Andreas Achenbach (September 29, 1815 - April 1, 1910) was a German landscape painter. Born at Cassel, he began his art education in 1827 in Düsseldorf under Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow at the Düsseldorf Academy of Painting. In his early work he followed the pseudo-idealism of the German romantic school, but on removing to Munich in 1835, the stronger influence of Louis Gurlitt turned his talent into new channels, and he became the founder of the German realistic school. Although his landscapes evince too much of his aim at picture-making and lack personal temperament, he is a master of technique, and is historically important as a reformer.

John Ottis Adams was best known as a nature-loving artist. A landscape painter who was a key member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana painters, Adams was, along with William Forsyth and Theodore Steele, committed to depicting his own native region. Typically their early work was peasant genre in dark tonalism, but in the 1890s, it became much lighter in the manner of the impressionists, and these artists were for many years the premier impressionist painters of the Midwest.

At the turn of the 19th century, the Armenian merchant Konstantin (Gevork) Aivazovsky moved to Theodosia from Poland. The Armenian church of the city recorded on July 17, 1817, the birth of "Hovhannes, son of Gevork Ayvazian" in the register of births and baptisms. His father operated a small store in Theodosia and his mother was employed in the lace and embroidery industry. Borth worked diligently in order to support their five children.

Jacques-Laurent Agasse (April 24, 1767 - December 27, 1849) was an animal and landscape painter.
He was born at Geneva, and received his first instruction in the public art school of that city. Whilst still under twenty he went to Paris, in order that there, in the veterinary school, he might make himself fully acquainted with the anatomy of the horse and other animals. He seems to have subsequently returned to Switzerland.

Francesco Albani or Albano (March 17 or August 17, 1578–October 4, 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter.
Born at Bologna, his father was a silk merchant who intended to instruct his son in the same trade; but by age twelve, Albani became an apprentice under the competent mannerist painter Denis Calvaert, where he met Guido Reni. Soon he followed Reni to the so-called \"Academy\" run by the Carracci family: Annibale, Agostino, and Ludovico. This studio fostered the careers of many painters of the Bolognese school, including Domenichino, Massari, Viola, Lanfranco, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Pietro Faccini, Remigio Cantagallina, and Reni.

Valentina finds her subjects in the worlds of imagination, literature, and history. She is particularly inspired by the works of Pushkin, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. From their art, she captures moments that reflect the essence of daily life

Valentina finds her subjects in the worlds of imagination, literature, and history. She is particularly inspired by the works of Pushkin, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. From their art, she captures moments that reflect the essence of daily life

The paintings are small, but very bright, colorful and fun! Viva Mexica! Mike Kleimo came to his painting career by a circuitous path. He graduated with a BFA in advertising art and design from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and worked in a cabinet shop and as a carpenter. Kleimo labored as a deckhand in Alaskan waters on crab and salmon net boats and fished for herring in northern California.

The paintings are small, but very bright, colorful and fun! Viva Mexica! Mike Kleimo came to his painting career by a circuitous path. He graduated with a BFA in advertising art and design from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and worked in a cabinet shop and as a carpenter. Kleimo labored as a deckhand in Alaskan waters on crab and salmon net boats and fished for herring in northern California.