The Secret of Tranquility: How Alfred van Muyden won the hearts of audiences without drama and passion
His paintings are so heavily influenced by the strong Italian tradition that they seem to have been painted by a native Italian who grew up admiring Renaissance art.
Muscular, wide-hipped beauties and slender men in ironic paintings by Jansson Stegner
The original and provocative artist known for his unusual, distorted depictions of the human figure, challenging traditional notions of beauty and strength - Jansson Stegner
Cartoons by Soviet artist Boris Leo that are still relevant today.
And he wondered: why are young people like this now, why don’t they want to work honestly like their parents, where does this admiration for the “decaying West” come from?
