Bill Brauer, 1939 | Figurative painter

Known nationally for his Figurative paintings, American painter Bill Brauer grew up in Queens, New York knowing he would be an artist. Brauer attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and was a protégé of the renowned surrealist painter Federico Castellon.

His first years as an artist were spent working as an illustrator, where Brauer applied his intellect and imagination to progress in his profession. He feels he still uses the design concepts he learned as an illustrator as a painter, manipulating space and form to create a sense of tension and mystery.

In the early 1960s, Brauer became involved in printmaking, holding his first major exhibition in 1974 with the Associated American Artists, “New Talent in Printmaking’” exhibition.

His work gained acclaim, and was sought after for exhibition. His work was selected for the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum and was featured in the “19th Annual Print Exhibition”.

Albrecht Dürer | High Renaissance painter

A supremely gifted and versatile German artist of the Renaissance period, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was born in the Franconian city of Nuremberg, one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

He was a brilliant painter, draftsman, and writer, though his first and probably greatest artistic impact was in the medium of printmaking. Dürer apprenticed with his father, who was a goldsmith, and with the local painter Michael Wolgemut, whose workshop produced woodcut illustrations for major books and publications.

An admirer of his compatriot Martin Schongauer, Dürer revolutionized printmaking, elevating it to the level of an independent art form.

John Michael Carter, 1950 | Impressionist Figurative painter

John Michael Carter was born in Chicago. He showed an interest in drawing at an early age and began his studies at 15 with his father E. L. Carter, a commercial artist and illustrator.

After graduation from high school he attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago.

In 1970 Carter continued his studies at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.

There he studied the major classical schools of drawing and painting with Reynolds Brown, Harry Carmean and Lorser Feitelson.

Helene Beland, 1949 | Realist painter

Born in Montreal, Qc, Canada, Helene Béland makes traditional studies in Montreal. In 1975, Béland obtains a diploma of study collegial in arts.

Then of 1979-1981 the artist continues his artistic formation at the painting and art school "Mission Renaissance School of Drawing" of Los Angeles under the direction of Larry Gluck, professional painter American. Helene Béland also studied art at the University from Quebec in Montreal.

Helene Béland controls the different techniques such as the charcoal, the pastel, oil and the "sanguine".

Allan R Banks | Plein Air/Figure painter

A native of Dearborn, Michigan, Allan R. Banks is a highly accomplished artist whose credentials speak for themselves. He was the recipient of the Elizabeth T. Greenshields Memorial Fellowship in 1972 and 1973, the Stacey Award🎨 in 1974 and later, an Ohio Arts Council Award🎨.

Comprehensive classical training under Richard Lack and later R.H. Ives Gammell at his private studios in Williamstown, Massachusetts, contributed substantially to the development of Banks’ work. Visits to Europe brought about a further development in the direction of his art and a rediscovery of the role of Plein-Air painting🎨.

Marina Podgaevskaya, 1963 | Ballet dancers

Marina Podgaevskaya🎨 / Марина Подгаевская, is an Russian painter🎨.

Marina Podgaevskaya 🎨 was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

In 1998 she finished the studio school specializing in Old Masters painting techniques. She has created more than 2000 paintings.

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

Marina Podgaevskaya / Марина Подгаевская, 1963 | Abstract painter🎨.

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List of Award winning Artists

William Whitaker (1943-2018) | Academic / Figurative art | Drawing

William Whitaker (1943-2018) | Academic / Figurative art | Painting

Alejandro Rosemberg, 1981 | Realist painter

Mathis Miles Williams, 1964 | Figurative painter

Roberto Ferri, 1978 | Portrait of Pope Francis

Konstantin Kacev, 1967 | Figurative painter

Felix Ziem | The Barbizon school of painters

Andrius Kovelinas, 1958 | Surrealist painter

Léon Comerre | Orientalist Academic painter

Jeremy Lipking, 1975 | Figurative painter

Ron Barsano, 1945 | Figurative / Abstract painter

Jack Vettriano, 1951 | Realist / Figurative / Genre painter🎨

Michał Świder (1962-2019)

On February 6, 2019, the Polish painter Michał Świder died in Czernichów. He was 57 years old. Michał Świder (born in 1962 in Sędziszów Małopolski) Michał Świder graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1990.

He studied graphics and painting with Zbysław Marek Maciejewski and Janina Kraupe-Świderska. After graduation, he was a lecturer at his home Academy of Fine Arts for a short time.

The allegorical figures from his frescoes and canvasses move with with refined elegance, lightly and quietly; they are slightly idealised pure and angelical. They are very much alike: similar gestures, mimicry, dress, the same narrow, almondlike eyes.