Thomas Edwin Mostyn | Edwardian Genre / Romantic painter

British painter🎨 Thomas Edwin Mostyn R.O.I., R.W.A., R.C.A., (1864-1930) was born in Liverpool. Raised in Manchester, he studied at the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts.

He had his first local exhibition in 1880, and was showing at the Royal Academy (R.A.) by the age of 29.

Tom Mostyn's work was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1891 as well as being shown extensively abroad.

Mostyn lived in London and later in Torquay, where he died on 22nd August 1930.

Mostyn is generally known for his scenes depiciting a bold romantisicm based on victorian garden scenes and was strongly influenced by his mentor Sir Hubert Von Herkomer.

Mostyn's paintings are inspirational, his right to be recognised worldwide as a top class artist is purely a matter of time.

Clemente Tafuri | Genre painter

Clemente Tafuri (Salerno, 1903 - Genoa, 1971) was an Italian painter and illustrator. Nephew of the painter Salerno Raffaele Tafuri.

After completing a course of study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, he began painting early to reveal the attention of critics.

Best known among the twenties and sixties the XX century also as an advertising poster artist, illustrator of postcards and necklaces libraries, often devoted to illustrating World War episodes and he painted a portrait of Crown Prince Umberto II of Savoy and the Queen Elena of Montenegro.

Michelangelo Buonarroti: "My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness"

• "My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness".

• "The best artist has that thought alone which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone".

• "The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself".

Victor Nizovtsev, 1965 | Magic Realism painter

Виктор Низовцев is a Russian painter, a master of whimsical and narrative art. Subjects include fantasy landscapes, russian folklore, theatre and mermaids.

Victor’s art can be highly symbolic with hidden clues to help decipher the images. His work can also be humbly simple with images and subjects of universal appeal.

They can be equally viewed for their vibrant textured colors that fill the canvas and contrast with the translucent glazes that make the paintings dance with light and pull in those who view it.

Kris Lewis, 1978 | Pop-Surrealist painter

Kris Lewis born in Ocean County, NJ, is a New Jersey Shore based artist whose influences include Alfonse Bouguereau, Andrew Wyeth, Hans Holbein, Albrecht Durer, Hieronymus Bosch, Gustav Klimt and Jules-Bastien LePage.

His reverence for masters of old is apparent in his depiction of the human figure, which he uses as a vector for hidden stories, delicate emotion and finding truth.