Recently went to the Queens Museum in the Flushing Meadow Park caught the art of Ismael Checo in a group exhibition along with some other artist of Dominican decent. Me being Dominican myself i had to catch this exhibit. I must say i was impressed by the artistic demonstration by the artists in the exhibit and it was a rare mix of different talents and different techniques.

Lord Frederick
Leighton
English painter, sculptor, illustrator & writer
born 1830- died 1896

Of the Academicism Movement.
His works were of historical, biblical and classical subject matter. He has the distinction of having the shortest peerage in history as the title of Baron Leighton of Stretton in the County of Shropshire, was issued on 24 January 1896; Leighton died the next day of angina pectoris. As Leighton did not have any children the title became extinct.
In 1864 he became an associate of the Royal Academy and in 1878 he became its President (1878–96).

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Was one of the last well known French academic painters of what is now called the Classical Realism school (Academicism Movement).
He was very fond of Raphael's artwork and even copied one of his works on his way to winning the coveted Prix de Rome in 1850. He was a well known and well established artist but was lost in history to the emergence of Impressionism (Which he Opposed) during the later years of his life.He had an extreme love for art and painted 826 paintings during his life.

happy new year to all, and may you all get what you desire most in your life!

Peter Paul Reubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640)
Flemish Baroque painter
Many know of his great painting skills considered one of the best off all time by some,
he excelled in portraits, landscapes, history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects and altarpieces. But many dont realize what a great draftsman he was and funny enough but his fondness of painting full-figured women gave rise to the terms 'Rubensian' or 'Rubenesque' for plus-sized women. The term 'Rubensiaans' is also commonly used in Dutch to denote such women.