Carlos León Salazar, 1968 | Watercolour painter

Venezuelan painter Carlos León-Salazar was born in Caracas.

"I am a lawyer by profession, in relation to the arts - self-taught.

For me, art is the need to accompany me since childhood, is a way to express himself, or rather, to find himself through him, as a very intimate and personal appearance, to find himself through art, music and literature. In short, I do creative work, because I like it because I love it.

And when I discovered watercolor, all last time I do it because plastic watercolor is consistent with the sensations and feelings that I experience".

Ivan Fedorovich Choultse | The master of light and snow

Иван Федорович Шультце (1877-1932) was born in St. Petersburg in 1877 to a family of German origin named Schultze.
He was first trained by Constantin Krigitsky, a court painter to Tsar Nicholas II who painted miniatures and he made his debut at the Fine Art Academy in St. Petersburg in 1903.
Choultsé’s work was well received and he continued to exhibit his work at other major galleries in St. Petersburg and Moscow and was eventually elected court painter himself. However, these were troubled times in Russia and after the Revolution of 1917 and the Tsar’s abdication, Choultsé left Russia and travelled to Europe.

Marina Zhgivaleva, 1974 | Abstract painter

Russian painter🎨 Marina Zhgivaleva /Марина Жгивалева was born in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region.

In 1995 finished Yaroslavl Art School, department “Painting”.

In 2001 finished Moscow State University of Press, department “Artistically-technical design of printing products”.

Since 2002 - a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Lives and works in Yaroslavl.

Eric Bowman, 1960 | Ballet dancers

Eric Bowman* is an American Award winning painter*, known for working in the Impressionism style*. Bowman* was born was born in Pasadena and grew up in Orange County, CA.

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

• Eric Bowman, 1960 | Plein Air /Figurative / Impressionist painter ➦
• Eric Bowman | Jazz music ➦

Charles Conder | Symbolist / Impressionist painter

Charles Edward Conder (24 October 1868 - 9 February 1909) was an English*-born painter, lithographer and designer.

He emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg School, arguably the beginning of a distinctively Australian tradition in Western art.

Conder was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, the second son, of six children, of James Conder, civil engineer and Mary Ann Ayres.

Zhao Kailin, 1961 | Figurative painter

Award wnning🎨 Artist Zhao Kailin 赵开霖🎨 was born in Bengbu, China. He graduated from Central Art Academy in Beijing in 1991 and is one of the most important and critically acclaimed Chinese masters of contemporary realism.

During his intensive training, Zhao🎨 was exposed to the galvanizing portraits of Dutch Renaissance🎨 master Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)🎨.

He was also inspired by the luxuriant brushwork, jewel-like color and commanding manipulation of light and shadow of Italian Renaissance🎨 painter Carravagio (1573-1610)🎨.

Dorian Florez, 1960 | Figurative painter

Dorian Florez is an artist from Colombia. He was born in Caldas Antioquia. He studied clinical psychology in University of Paris in the period 1982-1988.

At the same time, he was attending School of Fine Arts in Nantes (France) from 1983-1985.

He had many other studies attended many workshops to strengthen his skills. Actually, his talents skills are shining since his birth.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (January 8, 1836, Dronrijp, Netherlands - June 25, 1912, Wiesbaden, Germany), Dutch-born painter of scenes from everyday life in the ancient world whose work was immensely popular in its time.

Alma-Tadema, the son of a Dutch notary, studied art at the Antwerp Academy (1852-58) under the Belgian historical painter Hendrik Leys, assisting the painter in 1859 with frescoes for the Stadhuis (town hall) in Antwerp.

During a visit to Italy in 1863, Alma-Tadema became interested in Greek and Roman antiquity and Egyptian archaeology, and afterward he depicted imagery almost exclusively from those sources.

Moving to England, he became a naturalized British subject in 1873 and was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1879. He was knighted in 1899.