Tintoretto at the National Gallery of Art

The Samuel Kress Collection encompasses more than 3,000 works of European art, and is distinguished for its abundance of Italian Renaissance paintings.

The Collection was donated to scores of regional and academic art museums throughout the United States between 1929-1961, with the single largest donation reserved for the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. | © Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York

Tintoretto | The Conversion of Saint Paul, 1544 | National Gallery of Art, Washington

Adolf Kaufmann (1848-1916) | Paysage painter

Adolf Kaufmann was an Austrian landscape and marine artist.

He was initially self-taught, but completed his studies with the animal painter, Émile van Marcke, in Paris and undertook several study trips, throughout Europe and the Middle East.

His residence alternated between Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Munich.

In 1890, he decided to settle in Vienna and opened a studio in the Wieden district. In 1900, together with Carl von Merode and Heinrich Lefler, he opened an "Art School for Ladies".

Rudolf Ernst (1854-1932) | Orientalist painter

Rudolf Ernst was an Austro-French painter, printmaker and ceramics painter who is best known for his orientalist motifs. He exhibited in Paris under the name "Rodolphe Ernst".

He was the son of the architect Leopold Ernst and, encouraged by his father, began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna at the age of fifteen.

He spent some time in Rome, copying the old masters, and continued his lessons in Vienna with August Eisenmenger and Anselm Feuerbach.

Wilfredo Alicdan, 1965 | Genre painter

Wilfredo Alicdan - born in Dasmariñas, Cavite - is a Filipino figurative artist.

His works are distinguished by their quaint and geometric folk representations, populated by rounded stylized figures usually engaged in traditional and rural activities Alicdan graduated elementary school in 1978 from Francisco E. Barzaga Memorial School in Dasmariñas.

He graduated high school from Immaculate Conception Academy in 1982 with a gold medal for "Artist of the Year" award. He studied fine arts in the Philippine Women's University from 1983-1986.

Talantbek Chekirov, 1971 | Figurative painter

Талантбек Чекиров was born in the Kyrgyz Republic. He studied from the State College of Art from 1986-1990. In this period, Chekirov acquired detailed knowledge in the fields of plastic anatomy, graphics and composition, which highlights his work as an artisan.

In 1990, Chekirov completed his education in the domain of the creative arts with majors in theatrical painting and constructive art.