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1965 -  born in Koersel (Belgium) on February 18th Hans Laagland was born in Koersel (Belgium) in February of 1965. His father, Ludo Laagland, was a professional fine painter and trained Hans throughout his childhood. At the age of ten, Hans completed his first oil painting and two years l…

Art is more than decoration. It tells stories, preserves heritage and brings emotion into our living spaces. At Rogl Souvenirs & Gallery in Swakopmund, Namibia, this belief has guided the curation of African art for over 60 years. The gallery offers original works that reflect the diversity …

Adam Styka was born in Poland in 1890. Adam completed his education at the French Academy of Fine Arts, Academie de Beau Arts, and painted closely under the tutelage of his father, Jan Styka. Each year he used to exhibit his paintings in the Paris' most prestigious galleries such as Salon…

Italian painter  Giovanni Bellini [1430-1516)] was the founder of the Venetian school of painting and raised Venice to a center of Renaissance art that rivaled Florence and Rome. He brought to painting a new degree of realism, a new wealth of subject matter, and a new sensuousness in form and …

Émile Charles Hippolyte Lecomte-Vernet (1821-1900) was a French Orientalist painter . This French painter was born in the family of illustrious painter. His grandfather was Claude Joseph Vernet(1714-1789) and his father was Hippolyte Lecomte.  Emile Charles began his career as an artist with p…

Erik Ludwig Henningsen was born in Copenhagen to a grocer named Frants Ludvig Hennington (1820-1869) and Hilda Charlotte Christine nee Schou (1824-1880) on 29 August. Ludwig died on 28 November 1930. He was a famous Danish painter and illustrator . He loved creating and depicting Social Realist…

William Kalwick’s art was greatly influenced by his late father who had studied with Lajos Markos, a prominent portrait painter. Kalwick studied with his father until graduating. He then attended the Arts Student League of New York. In 1981, Kalwick moved to Houston, Texas to become the protégé of…

Romà Ribera i Cirera (Barcelona, 1848-1935) was a talented artist from Catalonia who became famous for his detailed paintings of rich people's social events. He also enjoyed painting scenes from the 17th and 18th centuries, showing his interest in history.