Bernardo Siciliano, 1969

Bernardo Siciliano was born in Rome, son of the Italian writer, playwright, literary critic and intellectual Enzo Siciliano.

Il Gabbiano and Forum Gallery have presented his works at both international and national Fairs: the CIAE in Chicago, the FIAC in Paris, the Arte Fiera of Bologna, the LA Art Show and Art Miami.

In 1992 the director Piero Maccarinelli commissioned him to paint the sets of the comedy Verso la fine dell’estate by Carlo Repetti for the 35th Festival of Spoleto.

In 1995 he collaborated on Bernardo Bertolucci’s movie Io ballo da sola.

Ferdinand Knab | Romantic painter

Ferdinand Knab (1834-1902) was a German painter.

Knab was initially students Heideloff in Nuremberg, where he was for two years engaged in building practice, and went to Munich in 1859 to devote himself to painting architecture.

He attended the schools of Arthur Ramberg and Piloty and went to Italy in 1868.

Since his return he treated with preference motives of this country and in between was often busy with work for the winter garden of King Ludwig II in the Munich Residence and the Linderhof Castle.

Helice Wen

Helice Wen is a Chinese-American artist.

She was born and raised in Shen Zhen, China.

She moved to San Francisco at age 14 where she currently lives and works.

Helice received a BA Illustration degree from Academy of Art University, San Francisco.

Rieke van der Stoep,1953 | Figurative sculptor

"Art is a way of communicating, in which the subconscious can be transformed to conscious.

Our inner self is our reality" - Rieke van der Stoep.

Rieke van der Stoep brings her inner self outward and reflects this in her statues.

During the past 20 years, Rieke has mainly made female bronze sculptures.

In her work, she shows how the inner being relates to ourselves, others and the world around us.

Her figures are in motion or taking a next step, diligently exploring, reaching, searching, balancing and philosophising about life.

Georg Janny (1864-1935)

Georg Janny was an Austrian landscape painter and set designer.

He worked as a scene painter in the studios of Carlo Brioschi and Johann Kautsky, alongside Alfons Mucha, and was a member of the Dürerbund.

In 1898, he participated in painting the "Eisernen Vorhang" (Iron Curtain) at the Vienna Volksoper for the 50th jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph I.

In 1904, he exhibited in the Austrian Pavilion at the St.Louis World's Fair with scenes from the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways (now at the Technisches Museum Wien).

Egor Zaitsev, 1967

Egor Nikolaevitch Zaitsev / Егор Николаевич Зайцев was born in Orel, Russia.

In 1986 he graduated from the Moscow Academic School of Memory of 1905, in 1994 - MGAHI, named after V.I. Surikov in the workshop of prof. V. N. Zabelina.

From 1995 to 2001 worked in the Creative Workshop of the Russian Academy of Arts under the guidance of A.P. and S.P. Tkachev.

In 1994 he was admitted to the Ministry of Agriculture.

He was awarded a diploma from the Russian Academy of Arts (1996), a gold medal from the Russian Union of Artists (2002), first prize at the Youth Exhibition and a creative trip to Paris in 2002.

Rein Pol, 1949 | Magic Realism

Rein Pol is a Dutch artist.

Appearances can be deceptive. Everyone knows that. Sometimes though, appearance and reality are so insidiously close together that they can hardly be separated.

The painter Rein Pol addresses this whimsical phenomenon of deceptive reality in paintings showing a peculiar mixture of facts and fiction.

In a number of Pol's paintings, the Blue Angel rumbles past.

Initially, this train roamed only the landscapes of Groningen.

Peter Tom-Petersen | Cityscape painter

Peter Tom-Petersen (5 March 1861 - 27 July 1926) was a Danish painter and graphic artist, known primarily for cityscapes, interiors and other architectural paintings.

His name was Peter Thomsen Petersen until 1920, when he had it legally changed to match his signature: "Tom P.".

Peter Thomsen Petersen was born at Thisted, Denmark.

He was the son of Christian Tullin Petersen and Maren Andrea Thomsen.

His father was a pharmacist.

He attended grammar school in Maribo until 1876.