Pietro Annigoni | Realist painter

Pietro Annigoni (7 June 1910 - 28 October 1988) was an Italian portrait and fresco painter. He is best known for his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, 1956.

Life

Born in Milan in 1910, Annigoni was influenced by the Italian Renaissance. From the end of the 1920s on, he lived mainly in Florence where he studied at the College of the Piarist Fathers.

In 1927, he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where he attended the courses given by Felice Carena in painting, Giuseppe Graziosi in sculpture, and Celestino Celestini in etching.

Ann Hardy | Impressionist painter | Figures

Ann Hardy, American painter*, is an accomplished artist, winning numerous prestigious awards*. She has had three paintings accepted to Art for the Parks and has received the merit award at the Salmagundi Club as well as many other awards.

Painting is a way of life. It keeps me constantly growing, connected with the world, and provides a purpose in life. Paint like I live life--with gusto and enthusiasm.

Vladimir Kush, 1965 | The Surrealist sculptures

Vladimir Kush, Russian painter and sculptor, was born in Russia, in a one-story wooden house near the Moscow forest-park Sokolniki. At the age of seven Vladimir began to attend art school until late evening where he became acquainted with the works of great artists of the Renaissance, famous Impressionists and Modern Artists.

Vladimir entered the Moscow Higher Art and Craft School at age 17, but a year later he was conscripted. After six months of military training the unit commander thought it more appropriate to employ him exclusively for peaceful purposes, namely, painting propagandistic posters.

After military service and graduating the Institute of Fine Arts, Vladimir painted portraits on Arbat Street to support his family during the hard times in Russia.

Seth Haverkamp, 1980 | Portrait | Realist painter

Seth Haverkamp has been drawing since forever. Even in his early school days Seth turned upon his desire to draw. One instance of note was a 5th grade science fair in which Seth turned in detailed drawings of hawks instead of a more typical (and acceptable) project.

He continued with his art and graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Carson Newman College after a year each at Cleveland Institute of Art and Memphis College of Art.

In 2005 he studied with internationally known artist Nelson Shanks at Studio Incamminati. Upon leaving Incamminati he moved to northern Virginia where he could focus on both studying painting and his career.

Cesar Santos, 1982 | Figurative painter

Cesar Santos, Cuban-American, studied at Miami Dade College and the New World School of the Arts before travelling to Florence, where he trained at the Angel Academy of Art under the tutelage of Michael John Angel, a student of Pietro Annigoni.

He returned to Miami, where he developed his philosophy of marrying both the classical and the modern juxtaposed within one painting.

His influences range from the Renaissance to the masters of the nineteenth century to Modernism.

Alex Shubin | Figurative painter

Russian-born Canadian painter🎨 Alexander Shubin expresses his creative mind using a unique style and techniques which he has developed living and painting in Europe, but he is always in search for a new and original manner to express himself in art.
In his works Alex often uses contemporary and surreal ideas and combines them with his extraordinary style. Quite in early age Alex has shown a talent in art. Having Master degree in Science, Alexander has always felt that his heart belongs to art, so he made a decision to become a fine art painter and now he is a self-representative artist.

Nelina Trubach-Moshnikova, 1960 | Impressionist painter

Born in Belarus, where Nelina Trubach-Moshnikova / Нелина Трубач-Мошникова, attended art college, and now living and working in Ukraine.

Nelina Trubach-Moshnikova is an artist working mainly with oil and canvas, however she also dabbles in mixed media, such as drawing and oil on canvas.

An aspect of Nelina’s work that always manages to fascinate is the success she has in creating refined emotion across all of her work.

Jonas Kunickas, 1978 | Palette Knife painter

Jonas Kunickas was born in Lithuania.

Have been studying architecture and got Master's degree of architecture in 2002.

For ten years used to work as an architect and interior designer in Lithuania and United Kingdom.

However, my biggest passion has always been painting.

In 2012 active painting superseded my previous occupation - now it‘s the only work I do for a living as well as for a pleasure.