Gregory Frank Harris, 1953 | En plein air /Figurative painter

Gregory Frank Harris was born in southern California. His mother was a painter and his father a miner. He also has a twin brother, an entomologist and drummer. He began drawing and sculpting in clay by the age of five. At eight years old he began to sing and play the piano by ear. Throughout junior high and high school he had art and music classes, later studying ceramics and raku firing.

Jacob Lawrence | Dynamic cubism

Jacob Armstead Lawrence (1917-2000) was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life.

Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", an art form popularized in Europe which drew great inspiration from West African and Meso-American art. For his compositions, Lawrence found inspiration in everyday life in Harlem.

He brought the African-American experience to life using blacks and browns juxtaposed with vivid colors.

Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000)

La diga di Vu Cao è nata nel 1908 ad Hanoi, nel Vietnam del Nord.

Ha iniziato la sua educazione formale presso l'École des Beaux Arts di Hanoi, quando aveva ventitré anni gli è stata assegnata una borsa di studio che gli ha permesso di studiare e viaggiare in Francia.

Trasferitosi a Parigi nel 1932 dopo aver ottenuto la borsa di studio per ulteriori studi di scultura, in seguito lasciò la scultura per la pittura.

Nel 1949 si trasferì nel sud della Francia dove divenne vicino di casa di Marc Chagall, che ebbe una grande influenza sul suo lavoro.

Pal Fried | Vintage style Figurative painter

Pál Fried (1893-1976), Hungarian-born American painter⏭, a well-known Hungarian painter of the 20th century whose art is mostly associated with portraits of high society Parisian women, ballerinas, Oriental and western scenes, seascapes, primary working with oil and pastels, experimenting with light and movement in his work.

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

• Pal Fried | La Belle Époque | Vintage figurative painter ➻
• Pal Fried | Ballet Dancers ➻

Burton Silverman, 1928 | Figurative painter

A renowned portraitist and radical Realist, Burton Silverman has remained true to his own style despite his being surrounded by Abstract Expressionism and the contemporary art movement in his native New York City.

Silverman studied at the Art Students League, Columbia University, and Pratt Institute of Art in New York, and later taught at the Art Students League.

His paintings may be found in public and private collections across America.

Francis Picabia | Dada / Surrealist painter

Francis Picabia (born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia, 22 January 1879 - 30 November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, poet and typographist. After experimenting with Impressionism and Pointillism, Picabia became associated with Cubism.

His highly abstract planar compositions were colourful and rich in contrasts.

He was one of the early major figures of the Dada movement in the United States and in France. He was later briefly associated with Surrealism, but would soon turn his back on the art establishment.

Jean-Philippe Richard, 1947 | Figurative sculptor

"Each sculpture should constitute an absolute maximum with few elements. Especially for the essential things: for example, to be able to see an expression even in an eyeless face" - Jean-Philippe Richard.

Jean-Philippe Richard was born in Paris in 1947 (France).

Since 1978, lives and works in Mirabel-aux-Baronnies in Provence (France).

Member of the Syndicat National des Sculpteurs et Plasticiens.

Brian Tull, 1975 | Pop Art / Photorealism painter

Brian Tull describes his work by saying: “Born in 1975, the only option I have to remember the 1930’s through ‘50’s, is through my imagination. I let my mind visit the people, their era, stories and photographs, then I translate my own narrative through painting".

Headlights on a two-lane highway, sun rays through trees, trains on a rainy night. They come from small towns and large towns. I see paintings in folk songs from the ‘30’s, passersby on the streets, and in the gospel the preacher talked about on Sunday morning. Ideas for my paintings come from the past and present, from all things nostalgic.