Constant Troyon | The Barbizon school of painters

Constant Troyon (Sèvres August 28, 1810 – February 21, 1865), French painter, was born in Sèvres, near Paris, where his father was connected with the famous manufactory of porcelain.
Troyon was an animal painter of the first rank, and was closely associated with the artists who painted around Barbizon. The technical qualities of his methods of painting are most masterly; his drawing is excellent, and his composition always interesting. It was only comparatively late in life that Troyon found his métier, but when he realized his power of painting animals he produced a fairly large number of good pictures in a few years.

Fred Cuming RA, 1930 | Landscape painter

Fred Cuming is a Senior Royal Academician and, when elected RA in 1974, was the youngest member to be elected to the Royal Academy of Arts. His artistic career has spanned over sixty years so far, and he has created (and sold) a body of work of some 5,000 paintings. Particularly fascinated by the observation and depiction of light and atmosphere, Fred Cuming is now one of England's foremost and best-loved contemporary Landscape painters. 

Fred Cuming was born in 1930 in London and trained at the Sidcup School of Art between 1945-1949. After National Service he studied at the Royal College of Art for four years and was awarded the Abbey Travel Scholarship to visit Rome. In 1969 he was elected an Associate Member of the Royal Academy, becoming a full member in 1974. At that time, he was the yougest member ever elected. Fred has also been a member of the New English Art Club since 1960.

Ludmila, 1958 | Surrealist painter

Lyudmila was born in Russia in 1958. Lives in Portugal since 1991.

She studied painting at Albuquerque Mendes, Porto.

Training seminars led by master Daniel Hompesch.

Drawing and painting course at SASI Art School in Florence and scientific illustration under the guidance of biologist and illustrator Fernando Correia.

Member of Portuguesde Art Fantastica - UTOPIA.

Ludmila's works have been acquired by collectors in Portugal, Italy, USA, Sweden, Russia, Germany.

Maria Rita Pires, 1975 | Figurative and Paper sculptor

Maria Rita was born in Minde, Portugal, and felt her “fascination for clay” with only eleven years old. She began her studies in ceramics at ARCO - Center for Arts and Visual Communication (Centro de Artes e Comunicação Visual) in 1995, having concluded her degree in Ceramics and Art History in 1998.

She has developed her work in her own studio, and has participated in various interior design projects.

Her work is diversified using various materials, from porcelain to paper and cardboard, and includes the production of installations of mixed techniques.

John Frederick Lewis | Orientalist / Genre painter

John Frederick Lewis RA (London 14 July 1804 - 15 August 1876) was an British painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in exquisitely detailed watercolour or oils.

Lewis lived for several years in a traditional mansion in Cairo, and (after his return to England) painted highly detailed works showing both realistic Genre scenes of Middle Eastern life and more idealized scenes in upper class Egyptian interiors with no traces of Western cultural influence yet apparent.

Anna Ancher | Skagen painter

Anna Ancher (1859-1935) was in reality the only Woman painter among the Skagen artists, a fact that was mirrored in her paintings, which depict the world of women.

She painted many women - many more than men - and these women were often alone. A typical Anna Ancher motif was a single female figure in an interior setting - a bedroom or a living room - quietly occupied with a task or merely thoughtful and withdrawn.

This contemplation is a very characteristic trait in Anna Ancher’s female figures.

Their concentration is directed inward to their inner world, and there is almost never any eye contact with the beholder because the women look down, have their eyes closed or their backs turned.

Chidi Okoye, 1961 | Abstract painter / sculptor

Nigerian born painter Chidi A. Okoye graduated with a distinction in sculpture from the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1988.

For the next six years he taught sculpture and drawing at Federal Polytechnic Oko Anambra State Nigeria. During this period, he created an outstanding collection, not only sculpting, but painting and writing as well.

In Nigeria, He had his national solo exhibition “Textures of Life” and launching of his book “Lamentation” at national museum Lagos in 1993 sponsored by Mobil Producing Nigeria.

Taras Loboda, 1961 | Pittore astratto

Taras Loboda è nato a Ivano-Frankovsk, Ucraina, nella famiglia di I.I.Loboda, famoso artista Ucraino.

Si è laureato presso l'Istituto d'Arte di Kiev (1979-1985).

Nel 1979 frequenta il noto Studio di Zaretsky.

Partecipa a molte mostre internazionali, repubblicane e dell'intera Unione Sovietica.

Dal 1993 vive e lavora a Praga (Repubblica Ceca).