Beautiful collection of talented artists. Even though some are very old, yet pretty to behold.
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Beautiful collection of talented artists. Even though some are very old, yet pretty to behold.
John Weiss painting
“I enjoy painting things people can relate to,” John Weiss says, “perhaps because I can relate to them myself. They’re familiar things, part of an everyday life we can understand and enjoy.”
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Vladimir Fechyk (Fecik)
Vladimir Fechyk (Fecik) Site was born on August 25, 1970 in Mukachevo, Ukraine. He began painting early, and he began attending the Children’s School of Art at 10, and continued there for 4 years. At the age of 15 he attended the State School of Art in Charkov, Ukraine, also for 4 years. The State School was established for the most talented pupils and only every 15th candidate is accepted. At the age of 15, Fechyk had the best grades at examinations and during his 4 years of study, won many competitions in painting and drawing. After finishing school, Fechyk taught at the same Children’s School of Art that he had attended in his youth. Since 1993, Vladimir has lived and exhibited in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He is married and has one daughter. As a hobby, he is interested in Eastern philosophy, mainly the cultures of India.
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Evgeni Stolica (1870 - 1929)
Autumn, 1905
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Watercolor by 林經哲 (Lin Ching-Che)
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Theodore Clement Steele (1847 - 1926)
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Michael Sowa painting
Michael Sowa (born 1945) is a German artist known mainly for his paintings, which are variously whimsical, surreal, or stunning. His paintings often feature animals and are titled in English and German.
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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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Mikhail Ivanenko ~ In embrace of silence
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Karl Mårtens painting
Karl Mårtens was born in San Francisco 1956, and grew up in the vicinity of Drottningholm, outside of Stockholm. At the age of 16 he moved to Switzerland and from there to Canada, and eventually back to San Francisco. After 24 years away from Sweden he returned to Sweden at the age of 40.
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"Weather in Spain this autumn is incredible.. Warm and sunny"
Vladimir Volegov
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Watercolor by 林經哲 (Lin Ching-Che)
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Zhang Daqian (張大千, 1899-1983), original name Zhang Yuan (張爰) and pseudonym Daqian, was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. He is also regarded by many art experts as one of the most gifted master forgers of the twentieth century. He excelled at all types of paintings, and is especially famous for his landscape, as well as lotus paintings.
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Gleb Goloubetski painting
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Arnau Francisco Pon (Spanish painter, 1886-1953)
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Willem Haenraets painting :
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My name is Willem Haenraets. I was born on the 9th of October 1940 in Heerlen, which is a town in the south of the Netherlands. When I was 16 years old, I went to the Art Academy in Maastricht.
The sixties
Four years later I received a scholarship from the Belgian Government, to study at the,Belgian National Institute for Fine Arts in Antwerp, where I had my own atelier and model. In that time I had my first exposition. With the earned money I bought a Vespa Scooter and drove to several picturesque places in the neighbourhood, especially the Harbour of Antwerp. It was there , I met a ship-owner, who delivered me many commissions, in the shape of portrets of many people. Unfortunately, the ship-owner died and I left Antwerp and went to Paris, where I stayed a couple of months. On Place de Tetre I painted portrets from the early morning till midnight, so I could buy a house in Bergen, Holland, afterwards,where I lived with my first wife, Hannah. In this time I made a lot of paintings, which I sold In galleries and artmarkets. Then a drama happened, Hannah died in a car-accident, leaving me behind with our 6 weeks old daughter, Hester.
The seventies
After a chaotic period I decided to return to Heerlen, where I moved into a residence in a little castle, Kasteel Terworm and threw myself upon my work. I sold my paintings in Holland and Germany. At the end of the 70th, I met my second wife , Thea with her little daughter Susan.. Together we got a son, called Bram.
The eighties
Halfway the 80th I conceived the idea of making prints of my paintings. This caused a lot of alterations, as well in the sphere of money, as on the domain of art-fairs and exhibitions. .Regular I received an invitation from publishers to come to Art-fairs in the United States , England and Germany. I signed the limited editions on the art-stands in the Convention Center of New York and Los Angeles. While my lithographies were shown at the Expo, my original paintings were exposed in a gallery on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. My work became known all over the world and I held an exhibition in Nagoya, in Japan. It was a great succes. The Japanese especially like the romantic pictures, in soft colours.
The nineties
In this period I was approached by an owner of a gallery in the Stokstraat of Maastricht.
Together we went through a lucrative time, holding a beautiful exhibition in Galllery Renoir, every two years. Because of a disease of the gallery-holder this cooperation had to be ended.
2000
In 2003 we bought a house in Spain, Hondon de las Nieves, where the municipality asked me to expose my paintings in the Casa de Cultura of the village. It was a nice coming in.
At the moment I work with publishers, who distribute my work all over the world, in the form of litho's and gyclee-prints. My original paintings are being sold by myself and gallery-owners.
On You Tube you can see a little movie from me , called film Willem Haenraets
Theresa Troise Heidel painting
"I'm a watercolor artist who works often on location. I believe in drawing as the basis of good painting, not the kind of tracing that comes from using a projector. Art must be sincere, visceral and from the heart."
Theresa Troise Heidel
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关维兴水彩画/中国
Watercolor by Guan Wei Xing/China
Guan Weixing was born in Dunhua County, Jilin Province, China in 1940.
In 1960, when Guan Weixing was still a first grade student in Luxun Fine Arts Academy, Eugen Popa, a Romanian Professor, broke a rule in order to accept Guan into his oil painting training class. And in 1962, he was graduated a master.
The recently completed huge-sized watercolor "Villagers viewing opera" (200cm x 130cm ) vividly depicts dozens of simple and honest villagers, with different characters and various expressions of extreme life likeness. In October,1998, Guan's solo exhibition held in Beijing was second to none in the field and got myriads of recognition. Nowadays he is regarded as one of the most authoritative and influential watercolorists.
In 2005, Guan Weixing held a solo exhibition for the first time in USA at the invitation of Ambleside Gallery, and it was a great success. The viewers moved to tears were even more than those at home. The local TV station produced a DVD introducing his art and his painting process, the radio station interviewed him, and a writer edited a book for his works. Some comment goes like this,”Mr. Guan doesn’t belong to China, or America. He belongs to the world. He is the master of art in the world.” The viewers collected many of his works at high prices. During the exhibition, one of his works, “Aged Man” won the award “Former President Award” of the 85th National Watercolor exhibition, and because of that Mr. Guan was honoured as the member of American National Watercolor Society. He was respected and well beloved by American people.
In 2007, Mr. Guan Weixing went to America to hold his exhibitions in New York, Houston and Greensboro. Just like before, his works were also highly praised and the viewers strongly hope they can enjoy more of his exhibitions soon.
Now Mr. Guan Weixing is represented in the US by Ambleside Gallery
At present Guan Weixing is director of China Fine Arts Association, vice president of Chinese Watercolor Association, juror of National Watercolor Exhibition, and titled national-level master of fine arts.
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Watercolor by 李升权
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Max Slevogt (1868–1932)
The dancer Marietta di Rigardo 1904
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”I try to convey an inner peace and harmony by creating a world made of light and mood - one that is timeless and deeply personal; where imagination is free and boundless; where the sanctity of the individual soul is cherished and preserved, untouched by outside judgment or desecrated by society's labels.”
Steven Graber painting
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Max Slevogt (1868–1932)
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Nôtre Dame by Night - Edouard Léon Cortes (1882-1969)
Édouard Leon Cortès (1882–1969) was a French post-impressionist artist of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poete Parisien de la Peinture" or "the Parisian Poet of Painting" because of his diverse Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings.
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Dusan Rajsic painting
Dusan Rajsic was born in Gospic, Croatia, in 1970. He had started his studies of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1990, and he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1996. He is a member of the Serbian Association of Fine Artists and the editor of the art programme at the Cultural Centre in Lazarevac, Serbia.
His desire to always capture a new motion and dynamics of his ballerinas-symbols within the limited medium of a painting makes this artist always interesting and new.
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Jessica Hayllar painting
(1858 - 1940)
A painter primarily of figure subjects, particularly featuring children, interiors and flowers, Jessica Hayllar came from a family well steeped in artistic tradition and was the daughter of artist James Hayllar, RBA (1829-1920). Like her sisters, Kate and Mary, Jessica studied under her father whose penchant for Pre-Raphaelite realism and colouring was to be extremely influential in her formative years.
Jessica made her Exhibition debut in 1879 and frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1880 and 1915.
Her best work, executed between 1885-1900 typically depicts quiet domestic scenes, with closely observed detail demonstrating a great naturalness and charm. These paintings were mainly executed at her Father's House, Castle Priory in Wallingford on the Thames.
In 1900, Jessica was crippled in an accident and after this date she concentrated on painting only flower subjects, particularly featuring Azaleas.
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Tatiana Samoshkina painting
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Armand Charnay (1844-1916)
Park of Sansac (Indre-et-Loire) 1885
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Vladimir Volegov
Windy
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Daniel Del Orfano painting
DANIEL DEL ORFANO — Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Daniel decided to stay close to his roots and attend Dowling College in Oakdale, NY. There he received his BFA in Art Education and was teaching full time by the fall of 2001. After teaching at the prestigious Knox Boarding School, Daniel took a position in the public school system where he taught art to children of all ages. Though extremely rewarding, this was not his true calling. It was at this time Daniel decided to divert his attention from teaching art to creating art, and in the summer of 2005, he formed The Renaissance Workshop. Specializing in all things art, The Renaissance Workshop gave Daniel the opportunity to expand his horizons, creatively.
As demand for commissioned work increased, Daniel began developing his expressive style, implementing techniques that emphasized texture over realism. Though the work depicted realistic scenes, the effects produced an almost ethereal feeling. The imagery began to take a back seat to the memory of which the image represented.
Daniel Del Orfano’s work depicts life, not as it may be, but more as it is remembered- a snapshot, not of a particular moment but of an overall memory.
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Otto Greiner painting
Otto Greiner (16 December 1869, Leipzig – 24 September 1916, Munich) was a German painter and graphic artist
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Gleb Goloubetski painting
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Josep Teixidó painting :
I was born in Calella (Barcelona) in 1956, and nowadays I live in Vilassar de Mar (Barcelona). Since I was a child I have been fascinated by painting and I think I'm a self-taught painter because, despite I was taught drawing at Primary School, I have acquired my knowledge thanks to my environment.
Painting is my own way to express myself. I can shape my inward in the canvas with the essential help of the palette knife and the colours. As a nature’s lover and great observant, my environment has always been my source of inspiration.
At present I devote myself exclusively to painting, my true passion, and that is why I feel extremely fortunate.
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Gurkin Grigory painting
Grigory Ivanovich Gurkin (24 January 1870 – 11 October 1937) was a Russian landscape painter, the first professional artist of Altay ethnic origin. He is notable for his Altay mountain landscapes.
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Ostroumova-Lebedeva Anna (1871-1955)
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Marianne Stokes (1855-1927)
Marianne Stokes (1855 – 1927), born Marianne Preindlsberger in the Austrian province of Styria, was an Austrian painter. She settled in England after her marriage to Adrian Scott Stokes (1854–1935), the landscape painter, whom she had met in Pont-Aven. Marianne Stokes was considered one of the leading artists in Victorian England.
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Alexander Bolotov painting
Alexander Bolotov is born and raised in the city of Donetsk, Ukraine. He graduated from art school in Donetsk. Engaged in drawing from a young age. Considers it his calling class, work, and at the same time and rest. He is currently a freelance artist. Works in all genres, but the most interesting are the landscapes. Artist says: "I get great pleasure from the creative and happy to give it to people".
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Fritz Freund (German, 1859-1942)
Die Schneeballschlacht
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Happy New Year from Painter of Light
Thomas Kinkade (January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012) was an American painter of popular realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects. It is estimated that 1 in every 20 American homes owns a copy of one of his paintings.
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Z. Ling Shu
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