James Pradier | Neoclassical sculptor

Jean-Jacques Pradier (1792-1852) was born in Geneva to a family of horologists, like his celebrated namesake Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778).

He apprenticed as a watchcase engraver and then trained at Geneva's Ecole de Dessin before joining his elder brother, engraver Charles-Simon Pradier, in Paris around 1807-1808.

He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and worked with painter Baron Gérard, who remained a vital influence and ally, and studied sculpture with François-Frédéric Lemot, won the Prix de Rome in 1813, and stayed at the Villa Medici as a pensionnaire until late 1818.

Albert Desmangles, 1957 | Fantasy painter

Self-taught renowned artist Albert Desmangles was born in Port-au-Prince.

His interest in art began at a very early age.

By the age of six he was sketching faces in the dust of the school's tiles. In high school, his brother, noted artist Henry Bastien, taught him drawing, perspective and the use of color.

Bastien also gave him several lessons in gouáçhe - a technique using paints mixed with water and gum to create opaque colors.

Since 1980, he has participated in many exhibits in Haiti, Europe, United States, and Japan.

His work is highly valued by art collectors worldwide.

Valentine Cameron Prinsep | Pre-Raphaelite painter

Valentine Cameron Prinsep (1838-1904), often known as Val Princep was a British painter of the Pre-Raphaelite school.

For the first few years of his artistic career, Prinsep was very closely involved with the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

He later gained academic honours for large decorative and historical subjects.

His family were connected with the East India Company.

Henri Lebasque | Figure et paysages

The following collection include the Landscape paintings by French post-impressionist painter Joseph Henri Baptiste Lebasque (1865-1937).
Henri Lebasque was born on September 25, 1865, in Champigné, France.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- by Henri see:

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Henri Lebasque | Post-Impressionist painter🎨

For other works by Henri see:

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Henri Lebasque | Post-Impressionist painter | Figures🎨

Giovanni Maranghi, 1955 | Mixed media painter

Giovanni Maranghi, Italian painter, was born in Lastra a Signa, near Florence. Maranghi studied at the Liceo Artistico Art High School the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Florence, and the Accademia di Belle Art in Florence.

He began showing his work in the mid-1970s and has had exhibitions in Italy, Holland, Belgium, United States, Turkey and France.

Just turned twenty he found space for a personal exposition at the San Frediano Gallery in Bari.

From this moment, several personal and collective expositions followed both in Italy and abroad. Among the most important dates of these first years, should be remembered the one at the Spinetti Art Gallery of Florence (1982), the one at the Dalders Gallery in Amsterdam (1985), and at the Diva Gallery of Bruxelles (1887).