Jin Hongjun, 1937 ~ Traditional Chinese painter

Mr. Jin Hongjun / 靳洪軍 was born in 1937 and is a native of Beijing. His family are descendants of the Emperors of the Qing Dynasty. He studied Chinese painting with many well-known artists such as Li Kuchan and Li Keran in the Chinese Painting Department, Central Art College of China. As a professional artist at the Beijing Painting Institute, Professor Jin particularly specialized in fine brushwork. His paintings have been collected by the China National Art Museum and by the Chinese government and many important organizations. One of them was elected into the 13th Exhibition of SECO of the U.N. Jin Hongjun also was invited to visit India and to teach in Japan plus to participate in art exhibitions of his works in the U.S., Singapore, Korea, Canada, Thailand and other countries.

Alexei Khlebnikov / Алексей Хлебников ~ Still Life of Flowers painter

Alexei Khlebnikov / Алексей Хлебников is a painter from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Has received an academic art education.

Gabriel García Márquez | La marionetta / The Puppet Poem

Lo scrittore premio Nobel colombiano Gabriel Garcia Marquez è morto ieri, il 17 aprile 2014, a Città del Messico dove viveva.

L'autore di 'Cent'anni di solitudine' aveva compiuto 87 anni il 6 marzo scorso.

Era stato insignito del Nobel per la letteratura nel 1982.

Il presidente della Colombia Juan Manuel Santos ha scritto in un tweet: "mille anni di solitudine e tristezza per la morte del piu' grande dei colombiani di tutti i tempi. Solidarietà e condoglianze a Gabo e la famiglia". |ANSA

Vladimir Ryabchikov, 1967

Владимир Рябчиков was born in 1967.

In 1994. graduated from Rostov State Pedagogical University, Arts - Graphic Department.

In 1988. began to exhibition activities.

Party more than two hundred group exhibitions in Russia and abroad, including exhibitions in the project «Die Russen Kommen» 1992-2002.

Dmitriy Kalyuzhny, 1975 ~ Figurative painter

Дмитрий Калюжный was born in 1975. Graduated from the Kharkov State College of Art. Graduated from the Kharkov State Academy of Art and Design. Member of the Union of Young Artists of Ukraine.

Dorus Brekelmans, 1972 | Figurative Palette Knife painter

Dutch painter* Dorus Brekelmans was born in Waalwijk, Netherlands. After a three year (1991-1994) study in advertising drawing at the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts in Antwerp, he continued his training in applied graphics and illustration at the Carolus Magnus University of Antwerp (1994-1998). 

Since, Dorus regularly participates as independent illustrator and painter, in exhibitions in the Netherlands, where he is also represented by a number of distinguished galleries.

"My paintings are figurative, realism is often the basis of my canvases. Yet I am as an artist rather than a realist, but rather to mention. An impressionist I work alternately in acrylic or oil on canvas or panel, the sizes of my paintings range from small to large.
The paint is often spontaneous and expressive with brushes or applied with a palette knife.
My color palette is mostly sunny mention".

Charlene Van Den Eng, 1971 ~ Portrait painter / Fashion designer

Dutch painter Van Den Eng Charlene studied at some of the most prestigious art institutes in the Netherlands, including the Amsterdam Art/Fashion Institute AMFI. Her main technique is oil painting and over the years she gradually focused her work in portraits. Before she starts her paintings, she captures a series of photographs in locations significant for the subject.

Kareem Iliya, 1967 ~ Fashion watercolor designer

Lebanese-born American artist Kareem Iliya was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He moved to Texas in 1976 and studied fashion design initially at the University of Texas, Austin, USA. Then he continued his studies at the Institute of Fashion Technology, in New York. He graduated in 1990. Kareem is now living in New York, USA.
Kareem started his fashion career workjing with Giorgio Armani, and from 1992 also freelanced as an illustrator.