Vasari racconta Properzia de' Rossi, la prima Scultrice in Europa

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) - il pittore e l'architetto che inventò la Storia dell'Arte - nel suo Trattato delle "Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, et architettori", racconta, analizza e commenta anche la vita e l'opera della "femmina scultora" (come la chiama lui), la Madonna Properzia de' Rossi (1490-1530), considerata la prima donna scultrice nella storia dell’arte, nonché una delle quattro artiste donne ad avere una biografia all’interno delle Vite di Vasari.

Ritratto Muliebre - Properzia De' Rossi | Scuola bolognese | Galleria Borghese

Winifred Nicholson | Colourist painter

Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts, 1893-1981) was a British painter.

She was married to the painter Ben Nicholson, and was thus the daughter-in-law of the painter William Nicholson and his wife, the painter Mabel Pryde.

She was the mother of the painter Kate Nicholson.

Winifred Nicholson was a colourist who developed a personal impressionistic style, concentrating on domestic still life objects and landscapes.

Daniel E. Greene (1934-2020)

Daniel E. Greene PSA, NA, AWS was an American artist who worked in the media of pastels and oil painting.

The Encyclopædia Britannica considered Mr. Greene the foremost pastelist in the United States.

His paintings and pastels are in over 700 public and private collections in the United States and abroad.

Pieter Pourbus | Renaissance painter

Pieter Jansz. Pourbus (1523-1584) was a Flemish Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer and cartographer who was active in Bruges during the 16th century.

He is known primarily for his religious and portrait paintings.

Pourbus was the leading figure of his generation in Bruges, often pioneering techniques.

Stylistically speaking, he is part of the generation of Frans Floris.

Adolf Reich | Genre painter

Adolf Reich (1887-1963) was born in Salzburg, Austria.

He was a genre painter, who travelled throughout Europe, exhibiting in numerous places, including Vienna and Munich.

During the First World War he worked as a scenery painter at the Volkstheater in Vienna.

Marcin Jaszczak, 1975

Marcin Jaszczak is a Polish painter.

A graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, where he studied at the faculty of Visual Education.

In 2013 he got a degree in painting studio under the supervision of Professor T. Chojnacki.

The author of individual exhibitions: Municipal Library in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (2007), Community Centre in Poddębice (2006).

Jose Antonio Bernad, 1977

Award-winning artist Jose Antonio Bernad was born in Albacete, Spain.

He graduated with a Degree in Fine Arts from UPV (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia).

In 2011 he participated in a workshop by Master Antonio López, and it is after that inspiring experience when he decided to devote his time completely to painting.

Olga Grigoreva-Klimova, 1984

Olga Grigoreva-Klimova / Ольга Григорьева-Климова was born in the city of Shchelkino,  in Crimea.

She graduated from the Crimean Art College Nicholas Samokish and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Ukraine (Kiev).

Since 2007 she has been a participant of republican and all-Ukrainian exhibitions.

Works are in the Kiev Museum of Modern Art, as well as in private collections and galleries in Ukraine, Russia, USA, Taiwan, Poland, Romania, China, Switzerland, Great Britain.