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Ivan Kramskoi | Portrait / Genre painter

Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi / Kramskoj / Kramsky, Ива́н Никола́евич Крамско́й (8 June 1837 in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh gubernia, Russia - 5 April 1887 in Saint Petersburg) was an Russian realist painter of Ukrainian origin.
A graduate (1863) and faculty member (1869-87) of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, he was one of the founders and ideologists of the Peredvizhniki.
In the 1850s he visited Kharkiv, and in 1871 he worked in Khotin village in the Sumy region.
He made frequent trips to the Crimea.


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Marilyn Simandle, 1946 | Watercolor painter


Marilyn Simandle🎨 is a master Signature Member of Oil Painters of America (OPAM), a Signature member of the American Watercolor Society, Plein-Air Painters of America (PAPA) and the California Art Club.
She has numerous articles in magazines such as Southwest Art and Art of the West.
In 1996, her first book on Watercolor painting was published by North Light and since, a second book is available entitled "Contagious Enthusiasm".

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Bruno Walpoth, 1959 | Wooden sculptor


Italian Figurative sculptor🎨 Bruno Walpoth, who carved these incredibly lifelike wooden sculptures, comes from a long lineage of woodcarvers.
Hailing from a family of wood sculptors, Walpoth simultaneously honors a centuries-old tradition and modernizes it for the 21st century.
Drawing from his ancestry along with contemporary ideas inspired from other forms of art, Walpoth transforms his blocks of wood into detailed sculptures of the human body.

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Arthur Sarnoff (1912-2000) | Illustrator


Arthur Saron Sarnoff🎨 was a prolific illustrator for many American magazines and advertising artist.
Sarnoff was known for illustration and paintings, which were whimsical and attention getting because of their reflection of many aspects of American culture - product consumption, domestic life, sports, celebrities and musical entertainment.
Sarnoff was born in Brooklyn and studied at the Industrial School and the Grand Central Art School in New York City.
Among his teachers were John Clymer and Andrew Wyeth.

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Francis O'Toole | Figurative painter

Francis O'Toole is a Dublin based artist, who has studied in Florence, Italy.
At 17 Francis was involved in an industrial accident which very nearly claimed his life. After spending over a year in hospital and rehabilitation, Francis spent a number of years confused about what path to take in life, this lead to him straying into the wrong group of people and encountering a dark world of up and coming criminals.
One day out of concern for her son Francis' mother suggested he paint, at first Francis believe this to be silly, but slowly began to enjoy this activity.