Stefano Maderno | Baroque sculptor

Stefano Maderno (1576-1636), a sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding Bernini, his contemporary.

He is believed to be of Lombard origin from the neighbourhood of Como; probably he was related to Carlo Maderna, the architect and sculptor, who was also born near Como, at Bissone.

Stefano's works are found frequently in churches upon which Carlo was engaged.

Jason Sacran, 1980 ~ Plein air painter

Jason Sacran has a BFA in painting from Tennessee Tech University, and credits towards an MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Jason and his family live in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he was the curator for the Fort Smith Art Center for almost three years. In 2010 Jason became a full-time artist/painter, and part-time instructor for the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. Jason is also the Arkansas state ambassador for the Portrait Society of America.

Catherine Calcagni | Forse...se tu baciassi me..

Forse...

se tu

baciassi me

sentiresti

un senso di te

inebriante

bere in acque

Tina Figarelli

Sigrid Hjertén | Modern Expressionist painter

Sigrid Hjertén (27 October 1885 - 24 March 1948) was a Swedish modernist painter.

Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism.

Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions.

Sigrid Hjerén's total production amounted to slightly more than 500 paintings, together with sketches, watercolors and drawings.

Eugène Henri Cauchois | Still Life painter

Eugène Henri Cauchois (1850-1911) was born in the city of Rouen on February 14, 1850.

He received his artistic training under the master painters Ferdinand Duboc and Alexandre Cabanel.

His soft, colorful and lustrous still‑lives reflect a strong influence from the renowned Impressionist artists of his time.

Samuel Uhrdin | Genre painter

Samuel (Sam) Uhrdin (1886-1964) was a Swedish painter who was born in Siljansnäs, Dalarna, Sweden.

Isaac Grunewald | Modern Expressionist painter

Isaac Grünewald (1889-1946) was a Swedish-Jewish Expressionist painter born in Stockholm. He was the leading and central name in the first generation of Swedish modernists from 1910 up until his death in 1946, in other words during almost his entire career spanning four decades. He was a highly productive painter as well as a writer and public speaker.

Joseph Kleitsch ~ Plein Air painter

Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931) was a Hungarian-American portrait and Plein Air painter who holds a high place in the early California School of Impressionism.
Born in Banad, Hungary on June 6, 1882, Kleitsch began painting at the age of seven. He later pursued art training in Budapest, Munich and Paris. He immigrated to the United States in 1912 and two years later, on July 22, 1914, he married Edna Gregatis of Chicago, Illinois with whom he would have his only child, Eugene. Influenced by his visits to the famous museums of Europe, Kleitsch continued with his love of portrait and figurative painting after relocating to California.