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Miroslaw Szeib painting

Mirosław Szeib was born in 1963 in Międzyzdroje lives in Świnoujście. He graduated from Fine Arts High School in Szczecin.

For many years, the author treated the painting as a hobby and great passion, later painting became a way of life.

In the 90s he became interested in seascape painting. Sea battles started coming into existence.

Then two images came into existence, everyone lengths of three metres - "Battle of Vyborg" and "The Battle of Copenhagen". Work on them lasted over a year. First from them found the buyer in Sweden, second in Denmark. "Battle of Vyborg" is now on deposit in the Maritime Museum in Karlskrona. It is possible to examine photographs of both images in our gallery, in the link - sea battles.

Later romantic genre scenes started coming into existence. Many of them background of ancient cities from the turn of the nineteenth and early twentieth cent. Each of them painted with great precision and attention to the appearance of the city in a given era. Most are images of the former Warsaw, Kraków and Gdańsk. Also founded a number of work on the subject of Judaism - Jews in prayer robes, stage genre of the Jews of Cracow's Jewish and counting money. These are time-consuming work and therefore image dimensions are smaller. Most images from a series of scenes has dimensions of 30 x 40 cm.


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Dmitry Kustanovich painting

Dmitry Kustanovich was born on March, 29, 1970 in Minsk. The works of the artists are in galleries and private collections of Belarus, Russia, the USA, Germany, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, Czech Republic, Spain, England, Canada, Israel and Poland. At present Dmitry Kustanovich are living and working in St.Petersburg.


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Brent Heighton painting

Brent Heighton has been painting for over 30 years fulltime. After college Brent began a brief career in the commercial art field. Not satisfied with the deadlines, the rush jobs, and working out other peoples ideas as to how they wanted things to look, he realized that as difficult as working in the Fine Arts was, becoming a painter of what you want and not what someone else wants, was the most important and satisfying. He has never looked back on or regretted taking that chance.

Working as a fulltime Artist has allowed Brent to travel all over the world in search of ideas and things to paint. Brent has traveled with his family to Europe, spending time in France, Holland, Belgium, and as far south as Greece. All the time with paints and brushes in hand, always looking for that inspiration just around the corner. The difference of light in a place like Greece compared to Cornwall, England is very exciting says Brent.
Brent and Elizabeth winter in their home in Mexico. The architecture, the people, and the light keep enticing Brent back there, “I find Mexico helps my creative juices start to flow when I’m there and I love the color of the light.” says Brent.

Brent’s watercolours, acrylics and oils have been well received by many corporate and private collectors in over 30 countries of the world. Brent has had exhibitions in New York, Tokyo, Germany, Belgium, Holland, many parts of the U.S.and most recently Mexico.
His work has won him numerous awards throughout Canada and the U.S. But the important thing is, as Brent points out is not the awards, it’s how it makes you feel putting your feelings on paper or canvas so that the persons observing can experience the joy you had in painting that particular artwork.
“If you can make that connection with someone it feels great inside” he says.

Continuing to explore new ideas and approaches to painting, he is never happy to stay in one place creatively. And his work continues to grow and mature as he pushes his creative boundaries.

“It has been a bumpy ride over a long period of time to arrive at this point. I liken it to the uncertainty of Charles Lindberg’s quest to be the first flyer to wing his way across the Atlantic. You get the plane off the ground – somewhat of an accomplishment in itself – and reach an altitude where you feel everything’s under control. But then there are a series of mechanical concerns or foul weather systems that constantly test your mettle and cause you to question the wisdom of your choice to set such a lofty goal. And wherein I haven’t landed my plane successfully yet, at least I’m still aloft, and the propeller keeps on churning! While there has been – and I suspect will continue to be – constant hurdles to overcome, I have been extremely fortunate. It has not been all that difficult to keep a positive outlook towards my work. When a new blanket of snow smothers the countryside, I am inspired. When the azaleas and rhododendrons burst into bloom in my garden and my Koi fish reappear, I’m keen to paint. The angles of branches in a forest or the way the light streams through them can cause me to rush to my studio. A weathered fence, a golf green, fish boats in a harbour, intriguing architecture, waterfowl on a pond: all or any can move me to paint. And when I am painting, I am happiest.”


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Daniel Gerhartz painting

Daniel Gerhartz was born in Wisconsin in 1965 where he now lives with his wife Jennifer and their three young children. His interest in art piqued at an early age when a teenage friend suggested they spend one dreary afternoon drawing. It was at that moment that he discovered his lifework. Daniel began his art education at the American Academy of Art in Chicago where he studied in the classical tradition and immersed himself in applications of technique and design. After a brief stint in commercial art, he began pursuing fine art; visiting museums to study master works and painting alongside contemporary artists. Daniel found his passion in painting from life. This direct approach to working with the figure and landscape allowed him to see and attempt to capture the infinite nuances of light, color, and form. This continues to drive his enthusiasm today. Since then he has been featured in solo and group shows across the country and has won several awards at prominent national invitational exhibitions and his work has been collected both nationally and internationally.

The artist’s skillful and technically adept work celebrates the created world, the human form, personal relationships with a connection to landscapes and environments of special importance. Many of his figures are dressed in dramatic clothing which he often invents for its aesthetic appeal and lyrical quality so as to achieve a sense of other worldliness.. His subjects evoke a timelessness and idealism, yet for the most part Dan has drawn upon his home and community, including family and friends, for subject matter. His sense of intimacy and honesty with regard to his subjects are a direct result of his closeness and proximity to them. A projection of tranquility, repose and rich introspection result from his knowledge of the content of his art.

In Gerhartz’ pictures the ordinary or commonplace is transformed into a higher reality and consequently a sense of greater importance. Emotions are a vital part of his express design, while his mastery of anatomy, the human form and complex surfaces combine to make his canvases very powerful visual experiences.

Daniel Gerhartz has established himself as an important American painter among the leading talents of our time. About his work Dan has said, " My goal is to effectively record the richness of our human experience, the contrasts between life and death, the dance and dirge, the beautiful and common, joy and sorrow, hope and despair, while in the end, offering a message of hope and pointing the viewer to the eternal." and " As I paint my subjects from life and have the privilege of studying the awe inspiring breadth and depth of the beauty of the created world, it is humbling to ponder the greatness of our Creator." Johann Sebastian Bach said it well as he signed his work, ‘Soli Deo Gloria,’ to God alone be the glory."


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Dmitriy Scheglov (Ekaterinburg/Russia) painting

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Jeff Rowland painting

Jeff Rowland is a professional British painter who entered the fine art industry in 1984 having studied art at North Tyneside College. He had further studied at Newcastle in 2000 where he earned an HND in advertising/illustration. During this time Jeff Rowland had undertaken many works and also went on to win an award from the NEPA (North East Print Association). After his graduation he exhibited some of his work in a Northumberland gallery and from there they were taken to the London Affordable, where all his works were sold out within the day. With that popularity he had several other successful exhibitions in Edinburgh and in Dublin.


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Ruben Bore painting

Ruben Bore's interest in art started at four while his parents were decorating their home. He began drawing and painting shortly after this. Since than he has been a featured artist at many exhibitions, such as; An 'Impressionism' exhibit at the Gallerie de Monica in Paris (1989), The 'Sunshine' exhibition at the Via de Sogno in Rome (1997), 'The Carol Schwartz Gallery in Philadelphia, (1998).


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Direk Kingnok (b. 1976) Thailand
The evening, Bangkok Chinatown

Kingnok, born in 1976 in Nakhonratchasima, Thailand, said he has loved art since his childhood. “I began to study art in high school and graduated from B.F.A. (Painting), Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts Khon Kaen University in 1999. I became an art lecturer for two years, and then began pursuing a career as an independent artist until today.”

“I like many places in Vietnam, but I am most impressed by Ha Long Bay. I love the sea, islands and the fishermen’s lifestyle there. Most importantly, Ha Long Bay’s beauty urged me to do large-scale paintings for the first time.”

Tibet and Nepal are among future destinations in Kingnok’s itinerary, and he looks forward to more “interesting stories” in different places, but there is something that will not change. He will still express himself through watercolors.


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Daniel F. Gerhartz

Daniel Gerhartz was born in Wisconsin in 1965. Daniel Gerhartz has established himself as an important American painter among the leading talents of our time. About his work Dan has said, " My goal is to effectively record the richness of our human experience, the contrasts between life and death, the dance and dirge, the beautiful and common, joy and sorrow, hope and despair, while in the end, offering a message of hope and pointing the viewer to the eternal." and " As I paint my subjects from life and have the privilege of studying the awe inspiring breadth and depth of the beauty of the created world, it is humbling to ponder the greatness of our Creator." Johann Sebastian Bach said it well as he signed his work, ‘Soli Deo Gloria,’ to God alone be the glory."


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Myoe Win Aung

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Myanmar [Burmese] Artists |Myoe Win Aung

Myoe Win Aung was born in 1972 in Yangon and studied under several masters, including U Lun Gywe. He started painting in 1989 and graduated from the State School of Fine Arts in 1992. He now works as a full time artist. As with most painters in Myanmar today, religious life and Buddhism influence his artistic expression. He has regular shows in Rangoon and has also exhibited in Singapore (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999).


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Oil painting by Osamu Obi

1965 Born in Kanagawa, Japan
1988 Graduated from Musashino Art University (Department of Oil Painting)
1990 Completed Master's Degree Program in Oil Painting, Musashino Art University
1991 Exhibition of Grand Prize Paintings, Tokyo Central Museum. Awarded Grand Prize.
1993 Participated in Yasui Prize Exhibition
1996 Participated in Exchange Exhibition between South Korean and Japanese Oil Painters
(Yokohama & Seoul )
1999 Hakujitsukai Art Exhibition, Incentive Award of Minister of Education
2004 6th Kanji Maeda Grand Prize Exhibition, Semi-grand-prix
(Takashimaya Nihonbashi, Kurayoshi Museum)
2005 2nd Beauty of Existence Exhibition (Takashimaya, Tokyo and other places)
2006 Hakujitsukai Art Exhibition, The Prime Minister Award
2009 "The Tewaza" Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi)
2010 Beauty of Existence Exhibition (Takashimaya, Tokyo and other places)
Scheduled to study in Paris for a year under the Japanese Government Overseas
Study Programme for Artists

2012 Beauty of Existence Exhibition (Takashimaya, Tokyo and other places), "The Tewaza" Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi)


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Andrej Gerasymiuk painting (Odessa)

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Charles Zhan painting

1959: Born in Canton, China
1973-76: Member of Youth Association of Art in Canton;
Winner in National High School art competition
1974-85: Studied and practiced at Dongyu Chen’s studio;
Student of professor’s Lau Sing and Su Urlong
1980-85: Designer for the Southern China Institute of
Landscape Architectural Design, focusing on Architecture and landscape architecture
1985: Moved to the United States
1993: Master’s Degree of Fine Art and Design at Pratt Institute in New York City
1987-Present: Arnot Gallery, New York


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Brent Heignton painting

Brent Heighton has been a professional artist for over 32 years. His career in fine arts has allowed him to travel throughout the world in search of adventure and subjects to paint.

He is an explorer by nature, constantly trying out innovative techniques. He paints with intensity and economy, rarely wasting a motion or brush stroke, and is often called upon to give instruction in the art of painting.

Brent Heighton’s watercolors, oils and acrylics have won many awards, and are found in corporate and private collections in more than 25 countries.


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Ong Kim Seng painting

Ong, Kim Seng BBM. A.W.S. DF. N.W.S. was born in Singapore and has been a full-time artist since 1985. He has participated in group and solo exhibitions at Singapore and in the United States, China, United Kingdom, Japan , Australia, Belgium, Federal Republic Of Germany, France, Middle East, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Asean countries.

"I have to feel a place before I paint it. If I have good feelings for a scene - just as I may have good feelings for someone I meet - I know I'll have the will to paint it well. For me, and for all painters, I believe, inspiration comes naturally when there's a link between the artist and his subject."
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Duffy Sheridan painting

Duffy Sheridan has been painting since he was a child. His father, also an artist, encouraged him to learn to paint anything and everything. He has traveled the world and dedicated his artistic life to the discovery and expression of beauty as he sees it.

Although he and his family spent many years in relative seclusion in the far corners of the world, Sheridan’s work has attracted the attention of collectors on five continents.

Since returning to the United States in 1991, his work has received international acclaim and he has been designated a Living Master™ by the Art Renewal Center.

His paintings can be found in prestigious institutions from a Cathedral in the South Pacific to the US Air Force Academy to corporate headquarters in Manhattan, as well as in the private residences of kings, judges, bishops, doctors and collectors all over the world.

For over 35 years the teachings of the Baha’i Faith have been the primary influence of Sheridan’s life and work and have dominated his continual search for that balance of craftsmanship and artistic expression which has the ability to elevate, in some small way, the human condition.

Sheridan feels that he is in the process of learning to appreciate the richness of humankind and has come to believe that the purpose of his work should be “to magnify the dignity and nobility of the human spirit and the singular beauty of all things. When people look at one of my paintings, I’d like them to see that humans, indeed, are noble beings.”


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Altynbek Metinov painting


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Valueva Svetlana painting

Born in Moscow in 1966, Svetlana Valueva was accepted into art school at the tender age of six - an astonishing child prodigy. By the age of 8, she was winning international exhibitions and at age 11, was featured in a documetary on outstanding artists that was shown in theaters across Russia. By then, her father, a gifted artist himself, had given her his own studio. Also, she had been secretly shown the fantastical works of artists like Klimt, Alfons Mucha, Sargent, and Alma-Tadema, whose styles were quite forbidden in Soviet era Russia. However, this discovery was the springboard for Valueva's exquisite Art Nouveau-inspired vision. She began to attract scores of collectors and dealers who smuggled her work out to avid admirers around the world, until the Art Academy finally allowed her a summer trip to study in Europe. From there, Valueva easily gained international acclaim, and remains one of Russia's most outstanding artists.

"Why are my subjects women? Because beauty excites me, I like to see transformations, diversity, the layers covering the vulnerable paleness of a female arm, or tender matte luster of flesh; the skin's translucence beneath a film of gauze draping a naked body. My brush does not just move about the surface, it carefully penetrates the space of another dimension, going beyond the frontier - which is insurmountable to anyone else. There truly is space and life behind that fragile margin, as in a mirror. Of these space and life forms I express my daily chronicles, of their everyday life and feasts. And -- of women who belong there".

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Vladimir Shorokhov from Siberia painting


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Howard Fogg painting

Howard Lockhart Fogg (April 7, 1917 – October 1, 1996) was an American artist specializing in railroad artwork.


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Jeff Rowland
Let It Rain

Jeff Rowland is a professional British painter who entered the fine art industry in 1984 having studied art at North Tyneside College. He had further studied at Newcastle in 2000 where he earned an HND in advertising/illustration. During this time Jeff Rowland had undertaken many works and also went on to win an award from the NEPA (North East Print Association). After his graduation he exhibited some of his work in a Northumberland gallery and from there they were taken to the London Affordable, where all his works were sold out within the day. With that popularity he had several other successful exhibitions in Edinburgh and in Dublin.


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Ivan Alifan painting

Ivan Alifan Jdanov 1989, Russian-born Canadian painter, currently living in Canada. He attended the OCAD University in Toronto, Canada, and is son of the very talented Russian painter Anna Razumovskaya. Ivan recently participated in the Los Angeles International art fair, and had his work shown alongside Malcolm Liepke and Jeremy Lipking. Whether it is beautifully rendered charcoal drawings, of the colorful, brushy, and energetic paintings, Ivan is an extremely talented artist.


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Bernard Charoy painting

1931 Bernard Charoy was born on May 26 in Nant-Le-Grand , a village in the French province of Lorraine.He was brought up in an old family of artisans, stonecutters, scultors, cabinetmakers,etc.

1955 For 4 years he studied painting, drawing and lithography with painters, illustrators and poster designers in Montmartre.

1960 to 1974 Contributes to magazines, french and foreign editions..
Executes a series of political portraits : De Gaulle,Churchill,Mao ...etc .

Illustates the first translation of the Solzhenitsen's goulag Archipeligo .Collaborates in New York with the illustrator Eric Stanton,creator of "Gondoline"

1975 Exhibits in the Dandoy Gallery in Knokke le Zout, Belgium.La Colombe gallery, Vallauris, France..
1976 International exhibition at Art Fair, Basle,Switzerland.Exibition at l'Orangerie Jacqueline Mousson,France.
1977 Exhibitions at the Gallery Q, Athens,Greece.Exhibits at Internationaler Kunstmarkt, Cologne,Germany.
1978 Contract with Leon Amiel Publisher, New York.Publishing of lithographs with De Francony Editions.
1979 Exhibition at the Art Show Coliseum, New York.Sojourn in New York.Exhibition at the Bernardie gallery, Aixla Chapelle (Aachen), Germany.
1980 Exhibition at the Osper gallery, Cologne,Germany.Publishing of lithographs with Collier Publishing Compagny, Los Angeles.Exhibition Vision Nouvelle, Tokyo, Travel to Japan.
1981 Exhibition Art Show San Francisco, Sojourn in California.Sale of Painting to Tivoli Gallery, Las Vegas.
1982 Contract with the Tamenaga gallery,France.Exhibition Mitsukoshi Gallery Ginza, Tokyo, Japan..
1983 Exhibition Schumacher gallery Dusseldorf, Germany.
1985 Permanent exhibit at the C.V.M. Art Compagny, New York.Collaboration with the Artes Gallery, Germany.
1986 Exhibition at Gallery 47 New York.
1987 Exhibition Jean Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea.Art Expo, New York, with the Gallery Bosquet, Paris.
1988 Exhibition Mitsukoshi Ginga, Tokyo, Japan.Gallery Moliere, San Francisco.
1989 Exhibition at the Elegance Taipei gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
1990 Exhibition at the Esquire gallery, Los Angeles.
1991 Exhibition Mitsukoshi Tokio, Osaka, Nagoya.
1992 Exhibition at the Hotel Carlton gallery, Cannes,France.Exhibition Taipei, Taiwan.
1993 Exhibition Mitsukoshi,Tokio, Japan.
1994 Exhibition at the Art Expo New York with Great Events Editions. Exhibition at the Printemps Ginza, Tokyo,Japan.Collaborates with Ghislaine Noël as his representative.Exhibit at the Tolhuis Van Dyck Gallery, Antwerp,Belgium.
1995 Exhibition at the Art Expo New York.Exhibition at the Mitsukoshi Ginza Dpt Store, Tokyo, Japan.Sales of paintins to Suhube international fine Art Galleries in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1996 Exhibition at the Printemps Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
1997 Exhibition at Opera Gallery, Singapore.
1998 Collaboration with Artis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
1999 Permanent Exhibit at the Martinez Hotel Fine Art Gallery in Cannes (French Riviera) France.Registered in the BENEZIT New Edition 1999.
2000 Exhibition at Opera Gallery, New York.Collaboration with Brucke Art Compagny, Tokyo, Japan.Exhibition at Mitsukoshi Tokyo, Hiroshima and Sapporo, Japan.


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Fabiano Millani painting

Fabiano Millani was born in São Paulo, Brasil, on 27th of June 1981. He started his career in visual arts at the same time in which he first taught a course on drawings in the city of Santo Ângelo.

In 2004, he won the 2nd place in the contest “80 anos da Coluna Prestes” with the painting “Cartas vermelhas”.As a characteristic evolution in his artistic visual works, he won in 2006 the 1st place in the painting contest in Brasil.

Millani then built his studio, where he works mainly in visual arts and as a painting and drawing teacher. Some recent achievements were the 1st place in the Dessiner WordPress National Contest on Realistic Drawings, with the work “Carona ao realismo”, and an academic and cultural recognition when two of his paintings were published in the book Bienal Cristal de Talentos, promoted by the International Book Biennial of São Paulo, both in 2010.

In 2011, Millani once again won the 1st place in the Dessiner WordPress National Contest on Realistic Drawings with the work named “Resiliência”, and has his work “Rosa Amarela” portrayed in ACRILEX Annual Calendar.


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I haven't seen such a good painting, very close to live photo capture. He is really a great painter.

Mark Spain 1962 | British Figurative painter

Born in 1962, Mark Spain attended a three-year course at Medway College of Art and Design studying graphics, Illustrations, Life Drawing and Printmaking. His first work came as a freelance illustrator producing originals for posters, book covers and greeting cards. His technique included airbrushing to create a highly refined and polished look. In 1984 his interest in printmaking as an alternative discipline became established and he set up a studio in Kent to concentrate on making original etchings. His inspiration came from the natural unspoilt areas of rural Britain. He travelled abroad and his interest in wildlife was developed culminating in a series of etchings taken from drawings of various game reserves in Kenya. Following the storm of October 1987 he was through CCA Galleries to produce limited edition etchings of Kew Gardens in order to raise founds for the restorations of The Gardens worst hit areas. The commissions with National Westminster Bank, The Dorchester Hotel and several projects with galleries in London including CCA. With his popularity growing Mark Spain has now exhibited extensively in the UK and overseas his work is also included in private collections in Spain, Belgium, France, New Zealand, Australia, Holland, Hong Kong, United States and Canada.


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Watercolor by Michal Suffczynski

Michał Suffczynski – graduated in Architecture from the Warsaw University of Technology and the University of Detroit Mercy. Awarded a grant from the Residenza Universitaria Internazionale Association (Rome 1990) and the Italian government (Perugia 1991, Siena 1997). Took part in an exchange program between the Warsaw University of Technology's Architecture faculty and the Faculty of Architecture at Detroit University, where he studied and later lectured in visual communication.


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Butko Viktor painting


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Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Persistence of Memory

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Ken Howard - Modern British Painter

Ken Howard is one of few living artists who are able to capture light so vividly in both oil and watercolour. After art school and working as the official war artist for the Imperial War Museum, he travelled widely painting life and nature with superb honesty and accuracy, demonstrating a magical understanding of light, often found in works by artists such as J.M.W. Turner.

He has exhibited at the Royal Academy since 1964 being elected ARA in 1983 and RA in 1992, having won a number of major awards along the way. In the salesrooms his work is highly valued and his annual one man show at a leading London gallery regularly sells out on the first day.

Today he is known for his ability to fuse light and atmosphere in paint. His range of subjects encompasses the studio nude, Venetian scenes and Cornish beaches. His work is to be found in many private and public collections including the Imperial War Museum and Plymouth City Art Gallery.

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Liyong Sen (李咏森)


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Angelo Bellini 1938 | Italian Landscape painter

Angelo Bellini was born in 1938 in Mantova, Italy. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (Milano) and a talented sketcher, his work became the precursor of a new style based on the fragmentation of time, space and light. Each work results in a kaleidoscope of colors, contrasts and emotions. His art was soon recognized internationally and is featured in many European galleries and museums (Pinacotheque Friuli in Grosseto, Sassoferrato, Rome, Padova, Cagliari and Palermo Museums of Modern Art). Angelo Bellini's highly sophisticated sense of culture appears in each of his paintings, while at the same time he keeps alive the sense of discovery and surprise of his childhood.


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Grace Cossington Smith (Australian painter, (1892-1984)

Grace Cossington Smith (20 April 1892 – 10 December 1984) was an Australian artist and she was a pioneer of modernist painting in Australia and was instrumental in introducing Post-Impressionism to her home country.


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Abe Toshiyuki painting

Abe Toshiyuki is a watercolor artist from Japan. He was born in Sakata city in 1959. His watercolor paintings are noted for its immense realism and professionalism.


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KONSTANTIN RAZOUMOV painting (1974)

Konstantin Razoumov studied at the studio of Ilya Glazunov at the Academy of Fine Arts of Moscow. An exciting young artist, Razumov's works are now much in demand. Influenced by many styles, he has mastered the technique of combining both Realism and Impressionism. In most of his figural paintings, the features of hands and face are painted realistically, while fabrics and the surroundings are painted with an impressionist brushstroke.


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This is not a photo. This is a painting.
Joe Francis Dowden, London UK.


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Good morning

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Isaac Levitan (1860 - 1900)

Isaac Levitan was born in a shtetl of Wirballen, Province of Kowno in Lithuania


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Josef Kote / Albania

In the scenic port town of Vlore, Albania, modern master Josef Kote emerged eager to share his unique vision with the world. Kote began a journey towards artistic self-discovery in his youth and never looked back. Discovering his artistic talent at the tender age of 14, Kote entered a competition to secure a spot at a prestigious art school. He was subsequently accepted into ''The National Lyceum of Arts" in Tirana, where he began in earnest to pursue his traditional European Art school education. He studied there for four years.

Desperate to turn his passion into a viable career, and knowing the importance of further training, Kote decided to take his talent to university. He entered another competition and was again awarded entry, this time at the "Academy of Fine Arts of Tirana." In 1988, Kote graduated from the Academy, receiving his Diploma in Painting and Scenography. The same year, Kote also produced a small but well-received animated film entitled "lisi."

In 1990, he relocated to Greece and began working as a freelance visual artist. In this new environment, Kote's style evolved and flourished. During the decade he resided in Greece, Kote was acknowledged by numerous prestigious artists, as well as public and private collectors. His elevated status in the art world led to many great commissions. In the year 2000, for example, Kote was commissioned by the Greek community of Toronto to paint the likeness of the visiting President of Greece, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos.

Always looking to widen his scope, Kote moved to Toronto immediately following the infamous Stephanopoulos commission. Toronto proved an easy transition for the artist. Not one to wait for good fortune to fall in his lap, Kote took to the streets right away, marching into Toronto's top galleries.

For the next ten years, Kote continued to garner critical acclaim. The artist saw his dream develop before his very eyes; the fruits of decades of labor fully realized. In 2009, he began his most recent artistic and spiritual journey, and for the third time, completely uprooted himself. He landed in The Big Apple, one of the greatest hubs for cultural and artist expression there is.

Today, Kote still resides and paints in New York City. But who knows what beautiful permutations the future holds for one of modern art's greatest voices.


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Andre Kohn painting

Andre Kohn was born in Stalingrad in the heart of the former Soviet Union. He spent his first 12 years in the Southern part of the country near the Caspian Sea. Growing up in the small town of Baku gave Kohn an appreciation for nature, which he carries with him to this day. For years Andre had pursued a sports career, and had become a promising young athlete by his teens. He had always been a romantic at heart, so at the age of 15 he left athletics to study art. He began by studying the works of the masters, surrounding himself with volumes of texts. He found his way into the studios of some of the most prominent artists in Russia, including painter Natalya Govrishenko and sculptor Anatoly Vrubel. Studying under these talented artists he developed a love for the world of art and a passion to make his own contribution. Kohn spent years honing his skills through personal studies and work as a scenic artist before enrolling in the Fine Arts Department at a prestigious Russian university. The art world began taking notice of the 19 year old freshman. He was invited to exhibit his paintings in a one-man show at the Central Exhibition Hall in Ruse, Bulgaria. The event drew press from all over the country, bringing Kohn into the public spotlight. Many of his works were purchased for private and corporate collections.

In 1992, at the age of twenty, he brought a dozen of his drawings and his continuing quest for knowledge to the United States, settling in Montgomery, Alabama. At his first juried show in the U.S., Kohn submitted six of his paintings. He won four first prizes, one second, and one third. His talent once again drew immediate attention at his first U.S. one-man show. The show brought him media exposure in the U.S., and he became a member of the Montgomery Art Guild. He also became a member of the National Drawing Society.


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