Guine Gerard, 1947 | Abstract Figurative painter

Un bien bel artiste, Gérard GUINÉ, dans ce genre délicat représenté par la femme en séduction et en mystère. Son réalisme n'est jamais inanimé malgré les poses de ses modèles, tant il sait les diversifier avec de subtiles évocations, redoublant le personnage en lui insufflant sortilège et grâce. La technique est remarquable et la lumière glisse avec une tendre efficacité sur la peau de biens jolies personnes tandis que de somptueux tissus et décors s'en donnent à coeur joie au sein de compositions attentives. Du métier, de la sensisibilité, de l'imagination et une perception magique de la beauté font de Gérard GUINÉ un maître en la matière. | André RUELLAN, critique d'art

Raff Boyadjian, 1948

Armenian painter Raff Boyadjian grew up in Gyumri, one of the country's cultural centers. As a youngster, his first impressions of life swelled in him as he absorbed the spirit of the people, their happiness and joy, the depth of their traditions, and the pride of their heritage. These impressions continue to spring forth from him and are continually translated onto his canvas. Boyadjian studied fine art at several schools, including the prestigious University of Fine Arts and Theater. It was there that he mastered the art of painting and produced works that have been kept to this day by the school as examples of excellence for student reference. Boyadjian's diplomate work, entitled "Circus", received widespread critical acclaim, and the work was subsequently exhibited in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and other major Russian cities.

Tristan Elwell | Fantasy Illustrator

American painter and illustrator Tristan Elwell was born and raised in New York City, where he graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He attended the School of Visual Arts on a full scholarship, graduating in 1990 at the top of his class. While at SVA he also worked as a painting assistant to noted photorealist Charles Bell. After college, Tristan quickly established his career as an illustrator, and in 1994 he joined the staff at SVA, where he teaches illustration and painting.

Joan Miró | Surrealist painter

Joan Miró i Ferrà (1893-1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona.

Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride.

In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and famously declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.

Odette Itah | Abstract painter

Odette Itah was born in Meknes in Morocco, studied dramatic art and Classical Theater at the Conservatory of Art in Meknes.

She volunteered at Nahariya hospital in the pediatric ward for 12 years.

She now she lives in Nahariya, Hazafon, in Israel and teaches French.

Ludmila Curilova

Ludmila Curilova is an Moldovan painter. Curilova's work is influenced by illusory theatre art and it retains the decorative quality of a fairy tale setting. Within her paintings on paper and canvas, warm, rich colors glow with an almost magical essence. At times her figures exist in a subdued dreamscape amidst fruit and flowers. While Curilova uses traditional media and tools: acrylic paint, brushes and art knive, she also experiments with small clay sculptures.

Alexander Daniloff, 1963

Russian painter Alexander Daniloff was born in Donetsk. From 1987-2000 he organized personal exhibitions and participated in numerous collective exhibitions and cultural actions in Nizhni Novgorod, Moscow, Norilsk (Russia), San-Francisco, Los Angeles (USA), Venlo, Horst, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Helsinki (Finland), Barcelona (Spain). In 2000 Daniloff moved to Italy in Rovigo (Venetian province), where he currently lives and works as a professional artist. For 4 years he has collaborated with City Theatre of Rovigo for creating illustrations for playbills. He collaborate as an illustrator with the magazine "Vsemirnyj Sledopyt" of St. Petersburg.

Raymond Poulet, 1934

French painter Raymond Poulet was born in Paris. He obtained a scholarship to attend the Arts Decoratifs and Beaux-arts schools in Paris.

He also attended courses at various painting and sculpture academies in Paris. He held his first group exhibit in 1960, which was followed by personal exhibits in France and in the US.

Shortly after, his exhibits spread worldwide.

Raymond Poulet was inspired by Braque, Picasso and Nicolas De Stael, thus starting with abstract painting in New York.

More than one hundred of his paintings were woven and painted in Aubusson.