Stanley Cursiter | Post-Impressionist painter

Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976) was an Orcadian artist who played an important role in introducing Post-impressionism and Futurism to Scotland.

He served as the keeper (1919-1930), then director (1930-1948), of the National Galleries of Scotland, and as HM Limner and Painter in Scotland (1948-1976).

He was born on 29 April 1887 at 15 East Road in Kirkwall, Orkney, the son of John Scott Cursiter and Mary Joan Thomson.

He was educated at Kirkwall Grammar School before moving to Edinburgh, where he studied at Edinburgh College of Art.

Vanessa Bell | Post-Impressionist painter

Vanessa Bell (née Stephen; 30 May 1879 - 7 April 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf (née Stephen).

Vanessa Stephen was the elder daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep Duckworth.

The family included her sister Virginia, brothers Thoby (1880-1906) and Adrian (1883-1948), half-sister Laura (1870-1945) whose mother was Harriett Thackeray and half-brothers George and Gerald Duckworth; they lived at 22 Hyde Park Gate, Westminster, London.

Hans Laagland, 1965 | Neo Baroque style

Hans Laagland was born in Koersel (Belgium) to Ludo Laagland, a professional painter.

His father trained Hans throughout his childhood.

At the age of ten, Hans completed his first oil painting and two years later held his first solo exhibition.

As he continued to develop his skills, he became enthralled with the works and techniques of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), and at fifteen he set out to study those masterful techniques.

Roger Fry | Post-Impressionist painter and Art critic

The British art historian, curator, critic and painter Roger Eliot Fry (London, 1866-1934) was one of the foremost advocates of modern art of his time and was largely responsible for introducing modern French art to Anglophone audiences in Great Britain and the United States.

As a member of the Bloomsbury Group, cofounder of the Omega Workshops, curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and professor of art at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, Fry remains among the most important critical voices on art in the early twentieth century.

Konstantin Makovsky | Academic / Genre painter

Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (1839-1915) left a significant artistic legacy.

He worked as a genre painter, was a master of history painting and was also a skilled landscape artist.

However, portraiture was definitive in his oeuvre.

The artist's son, the famous Silver Age art critic, Sergei Makovsky, considered that his father's legacy included 'very many portraits, more than all those by Kramskoi, Repin and Serov put together'.

Scott Prior, 1949 | Realist painter

Scott Prior lives and works in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he has been a resident since 1971.

Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he received a BFA in printmaking from the University of Massachusetts in 1971.

He has artwork in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the DeCordova Museum, the Danforth Museum, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Rose Art Museum and other major public and private collections.

Jennifer Diehl, 1982 | Figurative painter

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Jennifer’s ability to focus on her drawings at an early age was noticed by all.

Her intensity and desire to study art grew over the years.

Jennifer's parents, being artists themselves, shared their knowledge and philosophy with her and in her early teens sent her to study Russian Impressionism with Henry Stinson, her mentor.

Jennifer currently works as a full time painter in Portland, Oregon where she is a mentor for dozens of students.

By her early twenties, she had already received many awards for her work; she has been featured in many publications, and has paintings in public and private collections both at home and abroad.

Jennifer travels monthly for classes, shows and plein air painting.

In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys rock-climbing, hiking, camping, and anything to do with the outdoors.

She spends a lot of time reading the classics and playing the piano.

Artist Statement: Each artist should find what it is in painting that speaks to them...the reason they paint...and all other things should be of less importance in their paintings…. You must "find your own voice", figure out what you are trying to say, by figuring out what elements most speak to you. For me, light and color are the reasons I paint!

Nata a Madison, nel Wisconsin, la capacità di Jennifer di concentrarsi sui suoi disegni in tenera età è stata notata da tutti.

L'intensità ed il desiderio di studiare arte sono cresciuti nel corso degli anni.

I genitori di Jennifer, essendo essi stessi artisti, hanno condiviso con lei le loro conoscenze e la loro filosofia e nella sua prima adolescenza l'hanno mandata a studiare l'impressionismo russo con Henry Stinson, il suo mentore.

Jennifer attualmente lavora come pittrice a tempo pieno a Portland, Oregon, dove è mentore per dozzine di studenti.

All'età di vent'anni aveva già ricevuto molti premi per il suo lavoro; è stata descritta in molte pubblicazioni e ha dipinti in collezioni pubbliche e private sia in patria che all'estero.

Jennifer viaggia mensilmente per lezioni, spettacoli e pittura plein air.

Nel suo tempo libero, Jennifer ama l'arrampicata su roccia, l'escursionismo, il campeggio e qualsiasi cosa abbia a che fare con la vita all'aria aperta.

Passa molto tempo a leggere i classici ed a suonare il pianoforte.

Dichiarazione dell'artista: Ogni artista dovrebbe trovare ciò che è nella pittura che gli parla... il motivo per cui dipinge... e tutte le altre cose dovrebbero essere di minore importanza nei loro dipinti... Devi "trovare la tua voce", capire cosa stai cercando di dire, capire quali elementi ti parlano di più. Per me la luce e il colore sono le ragioni per cui dipingo!

Isabella Karolewicz | Romantic painter

Isabella Karolewicz is an Australian, Melbourne based artist who is passionate about the many beauties life has to offer.

She has a raw, natural talent and has chosen Artist mentoring over formal art education, always staying true to her vision and direction.

She is currently completing her degree in Bussiness at RMIT University to expand her knowledge.

Isabella began her artistic journey focusing on the traditional styles using oils which are her favorite medium to work with.