Cris Pereby | Figurative sculptor

Belgian sculptor and painter Cris Pereby born into a painter and sculptor family spent her childhood in Belgium.

She was fascinated during her many museum visits by the Early Flemish painters such as Hans Memling, Jerôme Bosch, Peter Chistus, Pieter Bruegel and admired their magnificent art so delicate and full of spirituality.

She discovered later that a genius of impressionist painting, Vincent Van Gogh, lived close to her Belgium home before leaving for Paris and Arles.

Judith Leyster | Pittrice barocca

Judith o Judita Leyster, o Leystar (Haarlem, 28 luglio 1609 - Heemstede, 10 febbraio 1660), è stata una pittrice e disegnatrice Olandese del Secolo d'Oro, appartenente alla scuola dell'Olanda Settentrionale, specializzata in pittura di genere e ritrattistica. Era l'ottava figlia del birraio e tessitore Jan Willemszoon, che nel 1624 dichiarò bancarotta, e di Trijn Jaspersdr di Haarlem.

Suo padre proveniva da Anversa e nel 1592 divenne membro della Chiesa riformata.

Judith fu allieva di Frans de Grebber, Frans Hals e Jan Miense Molenaer.

Stefano Novo | Genre painter

Stefano Novo (1862-1927) was an Italian painter🎨.

Born in Cavarzere, Venice, Stefano Novo studied under Italian masters Pompelmo Gherardo Molmenti and Eugene von Blass.

Best known for his romantic figurative, portraiture and genre paintings🎨 depicting the daily lives of the Venetian people, Novo exhibited his work in Turin, Florence, Venice, Bologna and Chicago.

One of Stefano Novo's students was also Jenny Eakin Delony Rice, the first woman artist from Arkansas to rise to national and international prominence as a painter and the founder of collegiate art education in Arkansas. Though Delony specialized in portraiture, her subject matter included miniatures, landscape, wildlife, still life and genre (scenes of everyday life).

She studied in Venice sometime prior to 1895 with Italian genre painter Stefano Novo.

Leopold von Stoll (1808-1889) | Still life of flowers painter

Leopold von Stoll was a flower painter of Dutch origin, who was primarily active in Austria.

Leopold von Stoll was born in 1808 in the Netherlands.

In 1828, he worked in Krakow and Warsaw.

From 1830-1834 lived in Saint Petersburg, where he held a job of a flower painter at the Imperial Botanical Garden.

In 1834, he came to Vienna and consequently gained there much popularity as a still-life (flower, fruits) artist.

From 1834-1869, he regularly participated in various exhibitions in that city (at the Academy of Fine Arts, the "Künstlerhaus", etc.).

Leopold von Stoll died in Vienna, in 1889.

Works of Leopold von Stoll can be viewed at the Hermitage in Saint Petersburgt, as well as at the Austrian National Gallery "Belvedere" and other Austrian and international museums.

Leopold von Stoll è stato un pittore floreale di origine Olandese, attivo principalmente in Austria. Leopold von Stoll è nato nel 1808 nei Paesi Bassi.

Nel 1828, ha lavorato a Cracovia e Varsavia.

Dal 1830-1834 visse a San Pietroburgo, dove svolse un lavoro di pittore di fiori presso l'Imperial Botanical Garden.

Nel 1834, si stabilì a Vienna dove conseguì molta popolarità come artista di nature morte (fiori, frutti).

Dal 1834-1869 partecipò regolarmente a varie mostre in quella città, - all'Accademia di Belle Arti, al "Künstlerhaus", ecc.

Leopold von Stoll morì a Vienna nel 1889. Opere di Leopold von Stoll possono essere ammirate all'Ermitage di San Pietroburgo, alla Galleria nazionale austriaca "Belvedere" ed in altri musei austriaci e internazionali.

Michele Cascella | Post-impressionist painter

Michele Cascella (1892-1989) was born in Ortona a Mare (Province of Chieti), in the Abruzzo region of Italy on September 7, 1892.

He was the second of 7 children (3 boys and 4 girls). Michele’s father, Basilio Cascella, was also born in Ortona in 1860, as was his grandfather, Francesco Paolo Cascella, who was a tailor for women. Michele’s mother, Concetta Palmerio, was from Guardiagrele, the daughter of a very popular veterinarian in the area at the time.

Michele’s father was his first and most influential teacher. Basilio was a painter, engraver, ceramist, lithographer and illustrator. Before Michele was born, he lived and worked in Naples, Milan, Turin, Venice, London and Palermo.

Robert Doesburg, 1945 | Abstract painter

Robert Doesburg🎨:"I was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Painted all my life, but full time since 1995.

My speciality is the Square style. I developed this style myself. Working in this style gives me all the opportunities of using much more colours. Showing surprising effects and sparkling images, independent of the subject.

Anton Kolokolov / Антон Колоколов, 1963

Антон Колоколов was born in Moscow.

Formation has received in Moskovsk art School of a name of M.I.Kalinina, and then in Strogonov the Supreme art - industrial School.

Since 1993 is a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia. The artist Kolokolov Anton - modern professional master with creative in potential, recommending itself as the talented representative Russian Realistic school.

Fans of art and collectors observe uninterrupted growth of skill of the artist.

His painting find worthy Place in galleries and private collections in Russia and abroad.

Raffaello Sanzio | Holy Family below the Oak, 1518

Leaning on a classical ruin, Saint Joseph looks at the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in her lap. Jesus, in turn, is receiving a roll with the words Ecce Agnus Dei from Saint John.

This Latin inscription meaning Lamb of God refers to the Passion of Christ, who sacrifices himself, just as lambs were sacrified by the Jews, in order to save humanity from sin.

The oak tree standing behind the main group gives its name to the work and separates the figures from the background landscape and the ruins of the Caracalla Baths on the left.