Peter van der Ploeg, 1954

Dutch painter** Peter van der Ploeg was born in Rhenen, in the Netherlands. Graduated at the Art Academy in Arnhem in 1976.

Independent artist since 1976. The theme of his work is the silence of the landscape and the tension within it.

Anatoly Piatkevich, 1969 | Figurative painter

Анатолий Петкевич was born in a small town in the heart of Belarus, once a Republic of the former Soviet Union.

The countryside has a mixture of serene forests, rivers, meadows and ruins of old castles and other remnants of his predecessors.

Anatoly recalls fondly that his childhood home was filled with paintings of Belarus landscapes as painted by his mother and grandmother.

Timothy Martin | Surrealist painter

Timothy Martin is a classically trained painter and sculptor who first gained widespread recognition when he was selected by Tiffany and Company to display artwork in its Manhattan flagship on Fifth Avenue in 1993. Since that time Martin’s renown has spread internationally with the publication of dozens of reproductions of his charming work, as well as exhibitions from New York to Paris.

Jorge Maciel, 1972

L'artista Brasiliano Jorge Maciel è nato nella città di Pocos de Caldas. Autodidatta ed amante dell'arte, Maciel sta scoprendo il suo talento essendo critico nei propri concetti, cercando di perfezionare la propria tecnica in ogni lavoro con grande ispirazione ed armonia, giocando con i colori e la nitidezza, dando una distribuzione convincente della luce e dell'ombra, mettendoci tutti i sentimenti e la passione per l'arte.

Leonardo da Vinci | Il pittore e lo scultore

Trattato della Pittura - Parte prima /33

Dice lo scultore la sua arte essere piú degna della pittura, conciossiaché quella è più eterna per temer meno l'umido, il fuoco, il caldo ed il freddo, che la pittura.

A costui si risponde che questa tal cosa non fa più dignità nello scultore, perché tal permanenza nasce dalla materia, e non dall'artefice, la qual dignità può ancora essere nella pittura, dipingendo con colori di vetro sopra i metalli, o terra cotta, e quelli in fornace far discorrere, e poi pulire con diversi strumenti, e fare una superficie piana e lustra, come ai nostri giorni si vede fare in diversi luoghi di Francia e d'Italia, e massime in Firenze nel parentado della Robbia, i quali hanno trovato modo di condurre ogni grande opera in pittura sopra terra cotta coperta di vetro.

Ugo de Cesare, 1950

Ugo de Cesare, Italian painter, was born in a small village near Florence. He studied at the Academy of Naples and Florence, and originally wanted to become an art teacher. To get his degree, he had to create an oil painting, which created such a sensation that he was awarded his degree with distinction.

Amy Lind, 1983 | Figurative painter

American Awards winning painter Amy Lind studied portrait painting at the Florence Academy of Art under “living master” Maureen Hyde and with Michael Grimaldi at the Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier.

She graduated Summa Cum Laude and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Her eclectic training has provided her with a unique approach and insight to realism, which is visible in both the traditional and contemporary qualities that her paintings possess.

Grace DeVito, 1965 | Figurative / Still life painter

American painter🎨 Grace Mehan DeVito has spent her life immersed in the art of painting.

Her representational realist skills are equally adept at portraiture, figurative and still life genres.

She love of light and form imbue her work with beauty and timelessness, elevating even the humblest of subjects, bearing witness to the beauty of the world.

A native of Connecticut, Grace studied at The School of Visual Arts in New York City, majoring in Illustration.