Renoir at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Famed for his sensual figures and charming scenes of pretty women, Pierre Auguste Renoir was a far more complex and thoughtful painter than generally assumed.

He was a founding member of the Impressionist movement, nevertheless he ceased to exhibit with the group after 1877.

From the 1880s until well into the twentieth century, he developed a monumental, classically inspired style that influenced such avant-garde giants as Pablo Picasso.

Pat Erickson | Figurative / Wildlife painter | Page 1

American fine artist Pat Erickson🎨 from Everett, WA, grew up in Northern California. Since childhood her interests were equally divided between wildlife biology and art.

She entered college as a zoology major, but after a couple years the pull of her creative side led her to a Bachelors in Fine Art. She left California for Colorado in 1989 and started concentrating on both wildlife and western subjects for her pieces.

She has since re-located to the Desert Southwest. She is well known for her highly detailed portrayal of both horses and other wildlife in watercolor and prismacolor pencil.

Nick Alm, 1985 | Figurative painter

Swedish painter Nick Alm started out as an illustrator in 1999, but changed course when he discovered the joy of painting. In 2007 he got accepted to the Florence Academy of Art🎨 to study the figure from life in the classical manner. Here he also became a teaching assistant.

After graduation Nick received a scholarship to join The Hudson River Fellowship to paint landscapes. During the stay he also explored the great art museums in New York City. A big part of 2011 was spent together with Odd Nerdrum🎨 in Norway and France before moving back to Sweden.

Giovanni Segantini | Divisionist painter

Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899) was an Italian painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps.

He was one of the most famous artists in Europe in the late 19th century, and his paintings were collected by major museums.

In later life he combined a Divisionist painting style with Symbolist images of nature.

He was active in Switzerland for most of his life.

Alesya von Meer, 1983

German painter Alesya von Meer was born in the city of Almaty. She graduated in 2005 in Odessa - architecture and business administration at the State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

The creations of the artist are constructed with colored pencil and gouache, and are often decorated with gold colors. In a fascinating miniature art she creates small areas and then combines them into one whole.

Luxuriant vines and flowers appear on the images, which often represent mystical beings in intoxicating sensuality and capture the attention of the audience quickly.