Juan Pablo Salinas

Artist Juan Pablo Salinas 

Madrid, 1871

He studied at the San Fernando School of Fine Art. In 1886 he moved to Rome where his older brother Augustin, also a painter, was there since 1883 on a scholarship awarded to him by the government of Saragossa. The two brothers lived in Augustin's studio at Via Margutta in Rome. At the same street there was Chigi Academy where Juan Pablo took classes. In 1887 Juan Pablo attended the National Exhibition of Madrid. Ancient and medieval subjects of his paintings was taken after his brother and influenced by the Florentine school. Later, his works dealing with every day life particularly depicting popular Italian and Spanish scenes. The magazine "Illustacion Artistica" commenting his works "His key characteristic is the poetry he brings to all his paintings (including his genre works) in depicting our everyday life, and landscapes". He was impressed by techniques of Ernst Messonier while he exhibited at Roger Salons in Fra! nce and his success among dealers and collectors was due to his rich colouring and precious style of his delicate and fanciful brushwork as seen in this piece. He was collector of antiques which he used as props in his paintings. J.P. Salinas paintings were sold for extremely high prices in Italy, Central Europe, Russia and America. He is extensively listed and highly collected to this day. His auction records speak volumes as to the value of his work

Shtemberg Victor Karlovich

Morning

Artist Shtemberg Victor Karlovich

Russian, 1863 – 1921

Standing Nude

Nude

A Bacchante

George Tsui

Artist George Tsui

Hong Kong

After twenty years in the New York art scene, American artist George Tsui set out a creative journey into China in the pursuit of reaching the next level in his artistic career . The grand and splendid architect of the forbidden city and the mysterious and sensual character of the Dun Huang cave were the immediate inspiration for the first group of paintings George created.   Always fascinated and attracted to the rare and exotic, elements of fantasy are often present in George’s work. Chinese themes filled his imagination. The idea of creating his own brand of classic romanticism, unrestrained by conventional reality, was deeply attractive to him. His models always dressed in exquisite beautiful silk gowns from the artist’s own collection of 20 authentic imperial dresses, and posed in romantic, luxurious surroundings with a variety of antiques, artifacts, jewelry, and exotic landscapes and birds… George doesn’t pretend to be painting the real thing but draws us into a fantasy where the signs of subterfuge are plain to see, as the artist describes: these pieces “employ a dual technique of painting and sculpture that is traditionally ornate yet abstract in the most modern sense."