World famous artist Richard Burlet was born in France in 1957. He is influenced by Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt and Art Nouveau. Richard Burlet received his artistic education, first in Nice, in the School of Fine Arts, and then in 1977 he was admitted to the prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. It is believed that his work is also influenced by the Viennese school of painting. Richard Burlet works in oils, gold and silver leaf.