James Jebusa Shannon | Portrait / Genre painter

Sir James Jebusa Shannon RA (1862-1923) was an Anglo-American artist.

Shannon was born in Auburn, New York, and at the age of eight was taken by his parents to Canada.

When he was sixteen, he went to England, where he studied at South Kensington, and after three years won the gold medal for figure painting.

Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872-1962)

Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872-1962) was a Danish artist who is remembered both for her sculptures and for the miniature porcelain statues of animals and human figures she designed while working for Bing and Grøndahl.

A bronze cast of her 1903 bust of the writer Herman Bang was installed on Sankt Annæ Plads in Copenhagen in 2012.

Valdemar Irminger | Romantic painter

Valdemar Heinrich Nicolas Irminger (1850-1938) was a Danish painter.

Born in Copenhagen, Irminger attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1867 and 1873.

He went to Italy on a scholarship from 1884 to 1887.

In 1888, he won the Academy's medal for Motiv fra Børnehospitalet ved Refsnæs (View from the Children's Hospital at Refsnæs) and the following year for Fra et Børnehospital (From a Children's Hospital).

Albert Ludovici Jr. | Genre painter

Following the profession of his father Albert Johann Ludovici (1820-1894), Albert Ludovici Jr. R.B.A. (1852-1932) spent his life between Paris and London, painting scenes of society at leisure.

His genre paintings were the most popular, particularly his studies of the interaction of couples, whether in public places or of private moments in their homes and lives - these paintings have universal appeal.

But he also painted landscapes and interior scenes in both watercolour and gouache as well as in oils.

Giuseppe Barison | Genre painter

Giuseppe Barison (1853-1931) was a Triestiner painter and engraver, active in Venice.

He was born in Trieste, Austrian Empire to a family of modest means.

His father was a tailor. Barison found a patron in the aristocratic Anna De Rin, who placed him in apprenticeship with the painter Carl Haase (1820-1876) in Trieste, and then enrolled him in the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

Willy Brandes | Genre painter

Willy Brandes (1876-1946) was a German painter.

Willy Brandes was born in Bornstädt near Potsdam.

At a young age he began an apprenticeship as a decorative painter.

He studied under Albert Hertel (1843-1912) and Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842-1915) at the Berlin Academy and later was a master student of Eugen Bracht (1842-1921).

Janet Knight | Figurative painter

Janet Knight is an professional award winning Melbourne artist.

With painting experience of over 25 years, Janet graduated from Ballarat University majoring in graphic design.

Janet’s current works are an indication of her dedication to her passion and her field.

With her connection to nature and the environment Janet’s unique personal skills and interpretation she always manages to finish a piece with a unique style all of her own.

Józef Chełmoński | Genre painter

Józef Marian Chełmoński (1849-1914) was a Polish painter of the realist school with roots in the historical and social context of the late Romantic period in partitioned Poland.

He is famous for monumental paintings now at the Sukiennice National Art Gallery in Kraków and at the MNW in Warsaw.

Chełmoński was born in the village of Boczki near Łowicz in central Congress Poland under the Russian military control.

His first drawing teacher was his father Józef Adam (a small leaseholder and administrator of Boczki village). His mother was Izabela née Łoskowska.