Majestic and diverse Russian painting always delights viewers with its inconstancy and perfection of artistic forms. This is a feature of the works of famous art masters. They always surprised us with their extraordinary approach to work, their reverent attitude towards the feelings and sensations of each person. Perhaps this is why Russian artists so often depicted portrait compositions that vividly combined emotional images and epically calm motifs. No wonder Maxim Gorky once said that an artist is the heart of his country, the voice of an entire era. Indeed, the majestic and elegant paintings of Russian artists vividly convey the inspiration of their time. Similar to the aspirations of the famous author Anton Chekhov, many sought to bring into Russian paintings the unique flavor of their people, as well as an unquenchable dream of beauty. It is difficult to underestimate the extraordinary paintings of these masters of majestic art, because truly extraordinary works of various genres were born under their brushes. Academic painting, portrait, historical painting, landscape, works of romanticism, modernism or symbolism - all of them still bring joy and inspiration to their viewers. Everyone finds in them something more than colorful colors, graceful lines and inimitable genres of world art. Perhaps such an abundance of forms and images with which Russian painting surprises is connected with the enormous potential of the artists’ surrounding world. Levitan also said that every note of lush nature contains a majestic and extraordinary palette of colors. With such a beginning, a magnificent expanse appears for the artist’s brush. Therefore, all Russian paintings are distinguished by their exquisite severity and attractive beauty, which is so difficult to tear yourself away from.

Russian painting is rightfully distinguished from world art. The fact is that until the seventeenth century, Russian painting was associated exclusively with religious themes. The situation changed with the coming to power of the reforming tsar, Peter the Great. Thanks to his reforms, Russian masters began to engage in secular painting, and icon painting separated as a separate direction. The seventeenth century is the time of such artists as Simon Ushakov and Joseph Vladimirov. Then, in the Russian art world, portraiture arose and quickly became popular. In the eighteenth century, the first artists appeared who moved from portraiture to landscape painting. The artists’ pronounced sympathy for winter panoramas is noticeable. The eighteenth century was also remembered for the emergence of everyday painting. In the nineteenth century, three movements gained popularity in Russia: romanticism, realism and classicism. As before, Russian artists continued to turn to the portrait genre. It was then that the world-famous portraits and self-portraits of O. Kiprensky and V. Tropinin appeared. In the second half of the nineteenth century, artists increasingly depicted the common Russian people in their oppressed state. Realism becomes the central movement of painting of this period. It was then that the Itinerant artists appeared, depicting only real, real life. Well, the twentieth century is, of course, the avant-garde. The artists of that time significantly influenced both their followers in Russia and throughout the world. Their paintings became the forerunners of abstract art. Russian painting is a huge wonderful world of talented artists who have glorified Russia with their creations.

The art of modern painting is works created currently or in the recent past. A certain number of years will pass, and these paintings will become part of history. Works of painting created from the 60s of the last century to the present day reflect several trends in modern art that can be classified as postmodernism. During Art Nouveau times, the work of painters was more widely represented, and in the 70s of the twentieth century there was a change in the social orientation of the art of painting.

Contemporary art

Artists of modern painting primarily represent new trends in fine art. In cultural terminology, there is the concept of “contemporary art”, which in some way correlates with the concept of “contemporary painting”. By contemporary art, artists most often mean innovation, when the painter turns to cutting-edge themes, regardless of their focus. The picture can be painted in and depict any industrial enterprise. Or on the canvas there is a landscape landscape with a wheat field, meadow, forest, but at the same time a combine harvester will certainly be drawn in the distance. The style of modern painting assumes a social orientation of the picture. At the same time, landscapes by contemporary artists without social overtones are valued much more highly.

Choosing a direction

Since the late 90s, artists of modern painting have abandoned industrial themes and transferred their creativity into the mainstream of pure fine art. Masters of fine portrait painting, landscape subjects, and still lifes in the style of Flemish painting appeared. And gradually, true art began to appear in modern painting, in no way inferior to the paintings created by outstanding artists of the 18th and 19th centuries, and in some ways even superior to them. Today's brush masters are helped by a developed technical base and an abundance of new tools that allow them to fully reflect their plans on canvas. Thus, artists of modern painting can create to the best of their abilities. Of course, the quality of paints or brushes is important in the process of painting, but the main thing is talent.

Abstract expressionism

Modern artists adhere to painting methods that allow the use of non-geometric strokes applied in large numbers on a large canvas. Large brushes are used, sometimes paint brushes. Such painting can hardly be called art in the classical sense of the word, but abstraction is a continuation of surrealism, which appeared back in 1920 thanks to the ideas of Andre Breton and immediately found a lot of followers, such as Salvator Dali, Hans Hofmann, Adolf Gottlieb. At the same time, artists of modern painting understand expressionism in their own way. Today, this genre differs from its predecessor in the size of the canvases, which can reach three meters in length.

Pop Art

A counterbalance to abstractionism was the conceptual new avant-gardeism, which promoted aesthetic values. Modern artists began to include images of famous figures in their paintings, such as Mao Zedong or Marilyn Monroe. This art is called "pop art" - a popular, generally recognized direction in painting. Mass culture replaced abstract art and gave rise to a special type of aesthetics, which in a colorful, spectacular manner presented to the public what was on everyone’s lips, some recent events or images of well-known people in different life situations.

The founders and followers of pop art were Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Peter Blake, Roy Lichtenstein.

Photorealism

Contemporary art is multifaceted; often a new direction arises in it, combining two or more types of visual creativity. Photorealism became such a form of artist’s self-expression. This style of painting appeared in the USA in 1968. It was invented by avant-garde artist Louis Meisel, and the genre was introduced two years later, at the Whitney Museum during the exhibition “Twenty-Two Realists.”

Painting in the style of photorealism is associated with photography; the movement of the object is frozen in time. A photorealist artist collects his image, which will be captured in the painting, using photographs. From a negative or slide, the image is transferred to the canvas by projection or using a scale grid. Then a full-fledged picture is created using painting technologies.

The heyday of photorealism occurred in the mid-70s, then there was a decline in popularity, and in the early 90s the genre was revived again. Established artists worked mainly in the USA, among them there were many sculptors who also created their works using image projection. The most famous masters of painting based on photorealism are Richard Estes, Charles Bellet, Thomas Blackwell, Robert Demekis, Donald Eddy, Duane Hanson.

Photorealist artists of the younger generation - Raffaella Spence, Roberto Bernardi, Chiara Albertoni, Tony Brunelli, Olivier Romano, Bertrand Meniel, Clive Head.

Contemporary artists of Russia

• Serge Fedulov (born 1958), a native of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory. Participant of several exhibitions in Latin America and Europe. His paintings are distinguished by their realism and contrasting color combinations.
• Mikhail Golubev (born 1981), graduated from the art class of the Omsk School of Painting. Currently lives in St. Petersburg. He is distinguished by an unusual style of creativity; all his works are paintings-reflections with deep philosophical overtones.
• Dmitry Annenkov (born 1965) in Moscow. Graduated from the Stroganov Art Institute. Popular abroad, but gives preference to Russian exhibitions. Annenkov's art is realistic; the artist is a recognized master of still life.

Russian impressionists

• Alexey Chernigin, Russian impressionist artist (born 1975), is the son of the famous artist Alexander Chernigin. Studied painting and graphic design at the Nizhny Novgorod Art School. Graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod Architectural Institute with a degree in Industrial Design. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 1998. Since 2001, he has been a teacher at NGASU at the Department of Interior Design.
• Konstantin Lupanov, Krasnodar artist (born 1977). Graduated from the Industrial Academy at the State University of Culture and Arts with a degree in Monumental Painting. Participant of many art exhibitions in St. Petersburg. He is distinguished by a rare style of oil painting with swirling strokes. Lupanov's paintings are completely devoid of contrasting color combinations; the images seem to flow into one another. The artist himself calls his works “cheerful, irresponsible daub,” but there is some coquetry in this statement: the paintings are actually painted quite professionally.

Russian artists painting in nude style

• Sergei Marshennikov (born 1971), one of the most famous Russian artists of our time. Graduated from the Ufa College of Arts. His paintings are an example of blatant realism. The works give the impression of an artistic photograph, the composition is so precise and every stroke is verified. The artist’s wife, Natalya, most often plays the role of model, and this helps him create a sensual picture.
• Vera Vasilyevna Donskaya-Khilko (born 1964), granddaughter of the famous opera singer Lavrenty Dmitrievich Donskoy. The brightest representative of modern Russian painting. He draws in the style of a plot nude. In the artist’s creative palette one can find beauties from an oriental harem and naked village girls on the river bank on the night of Ivan Kupala, a Russian bathhouse with hot women going out into the snow and swimming in an ice hole. The artist draws a lot and talentedly.

Contemporary Russian artists and their work are of increasing interest to connoisseurs of fine arts around the world.

Contemporary painting as world art

Currently, visual creativity has taken forms different from those that were in demand in the 18th and 19th centuries. Contemporary artists of the world turned to the avant-garde in a narrower interpretation, the canvases acquired sophistication and became more meaningful. Society today needs updated art; the need extends to all types of creativity, including painting. Paintings by contemporary artists, if they are made at a sufficiently high level, are sold out and become the subject of bargaining or exchange. Some paintings are included in the list of especially valuable works of art. Paintings from the past, painted by great painters, are still in demand, but contemporary artists are becoming increasingly popular. Oil, tempera, watercolor, and other paints help them in creativity and the successful implementation of their plans. Painters, as a rule, adhere to one style. This could be a landscape, portrait, battle scenes or another genre. Accordingly, the artist chooses a certain type of paint for his work.

Contemporary artists of the world

The most famous contemporary artists differ in their painting style, their brush is recognizable, sometimes you don’t even need to look at the signature at the bottom of the canvas. Famous masters of modern painting are Philip Pearlstein, Alexander Isachev, Francis Bacon, Stanislav Plutenko, Peter Blake, Freud Lucien, Michael Parkes, Guy Johnson, Eric Fischl, Nikolai Blokhin, Vasily Shulzhenko.

From June 8 to July 31, the VI International Biennale of Young Art is taking place in Moscow. More than 50 artists from all over the world under the age of 35 presented their works. But contemporary artists don’t just exhibit in galleries or museums—you can often buy their work. This is not necessarily expensive: the popularization of contemporary art has launched a process of democratization of prices, which has led to some city residents starting to include the cost of paintings in their renovation budgets. Even auction houses and art fairs, which began to exhibit works by young artists, could not ignore the interest in middle-class art. The Village asked journalist and co-owner of the Oily Oil gallery Ekaterina Polozhentseva to select works by contemporary Russian artists that are affordable both in approach and price.

Ekaterina Polozhentseva

Timofey Radya

Ekaterinburg artist Tim Radya combines philosophy and street art in his works. A philosopher by training and a true artist by nature, Tim has been nurturing the idea of ​​future work for a long time, and then implements it in the urban space with the help of his small army of friends and colleagues. Phrases that became memes, “I would hug you, but I’m just a text,” “The more light, the less you can see,” or “Who are we, where are we from, where are we going?” temporarily become part of the urban environment, but remain in Radi’s photographs forever. He sells them in galleries.

Timofey Radya. Down with death. 2013. Photo printing on matte paper. 60 x 80. Circulation 15/24. Price - 44,000 rubles. Buy - Artwin gallery

Alexey Dubinsky

Dubinsky was born in Grozny in 1985, and received a classical education at the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of Ilya Glazunov. Alexey works in the manner of abstract expressionism, behind which there is always an image of some hero - Alexey himself, his friends or a “quite happy family.” In the spring of 2018, Dubinsky had a large personal exhibition curated by Sofia Simakova at the Triumph gallery, after which Alexey’s appearance on this list was a great success: Dubinsky’s large (meter by meter) works have long since gone beyond the category of prices that are decent to mention out loud. But graphics from previous years are still available for purchase without ruining your personal or family budget.

Kirill Who

If you see eyes cut out on banners on the streets of Moscow, know that they are made by one person who really loves to walk - Kirill Lebedev. The second trademark of Who is phrases written in block letters. It often happens that each letter is drawn in a different color. Who is difficult to confuse with someone else. A couple of years ago, gallery owners Elvira Tarnogradskaya and Nadezhda Stepanova asked Kirill to transfer several works to canvas: the success of the idea was obvious. Prices for Who are rising faster than his new eyes appear in the city. But there is also an option for those who count their money - a silk-screen print signed by the author and produced in a limited edition.

Yulia Iosilzon

Yosilzon was born in Moscow in 1992. Now Julia lives in London, where she is receiving a bachelor's degree at the Slade School of Art in the Faculty of Fine Art. Staying around the clock in the student art workshop did not prevent her from holding a personal exhibition in the Moscow gallery "Triumph". She usually makes expressive works on silk stretched over a stretcher. Among the heroes of the works, the wolf and the hare from the Soviet “Well, wait a minute!” are recognizable. Iosilzon will already have to save several salaries for painting, but graphics can still be bought for little money.

Anton Totibadze

Anton Totibadze is the son of the artist Konstantin Totibadze and the nephew of the artist Georgy Totibadze. Anton continues the unspoken family tradition of painting still lifes and everyday landscapes, often inspired by barbecuing in his own yard. The St. Petersburg Russian Museum has already included one of these works by Anton Totibadze in its collection. Not bad for a 25 year old artist.

Anton Totibadze. Temporary inconvenience. 2017. Canvas, tempera. 15 x 19. Price - 25,000 rubles. Buy - OilyOil.com

Ales Nomad

Anna Asyamova was born in Kazakhstan, graduated from Kemerovo University of Arts. Her early works are ascetic portraits, when painting which she did not mix paints. Later, Ales became interested in painting and began to paint portraits in the style of old masters and transform them into backpacks or soft toys, using zippers to make the works multifunctional. Around this stage, Vladimir Dubossarsky noticed her and suggested making a joint exhibition. One of the most expensive living Russian artists, of course, influenced the cost of new works by Ales. But early works can still be bought today for up to 22 thousand rubles.

Ales Nomad. Wedding. 2013. Cardboard, acrylic, felt-tip pens. 70 x 100. Price - 22,000 RUBLES. Buy - OilyOil.com

Valery Chtak

Valery Chtak is an artist with a long exhibition history and a recognizable style. His work is always a monochrome black, white and gray palette with text. In his paintings there is little painting and many simple images as if from the wall of a nearby underground passage. A librarian by training, Chtak works a lot with the word: “All the dead are equally dead”, “Love to have fun, hate and take revenge” or “When it’s midnight in Moscow, it’s also midnight in Murmansk” - lyrics by the artist, which is also worth buying today.

Dmitry Aske

Dmitry Aske is another artist who moved from the street to the art studio. Much of Aske's work today is stacked wood panels, cut and painted by hand, which the artist assembles into panels. Among Dima's budget works, today it is worth paying attention to his silk-screen printing with hand-painting with acrylic paints. Asuka's prints are signed and numbered.

Dmitry Aske. Buddha. Silk-screen printing, acrylic, cotton paper. 50 x 50. Price - 16,000 RUBLES. Buy - format1.net

Photos: cover, 15–21 - Oily Oil, 1 - Artwin, 2 - Timofey Radya, 3–7, 12–14 - Sample, 8, 25, 26 - online gallery “Problems of white walls”, 9–11, 22–24 - Gallery Triangle, 27 - “Format One”

Levitan, Shishkin, Aivazovsky and many other names are familiar to every educated person in our country and abroad. This is our pride. There are many talented artists today. It’s just that their names are not yet so widely known to everyone.
Bright Side collected 10 contemporary Russian artists (we are sure there are many more) who will undoubtedly write their name in the classics of painting of the 21st century. Find out about them today.

Alexey Chernigin

Most of Alexey Chernigin's oil paintings on canvas capture beauty, romance and moments of true feelings. Alexey Chernigin inherited his talent and passion for art from his father, the famous Russian artist Alexander Chernigin. Every year they organize a joint exhibition in their native Nizhny Novgorod.

Konstantin Lupanov

A young and incredibly talented artist from Krasnodar calls his painting “fun, irresponsible daub.” Konstantin Lupanov writes what he loves. The main characters of his paintings are friends, acquaintances, relatives and his beloved cat Philip. The simpler the plot, the artist says, the more truthful the picture turns out.

Stanislav Plutenko

Stanislav Plutenko’s creative motto: “See the unusual and do the unusual.” The Moscow artist works in a unique technique of mixing tempera, acrylic, watercolor and the finest AirBrash glaze. Stanislav Plutenko is included in the catalog of 1000 surrealists of all times and peoples.

Nikolay Blokhin

Discover a modern Russian artist who, without any doubt, centuries later will stand on a par with the world classics of painting. Nikolai Blokhin is known primarily as a portrait painter, although he also paints landscapes, still lifes, and genre paintings. But it is in the portrait that one of the most important aspects of his talent is most clearly demonstrated.

Dmitry Annenkov

Looking at the hyper-realistic still lifes of this Russian artist, you just want to reach out and take from the canvas or touch what is drawn there. They are so alive and with soul. Artist Dmitry Annenkov lives in Moscow and works in different genres. And he is extremely talented in everything.

Vasily Shulzhenko

The work of artist Vasily Shulzhenko leaves no one indifferent. He is either loved or hated, praised for his understanding of the Russian soul and accused of hating it. His paintings depict harsh Russia, without cuts and grotesque comparisons, alcohol, debauchery and stagnation.

Arush Votsmush

Under the pseudonym Arush Votsmush hides the most talented artist from Sevastopol, Alexander Shumtsov. “There is a word called “conflict”: when you see something amazing that makes your inner wheels turn in the right direction. A good conflict, “with goosebumps” - it’s interesting. And goosebumps can come from anything: from cold water, from a holiday, from the fact that you suddenly felt something like in childhood - when you were surprised for the first time and began to play inside you... I’m not trying to prove anything to anyone with my works. First of all, I enjoy it. This is a pure drug of creativity. Or a clean life - without doping. Just a miracle."

Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky

Vinogradov and Dubossarsky are the main hooligans and scolders of modern Russian painting. The creative duo formed in the mid-90s of the twentieth century. And today he has already gained worldwide fame. It is no coincidence that the writer Viktor Pelevin designed one of his novels with illustrations from ready-made works by Dubossarsky and Vinogradov.

Mikhail Golubev

Young Russian artist Mikhail Golubev lives and works in St. Petersburg. His works are thought-paintings, fantasy-paintings and philosophical reflections. A very interesting artist with his own, but very familiar to many, view of this world.

Sergey Marshennikov

If you think that all great artists are in the past, then you have no idea how wrong you are. In this article you will learn about the most famous and talented artists of our time. And, believe me, their works will remain in your memory no less deeply than the works of maestros from past eras.

Wojciech Babski

Wojciech Babski is a contemporary Polish artist. He completed his studies at the Silesian Polytechnic Institute, but associated himself with. Lately he has been painting mainly women. Focuses on the expression of emotions, strives to obtain the greatest possible effect using simple means.

Loves color, but often uses shades of black and gray to achieve the best impression. Not afraid to experiment with different new techniques. Recently, he has been gaining increasing popularity abroad, mainly in the UK, where he successfully sells his works, which can already be found in many private collections. In addition to art, he is interested in cosmology and philosophy. Listens to jazz. Currently lives and works in Katowice.

Warren Chang

Warren Chang is a contemporary American artist. Born in 1957 and raised in Monterey, California, he graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1981, where he received a BFA. Over the next two decades, he worked as an illustrator for various companies in California and New York before embarking on a career as a professional artist in 2009.

His realistic paintings can be divided into two main categories: biographical interior paintings and paintings depicting people at work. His interest in this style of painting dates back to the work of the 16th century artist Johannes Vermeer, and extends to subjects, self-portraits, portraits of family members, friends, students, studio interiors, classrooms and homes. His goal is to create mood and emotion in his realistic paintings through the manipulation of light and the use of muted colors.

Chang became famous after switching to traditional fine arts. Over the past 12 years, he has earned numerous awards and honors, the most prestigious of which is the Master Signature from the Oil Painters of America, the largest oil painting community in the United States. Only one person out of 50 is given the opportunity to receive this award. Warren currently lives in Monterey and works in his studio, and he also teaches (known as a talented teacher) at the San Francisco Academy of Art.

Aurelio Bruni

Aurelio Bruni is an Italian artist. Born in Blair, October 15, 1955. He received a diploma in scenography from the Institute of Art in Spoleto. As an artist, he is self-taught, as he independently “built a house of knowledge” on the foundation laid in school. He began painting in oils at the age of 19. Currently lives and works in Umbria.

Bruni's early paintings are rooted in surrealism, but over time he begins to focus on the proximity of lyrical romanticism and symbolism, enhancing this combination with the exquisite sophistication and purity of his characters. Animated and inanimate objects acquire equal dignity and look almost hyper-realistic, but at the same time they do not hide behind a curtain, but allow you to see the essence of your soul. Versatility and sophistication, sensuality and loneliness, thoughtfulness and fruitfulness are the spirit of Aurelio Bruni, nourished by the splendor of art and the harmony of music.

Aleksander Balos

Alkasander Balos is a contemporary Polish artist specializing in oil painting. Born in 1970 in Gliwice, Poland, but since 1989 he has lived and worked in the USA, in Shasta, California.

As a child, he studied art under the guidance of his father Jan, a self-taught artist and sculptor, so from an early age, artistic activity received the full support of both parents. In 1989, at the age of eighteen, Balos left Poland for the United States, where his school teacher and part-time artist Cathy Gaggliardi encouraged Alkasander to enroll in art school. Balos then received a full scholarship to the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied painting with philosophy professor Harry Rozin.

After graduating in 1995 with a bachelor's degree, Balos moved to Chicago to study at the School of Fine Arts, whose methods are based on the work of Jacques-Louis David. Figurative realism and portraiture formed the majority of Balos' work in the 90s and early 2000s. Today, Balos uses the human figure to highlight the characteristics and shortcomings of human existence, without offering any solutions.

The subject compositions of his paintings are intended to be independently interpreted by the viewer, only then will the paintings acquire their true temporal and subjective meaning. In 2005, the artist moved to Northern California, since then the subject matter of his work has expanded significantly and now includes freer painting methods, including abstraction and various multimedia styles that help express ideas and ideals of existence through painting.

Alyssa Monks

Alyssa Monks is a contemporary American artist. Born in 1977, in Ridgewood, New Jersey. I began to be interested in painting when I was still a child. She studied at The New School in New York and Montclair State University, and graduated from Boston College in 1999 with a bachelor's degree. At the same time, she studied painting at the Lorenzo de' Medici Academy in Florence.

Then she continued her studies in the master's degree program at the New York Academy of Art, in the department of Figurative Art, graduating in 2001. She graduated from Fullerton College in 2006. For some time she lectured at universities and educational institutions throughout the country, teaching painting at the New York Academy of Art, as well as Montclair State University and Lyme Academy of Art College.

“Using filters such as glass, vinyl, water and steam, I distort the human body. These filters allow you to create large areas of abstract design, with islands of color peeking through - parts of the human body.

My paintings change the modern view of the already established, traditional poses and gestures of bathing women. They could tell an attentive viewer a lot about such seemingly self-evident things as the benefits of swimming, dancing, and so on. My characters press themselves against the glass of the shower window, distorting their own bodies, realizing that they thereby influence the notorious male gaze on a naked woman. Thick layers of paint are mixed to imitate glass, steam, water and flesh from afar. However, up close, the amazing physical properties of oil paint become apparent. By experimenting with layers of paint and color, I find a point where abstract brushstrokes become something else.

When I first started painting the human body, I was immediately fascinated and even obsessed with it and believed that I had to make my paintings as realistic as possible. I “professed” realism until it began to unravel and reveal contradictions in itself. I am now exploring the possibilities and potential of a style of painting where representational painting and abstraction meet – if both styles can coexist at the same moment in time, I will do so.”

Antonio Finelli

Italian artist – “ Time Observer” – Antonio Finelli was born on February 23, 1985. Currently lives and works in Italy between Rome and Campobasso. His works have been exhibited in several galleries in Italy and abroad: Rome, Florence, Novara, Genoa, Palermo, Istanbul, Ankara, New York, and can also be found in private and public collections.

Pencil drawings " Time Observer“Antonio Finelli takes us on an eternal journey through the inner world of human temporality and the associated scrupulous analysis of this world, the main element of which is the passage through time and the traces it leaves on the skin.

Finelli paints portraits of people of any age, gender and nationality, whose facial expressions indicate passage through time, and the artist also hopes to find evidence of the mercilessness of time on the bodies of his characters. Antonio defines his works with one, general title: “Self-portrait”, because in his pencil drawings he not only depicts a person, but allows the viewer to contemplate the real results of the passage of time inside a person.

Flaminia Carloni

Flaminia Carloni is a 37-year-old Italian artist, the daughter of a diplomat. She has three children. She lived in Rome for twelve years, and for three years in England and France. She received a degree in art history from the BD School of Art. Then she received a diploma as an art restorer. Before finding her calling and devoting herself entirely to painting, she worked as a journalist, colorist, designer, and actress.

Flaminia's passion for painting arose in childhood. Her main medium is oil because she loves to “coiffer la pate” and also play with the material. She recognized a similar technique in the works of artist Pascal Torua. Flaminia is inspired by great masters of painting such as Balthus, Hopper, and François Legrand, as well as various artistic movements: street art, Chinese realism, surrealism and Renaissance realism. Her favorite artist is Caravaggio. Her dream is to discover the therapeutic power of art.

Denis Chernov

Denis Chernov is a talented Ukrainian artist, born in 1978 in Sambir, Lviv region, Ukraine. After graduating from the Kharkov Art School in 1998, he remained in Kharkov, where he currently lives and works. He also studied at the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts, Department of Graphic Arts, graduating in 2004.

He regularly participates in art exhibitions; at the moment there have been more than sixty of them, both in Ukraine and abroad. Most of Denis Chernov's works are kept in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Italy, England, Spain, Greece, France, USA, Canada and Japan. Some of the works were sold at Christie's.

Denis works in a wide range of graphic and painting techniques. Pencil drawings are one of his most favorite painting methods; the list of themes in his pencil drawings is also very diverse; he paints landscapes, portraits, nudes, genre compositions, book illustrations, literary and historical reconstructions and fantasies.