Marco Rossati, 1943 | Metaphysical Realism painter

Marco Rossati was born at Reggio Emilia (Italy) in 1943.

He studied at the "Istituto d’Arte" and at the "Accademia di Belle Arti" in Rome with Mino Maccari, Renato Guttuso, Franco Gentilini, Ferdinando Bologna.

He later taught at the same Academy.

In that time he met Giorgio De Chirico, whose art fascinated him since he was a child and becomes his pupil for several years.

Giuseppe Signorini | Orientalist painter

Giuseppe Signorini (1857-1932) was an Italian painter*, mainly of orientalist subjects.

He was born in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di San Luca, and then worked under Aurelio Tiratelli. He often traveled to the Paris Salon exhibitions, and was influenced by the styles and orientalist themes expressed by painters like Mariano Fortuny, Ernest Meissonier and Gérôme*.

Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer | Genre / Impressionist painter

Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer (23 October 1839, The Hague - 4 April 1902, Paris) was a Dutch painter*. He originally worked in the Romantic and Academic styles, but later became an Impressionist*.

He began his artistic studies at the Royal Academy of Art with Salomon Verveer, who taught in the Romantic tradition. His early works were mostly landscapes in the style of the Hague School. His first solo exhibition was in 1861 in Rotterdam.

In 1865, attracted by new trends in art, he went to Paris and enrolled at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme* and switched to a more Academic style.

Ettore Aldo Del Vigo, 1952 | Surrealist painter

Ettore Aldo Del Vigo was born in Basel in Switzerland. After graduating in Fine Arts, he worked in a print shop specializing in art books and catalogs, where others could learn from a parent of Surrealism, Max Ernst.

Certainly the most obvious influences in his paintings are classical antiquity and Salvador Dalí.

He later moved to Sardinia where he joined a group of local artists, participating in numerous art competitions. In 1979 states individually.

John White Alexander | Symbolist painter

John White Alexander (1856-1915) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. He was orphaned at age five and taken in by relatives of limited means. When Alexander left school and began working at a telegraph company, the company's vice-president, former civil war Colonel Edward Jay Allen, took an interest in his welfare.

Allen became his legal guardian, brought him into the Allen household, and saw that he finished Pittsburgh High School.

At eighteen, he moved to New York City and was hired by Harper and Brothers as an office boy in the art department.

He was soon promoted to apprentice illustrator under staff artists such as Edwin A. Abbey and Charles Reinhart.

During his time at Harpers, Alexander was sent out on assignment to illustrate events such as the Philadelphia Centennial celebration in 1876 and the Pittsburgh Railroad Strike in 1877, which erupted in violence.