Dosso Dossi | Renaissance painter

A leader of the Ferrara School of painting from the Renaissance, Dosso Dossi (1490-1542) is well known for his enigmatic allegorical style.

Born Giovanni di Niccoló de Luteri in Tramuschio di Mirandola. Dossi’s father worked as a land agent, or bursar for the Este family, under their court in Ferrara; they would later become Dossi’s patrons.

It is said that he trained early on with Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535), also of the School of Ferrara painters. Though part of Costa’s influence was also important to the Bolognese school of painting.

Jacques Prévert / Willem Haenraets | Alicante...

An orange upon the table

Your dress on the rug

And you in my bed

Sweet present of the present

Freshness of the night

Warmth of my life.

Leopold Franz Kowalski | Genre painter

Léopold Franz Kowalski (1856-1931) was an French-born German painter, known for his canvases depicting genre scenes, figures and landscapes.

Kowalsky was a pupil of Jean Pillard and Henri Lehmann at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

He exhibited regularly in Paris from 1881 at the Salon des Artistes Français.

Michael Carson, 1972 | Expressionist painter

Michael Carson was born in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated from the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Design in 1996. Working as a graphic Artist, he painted his first painting three years after graduating from college.

He knew he had found his calling and in 2001, started painting full time.

Influenced by the paintings of Toulouse Lautrec, John Singer Sargent, Norman Rockwell, Malcolm Liepke, and Milt Kobayashi, Michael Carson is primarily a figurative Artist who likes to tell a story.

His figures usually find themselves in bars, nightclubs, cafes, and jazz clubs; even at home in intimate settings.

Daria Kropacheva, 1989 | Symbolist painter

Daria Kropacheva is an Moldovan Neo baroque and Symbolist painter who lives in a place called Chisinau in Moldova.

We were unable to find any more detail on Daria but perhaps there is little need - her art speaks loudly for itself - it sure is stunningly beautiful.

Her perfectly rendered characters dominate the canvas bursting with life, a sense of immortality and a subtle dark undercurrent of mystery.