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IGOR SAMSONOV / RUSSIAN PAINTER

October 7, 2014, 1:29 am
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IGOR SAMSONOV / RUSSIAN PAINTER
Petersburg artist Igor Samsonov was born in 1963 in Voronezh, Russia. In 1980godu graduated with honors from the School of Arts in Voronezh. In 1996 - graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute? Painting, sculpture and architecture Repin.
He has participated in numerous exhibitions in France, Germany and Italy.
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SHISHKIN ANDREY

October 7, 2014, 3:15 am
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SHISHKIN ANDREY
Andrey Shishkin - a modern artist known portraitist and a true master of the brush, a vocation which has become a realistic academic painting. Born in Moscow in 1960, where, and at the present time.
artist began painting in fifteen years, painstakingly studying the traditions of academic painting. Despite the fact that vocational education is not the author got his genre paintings, portraits and battle scenes have great energy and depth. Giving preference to genre painting and psychological portraits, he did not shy away from the still-lifes and landscapes. Participated in the painting of churches.
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Serge IVANOFF (1893-1983

October 10, 2014, 8:16 am
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Serge IVANOFF (1893-1983)
Serge Petrovitch Ivanoff (Иванов Сергей Петрович) was born in Moscow (Russian) in 1893, and showed artistic ability from a young age. On the family’s move to St. Petersburg, he took the opportunity to further his artistic studies by enrolling at the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1917, at the height of the Russian Revolution. The turmoil of the aftermath of these events prompted Serge Ivanoff, with his wife and two young children, to move permanently to Paris in 1922.
A talented portraitist, he quickly established himself in Paris and soon had the celebrities of the day commissioning him to paint their portraits, including Pope Pius XI, the dancer and choreographer Serge Lifar, poet Paul Valery, composer Arthur Honegger, and many notable Russian exiles now making their home in Paris. Between 1930 - 1950, he also regularly provided illustrations for the French journal L’Illustration, and painted a series of luminous and lyrical nudes.
In 1950 Serge Ivanoff moved to the U.S.A., again specialising in portraiture, including Eleanor Roosevelt and the diplomat Jefferson Caffery amongst his subjects. However by the 1960’s he had returned to Paris where he continued to exhibit regularly at the Salon des Indépendants, receiving a Gold Medal from the Minister of Cultural Affairs, André Malraux, in 1966.
Serge Ivanoff died in Paris in 1983.
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MICHELLE BENNETT OATES

October 17, 2014, 5:01 am
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MICHELLE BENNETT OATES
Bennett Oates was born in London in 1928.  He has a broad interest in painting and examples of his portraiture, landscape and animal paintings can be found in many private collections, but it is his flower paintings that have made his reputation.

Now acknowledged as one of the finest artists working in this genre in the world, his draughtsmanship and technique bears comparison with the best of the Dutch School.  But, it is his use of the gentler English hues where strong colours are used `jewel-like' in conjunction with white and pastel shades that produce the subtle quality and restrained taste that make his paintings unique.

Those knowledgeable in the English school will notice the influence of Gerald Cooper with whom he studied, after leaving Grammar School, at Wimbledon College of Art.  At the age of 15 his first flower painting was accepted at the Royal Academy and he then went on to win a scholarship to the Royal College of Art.

It is coincidental that in Great Britain live four or five of the greatest flower painters in the whole of the world painting in a traditional manner in the mid 20th  Century.  Gerald Cooper became especially well known painting flowers with a direct influence from the finest of the Dutch School of the 18th and 17th Centuries.  Cooper was world famous in his lifetime with his contemporaries Cecil Kennedy and Harold Clayton.  However, Cooper perhaps became the best known of them all though exhibiting year on year in the Royal Academy often “on the line” and either side of the Royal portrait of the year.

He had an association with E Stacy-Marks Limited that stood some 35-40 years but it was only on the death of Gerald Cooper that Bennett Oates approached E Stacy-Marks Limited having not painted for several years professionally.  Bennett Oates had left College and gone into the world of Commerce and for some 20 years had only painted occasionally as a hobby.  In about 1970 he began to be unsettled in his world of commerce and approached E Stacy-Marks Limited to take on his work but because he was lacking in practice at this juncture he was very nearly refused.  However, he persisted selling his very early works through the company for £150 each.  He then managed to take a two year sabbatical from his normal job and went back to work in earnest and during that time improved dramatically and soon began to establish himself as one of the world’s finest traditional flower painters.  At his height he was probably able to paint some 15 paintings a year.  However, his output has now reduced considerably but he has still managed the quality and beauty of his work.  It should be noted that his entire life’s output in flower paintings will almost certainly be less than 400 works.  Bennett Oates believes that anything worthwhile in art is founded in craftsmanship and a thorough grasp of technique and striving for hits should be for absolute objectivity.   Only with the use of this language can the artist express his magic in his particular medium.

With this in mind, his daughter Michelle Bennett Oates was apprenticed to her father and is now working professionally in the Norfolk Fens as a wildlife artist
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BRUEGEL, THE FATHER AND SON 1568-1625 1601-1678

October 17, 2014, 6:46 am
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FLEMISH PAINTERS BRUEGHEL (BRUEGEL, THE FATHER AND SON 1568-1625 1601-1678)
Jan Brueghel the Velvet (Senior, Flower) (niderl. Jan Bruegel, 1568, Brussels - 13 January 1625, Antwerp) - famous yuzhnoniderlandsky (Flemish), the artist and the son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Jan Brueghel the Younger (niderl. Jan Bruegel de Jonge, September 13, 1601 - September 1, 1678) - Dutch (Flemish) artist representative yuzhnoniderlandskoy (Flemish) painters Brueghel dynasty, the grandson of Pieter Brueghel the Elder (peasant).
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RUDOLPH CARL GORMAN (USA, 1937

October 27, 2014, 11:15 am
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THE HUMAN HEART - A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. ARTIST RUDOLPH CARL GORMAN (USA, 1937) AND A BIT OF WISDOM FROM LYUBVNOY OSHO

Rudolph Carl Gorman - Navajo Indian people. Born in 1937 in a family of artists. My father taught painting may therefore Rudolf painted since childhood - from 3 years. Painted everywhere - on the sand, dirt, scratching on the rocks comprehensible only to him pictures. By the way, the painting on the sand is one of the elements of traditional Navajo culture. Their first "sculpture" he sculpted from natural clay, since clay future artist in childhood is not seen. Big role in his upbringing belongs grandmother who enthusiastically talked about his roots, the ancestors, bright colors to paint the legends of his tribe. The boy has a slim susceptibility felt good nature. The main occupation of the Navajo pastoralism is so very young, he went into the valley and herded sheep. High sky, flowers, grass, silence fills his soul with a special state of peace, happiness and harmony. He liked to reminisce about childhood years and this sweet feeling of freedom overwhelms him at the time. Then study, service in the Navy, again studying at the university, but the specialty. In 1958 he won a scholarship to study, outside the United States and went to study at the College of Art in Mexico City. Relationship with known Mexican artist noticeably influenced his work.

His paintings are colorful and symbolic, and favorite topic - women. Female characters in his paintings are special. He humorously says that "women are better filled with large leaf", and he is not a fan of the ideal woman, they do not happen. Perfect female characters exist only on the covers of glossy magazines. His "big women" are gentle, graceful. Flowing lines and smooth, really fascinating. And though the paintings resonate in their stories and felt that many of them - fashion (original paintings sold out immediately), but I want to see his paintings. Women in traditional costumes, shawls, jugs, flowers, starry sky, the birds - everything is lush, beautiful, warm and even sublime.

Since 1970, it became known not only in the US but also abroad. Rudolph Carl Gorman, being a famous artist of drawing and painting, sculptor, became the face of Indian contemporary art. He was called the "Indian Picasso" or "Picasso of the Navajo." In 37 years, he opened the world's first Indian art gallery. The artist had over twenty solo exhibitions, and a day of 1986 in San Francisco became the Day of Gorman. Life Rudolph Carl Gorman, his work served as a model for many talented Indians. He went from working with oil, acrylic and pastels with a lithograph, ceramics and sculpture. His image of a woman - chaste, feminine - you can see on the jugs and vases.

Female images Gorman are in the collections of many museums in the world and in private collections (Gregory Peck, Schwarzenegger, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Andy Warhol). By the way, Andy Warhol (iconic persona of Modern Art), even made his portrait.

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DOUGLAS FRASQUETTI

October 29, 2014, 4:04 am
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SERGEY PANIN ANATOLEVICH.NATYURMORTY WITH FLOWERS

November 4, 2014, 12:32 am
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Eric Bowman

November 13, 2014, 6:22 am
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Eric Bowman
Award winning painter Eric Bowman began his career as a commercial artist in southern California creating original oil paintings for such high profile clients as Coppertone, Nike, GTE, Hallmark, Kellogg's, Nabisco, Southwest Airlines and the Kentucky Derby.

His work has also adorned the covers of TIME magazine and The Saturday Evening Post, along with numerous books, music CD’s and other popular periodicals. His original oil paintings reside in many private and corporate collections including the offices of Major League Baseball, the NBA and the United States Postal Service.

As a fine art painter, Eric has garnered many awards in juried competitions, showing in national & regional exhibitions in some of the country's most prestigious galleries. His paintings are in collections around the world, including England, Australia, Canada and Mexico.

Eric Bowman is an artist member of the Oil Painters of America, a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society and artist member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. He lives with his wife and daughter in Tigard, Oregon.
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Ilona Tigges - Götze

November 13, 2014, 8:17 am
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Ilona Tigges - Götze,
My name is Ilona Tigges - Goetze, was born in 1959, married, live and work in the beautiful Attendorn -. Sauerland / NRW I took 2009 art classes in Berlin and in the USA at Gary & Kathwren Jenkins. Both impressed me in Jenkins Art Studio in Nevada (now Arizona) with their art technology. enabled me to continue my work in the Floral - reinforce abstract and experimental oil painting. Due to my two mentors I received in 2010 in Carson City - Nevada - United States in an extended special training in JENKINS ART STUDIO the MASTER certificate. since I am officially authorized as J-CMT (Jenkins Certified Master Teacher) to give seminars and to teach students in his art! 2012 I started another training in portrait art in California and successfully. I the fun with the best Lehrerinen from California to learn. A special -. Seminar in portrait technique taught me Mary Carole all the basic knowledge in this very special technique , the cumulative knowledge of Mary Carole me and my goals in portrait art further brought a big step, and for me was a long awaited dream come true! Please note: all art is copyright protected and may not be downloaded for any purpose except by permission of the artist. Continued 
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RIDDLE OF THE EAST ... KONSTANTIN RAZUMOV

November 20, 2014, 1:38 am
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Andrew Hutchinson

September 7, 2014, 3:26 am
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Andrew Hutchinson
Yorkshire born artist Andrew Hutchinson is a wildlife artist and naturalist who uses his skill as a painter to bring to the attention of a wider audience the beauty of the natural world around him.  Taking as much delight in portraying the decay of rust or peeling paint as in the birds and animals he loves so much, his attention to fine detail has won him a wide and loyal following.
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Bruno Vallino, 1949 ~ Plein Air painter

December 7, 2014, 4:26 am
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Bruno Vallino, 1949 ~ Plein Air painter
talian painter Bruno Vallino was born in Locana Canavese on 18th May 1949. He lives and works in San Germano Chisone, (TO) Italy
He lost his father while still a child and his family were compelled lo move to Pinerolo (Piedmont). Here Bruno attendees the local boarding school where he remained for nine years. "I was in third year - he says - when the painter Beretta did Vigone was called on to restore the Chapel. His art enchanted me and I spent all my spare lime watching him and dreaming. How I would like to he like that painter, I thought. The passion for air had been lit within me and when the following year there was a regional drawing competition for the elementary school l took part in it with great excitement. We were asked to illustrate an episode from the book "Cuor
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I drew the story of the Sardinian Tambourine and then anxiously waited for the result. When at last discovered that they had chosen my drawing, I felt like one of the "greats". And so this was my artistic beginning. Unfortunately as very often happens in life. The need to make a living meant he had to choose an education that would offer him the chance of a job and as Bruno could not afford to go to art school he entrolled at a technical college. The drawing teacher, however, noticed him and taught him the elementary techniques of drawing and painting and encouraged him to enrol at the Academia Artistic (Art Academy). On leaving school, Bruno finds a job as an apprentice decorator while his heart and soul are bound to painting. So in his spare time he refines his art. Initially he copies postcards, and then he reproduces the great master such as Degas, Pissarro, Monet and Van Gogh.
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Time passes and our young artist must do his military conscription. Yet even in the rough barracks he makes a name for himself and obtains permission, along with some of his mates, to paint a mural in the officer's mess. Having successfully achieved it, he is now convinced that he must take up art. Once he receives his release papers he succeeds in organising two shows in San Germano. His mother, a fervent admirer and wise counsellor, encourages him to paint new themes such as landscapes and still life. These are received well by critics. Following his marriage in 1974 his productivity slackens. "For lack of space" he says. But then he moves back to San Germano and he is once again painting with great verve thanks also to the advice of the painter Guj Rìvoir, who opens up new perspectives. This friendship brings about a series of pictures that range from the abstract to the realistic. In the meantime a group of artiste has been set up in Villar Perosa. Called 'Villar Arte' Bruno joins them.
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Still life by Violetta Pechenkina

December 14, 2014, 8:31 am
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RIMA VJUGOVEY. STILL LIFES.

December 18, 2014, 4:50 am
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RIMA VJUGOVEY. STILL LIFES.
The Russian painter  Римма Вьюгова was born in Izhevsk in 1962. She graduated from art school and later enrolled at the Moscow Art-Kalinin School at the department of painting, where he studied the basics of painting and iconography. After that he returned to Izhevsk where he works as a teacher of painting. In the 90 years the artist has been invited to the annual art exhibitions in France, where artists have come together from all over the world.

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Bradley Jackson

December 18, 2014, 6:27 am
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Artist
The acrylic paintings by artist Bradley Jackson can brighten any room. Whether it is a painting of his nostalgic reminiscence of time past, a portrait of songbirds or an idyllic day of wandering in the beauty of a nature scene, his paintings are bright and airy, filled with lush colors.
Now one of the most popular wildlife artist in the US, Brad grew up in the woods of Northern Maine on the banks of the St. John River where he developed his deep affection and love of nature and wildlife. It is this influence that continues to be evident in his paintings to this day.
Known for his realistic approach, exactness for detail and a feeling for the actual essence of life, he uses acrylic paints in a unique application to capture the very heart of nature. Using the smooth surface of an illustration board, he begins laying in his background colors with a watered down acrylic and airbrush. His backgrounds tend toward the soft focus: detailed, yet soft and shimmering. By using full strength acrylic paint he creates a sharp detailed subject. Through this technique, Brad achieves a photo-realistic portrayal. Brad explains,
"I have tried to transcend the materials used and the surface worked on to create as much depth and space relationship as possible. If it looks like a photograph, so be it. I enjoy creating an impressionistic background with a very detailed and realistic subject."
Brad's paintings have a loyal and growing audience because they celebrate the spirit of nature and bring back memories of bygone days. The wilderness, the wonders of nature, and wildlife hold a great fascination for him. The quality of ever-changing seasons create an unending source of inspiration that beckons his heart and hand.
His works are included in many private collections throughout the world and he has exhibited in such prestigious art shows such as: the National Wildlife Art Exhibition in Kansas City, KS; the Wildlife Festival in Tulsa, OK, Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Charleston, SC, the Michigan Wildlife Art Festival in Southfield, MI, and the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, MD.
His work can be purchased at the Painted Pony Restaurant, Bethlehem, CT or by appointment in his studio in Weathersfield, VT. Brad's art is published by MBJ Fine Arts.
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Albert Williams/ (1922-2010 No 2

December 21, 2014, 10:34 am
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Albert Williams imij // (1922-2010  ( 2 )

Painting everyday, particularly during the season from Spring to late Autumn, Albert brings nature indoors by means of his canvas. Born in Sussex, in 1922, Albert studied at an early age under his Father and Grandfather, before attending Brighton College of Art as well as academic study in London and Paris. Originally a figurative and portrait painter, Albert has specialized in floral painting for many years. Working at all times, direct from nature, each flower becomes a portrait of an individual bloom that is incorporated into a floral composition
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JOHAN LAURENTZ JENSEN ...CLASSIC STILL LIFE FLORAL FRUITY ...Danish artist

December 23, 2014, 8:07 am
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Bruno Vallino, 1949 ~ Plein Air painter

December 26, 2014, 4:52 am
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Bruno Vallino, 1949 ~ Plein Air painter
talian painter Bruno Vallino was born in Locana Canavese on 18th May 1949. He lives and works in San Germano Chisone, (TO) Italy
He lost his father while still a child and his family were compelled lo move to Pinerolo (Piedmont). Here Bruno attendees the local boarding school where he remained for nine years. "I was in third year - he says - when the painter Beretta did Vigone was called on to restore the Chapel. His art enchanted me and I spent all my spare lime watching him and dreaming. How I would like to he like that painter, I thought. The passion for air had been lit within me and when the following year there was a regional drawing competition for the elementary school l took part in it with great excitement. We were asked to illustrate an episode from the book "Cuor
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I drew the story of the Sardinian Tambourine and then anxiously waited for the result. When at last discovered that they had chosen my drawing, I felt like one of the "greats". And so this was my artistic beginning. Unfortunately as very often happens in life. The need to make a living meant he had to choose an education that would offer him the chance of a job and as Bruno could not afford to go to art school he entrolled at a technical college. The drawing teacher, however, noticed him and taught him the elementary techniques of drawing and painting and encouraged him to enrol at the Academia Artistic (Art Academy). On leaving school, Bruno finds a job as an apprentice decorator while his heart and soul are bound to painting. So in his spare time he refines his art. Initially he copies postcards, and then he reproduces the great master such as Degas, Pissarro, Monet and Van Gogh.
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Time passes and our young artist must do his military conscription. Yet even in the rough barracks he makes a name for himself and obtains permission, along with some of his mates, to paint a mural in the officer's mess. Having successfully achieved it, he is now convinced that he must take up art. Once he receives his release papers he succeeds in organising two shows in San Germano. His mother, a fervent admirer and wise counsellor, encourages him to paint new themes such as landscapes and still life. These are received well by critics. Following his marriage in 1974 his productivity slackens. "For lack of space" he says. But then he moves back to San Germano and he is once again painting with great verve thanks also to the advice of the painter Guj Rìvoir, who opens up new perspectives. This friendship brings about a series of pictures that range from the abstract to the realistic. In the meantime a group of artiste has been set up in Villar Perosa. Called 'Villar Arte' Bruno joins them.
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Igor Belkovsky

January 3, 2015, 9:14 am
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Igor Belkovsky
About the artist
Igor Vladimirovich Belkovsky is a member of Painters Creative Union of Russia and International Painters Confederation. He was born in 1962 in Chelyabinsk city in the family of Vladimir Belkovsky, a famous photo artist.
In 1981 he graduated Chelyabinsk Higher School of Arts and after that he taught at an art school for three years.
In 1985 Igor entered Moscow Surikov State Institute of Arts where he studied by Professor V. N. Zabelin.
After successful graduation of the Institute in 1991 the painter during three years collaborated with ARKA Moscow picture-gallery which helped the young painter to get ahead and devote himself to creative work.
In 1996 in the Central Painter House the first personal art exhibition of Igor Belkovsky successfully took place, in 1997 the second one where the paintings devoted mainly to family subjects were presented.
In 1997 under Vladimir Vinokur encouragement the painter began the work on the Project “Russian Stars of Variety Art, Theatre and Television in their Domestic Surroundings”.
Within four years over 25 VIP portraits were created of such famous people as I. Kobson, V. Vinokur, L. Leshchenko, L. Yakubovich, I. Krutoi, A. Shirvindt etc. Still in the course of its creation this Project entered the Russian edition “Book of the Planet Records 2000”.
The Art Exhibition “Russian Stars” was presented in the Central Painter House in 2001 and in 2002 in Russian Federation Gosudarstvennaya Duma building and caused a great interest of the press and visitors. After these exhibitions “Persons” prestigious journal numbered the painter among Russian idols 2002.
At present I. Belkovsky with the support of Moscow Government works at the picturesque Project “Muscovites – the Pride of Russia”, the great attention in which is devoted to making portraits of outstanding theatre and cinema actors and producers of the older generation.

Igor Belkovsky paintings are in art galleries and private collections of 17 countries of the world – the USA, France, Great Britain, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy etc. And in I. Kobson and V. Vinokur private collections there are portraits of all members of their families made by Igor Belkovsky.
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