Pablo Picasso was a highly influential 20th century Spanish painter and sculptor who helped develop Cubism. He is renowned for works like Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica. Along with Matisse and Duchamp, Picasso is regarded as defining revolutionary developments in the early 20th century arts. Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman and author in the 17th century. He established empiricism and popularized the scientific method. His works helped shape modern scientific methodology. Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter and founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. He is known for works incorporating gold leaf like The Kiss. Klimt lived in poverty as

1. Picasso
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso; 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973), was a
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his
adult life in France. As one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he
is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed
sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped
develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica
during the Spanish Civil War.
Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp are commonly regarded as the three artists who
most defined the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the
20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting, sculpture, printmaking and
ceramics.
Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a realistic
manner through his childhood and adolescence. During the first decade of the 20th century,
his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. His
revolutionary artistic accomplishments brought him universal renown and immense fortune,
making him one of the best-known figures in 20th-century art.
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, Kt., KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an
English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author. He served both as Attorney
General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he
remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and
practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
Bacon has been called the creator of empiricism. His works established and
popularizedinductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method,
or simply the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all
things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science,
much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today.

2. Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna in Austria-Hungary, the second of seven
children—three boys and four girls. All three sons displayed artistic talent early on. Klimt's
younger brothers were Ernst Klimt and Georg Klimt. His father, Ernst Klimt the Elder,
formerly from Bohemia, was a gold engraver. Ernst married Anna Klimt (néeFinster), whose
unrealized ambition was to be a musical performer.
Klimt lived in poverty while attending the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts where he studied
architectural painting until 1883. He revered the foremost history painter of the time, Hans
Makart. Klimt readily accepted the principles of a conservative training; his early work may
be classified as academic. In 1877 his brother Ernst, who, like his father, would become an
engraver, also enrolled in the school. The two brothers and their friend Franz Matsch began
working together; by 1880 they had received numerous commissions as a team they called
the "Company of Artists", and helped their teacher in painting murals in the
Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Klimt began his professional career painting interior
murals and ceilings in large public buildings on the Ringstraße including a successful series
of "Allegories and Emblems".
Jason deCaires Taylor
Born in 1974 to an English father and Guyanese mother, Taylor grew up in Europe and Asia, where
he spent much of his early childhood exploring the coral reefs of Malaysia. Educated in the South
East of England, Taylor graduated from the London Institute of Arts in 1998 with a BA Honours in
Sculpture and went on to become a fully qualified diving instructor and underwater naturalist. With
over 17 years diving experience under his belt, Taylor is also an award winning underwater
photographer, famous for his dramatic images, which capture the metamorphosing effects of the
ocean on his evolving sculptures

3. Eric Zener
Zener was born in 1968 in Astoria, Oregon, to a psychologist father and a violinist mother
who played for the San Francisco Symphony. He grew up in the seaside community of
Encinitas, California. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the
University of California, Santa Barbara he worked briefly as a buyer for a department store,
before backpacking around the world for nearly two years, bartering paintings for room and
board. In 1991 he settled in San Francisco, where he was still living as of 2004.
Zener has three children, the first born in approximately 1998, the second in approximately
2002, and the 3rd in 2009. As of 2009 he lives with his wife, business partner, and frequent
model, Julie, in Mill Valley, California. He paints mostly out of a studio in San Francisco.
Steve Adams
After studying graphic design, Steve traveled to Europe to see illustration and design from a
different point of view. Upon his return, he began collaborating with various clients such as
The Wall Street Journal, Havard Business Review, Citigroup, American Lawyer, CA
Magazine, The Globe & Mail, La Presse, L’actualité, Barefoot Books, Penguins Books,
Dominique et compagnie. He also teaches illustration at Université du Québec à Montréal.
Steve lives in Montreal with his wife, two kids and their cat.

4. Raymundo Andrade
A Doctor of Medicine and a Doctor of Letters in History, Raymundo Andrade fuses a unique academic
background with his art. His canvases are veiled in a delicate sense of nostalgia, and warm muted
tones seem to further suspend his images is timeless reverie. His works clearly pay tribute to both the
native and Spanish cultures that are such a part of Mexico’s vast cultural history. Spiritual, cultural,
and natural richness and fertility are themes that pervade the themes of this artist. His works have
been exhibited extensively in California, Arizona, Washington, and Mexico.
Tracy Boyd
Growing up in the 1970's and 1980's on a 66-acre old farm outside of Philadelphia allowed Tracy to
develop her ability to be independent and introspective. Raised by parents who expected success,
she excelled in academics, sports and art, which continued through high school and college. While
working toward her BFA in Design, she continued to study painting yet made the decision to move
into the emerging technology field. Upon obtaining her college degree, while also receiving her US
Army Officer Reserve Commission, she lived in various areas of the country including Atlanta,
Chicago, San Francisco and ultimately Seattle where she has been for the past 13 years.
Tracy began to aggressively pursue painting in the 1990's and 2000's, moving from the basement and
garage of her home to a dedicated studio space in the industrial district of Seattle. In the coming
years, she was selected to exhibit solo shows and participated in multiple group shows in the area.
She also now participates in pivotal developments within the community, focusing on fundraising,
education and collaborative forums with additional artists. Her original and fearless style of painting

5. can be attributed to her story of independence, determination, taking risks and a desire to learn
through life experiences. Her high work ethic and self-sufficiency have continued to be a motivator,
driving her to reach goals, challenge thought and emotion, and break new ground.
Jorge Santos
Jorge Santos was born in 1959, and spent his childhood in Luanda, Angola on the coast of
Africa. In 1975, Angola exploded in the violent political turmoil of decolonization forcing
Santos' family to flee the country. At the formative age of 16, Santos found himself thrust into
the equally turbulent and unknown culture of Lisbon, Portugal as that country slid into its own
revolution. The national struggle paralleled Santos' own personal one and fueled his passion
for drawing. At this early stage, pencil drawing, the most simple and direct form of
expression, perfectly suited his complicated and dramatic images and expressed his unique
vision.
Ana Bayón
Ana Bayón is a figurative artist who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was educated in
New York City at the Art Students League, the Frank J. Reilly School of Art and privately. Most
recently, her work has been exhibited in the Philadelphia area. Her work is also in private and
corporate collections throughout the United States.