7 October, 2016
The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 19th ...
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3 November, 2016
The Da Vinci Initiative has released Lesson 7 - Envelope in the Bargue course. This lesson teaches the importance of using envelopes when creating an accurate drawing. The DVI is using Patreon, a su ...
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15 December, 2016
Lesson 13 in the DVI Bargue Drawing course has just been released.The DVI is using Patreon to help finance the expense of producing high-quality video courses. Patreon subscribers gain exclusive acces ...
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21 February, 2013
This instructional documentary follows ARC Associate Living Master™ Thomas Kegler as he completes an oil painting on a linen panel outdoors. Over the course of two late summer days, Kegler captures t ...
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15 May, 2013
The Artist's Guide to Perspective with Patrick Connors, is a two disk DVD set that focus on the foundations of perspective. The viewer can gain experience working with vanishing points, picture planes ...
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2 July, 2013
Now you can learn the training techniques of the masters in this easy-to-follow instructional guide, Drawing the Bargue. For the first time, artist and instructor Fernando Freitas of the international ...
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11 April, 2007
Each month the Art Renewal Center will add a new artwork by William Bouguereau never shown on our website to the ARC Museum. Posters made from these new files along with several other images of paint ...
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Two new artworks by William Bouguereau have been added to the ARC Museum from the Catalog Raisonné on William Bouguereau, a 903 page groundbreaking two-volume publication.La Priere of 1878 as wel ...
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4 December, 2008
ARC Approved™ Academy of Realist Art Toronto is excited to present a second location in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ARA Boston opened November 1st, 2008.Cindy MacMillan, one of the first Gradua ...
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2 January, 2012
ARC is pleased to announce the availability of new books by two of our Living Masters™ in the ARC Store.
To find out more information about ARC Living Master David Bowers' beautiful book, The E ...
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17 June, 2013
Sophie An Edwardian Childhood written by Lady Sophie Helen Blair Harding, the daughter of famous 19th century artist Edmund Blair Leighton and published/edited by her decedents, this book is an ins ...
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19 May, 2014
ARC Living Master™ Ted Seth Jacobs has written a definitive reference for both the professional as well as the art student. A true dictionary of human form, it provides a complete analysis and expla ...
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19 April, 2016
ARC Living Master™ Richard Whitney has recently published Painting the Visual Impression, a beautiful full color book which summarizes the fundamental ideas of representational painting. It focuses o ...
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3 December, 2019
Alexandra York, head of American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century (ART), an ARC Allied Organization, has a new book,
Soul Celebrations and Spiritual Snacks, just released in time for the ho ...
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12 April, 2017
Basic Human Anatomy: A Guide for Visual Artists by Robert Osti teaches artists the simple yet powerful formula artists have used for centuries to draw the human figure from the inside out. Osti, using ...
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27 October, 2016
The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 19t ...
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8 April, 2016
The Oil Painters of America Award - $1,000Oil Painters of America (OPA) is a not-for-profit organization representing more than 4,000 artists throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founde ...
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17 November, 2011
ARC is Proud to Announce its new automated salon entry form! We are now accepting entries for the Art Renewal Center 2011/2012 International Salon Competition. This year we are offering the large ...
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19 February, 2010
Four new images have been added to the gallery of ARC Living Artist™, Mark Lovett.
Click here to visit the Mark Lovett gallery. Field of Gold
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12 February, 2007
2/7/2007: 25 new works of artAdded Geraldine Jacoba Van De Sande Bakhuyzen [1]; Alexandre Calame [1]; Joseph Clark [1]; Hans Dahl [1]; William Turner Delonde [1]; Arthur John Elsley [1]; William Powel ...
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3 April, 2013
We have recently added 50 new old master and 19th century artist photographs thanks to another image donation by Don Kurtz.Photographs have been added for the following artists:Aublet, Albert / Baton ...
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12 February, 2007
8 new artist lettersAdded Louise Abbema [3]; John George Brown [1]; John Bagnold Burgess [1]; Edward Burne-Jones [4]; Horace de Callias [3]; Frantz Charlet [1]; Leon Cogniet [1]; George Vicat Cole [1 ...
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7 August, 2014
Portrait of Maria Elisabeth Theresia (Elise) Schwartze-Herrmann with her grandchildren Letty and Lizzy Ansingh by Thérèse SchwartzeARC is pleased to announce the addition of new biographical informa ...
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12 October, 2011
Jean Eugene Buland's "Le Tripot" is an excellent example of the transition that saw him move away from his early Symbolism work to a much more realistic portrayal of scenes from everyday life.
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5 April, 2012
Since Easter is right around the corner, we thought it an appropriate time to add this new article to the website by Kara Lysandra Ross, ARC director of Operations. William Bouguereau (1825-1905), ...
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22 April, 2020
ARTDATAintel is a comprehensive, insightful Art Intelligence database that helps collectors make smarter, more informed art investments while inspiring artists to define winning strategies in the ma ...
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8 November, 2011
Chats With Famous Painters, by Wallace Wood, was salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XLVII, No. 2, December, 1893. The article features numerous i ...
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16 December, 2011
E. Blair Leighton: The Prominent Outsider, by ARC Director of Operations Kara Lysandra Ross is now available on the ARC website. Despite his relative anonymity within a historical period still bei ...
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30 May, 2018
ARC has recently posted an article by international author and lecturer Alexandra York titled "The Fourth "R" in Education; Reading, WRiting, ARithmetic and ARt". The artic ...
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12 August, 2018
How Artists Can Begin Selling More Artwork is a book review of Eric Rhoads’ book Make More Money Selling Your Art, written by Kara Lysandra Ross, ARC Co-Chair and Chief Operating Offi ...
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28 March, 2019
ARC Associate Living Master™, Tina Garrett, has recently published an article on ARC titled "How I Started Teaching Workshops".
"In 2011 when the publishing house that was my mains ...
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8 September, 2014
Michael John Angel, head of ARC Approved Angel Academy of Art in Florence has written a new article about Caravaggio and his painting The Betrayal of Christ.The Betrayal of Christ by Caravaggio"Duri ...
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2 October, 2012
The Epoch Times has published the speech given by Kara Lysandra Ross at the International Guild of Realism's 7th annual juried exhibition entitled "Why Realist Art Matters". To read the speech click h ...
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14 October, 2009
ARC Living Master™ Stephen Gjertson defines the term and origins of Classical Realism, a movement which continues today.Click Here to read the article: Classical Realismby Stephen Gjertson Click H ...
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11 December, 2015
Opening Night at the MEAM: Line to Get In "It was a Friday night. The museum was hopping. It felt like it was the number one night club of Barcelona by the time the award ceremonies commenced at the o ...
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20 November, 2015
"The 2015 Representational Art Conference, which was held this past November 1st through the 4th, is one of the most important events for the visual arts in our culture to come into existence. In only ...
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17 August, 2012
Learn more about the winners of the 2011/2012 ARC Salon and their award winning works:
Excerpt below is about the Bouguereau Award Winner, David Gluck's, The Trapper. This work mixes a Rembrandtes ...
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3 February, 2014
William Bouguereau's “Virgin of the Lilies” versus “Madonna of the Roses” was recently published in the Epoch Times. La Vierge Aux Lys La Madone aux RosesAlthough William Bouguereau (1825–1905), p ...
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2 May, 2013
Students of the Aristides Atelier present classical drawings and paintings founded in traditional academic techniques while highlighting the artists' own observational skills, demonstrating how studen ...
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20 May, 2011
Jennifer - detail
by Tenaya Sims
The Georgetown Atelier is now an ARC Approved™ Atelier.
Click here to view the Georgetown Atelier Gallery in the ARC Approved™ Ateliers and Schools sectio ...
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29 August, 2017
The ARC is pleased to announce that the official launch of the new and improved website will occur on September 18th, 2017.We will be publishing a series of videos on the ARC You Tube Channel, as prev ...
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8 September, 2017
The ARC is pleased to announce that the official launch of the new and improved website will occur on September 18th, 2017.
We will be publishing a series of videos on the ARC You Tube Chan ...
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18 September, 2017
Welcome to the new ARC website! This was a two year project and a massive undertaking. We hope you enjoy the many new features available to you. Just as with any new website of this massive scope, the ...
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13 September, 2017
The new ARC website will launch this coming Monday, September 18th. The new website will have an updated look and feel as well as organizational structure. The new website will also include many addi ...
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13 February, 2018
Cast Your Votes and Have Your Opinion Heard!
This year we are excited to introduce our 1st ever People's Choice Award!
Cast up to 10 votes for your 10 favorite works once results post ...
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5 October, 2017
The International Arts and Culture Group (TIAC), is an ARC Allied Organization based in Florence, Italy, with branches in China & Australia. This non-profit organization believes that craftsmanshi ...
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29 September, 2016
We are pleased to announce the second purchase award for the 12th International ARC Salon. Barbara Fox's drawing titled, Carra, has now been added to the ARC collection."The drawing Carra was inspired ...
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6 October, 2016
We are pleased to announce the next purchase award for the 12th International ARC Salon Competition. Joshua LaRock’s painting titled, Laura in Black, has now been added to the ARC Collection.Laura in ...
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10 October, 2016
We are pleased to announce the next purchase award for the 12th International ARC Salon Competition. Gregory Mortenson's painting titled, Polka Dots, has now been added to the ARC Collection."In the a ...
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21 October, 2016
We are pleased to announce the next purchase award for the 12th International ARC Salon Competition. Julie Bell’s painting titled, White Velvet has now been added to the ARC Collection. "This horse's ...
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28 October, 2016
We are pleased to announce the next purchase award for the 12th International ARC Salon Competition. Adam Clague’s painting titled Knitter's Gift has now been added to the ARC Collection."Inspiration ...
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3 November, 2016
We are pleased to announce the next purchase award for the 12th International ARC Salon Competition. Carmen Ruiz Segura's painting titled, Don Quijote, has now been added to the ARC Collection. "This ...
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4 March, 2008
Artist Joel Carson Jones has been approved as an ARC Living Master™Visit the Joel Carson Jones Gallery ...
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5 April, 2012
ARC is happy to welcome Vala Ola as an ARC Living Master™! Vala Ola is an artist who passionately and relentlessly seeks to create artworks that show her dedication to excellence. Her classical t ...
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12 October, 2011
We would like to officially welcome Steven Christopher Seward as an ARC Living Master™.
Seward usually prefers to paint people either doing something or in an environment that is significa ...
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13 September, 2012
We would like to welcome the First Place Figurative Category winner from the 2011/2012 ARC Salon as an ARC Living Master™. Orley hails from Toledo, Cebu, Philippines. He discovered a love for ...
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29 May, 2013
Although Oleszkiewicz has been studying art and painting for some time, it wasn't until 2007 that she began to see what the future might hold for her as an artist. Upon entering several art competi ...
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21 January, 2014
Kailin Zhao's work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Asia, Europe and the U.S and is part of notable public and private collections. His art works has been shown to Ar ...
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7 October, 2011
We would like to officially welcome Joke Frima as an ARC Living Master™.
Cherry Blossom in the Early Spring Lightby Joke Frima
Frima a meticulous painter, zooms in with precision on green pl ...
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29 July, 2011
Reclining in White
by Jeremy Lipking
We would like to officially welcome Jeremy Lipking as an ARC Living Master™.
Jeremy Lipking has emerged as one of the country's premier realist ...
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5 August, 2011
We would like to officially welcome Adrian Gottlieb as an ARC Living Master™.
One is immediately struck by the painterly quality of Gottlieb's work. While he has expanded his themes, Gottl ...
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22 April, 2014
Thoughts of Whistler by Tony ProPro's influences are the likes of John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn, Joaquin Sorolla and Philip Alexius de Laszlo. The California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne an ...
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8 February, 2013
Arantzazu Martinez is an academic painter from Vitoria, Spain. She attended the Fine Arts University of the Basque Country and graduated in 2000. Unable to find any classical art training, she moved t ...
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16 May, 2013
He Lihuai was born in Chongqing, China in 1961. He worked as an art designer at Capital Museum from 1985 to 1996 after receiving Art of Bachelor degree in oil painting at Tianjin Academy of Fine Ar ...
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21 May, 2013
God's Gift
by John BuxtonWe would like to welcome John Buxton, a painter of American history and heritage as an ARC Living Master™. Because his paintings are extensively researched, they enjoy an ...
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18 June, 2013
We would like to welcome Robert Liberace as an ARC Living Master™. Liberace is known for his inspiring and information-packed teaching style. Through teaching classes and workshops in the U.S. and abr ...
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3 July, 2013
Dmitry Sevryukov is a modern realist artist. The breathtaking beauty of his works attracts many fans of realism.
From his childhood, he had a dream and did all he could to get it. He worked hard ...
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16 July, 2013
Julie Bell should be singled out as winning the most awards in any one competition ARC has ever held. In the 2012/2013 ARC Salon she won First Place in the Imaginative Realist Category, First and Th ...
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29 May, 2014
Ardith Starostka has been receiving regular awards and honors for her work since 2000. In addition to being an Art Renewal Center Living Master™, Starostka is an International Guild of Realism-Signa ...
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20 June, 2014
When Your Lover Has Goneby Gordon HanleyFascinated by the drawings of da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo, since 2009 Gordon Hanley's art shifted from watercolor painting to drawings in the Renaissan ...
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30 June, 2014
Hsin-Yao, having already developed a signature style, has had his work recognized by the major art magazines of today, as well as by an unprecedented number of highly prestigious galleries. Hsin-Yao ...
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4 February, 2015
ARC is pleased to welcome Anna Wypych as an ARC Living Master™.
Obvious true, there is one girl not two by Anna Wypych
Anna Wypych's works of art transcend the commonplace to enter the realm ...
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4 May, 2015
We are pleased to welcome Shane Wolf as our newest ARC Living Master™.Educated in the cradle of the Italian Renaissance, in Florence, Shane Wolf (originally from Cincinnati) attended the prestigious A ...
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23 December, 2015
ARC is pleased to announce Joshua LaRock as our newest ARC Living Master™.“LaRock's works are an ode to the past while being filtered through his contemporary point of reference. Even when referencin ...
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19 February, 2016
ARC is pleased to welcome Jeff Hein as our newest Living Master™!Jeff Hein is an American artist born 1974. He works in a variety of mediums but is best known for his figurative oil paintings. In 2007 ...
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17 January, 2017
Greg Hildebrandt and his identical twin brother, Tim, were born in Detroit, Michigan in 1939. Both boys were avid artists from a young age and carried their artistic passion with them throughout their ...
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29 June, 2017
ARC is pleased to welcome Wang Kun as our newest ARC Living Master™."In terms of character expression, I am more likely to focus on depicting Chinese women. They are dignified and beautiful with uniqu ...
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8 August, 2017
ARC is pleased to welcome Mary Pettis as our newest Living Master™."Mary Pettis divides her time equally between the studio and outdoors. Her decades of training and the experiences from hundred ...
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4 April, 2011
Richard MacDonald is now an ARC Living Master™Click here to see the Richard MacDonald Gallery Nureyev, Half Lifeby Richard MacDonald ...
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16 January, 2012
ARC is pleased to welcome Peter Fiore as an ARC Living Master™!
Fiore's compositional simplicity with the complexity of his lively brushwork makes him a standout. Employing a deceptively wi ...
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11 July, 2012
ARC is happy to welcome Marina Dieul as an ARC Living Master™.Marina Dieul was born in France. She showed great interest in painting and drawing from an early age, and her family encoura ...
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3 July, 2012
ARC is proud to welcome Julio Reyes as an ARC Living Master™. "Art has become a means for me to measure the value of my experiences; to seek patterns and hidden purposes, and to delight in th ...
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14 May, 2012
ARC is pleased to welcome ARC Living Master™ Joseph McGurl. Joseph McGurl has been referred to as one of the acknowledged leaders in the current American landscape school. This has been confir ...
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20 February, 2012
ARC is pleased to welcome James Gurney as an ARC Living Master™!James Gurney is best known for his illustrated book series Dinotopia. He specializes in painting realistic images of scenes that can ...
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24 January, 2012
ARC is pleased to welcome Angela Mia De La Vega as an ARC Living Master™!
Exalting the human spirit through expressive faces and natural body movement has become the recognized trademark of ...
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10 September, 2012
We are proud to welcome Thomas Reis to the Art Renewal Center's Artist and Living Master's Gallery™. Many of ARC's visitors are already be familiar with his work, since he won best in ...
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20 September, 2012
Erik Koeppel received his formal training from the Rhode Island School of Design followed by the New York Academy of Art, and an annual apprenticeship in Wiscasset, Maine with his professor and friend ...
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10 December, 2012
We would like to introduce our first Brazilian ARC Living Master, Gilberto Geraldo. Geraldo received the highest awards in the major and most prestigious Art Competitions of Brazil, being also invited ...
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17 July, 2013
Boris Vallejo attended the National School of Fine Arts in, Lima Peru before immigrating to the United States in 1964. He arrived in the US with a suitcase of clothes, some samples of his artwor ...
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9 October, 2018
We are pleased to announce the addition of William Davis as an ARC Living Master™!
William Davis grew up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He is a self-taught artist whose oil paintings typica ...
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28 March, 2018
ARC is pleased to welcome Kenneth Salaz our newest ARC Living Master!
"Ken Salaz was born in 1970 in southern California and spent his youth living in numerous locations with hi ...
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20 January, 2019
ARC is pleased to welcome Katsu Nakajima as a new ARC Living Master™!
"Around 2008, realizing that his mission in life was to become an artist, he started producing oil paintings while learnin ...
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14 July, 2019
ARC is pleased to welcome Ricardo Jose Mujica as an ARC Living Master™!
Born and raised in New York City, Ricardo Jose Mujica studied art at the High School of Art and Design under Max Ginsburg a ...
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29 August, 2019
ARC is pleased to welcome Ana Schmidt as a new ARC Living Master™!
Ana Schmidt is a figurative painter known for her realistic depictions of urban landscapes. In the artist´s paintings the presen ...
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6 September, 2019
ARC is pleased to welcome Juan Carlos Martinez as an ARC Living Master™.
Juan Carlos Martinez is an award-winning artist, an art educator, and a specialist in traditional portraiture and figurative ...
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21 November, 2019
ARC is pleased to welcome Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso as an ARC Living Master!
Gabriela Gonzalez is a narrative artist, using representational figurative subjects. She received her BFA from the Scho ...
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12 March, 2020
ARC is pleased to welcome Richard Hall as a Living Master!
"For 35 years, I enjoyed a successful career in fine art, exploring the opposing worlds of abstract art and traditional still life.
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15 October, 2020
ARC is pleased to welcome Luis Alvarez Roure as an ARC Living Master.
Mr. Roure is a figurative and still-life painter better known for his portraits of internationally known figures. In 2020, The ...
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18 February, 2021
We are pleased to welcome Chad Fisher as our newest ARC Living Master!
"I am inspired by nature to create a visual language to communicate with the world around me. My early interest in ...
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18 November, 2013
Victoria Radionova's first and main teacher was her father, who was an architect-designer.From the cradle she was surrounded by reproductions of paintings by great masters from the past. A Little S ...
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