Raphael | High Renaissance painter

For centuries Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520) has been recognised as the supreme High Renaissance painter, more versatile than Michelangelo and more prolific than their older contemporary Leonardo.

Though he died at 37, Raphael's example as a paragon of classicism dominated the academic tradition of European painting until the mid-19th century.

Raphael (Raffaello Santi) was born in Urbino where his father, Giovanni Santi, was court painter.

Algernon Talmage | Impressionist painter

Algernon Mayon Talmage R.A., R.O.I. (1871-1939) was a minor British Impressionist painter.

Talmage is best known for tutoring Emily Carr during her studies at St Ives in England when he lived and worked in his studio which was then called 'The Cabin' located on Westcotts Quay, St Ives.

Danielle Richard | Romantic Realism painter

Danielle Richard is a contemporary painter based in Quebec City, Canada, where she was born and educated.

Very early in life, she was fascinated by the world of pictorial art. For as long as she can remember, she has always been surrounded by the tools “for making works of art”: gouache, distemper, pastels, etc. Upon reaching adolescence, she wasted no time deciding on her future... “I loved painting and it seemed only natural for me to become an artist!”

After a college degree in Fine Arts, Cegep Ste-Foy, 1975 she earned a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from Université Laval in 1980.

She had her first solo exhibition in 1975 and has had numerous solo and group shows since then.

Andrea del Sarto | High Renaissance painter

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530), original name Andrea d’Agnolo, Italian painter and draftsman whose works of exquisite composition and craftsmanship were instrumental in the development of Florentine Mannerism.

His most striking among other well-known works is the series of frescoes on the life of St. John the Baptist in the Chiostro dello Scalzo (c. 1515-26).

Lou Shabner (1917-1981) | Pin-up painter

Born in Enfield, North London, Louis Shabner is a talented British🎨 glamour artist inspired by glamorous female beauty, known as pin-up.

Lou Shabner was already an accomplished glamour artist in his native England for 25-plus years before becoming one of Brown and Bigelow's last pin-up painters.

He often worked in gouache on board (which the examples below show), but was just as comfortable using other mediums.