Walter Crane was an English book illustrator and artist best known for his colorful children’s nursery motifs that later influenced similar works within the genre. Crane trained under the artist John Ruskin and William James Linton – the head of one of England’s exemplary printing and engraving companies, from 1859 to 62. Born in Liverpool …
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Aya Kato is a Japanese artist and illustrator best known for her Manga-inspired creations about love and passion created in a surreal fashion. Kato studied Visual Art Education and Graphic Design at the Aichi University of Education. Born in 1982, she has created commercial artwork for companies such as Microsoft WindowsXP, Hitachi, and for singer …
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Cao Yong is a Chinese artist best known for his depictions of Tibet. Born in 1962 in China during the Cultural Revolution, Yong started working at age 5 carrying baskets of gravel to a construction site. When Yong was 11 years old, he studied art with noted Beijing artist, Yu Ren. Eventually, Cao Yong graduated …
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Patrizia Comand is an Italian artist best known for her visionary and fantasy-filled paintings. After attending courses taught by G. Usellini, G. Ballo, G. Marchese, and Ilario Rossi, Comand graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 1972. Born in Corbetta in 1949, Comand held her first exhibition in 1974. Comand’s creations have since …
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George Clare was a British painter who is best known for showing nature’s beauty in exquisite detail. It is unclear where Clare’s artistic skills were forged, however he was very much influenced by William Hunt specifically in the delicate stippling technique he used to give life to nature in his paintings. Clare had two artist …
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Oliver Clare was a British painter who was best known for precise and highly finished details of flowers and still life paintings. Born in 1853 in Birmingham, his father was George Clare – the equally renowned still-life artist. Oliver’s artistic training is unknown but many surmise that he was mainly influenced by his father’s works, …
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Valerie Maugeri is best known for her colorful paintings creatively combined with collages. Born in 1967 in Paris, Maugeri is a self-taught artist whose bright artworks are produced in her Essonne studio. Maugeri started exhibiting her luminous creations in 2001 in various galleries. Valerie’s most recent exhibition was held at France’s Abbey of Saint Sever …
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Elena Vedernikova is a Russian cold batik artist best known for her bright and bold feminine figures. Vedernikova is a graduate of Udmurt State University in Izhevsk, Russia’s visual arts department in 1994. Born in Glazov, Russia in 1972, Elena has been producing batik art for thirteen years. Vedernikova’s creations are currently in private collections …
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Gaston La Touche was a French classical painter and illustrator best known for the idealism he featured in his paintings where a universe of nymphs, fireworks, parks, and fountains abound in luminous colours and light. La Touche learned from a Monsieur Paul when he was 10 years old and later from Felix Bracquemond and Edouard …
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Louis Icart was a French painter best known for painting glamorous and erotic women. He studied painting, printmaking, and drawing in 1907 when he moved to Paris. Born on the 9th of December , 1888, in Toulouse, Icart was a popular figure during the Art Deco period during the 1920s and 1930s. He passed away …
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