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Ippolito Caffi | The ruins of the Colosseum in Rom

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Ippolito Caffi (1809-1866) was an Italian visionary landscape painter of the 19th century.
Compared to Canaletto for his undoubted perspective skills, Ippolito Caffi actually 'exceeds' the great eighteenth-century master bringing the genre of landscape painting on to a contemporary level thanks to his ability to represent the air in painting and a thorough study on the effects of light.

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Hans Zatzka | Water Lilies

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Austrian painter with an academic style, Hans Zatzka (1859-1945) is also known under the pseudonyms of Zabateri, P.Ronsard, Bernard Zatzka and Joseph Bernard.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1877 to 1882, where he took lessons with Christian Griepenkerl, Carl Wurzinger and Carl Von Blaas.
In 1880, the twenty years old painter received his first reward, the Goldene Füger-Medaillen.


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The Garmash | Romantic Impressionist | Part. 4

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Mikhail (Michael) Garmash (1969 Lugansk, Ukraine) ed Inessa Garmash (1972 Lipetsk, Russia) are two award winning Russian painters, known for working in the Romantic /Impressionist /Figurative style.

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Pakayla Biehn, 1986 | Surrealist painter

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Pakayla Rae Biehn is a young and talented artist born and raised in California. She uses oil and acrylic to create incredible paintings that look like pictures.
Her talent is definitely polyhedric expressed with several techniques and approaches, from painting to installation to design.


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Ilham Mirzayev, 1965 | Abstract painter

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Ilham Mirzayev Maharram was born in Nakhchivan, the Azerbaijan Republic.
  • 1980 - 1984 Studied at the State Arts School named Azim Azimzadeh.
  • 1984 - 1986 Served in the Soviet Army.
  • 1986 - Began creative work - painting.
  • 1989 - Member of the Artists’ Union of USSR / youth group.
  • 1991 - Member of the Artists’ Union of USSR / after disintegration of USSR in 1991 - Member of the Artists’ Union of Azerbaijan.
  • 1992 - Production Designer of Turkish playwright A. Nelsin "The letter from Takhtali village" / Nakhchivan State Drama Theatre.

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Romona Youngquist, 1960 | Plein air painter

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"My lifestyle hasn’t changed much since early childhood. I live on a little farm with my family in the middle of Oregon wine country; I still hang out in the woods with the dogs and my own kids; and I still collect a wide range of critters. When I’m not painting outside, I paint in my studio in order to keep an eye on my kids and pets, while listening to my favorite Bach, Handel and Mozart" - Romona Youngquist.


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Zhang Jing Sheng 张京生, 1940 | Plein air /Palette knife painter

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Zhang Jing Sheng 张京生 is a professor and tutor for graduate students at the Tianjin Fine Arts Academy. He received State Allowance.
In 1967, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Central Fine Arts Academy. He won the silver prize at 'The Chine Fine Arts Exhibition'.
Between 1989 and 1990 he went to America to visit scholars and hold an exhibition, at the request of the Tao Sen University.

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Lionello Balestrieri | Triptych of Chopin / Il trittico di Chopin, 1904

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Lionello Balestrieri | Chopin Triptych | Chopin and George Sand 
| Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

The Balestrieri's Triptych of Chopin is a series of three panel painting:
  • Chopin and George Sand;
  • Chopin at Piano;
  • Chopin Dying.
Location: Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA.
Gift of: Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Holliday, Sr.


Italian painter Lionello Balestrieri (Cetona, Siena, Italy September 12, 1872 - October 25, 1958) was a President of the Society of Italian Artists working in Paris, elected in 1906.

Balestrieri was best known for his works depicting the life of bohemians and musicians and for many years directed the Museum of Industrial Art in Naples.

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