Vittorio Matteo Corcos

Vittorio Matteo Corcos (Livorno, 4 October 1859 - 8 November 1933) was an Italian painter, known for his portraits.

Many of his genre works depict winsome and finely dressed young men and women, in moments of repose and recreation.

In 1880, the artist established himself in the Parisian art scene, falling into the circles of Léon Bonnat and Giovanni Boldini.

Between 1881-1886, he frequently exhibited at the Salon.

His works are held in the collections of the Uffizi in Florence and the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome.

Abbott Fuller Graves | Impressionist painter

Abbott Fuller Graves (1859-1936) was an American painter and illustrator who specialized in decorative open air garden paintings and floral still lifes.

His use of thick brushstrokes, bright colors, and natural light shows the influence of European impressionism.

Graves was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, on April 15, 1859, the son of James Griswold Graves and Eliza Nicholls (Fuller). Hoping to become an architect, Graves attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but did not graduate.

Graves went to Paris and Italy in 1884 to refine his skills as a flower painter. In Europe, he roomed with Edmund C. Tarbell.

Max Nonnenbruch | Young Beauty, 1892

Max Nonnenbruch (25.01.1857 in Viersen; † 13.03.1922 in München, Munich) was a famous German painter🎨 in the Art Nouveau🎨 Jugendstil Early 1900s Period.

Nonnenbruch was one of the most widely exhibited and popular painters of fin de siecle Germany; his work was frequently reproduced in woodcut or photogravure and appeared in the great journals and newspapers of the day.

A member of the Munich School, the name given to a group of artists who studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich during its most influential period, Nonnenbruch originally concentrated on history and genre painting🎨, the specialty of Wilhelm Lindenshmit the Younger (1829-1895), his professor at the Academy.

Guglielmo Ciardi | Veduta painter

Guglielmo Ciardi (1842-1917) was an Italian painter. He was born in Venice, the son of an official of the Austrian government.

Ciardi enrolled in 1861 at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied perspective with Federico Moja and landscape and seascape with Domenico Bresolin, taking over the latter’s teaching post in 1894.

He went to Florence in 1868 and formed friendships with Giovanni Costa and the Macchiaioli painters.

Elise MacDonald | Magical Surrealist painter

Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Graduated with a BA(Fine Art) from Wits University.

First exhibition at Crake Gallery, Jhb in 1982.

Thereafter exhibited in group show at the Everard Read Gallery, Jhb.

After relocating to Knysna in 1996 exhibited at Trent Read's Knysna Fine Art gallery.

After a serious illness in 2009, her passion for painting was re-ignited.

In 2012 Elise had a mini exhibition at Trent Read’s Knysna Fine Art Gallery and in 2015 she had a solo exhibition at the Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in Cape Town.

Elise’s work is now in private collections worldwide.