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Jean Metzinger | Cubist painter


Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (June 24, 1883 - November 3, 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes, developed the theoretical foundations of Cubism.
His earliest works, from 1900 to 1904, were influenced by the Neo-impressionism of Georges Seurat and Henri-Edmond Cross.
Between 1904-1907 Metzinger worked in the Divisionist and Fauvist styles with a strong Cézannian component, leading to some of the first proto-Cubist works.

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Miguel Avataneo, 1962 | Figurative painter

Miguel Angel Avataneo, Argentine painter, was born in the province of Cordoba in Argentina and his love of the pure form of classicism was nourished by his early interest in the Italian masters: Correggio (1489-1534), Giorgione (1478-1510), Raphael (1483-1520) and Titian (1488/90-1576).
He was also greatly influenced by the late eighteenth century french paintings of David, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).


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Vittorio Tessaro, 1958 | Figurative sculptor


Italian artist* Vittorio Tessaro was born in Caldogno, Vicenza. After graduating from art school in Valdagno (Vicenza), he has developed an idea of ​​sculpture "felt" free and without royalties, allowing it always to express his skills in the pure sense and instinctive.
Knowledge of the tools of the model has enabled him to begin his own, a kind of long patient battle with the form, which meant even refuse illustrious models of the past: do not refuse to allow himself to be overwhelmed.

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Antonio Sgarbossa, 1945 | Figurative painter


The following collection include the figurative paintings by Italian painter Antonio Sgarbossa.
Sgarbossa was born in Fontana Viva, Italy, the 18th of July 1945.

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Louis Treserras, 1958 | Hyperrealist painter

French painter, sculptor and photographer Louis Treserras claims to be a self taught painter.
For 30 years he has been painting young and mysterious female models.
His rigorous approach to artistic composition would almost compare to a science, like mathematics.
His style remains however poetic an intimist, with a very distinct and soft range of colors.