Miloslava Vrbova-Stefkova | Ballet dancers

Czech artist Miloslava Vrbova-Štefková (1909-1991) was an traditionalist post-impressionist painter.

During the 1937-1938 Miloslava Vrbova-Štefková studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Czech Abstract painter František Kupka (September 23, 1871 - June 24, 1957).
Besides the dancers, the ballet scenes and portraits, Miloslava Vrbova also painted landscapes and the Prague urban motifs, religious scenes (the Crucifixion in the church Žinkovie), still lifes and flowers.

Carlo Crivelli | Santa Maria Maddalena, 1470-1473 | Trittico di Montefiore

Santa Maria Maddalena è un dipinto appartenente al registro centrale del Polittico di Montefiore di Carlo Crivelli (1430/5 - 1494)*, realizzato con tecnica a tempera e oro su tavola nel 1471-72 e misura 174 x 54 cm. Il riquadro è custodito chiesa di Santa Lucia, Montefiore dell’Aso, provincia di Ascoli Piceno.

Nel Polo museale di San Francesco a Montefiore restano oggi sei pannelli che sono stati ricomposti a formare un arbitrario trittico, detto Trittico di Montefiore.

Annick Bouvattier | Pittrice figurativa

Più attratta dalle sfilate che dalle boutique di moda, Annick Bouvattier inizia la sua vita lavorativa nel cinema e nella pubblicità.

Costumista, lavora spesso negli studi di Cinecittà a Roma.

Dei suoi soggiorni in Italia conserva il sapore dei colori caldi, sensuali, profondi: gli ocra solari, i rossi sordi, gli azzurri intensi, i verdi profondi.

Annick Bouvattier è la pittrice dei silenzi, dei piccoli gesti insignificanti compiuti ogni giorno, dei momenti banali, degli sguardi fugaci, delle parole non dette, delle storie senza parole - ma molti collezionisti hanno già sentito quei silenzi.

Lorenzo Lotto | The Recanati Polyptych / Il Polittico di Recanati, 1506-1508

The Recanati Polyptych is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto*, executed in 1506-1508 and housed in the Civic Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels, Recanati, Italy. The work is dated and signed Laurent[ius] Lotus MDVIII.

Lotto began to work on the piece in 1506 as a devotional for the church of San Domenico in Recanati. The work was seen and described complete and in situ by Giorgio Vasari* in his Vite, who said Lotto was still young and followed partly the manner of the Bellini*, partly that of Giorgione*.

Sarah Myers | Figurative sculptor

Sarah Myers - Art-design, sculpture, handicraft.

"The art of museums inspires me, as does atmospheric design. Since 2003 I often use ceramic clays from formulas invented by my sister Amy Myers - material I mix and knead up by hand.

My sculpture goes from dust to moist clay, then to a figure glowing white-hot in the kiln at degrees ranging from 1940-2305 degrees Fahrenheit... and forward to a sculpture that looks at you, that stands ready or falls asleep, that carries or dances".

Nadezhda Streltsov / Надежда Стрельцова, 1973 | Ballet dancers

Надежда Стрельцова was born in in Leningrad, St. Petersburg.

1983-1991 studied at the Art School at the Institute Repin in St. Petersburg (Academy of Arts).

1992-1998 studied at the State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Repin in the studio of prof. Непринцева and Еремеева and Eremeeva.

For the thesis "The White Night" was awarded° the grant "The Muse of St. Petersburg" and the State grant of the Ministry of Culture of Russia in 1999.

- In 2002 again awarded* the grant "The young artists of St. Petersburg".

Since 2001 - member of the Union of Artists of Russia.

Her works are in private collections in the USA, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Russia.

Hanan Milner, 1949 | Figurative painter

Hanan Milner was born in Lithuania, former USSR.

Studied at Tel-Aviv art schools Renanim and TelmaYallin and at the Bezalel art academy in Jerusalem.

Participated in two seminars of the distinguished Austrian artist, Ernst Fuchs Exhibits in galleries in the US, England and Israel.

Carlo Crivelli | Santa Maria Maddalena, 1476

Mary Magdalene, Carlo Crivelli, c. 1480

tempera on panel, h 152cm × w 49cm.

With Carlo Crivelli, the so-called ‘International Gothic’ style experienced its final flowering in Italy.

This perfectly preserved panel was painted towards the end of his career.

It served as the altarpiece of a provincial church dedicated to Mary Magdalene in the sparsely populated rural area of the Marches where Crivelli lived. | © Rijksmuseum