Andrew Atroshenko, 1965 | Ballet dancers

Andrew Atroshenko* is a Russian artist*, known for working in the Figurative style.
Atroshenko was born in 1965 in the city of Pokrovsk, Russia.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Atroshenko see:

• Andrew Atroshenko, 1965 | Romantic impressionist painter ➺

Greg Dubuque | Hollywood legends

Greg Dubuque, American painter, was born and raised in a small, average, suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Chasing frogs and turtles in the neighborhood pond by day, while watching Wild Kingdom and old Creature-Feature monster movies by night.

Those early experiences led to his love for the outdoors, its scenery and wildlife, as well as the creepy-crawly side of nature.

After a short stint in a Junior College Art Program, Greg went on to attend the prestigious Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, CA where he received a BFA in Illustration and Design.

Daniel Densborn, 1946 | Flamenco dancers

Daniel Densborn* is a French* self-taught painter who using a technique called Palette knife painting. His paintings are bold and romantic.

For biographical notes and other works by Densborn see Daniel Densborn, 1946 | Abstract palette Knife painter ➢

Anna Rose Bain, 1985 | Ballet Dancers

Anna Rose Bain is a fine art oil painter and commissioned portrait artist based in Denver, CO. Her paintings often depict people in peaceful settings or places that evoke happiness. She especially loves painting women and children.

Anna was self taught until college. Inspired by her grandfather, who started painting at the age of 70, Anna spent her free time as a child sketching from nature and poring over art books.

Paolo Veronese | Renaissance painter

Paolo Veronese, byname of Paolo Caliari (born 1528, Verona, Republic of Venice [Italy]-died April 9, 1588, Venice), one of the major painters of the 16th-century Venetian school.

His works usually are huge, vastly peopled canvases depicting allegorical, biblical, or historical subjects in splendid colour and set in a framework of classicizing Renaissance architecture.

A master of the use of colour, he also excelled at illusionary compositions that extend the eye beyond the actual confines of the room.

Ichiro Tsuruta 鶴田-郎, 1954 | Bijin-ga Art

Ichiro Tsuruta was born in Hondo-shi (current Amakusa-shi), Kumamoto.

He grew up surrounded by rich nature of Amakusa area.

He has liked to paint since his childhood.

After graduating from high school, he entered Tama Art University, majored in graphic design and tried to become an illustrator.

In early days when he started professional painting, as he painted realistic pictures influenced by Western culture, he began to be conscious that "he is Japanese" and gradually devoted himself to Japanese unique sense of beauty such as the Rimpa or Maitreya of Buddhism art and "Bijine (beautiful woman portraits)" or "Onnae (romantic painting)" of Ukiyoe prints.

Lee Bogle, 1946 | Native American Love

Lee Bogle's🎨 technical skills as a draftsman are especially evident in his renderings of the human figure.

He combines vivid, realistic detail with expressive qualities of abstraction🎨 in the Oriental tradition.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Bogle, see:

• Lee Bogle, 1946 | Native American Art*.

Fred Wessel, 1946 | Egg Tempera painter

Fred Wessel is a Professor of Printmaking at the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, where he teaches drawing, tempera painting and lithography. He also leads workshops in Italy to paint and study the Italian Renaissance.

He particularly looks to the early Renaissance for inspiration, saying "The ever-changing inner light that radiates from gold leaf used judiciously on the surface of a painting, and the use of pockets of rich, intense colors that illuminate the picture's surface impressed me deeply".