Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Venus Victorious, 1914-1916 | Art in Detail

Vénus victorieuse /Venus Victorious - The figure of Venus in this sculpture is based on the image of the goddess in a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir*, 'The Judgement of Paris'.

In Greek myth Aphrodite (known to the Romans as Venus) competed for the prize of a golden apple, which she won by promising Paris that he could marry Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world.

Tina Garrett, 1974 | Portrait /Figurative painter

Award-winning artist, Tina Garrett, paints custom portraiture and figurative work. As a portrait artist, Tina is has earned an Art Renewal Center Associate Living Master.

In 2012, based on her self-taught pastel portraiture, the Scottsdale Artists’ School awarded Tina the first of two merit scholarships and she began working in oil immediately falling in love and hitting the ground running dedicating 5 years to practicing and grasping an understanding of oil painting.

Paul Gauguin | Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897

In 1891, Paul Gauguin* left France for Tahiti, seeking in the South Seas a society that was simpler and more elemental than that of his homeland.

In Tahiti, he created paintings that express a highly personal mythology. He considered this work -created in 1897, at a time of great personal crisis- to be his masterpiece and the summation of his ideas.

Gauguin’s letters suggest that the fresco-like painting should be read from right to left, beginning with the sleeping infant.

He describes the various figures as pondering the questions of human existence given in the title; the blue idol represents "the Beyond". The old woman at the far left, "close to death", accepts her fate with resignation. | © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Roland Palmaerts, 1953 | Watercolour Cityscape painter

Born in Brussels, Belgium, Roland Palmaerts comes from a family of painters. He won First prize* in the National Competition «Tintin» at the age of six. Roland Palmaerts studied at The Athenaeum, at the Institut Saint-Luc and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he won First prize* in drawing and watercolour. In 1972, the artist engages in the Belgian armed forces as a para-commando.

Kemal Kamil Akca | Fine Art photographer

Kemal Kamil Akca, nickname Wafflefineart, is a Fine Art photographer and photo-artist living and creatin in Turkey.

Yana Movchan, 1971 | Magic Realism painter

Ukrainian-born Canadian painter* Yanina (Yana) Movchan was born in Kiev.

Yana’s sublime mastery of the technique and structure of Renaissance painting* combines with the instinctive symbolism* of "magical realism" to create a personal neo-realist idiom. Her work is formal, yet playful; contemporary, yet timeless; and joyous, yet mysterious, evocative and dreamlike.

Rene Snyman | Plein air / Figurative painter

René Snyman is an awarded* South African professional artist living and working in Sir Lowry’s Pass, Western Cape in South Africa.

Growing up on a Kalahari farm near Upington, her close interaction with nature shaped her remarkable powers of intimate observation. Since discovering her drawing talent as a young child, René dedicated herself to working hard and developing her skills.

Konstantin Razumov /Константин Разумов, 1974 | Children's Art

Konstantin Razumov / Константин Разумов* is an brilliant Russian* impressionist painter*, known for working in the Figurative style.

Konstantin Razumov was born in 1974 in Moscow.

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

• Konstantin Razumov /Константин Разумов, 1974 | Impressionist /Realist painter ➺