Pierre Outin | Genre painter

Pierre Outin (1840-1899) was a French 19th Century painter.

Pierre Outin's father is a wealthy trader that does not approve his son's taste for art and drawing.

Outin's inclination for art begins at the Moulins high school where he learns drawing. His father wants him "back on track" and send him working in England.

He is still under 18 at his return in Paris and is soon hired in a silk trade, to his father's satisfaction.

Outin gets emancipated in 1861 and decides to quit his job.

Émile Pierre Metzmacher | Genre painter

Émile Pierre Metzmacher (1815-1890) was a Parisian painter specialising in genre and portraiture.

A student of Boulanger, Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre and Florent Joseph Marie Willems, Metzmacher debuted at the Salon in 1863.

He obtained honourable mentions for his work in the years 1879 and 1889.

August von Kaulbach | Portrait / History painter

Friedrich August von Kaulbach (1850-1920) was a German portraitist and historical painter.

He was born to a family that included several well known artists and began his studies with his father, Friedrich Kaulbach.

He then attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, where he studied with August von Kreling and Karl Raupp.

Ibrahim Kodra | Post-cubist painter

Ibrahim Likmetaj Kodra (22 April 1918 - 7 February 2006) was an Albanian painter.

Kodra was born in Ishëm (Ishmi), Albania, son of Murat and Xhixhe.

His mother died when he was young, and he did not receive adequate treatment from his stepmother.

His father was working in the Commercial Marine.

Ibrahim took art classes from Odhise Paskali during 1929, focusing on sport as well.

Livio Možina, 1941 | Realist painter

Livio Možina is an Italian painter, born in Trieste. He started painting at the age of 28 as an autodidact, and in 1971 he held his first solo exhibition.

He concentrated in particular on still life and landscapes.

His experience is very personal and has its roots in hyperrealism.