Artist Portraits
Bojan Jevtic, processing digital photography
Aug 27, 2022
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5 minutes read
The artistic technique Bojan Jevtic focused on is the processing of digital photography in order to give an artistic impression that is impossible to achieve with a camera...
Artist Portraits
Rudi Cotroneo, absent protagonists
Mar 15, 2023
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7 minutes read
"Everything started with me when I saw in London in a museum store a book by the artist Richard Hamilton. It was the work "Interior IV"."
Artist Portraits
Misako Chida: I think each artist is one-of-a-kind
Apr 22, 2025
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7 minutes read
"I am a self-taught artist, so in the beginning, I had no knowledge of painting techniques. I was born in Yokohama, Japan, but since 1999, I have been living in Dalian, China."...
Art History
Double vision: the dynamics of Expressionism in Germany and Austria
May 28, 2024
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9 minutes read
A comparison of German and Austrian Expressionism, two movements that, despite having originated in similar contexts, manifest unique and distinctive nuances. Expressionism, known for its deep exploration of the human condition and manifestation of intense emotions, actually found fertile ground in both Germany and Austria...
Artist Portraits
Merche Moriana: I tend to be very attentive to everything that happens around me
Dec 24, 2024
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9 minutes read
"When I was just 16 years old, I went to study photography in Málaga. I started studying analog photography, spending an entire year focused on taking and developing photographs with film..."
Artist Portraits
Alessandro Piano, the love of art and toys
Jun 4, 2022
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5 minutes read
Alessandro Piano, collector of contemporary art and toys, has combined these two passions in the creation of sculptures which, mainly made of epoxy resin, recall the world of childhood in the 70s and 80s...
Artist Portraits
Elena Raceala, a life that "breathes" through photography
Aug 6, 2022
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5 minutes read
During one of her trips to Italy, more precisely on a rainy morning in 2013, among the columns of the church of San Francesco di Paola in Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Elena Raceala took her first photo, beginning her greatest passion...
Artist Portraits
Isabelle Lebret, the monochrome that reveals the geography of bodies
Nov 12, 2022
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5 minutes read
The monochrome: The use of a single color, in gradation from shadow to light, in a way prolongs the experience with Isabelle Lebret's clay, because there is a parallel between her work and sculpture. ..
Artist Portraits
Ambre Kalène, one does not become an artist, one is or one is not
Sep 2, 2023
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6 minutes read
"I think you don't become an artist, you either are or you aren't. Then, the circumstances of life give you, or not, the freedom to create works to exhibit. I've always been drawing. "
Artist Portraits
Stefano Catalini: During my teenage years, I began to reproduce paintings by the Macchiaioli painters
Nov 12, 2024
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5 minutes read
“As a child, around the age of 6, I enjoyed modeling the clay present near the house, also with my paternal grandfather I made small wooden toys.”...
Artist Portraits
Frank Willems: In my work I try to bring different themes to light
Nov 20, 2024
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6 minutes read
“I lived in Sweden for several years where I studied Shoe Design. During this study I came into contact with different artists and art streams. This immediately excited me and I started researching. By searching a lot of information on the Internet, reading books and watching documentaries, I couldn't let it go.”....
Artist Portraits
Madeline Berger, the choice of watercolor
Jan 25, 2023
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3 minutes read
"My first paintings were painted in acrylic, but I didn't like the plastic and opaque aspect. The choice of watercolor came later"....
Art News
Ukraine at war: Testimonies of Ukrainian artists living under war
Jun 24, 2022
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3 minutes read
The war in Ukraine had a profound impact on artists. Here, Artmajeur offers them the opportunity to tell us about their daily lives so that they can make their voices heard. Here are their stories.
Artist Portraits
Viktor Sheleg, traditional and innovative painting techniques
Jul 9, 2022
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3 minutes read
Viktor Sheleg, an artist who grew up with a love of brushes, uses a wide range of painting techniques, both traditional and personally discovered...
Artist Portraits
Allias, the inspiration that comes from the street
Jul 13, 2022
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3 minutes read
“My work reflects my experiences and my vision of the world. In my works, I want to translate the richness of our cultures, the spontaneity and the gesture in painting. I also want to take a look at our society and invite the viewer to question the contemporary world”.
Artist Portraits
Poptonicart: I have always been fascinated by portraits
Dec 5, 2023
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3 minutes read
"I originally attended the School of Arts and Crafts, completed several further education courses at international universities and also managed marketing & communications, branding and design departments in international companies for many years."...
Artist Portraits
Jesús Tejedor, inspired by the reading of an article, a book or a piece of music
Oct 29, 2022
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8 minutes read
Jesús Tejedor decided to dedicate himself to art at the age of four, when he painted a nude that his family censored. From that moment on, his interest in art was kindled...
Artist Portraits
Magda Malkoun, the connections that are created with places
Aug 10, 2022
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10 minutes read
Magda Malkoun's work explores the psychology behind the conflicts and connections we create with the places, events, and faces we encounter while traveling. This is because the artist has always been fascinated by the infinite oscillations of the human condition, what makes us who we are, and the psychology behind each moment...
Art History
Family portraits
Dec 21, 2021
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6 minutes read
At this time of year-end, full of important holidays, family gatherings follow each other convulsively. In this regard, many of the greatest masters in the history of art, such as, for example, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Egon Schiele, have immortalized, through the most varied feelings, such scenes of daily life...
Artist Portraits
Branimir Misic, anthropomorphic sculptures
Aug 3, 2022
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4 minutes read
Branimir Misic's sculptures, made from recycled metal and recycled metal objects, blend human, animal and mechanical features to give each piece a unique personality...
Artist Portraits
Nicolas Monjo, the charm of narrow spaces
Jun 25, 2022
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4 minutes read
The figures superimposed in narrow spaces, which characterize Nicolas Monjo's pictorial research, stem from the idea of an art aimed at telling about society and, in particular, the difficulties of individuals...
Artist Portraits
Vincent Sabatier (VerSus), inspired by pop culture
Mar 1, 2023
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6 minutes read
"I am directly inspired by pop art and pop culture of the 80s. I work a lot on the characters and personalities that marked my childhood and that of many people. Often the objects and figurines included in the resin are the same than those I played with as a child. I also tackle more recent subjects, even current ones, but always in a pop and retro trend".
Artist Portraits
Jean Luc Michon, each artist has his own story
Mar 18, 2023
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6 minutes read
"My artistic journey began with studies in applied arts and fine arts, which gave me the technical bases necessary to explore different forms of visual expression. I then worked as an artistic director in an agency advertising, where I developed my skills in visual creation for advertising campaigns".
Artist Portraits
Rupert Cefai, creating a conversation with the viewer
Aug 21, 2022
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6 minutes read
In Rupert Cefai's artistic creation process, simple everyday things, nature and human interaction in all its forms turn out to be decisive...
Artist Portraits
Elise Gobeil, the technique of grisaille and glaze
Mar 29, 2023
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6 minutes read
"I have a natural aptitude for drawing, I put several years of practice into it before exploring the world of painting".
Lifestyle
Why everyone should buy art: the health benefits of art
Jun 21, 2022
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6 minutes read
Art can be very good for your health and help you feel happier and healthier in general. A piece of art may speak to anyone. Thousands of years ago, people communicated stories by painting drawings on the interior walls of caves. Recent studies show that beauty and health go hand in hand in the world of art.
Artist Portraits
Ralph Hackeland, I often get ideas in dreams or in meditative states
Jun 3, 2023
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6 minutes read
"There was no specific inspiration or initial spark that brought me to artistic work. Rather, it was ingrained in me from childhood, an urge to create that was naturally just there and has been with me ever since at various stages, shaping my life"...
Artist Portraits
Serghei Ghetiu: I am probably very traditional
Sep 18, 2023
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6 minutes read
"Basically, I started drawing from childhood. In the first school classes, the students always gathered around me to watch me draw. "
Artist Portraits
Polina Jourdain-Kobycheva: I always needed to express my inner world to myself
Oct 21, 2023
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11 minutes read
" My father was an amateur photographer. He took photos of mushrooms in the woods, flowers, cats and my portraits when I was little"...
Artist Portraits
Artotem, I am completely self-taught
May 27, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I am already an author of detective novels, a photographer and a creator of wooden postcards. The sculpture came during the first confinement; I wanted to give my wife a gift and I made my first sculpture for the garden: a Moai from Easter Island stylized 1.30 high and 60 kgs of steel."
Artist Portraits
David Mwayila, creating a better future
Feb 25, 2023
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4 minutes read
"First, it was in primary school that my teacher had oriented me to do art, and afterwards I felt obliged to do art, in order to denounce the injustices that we, the children of Congolese soldiers, undergo".
Artist Portraits
Eric Odartey Cruickshank: trust your instincts
Jul 30, 2024
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4 minutes read
"I've always been the kind of person who trusts their instincts in matters of passion. I vividly recall my introduction to painting after seeing a hand made advertising poster of Arnold Schwarzenegger at a cinema, and from that moment, I've been an enthusiast and practitioner of art, aspiring to elevate it further."...
Artist Portraits
Brazo: a strong desire to communicate emotions
Jan 1, 2025
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4 minutes read
"Since childhood, I have had a strong desire to communicate the emotions I feel and to express them using a space free from rules and interference. I have always found this possibility in art."
Artist Portraits
Emmanuel Passeleu, photography at the service of architecture
May 28, 2022
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6 minutes read
Emmanuel Passeleu's preferred medium is photography, oriented, to varying degrees, towards architecture. The purpose of this creation is to see the spectators project themselves into the photos, into a parallel world, created by the artist...
Artist Portraits
Maria&Vadim Lipovsky, A long search began
Jun 28, 2023
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6 minutes read
My name is Maria Lipovskaya. I was born and raised in a dynasty of architects, and I could not imagine any other destiny than to follow in the footsteps of my family...
Artist Portraits
Oriol Jolonch, the current of Surrealism
Jul 8, 2023
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7 minutes read
Inspiration usually comes from a variety of sources, which could include personal experiences, observation of the world around me, exploration of specific themes and of course the connection to other artists ...