Atsushi Koyama, 1978 | Humans and Machines

Born in Tokyo, Atsushi Koyama / 小山 篤 is a visual artist from Japan. He holds both a BFA in art from Tama Art University and a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Tokyo University of Science in 2008.

Koyama’s work clearly uses the backgrounds of his tutelage as he beautifully blends anatomical illustration with mechanical diagrams.

METAMACHINE is his collaborative project at the border of visual art and electronic music.

Although the meaning behind these oil paintings by Atsushi Koyama is somewhat ambiguous, it’s easy to appreciate the exactness of his paintbrush that colorfully and elegantly depicts mechanical diagrams mixed with anatomical illustrations.

Mozart: "The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between"

• "A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place".

• "Un uomo di talento ordinario sarà sempre ordinario, che viaggi o no; ma un uomo di talento superiore andrà in pezzi se rimane per sempre nello stesso posto".

• "Melody is the essence of music".

• "La melodia è l'essenza della musica".

Barbara Krafft | Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1819 (detail)

Carl Schweninger | Genre painter

Carl Schweninger the Younger (1854-1912) was an Austrian painter.

Carl Schweninger was born in Vienna, Austria and came from a Viennese artist family.

He was the son of the painter Carl Schweninger the Elder (1818-1887) and brother of the painter Rosa Schweninger (1818-1918).

Severin Nilsson | Genre painter

Johan Severin Nilsson (1846-1918) was a Swedish painter and photographer.

Nilsson was born in Asige Parish, Halland. His father was a blacksmith.

In 1865, at the age of eighteen, he enrolled as a student at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm; graduating in 1871.

While there, he and Ernst Josephson became good friends.

Ulpiano Checa y Sanz | Orientalist painter

Ulpiano Checa y Sanz (1860-1916) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, poster designer and illustrator, known in the art world as Ulpiano Fernández-Checa y Saiz.

He used both impressionistic and academic techniques, and painted mainly historical subjects.

Checa participated in numerous Salons of Paris and in many of them was awarded.

He studied at the Academy of fine arts of San Fernando in Madrid, where he was student of Federico de Madrazo, Alejandro Ferrant, Manuel Domínguez and Pablo Gonzalvo.