Between feelings and affections: a journey through the artistic meanders of Jesus Emmanuel Villarreal

Sunday Morning by Jesus Emmanuel Villarreal.  Oil on panel, 32x24”.  Konrad Lorenz had demonstrated in his ethology studies that imprinting is the first form of learning through which we acquire behaviours, knowledge, skills and values, not known, in the early stages of life. Lorenz's theories have undoubtedly proved to be true for Jesus Emmanuel Villarreal who saw his father, a self-taught artist and musician, paint his canvases and play his ...

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Face to REALISM LIVE: the art of Joshua LaRock, between classicism and contemporaneity.

As was to be expected, given the high number of cases of contagion from COVID 19 in America, FACE-Fine Arts Convention and Expo 2020, now in its fourth edition, will not be done in order to protect the health of participants. Instead, however, "Realism Live" will come to life, another great event, this time online, organized by the same founders of FACE: Eric Rhoads and Peter Trippi, which will be ...

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The exaltation of nature by Giovanni Segantini.

Giovanni Segantini, 1858-1899, was a great Italian painter capable of revealing new artistic sensations that contributed to make his character a legend: he was in fact able to transform the negative events of his life into works of art. Born in Trentino Segantini was orphaned by his mother at the age of 7 and lost his father the following year.  He lived his childhood in poverty and loneliness with great ...

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The art of Dino Valls: the subconscious extrapolations between medicine and the art of the past.

The Byzantine icons recall the works of art of the Spanish artist Dino Valls. Born in Zaragoza in 1956, Dino Valls graduated in medicine and surgery and has been living and working as an artist in Madrid since 1988. IBEX Master and singular artist, Dino Valls has been able to combine the anatomical knowledge of medicine with the art of the past merging them in a splendid form of contemporary ...

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The oranges of Atomik between street art and social protest.

Wandering the streets of Miami, it's easy to come across the smiling orange that pops up all over the streets of the city. These are Atomik's works and they are everywhere: on walls, on bins, on light poles.  Atomik, Adam's stage name (the surname is still unknown to the public) says: "100% Miami".  He was born and raised in Miami where he developed a love for street art many years ago ...

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Newell Convers Wyeth between western painting, literature and illustration stration.

American realist artist and illustrator, Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), was one of America's greatest illustrators whose illustrations were designed to be quickly understood, created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books, 25 of which were for the Simon & Schuster Scribner Illustrated Classic. Born in Needham, Massachusetts, his grandparents and parents came from Switzerland where his mother met great men of letters and raised his son with a particular interest in ...

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The art of Riccardo Franzoni, a tribute to the greats of the past between oil painting, decorations and strappi d’affresco.

Riccardo Franzoni is an Italian artist originally from Brescia who has made his childhood passion his life's work and whose passion has increased exponentially thanks to the knowledge he acquired during his formative and cultural growth. After brilliantly completing his high school diploma at the Caravaggio Art Institute in Brescia, obtaining a diploma as a master of art in pictorial decoration and later in applied art, Franzoni perfected his painting technique ...

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Hector Prado’s Contemporary Fantastic Realism between vigorous brushstrokes and colors.

Artist with exuberant colors Hector Prado is an established graphic designer who has realized the dream of becoming a visual artist.  Born and raised in Cali, Colombia, Hector Prado lives and works in Miami where his works are appreciated by collectors around the world.  After studying Graphic Design in Panama, he made his debuted as a digital graphic designer, he was also art director and multimedia creative for multiple national and ...

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Face to FACE with Graydon Parrish’s figurative realism between classicism and contemporaneity.

It is a mix of classic realism and contemporary realism the art of Graydon Parrish, American artist who will be among the great protagonists of FACE- Fine Art Convention and Expo, 2020, now in its fourth edition and which will take place this year in Baltimore from October 29th to November 1st. Thanks to the imprinting given to him by his parents, collectors of nineteenth-century American and European art, Graydon had ...

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Rosalba Carriera: the artist who made pastel a technique in all respects.

Venetian Rococo painter  Rosalba Carriera was an Italian artist, known both for her pastel portraits and for the miniatures on snuff boxes, for which she was the first to use ivory instead of parchment. Born in a house on the Grand Canal in Venice, from a mother who worked as a lacemaker, Rosalba learned very early on the technique, the delicacy and mastery with which she worked lace, which made ...

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