31 de enero de 2013
Zhiwei Tu
Biography:
Zhiwei Tu. The experiences of childhood often exert an important influence throughout an artist's life time. Zhiwei Tu was born in a poverty-stricken mountain village in Wengyuan county, Guangdong province, China. His painting, Lunch (1984), depicting a peasant couple who were taking a lunch break by the field, probably embodies some impressions from his childhood. Among people living in remote districts (in contrast to city-dwellers), there still remains many of the old tales and legends. This is perhaps one of the reasons why Zhiwei Tu in his later career has been interested in historical events. But it is more important to note that he has been, in his art, seeking the expression of the honesty, naivety and primitive vitality inherent in the people living in these remote districts, which can be seen in whatever he depicts – in his historical paintings, and portraitures of the Tibetans, the oriental and the occidental, even in rendering of nudes. Tu received his BA and MA degrees from the Guangzhou Institute of Fine arts, and served for seven years as an art assistant professor at the same institute. Some senior professors in the institute had gone to various countries to make study of 19th and 20th century western art including Realism and French Impressionism. By learning from them, Tu laid a solid foundation in his basic skills and the use of colors. In 1987 Tu came to the U.S. to make further study of oil painting and was granted a second degree of MFA at Drake University in 1990. There he was greatly encouraged and inspired by his advisor Prof. Jules Kirschenbaum. In the process of studying contemporary American art, Tu has gradually formed his own style. His work has been exhibited many times and has won several awards including three golds and one silver medal. Collected in this album are mainly figure paintings by Tu. Most of them have been done in the last ten years [1986-1996- ed.]. Some were conceived more than fifteen years ago, however.
Zhiwei Tu. The experiences of childhood often exert an important influence throughout an artist's life time. Zhiwei Tu was born in a poverty-stricken mountain village in Wengyuan county, Guangdong province, China. His painting, Lunch (1984), depicting a peasant couple who were taking a lunch break by the field, probably embodies some impressions from his childhood. Among people living in remote districts (in contrast to city-dwellers), there still remains many of the old tales and legends. This is perhaps one of the reasons why Zhiwei Tu in his later career has been interested in historical events. But it is more important to note that he has been, in his art, seeking the expression of the honesty, naivety and primitive vitality inherent in the people living in these remote districts, which can be seen in whatever he depicts – in his historical paintings, and portraitures of the Tibetans, the oriental and the occidental, even in rendering of nudes. Tu received his BA and MA degrees from the Guangzhou Institute of Fine arts, and served for seven years as an art assistant professor at the same institute. Some senior professors in the institute had gone to various countries to make study of 19th and 20th century western art including Realism and French Impressionism. By learning from them, Tu laid a solid foundation in his basic skills and the use of colors. In 1987 Tu came to the U.S. to make further study of oil painting and was granted a second degree of MFA at Drake University in 1990. There he was greatly encouraged and inspired by his advisor Prof. Jules Kirschenbaum. In the process of studying contemporary American art, Tu has gradually formed his own style. His work has been exhibited many times and has won several awards including three golds and one silver medal. Collected in this album are mainly figure paintings by Tu. Most of them have been done in the last ten years [1986-1996- ed.]. Some were conceived more than fifteen years ago, however.
30 de enero de 2013
Artista Grant Avakyan
Biography:
Grant Avakyan was born in 1956 in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. Growing up in a country with centuries of rich history and abundant in art, he became infatuated with the arts at a very young age. From manuscripts to the carefully constructed churches and folk music, his childhood in Armenia laid the foundation and became a source of inspiration in becoming an artist. As art history was a part of his life, he learned to appreciate the importance of the past, the lessons it had to teach, and the beauty that it created. After high school in 1971 Grant was accepted to Terlemezyan College of Fine Arts in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1975 he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Art. He then attended Yerevan Institute of Art and Theater where he received his Masters Degree in 1981. For his unmatched accomplishment in art, he also received the Award of Excellence and Achievement. Unfortunately, living through the Communist regime when government controlled all art and music, it was hard for an artist to achieve total freedom of expression. But Grant’s strong ambition was not bound by these limits. His motivation drove him to find methods outside of these barriers to help him teach and advance himself into becoming an inspiring artist. Today Grant lives and creates art in Valencia, California. But his artistic talent, professionalism and unique style have captivated many art collectors and galleries in different parts of Europe and Armenia as well.
Grant Avakyan was born in 1956 in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. Growing up in a country with centuries of rich history and abundant in art, he became infatuated with the arts at a very young age. From manuscripts to the carefully constructed churches and folk music, his childhood in Armenia laid the foundation and became a source of inspiration in becoming an artist. As art history was a part of his life, he learned to appreciate the importance of the past, the lessons it had to teach, and the beauty that it created. After high school in 1971 Grant was accepted to Terlemezyan College of Fine Arts in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1975 he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Art. He then attended Yerevan Institute of Art and Theater where he received his Masters Degree in 1981. For his unmatched accomplishment in art, he also received the Award of Excellence and Achievement. Unfortunately, living through the Communist regime when government controlled all art and music, it was hard for an artist to achieve total freedom of expression. But Grant’s strong ambition was not bound by these limits. His motivation drove him to find methods outside of these barriers to help him teach and advance himself into becoming an inspiring artist. Today Grant lives and creates art in Valencia, California. But his artistic talent, professionalism and unique style have captivated many art collectors and galleries in different parts of Europe and Armenia as well.
29 de enero de 2013
Ademaro Bardelli
Biography:
Ademaro Bardelli 1934-2010. Ademaro Bardelli was born in Florence in December 22 1934. He lives and works in Tuscany and has been involved in art since 1956. He attended the Art Institute of Florence from 1949 to 1953. After military service, he travelled abroad, in Belgium, working in a coalmine in Switzerland, in France, doing all kinds of activities, such as portes, quarrier, docker, waiter etc. Back in Italy in 1956 he started his professional artistic activity. He has died on January 30th 2010, in Barberino di Mugello.
Ademaro Bardelli 1934-2010. Ademaro Bardelli was born in Florence in December 22 1934. He lives and works in Tuscany and has been involved in art since 1956. He attended the Art Institute of Florence from 1949 to 1953. After military service, he travelled abroad, in Belgium, working in a coalmine in Switzerland, in France, doing all kinds of activities, such as portes, quarrier, docker, waiter etc. Back in Italy in 1956 he started his professional artistic activity. He has died on January 30th 2010, in Barberino di Mugello.
Artista Romel de la Torre
Biography:
Romel de la Torre. Born in Cebu City, Philippines in a community of artists, Romel de la Torre's artistic interest started at a very young age. With the encouragement of his parents he began sketching the world around him. He started getting awards and recognition from school competitions and at age 10 appeared on TV after receiving a medal for his painting. In the late 70's Romel and his family migrated to the United States where he began going to museums studying and learning on his own; works of famous artists like Sargent, Sorolla, Fechin, Mucha, and the American Impressionists. The exposure to these masters' paintings laid a strong foundation to his belief of what great art is. He attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he was awarded the President's Foundation Award and the Union League Scholarship Award. After graduating with a fine arts concentration, Romel continued to paint in the Chicago area and joined The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, where he began painting with nationally renowned artist Richard Schmid and a community of other painters. It was a turning point of his creative and artistic career. "My painting is the world, channeled through my eyes, through the prism of my own feeling, emotions and preferences. It is a unity of the visual world and the internal, abstraction and realism..." the artist's says. A consummate artist in all media, Romel de la Torre is one of today's most highly regarded artists. His figures, landscape, portraits, and still life paintings display unparalleled technical skill, fluid style, and thorough understanding of light, color, form and design.
Romel de la Torre. Born in Cebu City, Philippines in a community of artists, Romel de la Torre's artistic interest started at a very young age. With the encouragement of his parents he began sketching the world around him. He started getting awards and recognition from school competitions and at age 10 appeared on TV after receiving a medal for his painting. In the late 70's Romel and his family migrated to the United States where he began going to museums studying and learning on his own; works of famous artists like Sargent, Sorolla, Fechin, Mucha, and the American Impressionists. The exposure to these masters' paintings laid a strong foundation to his belief of what great art is. He attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he was awarded the President's Foundation Award and the Union League Scholarship Award. After graduating with a fine arts concentration, Romel continued to paint in the Chicago area and joined The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, where he began painting with nationally renowned artist Richard Schmid and a community of other painters. It was a turning point of his creative and artistic career. "My painting is the world, channeled through my eyes, through the prism of my own feeling, emotions and preferences. It is a unity of the visual world and the internal, abstraction and realism..." the artist's says. A consummate artist in all media, Romel de la Torre is one of today's most highly regarded artists. His figures, landscape, portraits, and still life paintings display unparalleled technical skill, fluid style, and thorough understanding of light, color, form and design.
27 de enero de 2013
Artista Helge Jensen
Biography:
Helge Jensen. Born July 1944 in the southern part of the small Danish island Fyn (Funen). Still living on the same island, now working as an illustrator and graphic designer in a book publishing firm in Odense (birthtown of Hans Christian Andersen). Amateur photographer since 1962.
Helge Jensen. Born July 1944 in the southern part of the small Danish island Fyn (Funen). Still living on the same island, now working as an illustrator and graphic designer in a book publishing firm in Odense (birthtown of Hans Christian Andersen). Amateur photographer since 1962.
Pinturas de Marcelo Martinez Casas
Biography:
Marcelo Martínez Casàs Argentine contemporary artist is the creator of works spanning the human figure and apply creative techniques and metaphysical abstraction. This artist, with nearly forty-year career, transcended the national level with over seven hundred seventy works in the Latin American market and almost a hundred worldwide. Cultural Routes told how to feel and believe to get to complete a work that constitutes important private collections in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, USA, Spain, France, Germany, Japan.
Marcelo Martínez Casàs Argentine contemporary artist is the creator of works spanning the human figure and apply creative techniques and metaphysical abstraction. This artist, with nearly forty-year career, transcended the national level with over seven hundred seventy works in the Latin American market and almost a hundred worldwide. Cultural Routes told how to feel and believe to get to complete a work that constitutes important private collections in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, USA, Spain, France, Germany, Japan.
26 de enero de 2013
Remedios Varo
Biografìa:
Remedios Varo. (1908 - 1923). Nació el 16 de diciembre de 1908 en Anglés, provincia de Gerona, España. Fue consagrada, después de la muerte de su hermana, a la Virgen de los Remedios.
Remedios Varo. (1908 - 1923). Nació el 16 de diciembre de 1908 en Anglés, provincia de Gerona, España. Fue consagrada, después de la muerte de su hermana, a la Virgen de los Remedios.
