Stephen J Darbishire is an English painter best known for his Lakeland landscapes, interiors, picnic scenes, and nudes. Darbishire was privately taught by his neighbor, artist Judith Da Fano. Stephen later received a scholarship from the Byam Shaw School of Art under Greenham and Garrard. Born in 1940, Darbishire initially dabbled in popular music until …
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Loren MacIver was an American painter and is the first female featured in the permanent collection of the Musem of Modern Art. Known for her dream-like creations of city views, half-abstract landscapes, and up-close views of natural forms, Loren was born on the 2nd of February, 1909 in New York. MacIver a self-taught painter who …
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Rob Scotton is one of England’s leading children’s book author and illustrator known for creating the popular characters “Splat the Cat” and Russell the Sheep”. Scotton is a Leicester Polytechnic honors graduate. Besides Rob’s children’s books and illustrations, he is also a commercial illustrator and graphic designer. Scotton’s work can also be seen on ceramics, …
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Kay Nielsen was a Danish painter whose work embodied the ornamental style of Art Nouveau. Nielsen was best known for creating the “Night on Bald Mountain” and “Ave Maria” scenes in the 1940 iconic Walt Disney classic animated film, Fantasia. Born on the 12th of March, 1886 to parents who were both in the performing …
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Ramon Vilanova is a Spanish painter who is known for countryside Plein Air paintings of Catalonia, Majorca, and Minorca. Being a self-taught painter, Vilanova began studying on his own when his aunt gifted him with a box of paints and an instruction book at the age of 16. Since Ramon’s first exhibition in 1973, his …
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Ada Florek is a Polish artist best known for watercolors that finds beauty in everyday items and ordinary places. Florek studied at the College of Fine Arts in Krosno where she received her diploma in sculpture. Ada also went to Cracow’s Jagiellonian University to study art history. Born in 1976, it was only in 2006 …
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Lucien Delarue was a French painter known for his still-life paintings and watercolors of Paris’s romantic cityscapes. Delarue studied at the Grande Chaumiere studios under maitre Yves Brayer. Born on the November 10th, 1925, Lucien participated in exhibitions early on and received medals for his creations. Delarue received first prize as well as the Vermeil-Medaille …
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Lauren A. Mills is a nationally-acclaimed American painter and sculptor but is is best known as a more-than-two-decades long children’s book illustrator and author. Lauren is an academically trained artist who received the first Master of Arts degree in Illustration from the California State system. Art schools she has attended from 1976 to 2010 include …
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Omar Rayyan is a Jordanian-born artist who is primarily known for his children’s book illustrations of fantasy, fairy tales, and folklore. Initially, Rayyan was taught by Suenteus Po, a Tibetan/Persian collage artist. Eventually, Omar graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1990 with a BFA in illustration. Since then, Rayyan has produced illustrations …
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Jean-Claude Picot was a French painter known for using strong colors to portray everyday objects and scenes with his own “joie de vivre” (enjoyment of life) sensibility. Picot studied the artworks of fellow French artists and Fauvist painters Maurice de Vlaminck, André Derain, and Henri Matisse. All of their creations prioritized the use of distinct …
