Henri Rousseau | Post-Impressionist painter

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910) was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner.

He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector.

He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.

Ridiculed during his lifetime by critics, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality.

Rousseau's work exerted an extensive influence on several generations of avant-garde artists.

Edoardo Tofano | Genre / Romantic painter

Edoardo Tofano (Naples, 1838 - Rome, 1920) was an Italian painter.

He painted historic, genre and Orientalist themes.

He began his studies at the Albertina Academy of Turin, but completed studies at the Accademia Clementina of Bologna.

He then returned to Naples where he became a follower of the Realism of Domenico Morelli.

At the age of 23 (1861), he was recruited as an instructor at the Art Institute of Naples, a post he held till 1864.

Dimitra Milan, 2000 | Whimsical /Surrealist painter

Celebrated artist Dimitra Milan’s extraordinary paintings can be found in private collections across the U.S. and Europe.

Born into a family of established artists, Dimitra has been developing her style and ability from a very young age at the Milan Art Institute in Arizona, founded by her parents, Elli and John Milan.

Whimsical and Surreal, Dimitra expresses herself through rich color and bold designs. Her paintings reflect a dreamy world where anything is possible and fearless subjects harmoniously coexist.

Her original art can be found in fine art galleries in Arizona and Hawaii.

Leonid Afremov | The "Impressionist" Lovers

Leonid Afremov (1955-2019) was a Russian-Israeli modern impressionistic artist who worked with palette knives and oils.

Over the last 25 years, he developed his own personal style and technique which differentiates him from other artists. He painted mainly city scenes, vintage cars, seascapes, cats playing jazz and flowers.

Afremov was born in Vitebsk, the same town where Marc Chagall began his artistic career. He developed his passion for painting in the USSR until 1990.

Sir John Everett Millais | Pre-Raphaelite painter

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet PRA (1829-1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools.

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded at his family home in London, at 83 Gower Street (now number 7).

Charles Edward Hallé (1846-1914) | Genre painter

Charles Edward Hallé, sometimes given as Edward Charles Hallé, was an English painter🎨 and gallery manager.

He was a painter of history scenes, genre scenes🎨 and portraits.

Hallé was the son of Sir Charles Hallé, the German-born pianist and orchestra conductor, who emigrated to England during the revolution of 1848. His younger sister was the sculptor and inventor Elinor Hallé CBE.

William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941)

William McGregor Paxton was an American painter and instructor who embraced the Boston School paradigm and was a co-founder of The Guild of Boston Artists.

He taught briefly while a student at Cowles Art School, where he met his wife Elizabeth Okie Paxton, and at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston.

Paxton is known for his portraits, including those of two presidents - Grover Cleveland and Calvin Coolidge - and interior scenes with women, including his wife.

His works are in many museums in the United States.

Vladimir Dunjić, 1957 | Abstract / Figurative painter

Vladimir Dunjić🎨 - Serbian painter - graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in the class of Professor Mladen Srbinovic in 1981.

He has been a member of ULUS, the Serbian Association of Fine Arts, since 1982. Vladimir Dunjić🎨 has also taken part in several solo and group exibitions, both in Yugoslavia and abroad. He works and lives as a free lance artist in Belgrade.