Stephan Bakałowicz | Academic painter

Stephan Bakałowicz /Степан Бакалович (1857, Warsaw -1947, Rome) was a Polish painter from Warsaw, famous in the Russian Empire. He was noted for his paintings on the subjects of Ancient Rome.

From 1936 he was a member of authorities of Polish Association of Artists - "The Capitol".

Bakałowicz was born in Warsaw, into an artistic Polish family. His father was a painter, his mother an actress and so it was only natural for the boy to be drawn to a career in the arts.

He received his first painting lessons from his father and then went on to study at the Warsaw School of Art before joining the Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts in 1876.

Kari-Lise Alexander, 1982 | Pop Surrealism painter

Kari-Lise Alexander’s expressive work explores themes rooted in her Scandinavian heritage.

Innocent maidens float in worlds of their own making, oftentimes losing themselves in their daydreams.

At a young age Kari-Lise was always experimenting with paints, pencils, pastels and anything else she could get her hands on.

In 2000 she studied fine art for two semesters but left college to pursue other interests.

It wasn’t until spring of 2009 that her heart led her back to painting and she hasn’t stopped since.

Francis Danby | The Bristol School of painters

Francis Danby (16 November 1793 - 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the central figure in a group of artists who have come to be known as the Bristol School. His period of greatest success was in London in the 1820s.

Victorine Meurent | Manet’s favorite model

Victorine Meurent was Manet’s favorite model in the 1860s, posing for Street Singer, in the MFA’s collection, as well as for such other renowned works as Olympia and Luncheon on the Grass (both now in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris).

Victorine Louise Meurent (February 18, 1844 – March 17, 1927) was a French painter and a famous model for painters.

Although she is best known as the favourite model of Édouard Manet, she was also an artist in her own right who regularly exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon.

Gabriel Sainz, 1967 | Surrealist painter

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gabriel Sainz has lived alternately between Buenos Aires and Patagonia. He formalized his training with Antonio López y Golucho (Spain), Guillermo Roux, Juan Doffo y Eduardo Faradje. He received the prestigious Fundación Antorchas scholarship under the directorship of Remo Bianchedi, Marcia Schvartz and María José Herrera.
His works can be found in museums and private collections in Argentina and numerous countries.

Jules René Hervé (1887-1981) | Impressionist painter

Jules René Hervé🎨 was an French🎨 Academic painter, born in Langres, in Eastern France.

Known for his paintings of cityscapes and landscapes, Hervé painted in an Impressionistic style🎨 that captured the shimmering texture of the city and the softer light of the countryside.

Sandro Botticelli | Art in Detail

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli (Italian: [sandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]; c. 1445 - May 17, 1510), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.

Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work. Since then, his paintings have been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting.

In addition to the mythological subjects for which he is best known today, Botticelli painted a wide range of religious subjects (including dozens of renditions of the Madonna and Child, many in the round tondo shape) and also some portraits. His best-known works are The Birth of Venus and Primavera, both in the Uffizi in Florence.

Carl Hallström | Romantic Landscape painter

Carl Axel Thure Hallström (1850-1929) was a Swedish artist, a classical Romantic landscape painter. Today his works appear on the northern European auctions.