Paul Martinson
(b. 1956)
 

An abiding interest in the surreal and the symbolic has seen Paul Martinson (b.1956 Aotearoa New Zealand) shift away from realism in search of a style that expresses the poetry of the human mind. While retaining a drawing-based figurative style, Martinson has embraced a personal, liberal approach to painting that allows a free flow of imagery and ideas.

Martinson’s works are held in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Pōneke Wellington; Waikato Museum of Art and History, Kirikiriroa Hamilton; and Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Wairarapa.

https://sanderson.co.nz/artists/39-paul-martinson/overview/

Chatham Islands Raven. Corvus moriorum. From the series: Extinct Birds of New Zealand.
2004
23  × 29 cm
watercolour on paper
Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/711028?page=1&rtp=1&ros=1&asr=1&assoc=all&mb=c

Raja Ravi Varma
1848 - 1906)
 

Raja Ravi Varm was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. He greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure by making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public. His lithographs increased the involvement of common people with fine arts and defined artistic tastes. Furthermore, his religious depictions of Hindu deities and works from Indian epic poetry and Puranas have received critical acclaim. He was part of the royal family of Parappanad, Malappuram district. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma

Damayanti And Hamsam
1899-1904
Oil on canvas
Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini Foundation, Bangalore, India

Neville Henry Cayley
(1854- 1903)

Neville Henry Peniston Cayley was an Australian painter who contributed greatly to public awareness of Australian birds through his meticulous and attractive watercolours of iconic species.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Henry_Cayley

Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
1892 - 1893
Watercolour on paper
94 x 63.8 cm 
Museums Victoria, Carlton, Australia
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1221868

 Ogata Gekkō
(1859- 1920)
 

Ogata Gekkō was a Japanese artist best known as a painter and a designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. He was self-taught in art, won numerous national and international prizes, and was one of the earliest Japanese artists to win an international audience. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogata_Gekkō

Woman in front of Setting Sun
circa 1899
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
23.8 x 33 cm
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, United States
https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S2003.8.1737/

Hans Toma
(1839- 1924)
 

Hans Thoma was a German painter. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Thoma

Wondrous Birds
1892
Oil on cardboard
92 x 74 cm
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/artwork/wondrous-birds/

Christoffel Puytlinck
(1640 - 1679)
 

Christoffel Puytlinck, was a painter from Roermond (present-day Netherlands). He painted still lifes, chiefly game pieces and live and dead fowl. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoffel_Puytlinck

Hoenderhof (poultry yard)
1655-1682
Oil on panel
42 x 58 cm.
Museum Bredius, The Hague, Netherlands
https://museumbredius.nl/en/collection/hoenderhof/

<i>The poultry is placed in an Italian environment (Puytlinck made a trip to Rome). The sculpturing of the marbles is of a mock-antique character.</I>

George Stubbs
(1724-1806)
 

George Stubbs ARA was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. Stubbs' output includes history paintings, but his greatest skill was in painting animals (such as horses, dogs and lions), perhaps influenced by his love and study of anatomy. His series of paintings on the theme of a lion attacking a horse are early and significant examples of the Romantic movement that emerged in the late 18th century. He enjoyed royal patronage. His painting Whistlejacket hangs in the National Gallery, London. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stubbs

Greenland Falcon
1780
beeswax on panel
81.3 x 99.1 cm
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21168