцева and Еремеева and Eremeeva.

For the thesis "The White Night" was awarded° the grant "The Muse of St. Petersburg" and the State grant of the Ministry of Culture of Russia in 1999.

- In 2002 again awarded* the grant "The young artists of St. Petersburg".

Since 2001 - member of the Union of Artists of Russia.

Her works are in private collections in the USA, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Russia.

Hanan Milner, 1949 | Figurative painter

Hanan Milner was born in Lithuania, former USSR.

Studied at Tel-Aviv art schools Renanim and TelmaYallin and at the Bezalel art academy in Jerusalem.

Participated in two seminars of the distinguished Austrian artist, Ernst Fuchs Exhibits in galleries in the US, England and Israel.

Carlo Crivelli | Santa Maria Maddalena, 1476

Mary Magdalene, Carlo Crivelli, c. 1480

tempera on panel, h 152cm × w 49cm.

With Carlo Crivelli, the so-called ‘International Gothic’ style experienced its final flowering in Italy.

This perfectly preserved panel was painted towards the end of his career.

It served as the altarpiece of a provincial church dedicated to Mary Magdalene in the sparsely populated rural area of the Marches where Crivelli lived. | © Rijksmuseum

Lorenzo Lotto | The Recanati Annunciation / Annunciazione di Recanati, 1534

The Recanati Annunciation is a painting by the Italian Renaissance* painter Lorenzo Lotto, executed around 1534 and housed in the Civic Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels, Recanati, Italy.

• History

The work could date to the artist's sojourn in Venice, from where it would be shipped to the Marche around 1527. Otherwise, it could date to a later period when he moved there to executed other works. Today it is generally assigned to a few time after the Crucifixion of Monte San Giusto (1533-1534).

Stephanie Clair | Cubist Romantic painter

With the matrimony of emotion, cubes and color, Stephanie Clair, American painter, shares her inspiration from happy, dreamy moments in life that we can all relate to, but so easily forget.

A first love, a last love, a memory, lovers sipping wine, being enlightened, inspired by sweet music... those moments are ours to remember- but the speed of time can erase the memories we all take for granted.