Lluís Rizzo Rey was born in Barcelona in 1959, 15 minutes after his twin brother Josep. He had the good luck of growing up with his parents, parental grandparents, brother and five sisters, in an environment that was humble but full of fascination for culture. Since he was seven years old, Lluís already exhibited a passion for art, and he was drawing every minute he could, whenever he did not need to study.
Nude | Contemporary art
The depiction of nudity in art has a long history, dating back to ancient times where it often symbolized fertility and was associated with religious beliefs. Ancient Greece particularly embraced the nude as a symbol of ideal beauty. Nudity is not meaningless nor does it always mean the same thing. The nude figure in art has generally reflected, with few exceptions, social standards of aesthetics as well as morality of the certain time period. While nudity in art can be associated with eroticism, it has also reflected social and moral standards of the time. Erotic art has existed in various forms across civilizations, with some cultures incorporating it into spiritual beliefs and others reflecting cultural practices. See also subcategory: sensual art and erotic art.
Alexander Shubin is a Russian-Canadian artist who presently resides and paints in his art-studio in Ottawa, Canada. Alexander expresses his creative mind using a unique style and techniques which he has developed living and painting in Europe, but he is always in search for a new and original manner to express himself in art. In his works Alex often uses contemporary and surreal ideas and combines them with his extraordinary style.
Anna Marinova, Born in 1983 in St.Petersburg, lives and works in St.Petersburg, Russia. In 2010 she graduated from the I.Y.Repin University of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 2008 she was awarded with the medal of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts for academic achievements.
Aydemir was born in 1979 in a small city in a southern part of Russia. His father Seyfulla Saidov, was an award-winning artist, member of the prestigious Union of Russian Artists, and leader of the local art community. His father attempted to ignite interest in art in his children, and encouraged any creative activities they wanted to be engaged in. From the beginning Aydemir proved that he is the son of his famous father, and at age three, painted a green goat that is still in the family archives as one of the most important items, together with his father’s medals and accommodations.
Konstantin Razumov was born in 1974, in the city of Zarinsk, Russia. He creates his paintings by combining the styles of realism and impressionism: he paints the details of the “portrait” realistically, but the background of the paintings is characteristic of impressionism.
Pascal Chôve was born in 1963. He studied painting at the applied arts school Ecole des Arts Appliques Duperre in Paris, and graduated from the Ecole des Arts Appliques with Diploma in sculpture. At the start of his career, he used to work mainly with wood since he did not like canvas, finding it too soft and unsuited to scratch, scrape or groove his pictures and, in terms of outline and finish, he always wanted to break away from over-traditional and over-defined painting.
Omar Ortiz was born in 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico where he still lives. Since he was a boy he has been interested in drawing and illustration. He studied for a degree in Graphic Design, where he learned different techniques such as hand drawing, pastels, charcoal, water colors, acrylics and airbrushing.
Established German contemporary artist, Willi Kissmer ( Dec.24th, 1951 – July 27th, 2018) is best known for his beautiful REALIST depictions of female bodies in paintings and graphic prints (primarily, lithographs). This musician and artist trained at the Folkwangscule, University of Essen and has later taught printmaking at the University of Duisberg. The artist generally uses combinations of etching, aquatint, drypoint and mezzotint techniques on his copperplates.
Born in 1971 in the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Talantbek Chekirov is a master of figurative design and his paintings express the beauty of the female form.