Lucas Cranach the Elder | Northern Renaissance painter

German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder was born at Kronach in upper Franconia.

His exact date of birth is unknown.

He learned the art of drawing from his father Hans Maler (his surname meaning "painter" and denoting his profession, not his ancestry, after the manner of the time and class).

His mother, with surname Hübner, died in 1491.

Later, the name of his birthplace was used for his surname, another custom of the times.

Nicky Boehme, 1958 | Romantic painter

Nicky Boehme’s paintings of quaint, peaceful, scenes awash with dramatic light and vibrant color, draw the viewer into a romantic and memorable adventure of a special place and time. Ms. Boehme studied Technical art at the Oakland Art Institute in California and went on to become the Art Director of several national art agencies.

It was at this time that she received numerous awards as an illustrator and graphic designer. She has had many feature articles on her art in national magazines and trade publications. Her art has been published internationally in several books.

Nicky is an artist member of the National Society of Marine Artists and the Oil Painter of America.

Mariana Palova, 1990 | Fantasy surrealism painter

Mariana Palova is an Mexican artist🎨. When she was a child simple visions made incursion in her life, such visions she exaggerated or included in elements of living things through drawings.

At 16, counting with a low training in visual arts, as a result of her self-taught formation, she starts to feel an interest for digital photography, thanks to the fascination found in the experience of looking at herself as she really was, even in the most superfluous environment.

Djordje Prudnikov | VideoArt

Russo-Serbian painter Đorđe Prudnikov / Ђорђе Прудников / Djordje Prudnikov (1939-2017) was one of the most original contemporary artists to emerge from the former Yugoslavia.

Prudnikov was born in Užice, Serbia, the 19th of April 1939.

In 1946. the family moved to Belgrade. After completing his grammar school, Djordje was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts. Few months later he left it to enroll at the Academy of Applied Arts where he graduated in the class of Professor Mihailo Petrov.

During his studies Prudnikoff was rewarded several times for graphic design.

Graphic (industrial) design was his preoccupation while staying in Wienna, in 1967.

Gerard David | Northern Renaissance painter

Gerard David (c. 1460 - 13 August 1523) was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color. Only a bare outline of his life survives, although some facts are known.

He may have been the Meester gheraet van brugghe who became a master of the Antwerp guild in 1515. He was very successful in his lifetime and probably ran two workshops, in Antwerp and Bruges.

Like many painters of his period, his reputation diminished in the 17th century until he was rediscovered in the 19th century.

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse | Ballet dancers

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, French painter was the son of famous painter and sculptor Albert Carrier-Belleuse 1824-1887.

Similarly to his brother Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse, he learned his artistic trade from his father.

He studied under Alexandre Cabanel and Galland at the École des Beaux-Arts and exhibited at the Paris Salon for the first time in 1875.

Yaroslav Gerzhedovich, 1970 | Surrealist / Gothic style painter

Yaroslav Gerzhedovich was born in Leningrad in 1970, later graduating from the Nikolai Roerich Fine School of Arts. Gerzhedovich's works are always masterfully painted with his style echoing those of the old masters.

His graphic works are drawn in muted tones, resemble illustrations to nonexistent fictional novels and have found numerous fans after frequently popping up on the Internet. The World Wide Web became not only a means for sharing his artistic call to escape mundane reality for the world of fantasy but also a source of inspiration for the artist.

Sue Halstenberg | Victorian elegance

Sue Halstenberg's paintings are vibrant portraits of love, beauty and healing energies.

Her artwork is in Dr. Doreen Virtue’s oracle cards is also reproduced as stitchery kits, pillows and tapestries. Sue's art studio is in Ojai CA.

Sue Halstenberg began her career working as a fashion illustrator for the Southern California department stores.

A few years later she started her own business, accepting commissions for portrait and figure paintings in pastel and acrylic.