Oscar Wilde / Bruno Di Maio

"La Bellezza è una forma del Genio, anzi, è più alta del Genio perché non necessita di spiegazioni.

Essa è uno dei grandi fatti del mondo, come la luce solare, la primavera, il riflesso nell'acqua scura di quella conchiglia d'argento che chiamiamo luna. Non può essere interrogata: regna per diritto divino".

Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.

Oscar Wilde

Victor Crisostomo Gomez

Peruvian painter Victor Crisostomo Gomez is a contemporary artist from Lima, Peru, and features the people and cultures of his native country in his vibrant and captivating portraits. These compelling images blend tradition with a contemporary edge. The dichotomy of past and present would normally be difficult and prohibitively complex, however, Victor, a Native American of Inca Qechua heritage, effortlessly bridges the two extremes while traveling the jungles of South America for his research and inspiration.

Antonio Masini (1933-2018)

Antonio Masini nasce a Calvello (Potenza) nel 1933. Compie gli studi classici e subito dopo frequenta lo studio di Domenico Spinosa dell’Accademia di BB.AA. di Napoli.

Nel 1960 si laurea in giurisprudenza.

Nello stesso anno partecipa alla Mostra Nazionale di Pittura “1º Centenario della Rivoluzione Lucana” e gli viene assegnato il primo premio.

Nel 1970 espone con altri sette pittori italiani al Palms Shore Club Gallery di New York.

Nel 1972 espone con un gruppo di artisti umbro-toscani al Palazzo dei Priori a Perugia.

Con la Galleria Sant’Ambroeus di Milano partecipa nel 1975 e ’76 al Salon International d’Art, Art 6’75 e Art 7’76 a Basilea (Svizzera).

Victor Koulbak / Виктор Кульбак, 1946

Victor Koulbak was born in 1946 in Moscow, where he studied at the Art School from 1958-1964.
He then spent two years working as a draughtsman for various publishing houses. In 1966, he was admitted to the Polygraphic Institute of Moscow, where he studied for three years.
He then continued to work as an illustrator to earn his living. Five exhibitions in which he tried to show his work were closed down two-to-three hours after opening.

Philippe Loubat, 1962 | Surrealist painter

Philippe Loubat was born in Montpellier and currently lives and works in Languedoc Roussillon, France.

He dedicates himself exclusively to painting since 1980, and after 10 years of intensive research and self-taught experimental work, he maintains an assiduous presence in several renowned stages of international contemporary art, such as: Lineart - Gand / Belgium, Europ Art - Geneva / Switzerland, Holland Art Fair - La Haye and Art Twente - Almelo / Netherlands, St’ Art - Strasburg, Artenimes - Nimes, Grenoble, D’art - Nice / France, and Art New York and Art Expo - New York / USA.

He is also represented in various private and institutional collections, as well as in the Museum of Contemporary Art MAC, in Bahia, Brazil.

Jeffrey Batchelor, 1960 | Surrealist painter

Jeffrey Batchelor definitely deserves a lot of attention having displayed the richness of his talent with his oil on canvas paintings.

He demonstrates an interesting approach to the scenes he paints, creating very magical and fun effects.

Conceptually, his work ranges from straight realism to surrealism, and from rectangular canvases to shaped canvas panels.

Lev Kaplan /Лев Каплан, 1967 | Magic Realism painter

Lev Kaplan was born 1967 in Lugansk, Ukraine. He spent a lot of years in Kiew, Ukraine, where he studied architecture. In 1992, he moved to Germany with his family. Today he lives in Stuttgart where he works at an advertising agency as an art director. He spends all of his leisure time painting and creating graphics as well as illustrating children's books.

Roland Dumbadze, 1948 | Figurative painter

Georgian painter Roland Dumbadze, born in Tbilisi, Georgia, graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of industrial graphics.

Since 1978 he was working at the Public Broadcaster as a graphic painter, at Tbilisi Design Research Institute and Mose Toidze Art Professional Educational Centre. He has created the design of the sportswear for the Georgian National Football Team.

Since 1990 he was living in Moscow. He opened children's art studio and played important role in creation of the "Arbat Gallery" and helped many Georgian artists with organization of the exhibitions in Moscow.