Nikolai Shurygin

Shurygin was born in 1957 in Kimry, Russia. In 1979 he graduated from Moscow School of applied arts (design). During 10 years the painter has been studying multilayered painting which secrets were lost in the beginning of XIX. This unique technique was used by flemish painters as well as russian painters such Kiprensky, Levitsky, Borovikovsky and many others.

Michael Bergt, 1956 | Magic Realism painter

Michael Bergt was born in a small Nebraska farming community.

At the age of five, he decided he wanted to be an artist. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Denver.

At nineteen, Michael became friends with a group of artists, Beat poets and late-night coffee drinkers in lower downtown Denver.

Boris Grigoriev [1886-1939]

Бори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев was born in Rybinsk and studied at the Stroganov Art School from 1903-1907. Grigoriev went on to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under Aleksandr Kiselyov, Dmitry Kardovsky and Abram Arkhipov from 1907-1912.

Camille Pissarro | L'Impressionismo ed il Neoimpressionismo

Pissarro e l'impressionismo

Considerando la sua partecipazione a tutte le 8 esposizioni del gruppo è inevitabile dare per scontato che Camille Pissarro risponda alla generica definizione di «pittore impressionista».

Egli, in realtà, si pose in maniera ambivalente davanti alle ambizioni del gruppo: se da un lato decantava la mobilità della luce e degli effetti cromatici e le potenzialità del principio compositivo en plein air, impiegando al contempo macchie di colori piccole e irregolari, dall'altra dava vita a composizioni che, seppur in assenza di linee di contorno, sono solide e ben congeniate, inondate di una luce che «modella ed evidenzia le forme con dolcezza e vivacità, pur non arrivando mai a dissolverle» come, nella maturità pittorica, avevano fatto alcuni suoi colleghi come Monet o Renoir.

Georges Mazilu, 1951 | Surrealist painter

Romanian painter Georges Mazilu is known internationally for his signature style linking contemporary surrealism** with the art of the Northern Renaissance**.

Masterfully executed and bewitchingly beautiful, his paintings portray mysterious figures seemingly caught in deep contemplation or frozen in the midst of enigmatic rituals.

Leonora Carrington | Painting

Leonora Carrington, (born April 6, 1917, Clayton Green, Lancashire, England-died May 25, 2011, Mexico City, Mexico), British-born Mexican Surrealist artist and writer known for her haunting, autobiographical, somewhat inscrutable paintings that incorporate images of sorcery, metamorphosis, alchemy and the occult.

Carrington was raised in a wealthy Roman Catholic family on a large estate called Crookhey Hall. Carrington’s Irish mother and Irish nanny introduced her to Celtic mythology and Irish folklore, images of which later appeared in her art. From an early age Carrington rebelled against both her family and her religious upbringing. 

Denis Oktyabr 1977 ~ Impressionist painter

Son of a popular Siberian artist Valery Oktyabr, Денис Октябрь was born in a Russian city Novoaltaisk to continue the family artistic tradition. In 1992 Denis finished Artists School and in 1997 graduated Artistic College of Novoaltaisk. Oktyabr paints portraits, landscapes, genre pictures. In his paintings Oktyabr tries to abstract his mind and brush from shapes and stereotypes to reflect feelings, emotions and to illustrate the sacred process of perception and meditation. Shapes and colors of his paintings are perfect instruments to explore and embody ideas and sensations. Looking at his pictures one feels that there is a vision of the way things are intended to be, but never are.

Armen Gasparian, 1966 | Symbolist painter

Gasparian was born in South Armenia, where he studied art in George Ajrapetjana's workshop. He moved to St. Petersburg nearly two decades ago, and continues living and working there today.

His works are in private collections worldwide, including Germany, Holland, Finland, North America, and Russia.

His romantic images and use of symbolism convey nature with delicate lyricism. While the artist experimented with a bright palette in his earlier works, his later pieces are muted and convey a sense of calm and tranquility.

The refined quality of these pieces is characteristic of the northern school of art.

Gasparian has developed his own artistic language, combining the traditions of classical art and the new plastic form.