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Myles Sullivan | Figurative painter
Myles Sullivan spends his days working from his West Coast studio. Surrounded by the serenity of the countryside he creates works that capture the energy of the world around us.After graduating from...
View ArticleAmedeo Bocchi | Figurative Realist Painter /Sculptor
Amedeo Bocchi (August 24, 1883 - December 16, 1976) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Rome.BiographyHe was born in Parma to a father who worked in painting wall decorations. At the age of 12...
View ArticleAntonio Tordesillas, 1960 | Figurative painter
Antonio was born in Madrid, Spain. His father wanted him to paint and eventually to continue family tradition and become either a painter or a designer. His father studied in a school of a great...
View ArticleJames Wiens | Abstract painter
James Wiens is a professional artist who grew up in British Columbia. This avid outdoorsman uses his paintings to express his love of landscapes and nature. He also uses them as a mean of communication...
View ArticleJohan Zoffany | The Tribuna of the Uffizi, 1772-1778
In the summer of 1772 Zoffany set off for Florence with £300, letters of introduction and a commission from the Queen to paint highlights of the Grand Duke of Tuscany's collection shown within the...
View ArticlePaul Horton, 1958 | Storyteller artist
Paul Horton was born in Harborne, Birmingham. "- Looking back on my childhood it seems I was always drawing and painting, I think it was my destiny to become an artist. By the mid-seventies I was...
View ArticleFranciabigio | Renaissance painter
Franciabigio (1482-1525) was a Florentine artist, who closely associated with, though had a distinct style from, his colleague Andrea del Sarto (1486-1531). He was born Francesco di Cristofano, but was...
View ArticleFranciabigio | The Last Supper / L'Ultima cena, 1514 | Art in Detail
The frescoes with the Last Supper are among the most interesting artistic monuments in Florence. As a result of the suppressions of religious orders which took place in the 18th and 19th century, a...
View ArticleCristoforo Stati | Orpheus with Violin, 1600-1601 | Art in Detail
Orpheus by Italian sculptor Cristoforo Stati /Cristofano da Bracciano (1556-1619), famous for taming beasts with his music, is here shown entertaining himself, his body swaying to the sound of the lira...
View ArticleTitian | Venus with the Musician series | Art in Detail
Titian painted five images of Venus and music, but those five variations on a single theme were not made for the same client, nor intended to be exhibited together. Set in a villa, they show Venus...
View ArticleSharon Burkett Kaiser, 1946 | Plein air / Landscape /Still-Life painter
California plein air impressionist Sharon Burkett Kaiser engages collectors with paintings consumed with harmonious color, beauty, and the complex relationship of light and form. The artist's developed...
View ArticleTitian | Danaë series, 1540-1570 | Art in Detail
The Danaë (or Danaë and the Shower of Gold) series comprises at least five oil-on-canvas paintings by the Venetian master Titian, completed between 1540-1570. The works are based on the mythological...
View ArticleLyne Lafontaine, 1959 | Symbolist /Fantasy painter
Canadian painter Lyne Lafontaine: "Between reality and imaginary, I explore a world where human faces are at the center of my artworks.My universe moves around symbolism, fantasy, onirism and feminity....
View ArticleAlvar Suñol, 1935 | Figurative Cubist /Abstract painter /sculptor
Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos was born in Montgat, a Cataluñan city near Barcelona, on January 29, 1935. He started painting at 12, and at 17, he was accepted into the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San...
View ArticleClaude Hemeret, 1929 | Expressionist /Impressionist painter
Born in Nice in 1929, thanks to his childhood spended in the sun, French painter Claude Hemeret grew fondling southern lights and scents fed him and quenched his thirst. His canvases recall the...
View ArticleAlekos Fassianos /Αλέκος Φασιανός, 1935 | Expressionist painter
France Honors Greek Artist Alekos FassianosAcclaimed Greek artist Alekos Fassianos, who has studied in Paris for 35 years, received one of the greatest honors of the French Republic a few days ago at...
View ArticleAngel De Cáceres García, 1966 | Figurative /Portrait Neo-Romanticism painter
Angel De Cáceres García is an spanish Pastel Portrait and figurative painter, with the use of chiaroscuro applied to the treatment of the figure, either in portrait or bust in full body. "I generally...
View ArticleJohannes Vermeer | The Allegory of Painting, 1666 | Art in Detail
The Art of Painting, also known as The Allegory of Painting, or Painter in his Studio, is a 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Many art historians believe that it is...
View ArticleFrancis De Saint-Genies, 1925 | Surrealist / Symbolist Painter / Lithographer
Francis De Lassus Saint-Genies is a French artist born in Brittany at Val André in 1925. After his studies at Julian's Academy in Paris, he dedicates himself for a long time to the portrait. In search...
View ArticleClaude WeisBuch | Impressionist /Modern Painter /Lithographer
Plaude Weisbuch (1927-2014) was born in Thionville, France and was a pupil at L'École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. As a painter, engraver, and exceptional lithographer, Claude Weisbuch has painted active...
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