He is annoyed that he has to listen to pitiful lamentations, but his conscience probably torments him, and this does not allow him to leave immediately.
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Strange self-portraits by famous artists that delight and bewilder.
Freud was fascinated by her body as it matched his ideas of "the interesting" and offered to pose her for his paintings
A total disregard for morality. The epathetic beauty Lola Montes and her not-so-righteous path to the top.
She ran away, and at the age of 16 she married the first handsome officer Thomas James, the young beauty had no shortage of suitors, and went with him to India.
Superheroes in retirement and other ironic works of the talented artist Lesya Guseva, which became famous all over the world.
And there was no luck, but misfortune helped. Guseva, even before she became famous, liked to communicate with friends on one of the Perm forums, where she was called "Squirrel".
Stephan Schmitz's clever illustrations allow you to reflect and laugh at many of the problems of our time.
When a man is like a squeezed lemon and can't even get out of his chair. Schmitz doesn't like jobs where everything is obvious at first sight. He is also ironic about the desire to show that we are doing well.
"The career of the courtesan" and the nocturnal escapades of aristocrats. English artist who invented critical realism
And he decided to open his fellow citizens' eyes to everything that was going on around him. Hogarth felt it was his duty to bring her story to everyone. He was very expressive in showing the relationships between people, their passions and vices
Everyday life of the “right guys”. Gopniks in paintings by contemporary artists.
It is difficult to imagine that a monument to Gopnik would ever be erected. But you shouldn’t think that gopniks can only drink beer and sit on the courts.
Still lifes with potatoes instead of nudes. A special look at Robert Falk's painting.
He somehow always managed to write not “as it should”, and based on his understanding of painting. And in 1928, Falk received permission to go to Paris. And after the Second World War, Falk was subjected to disgrace, his paintings were no longer bought.
The immodest illustrations of pin-up master Gil Elvgren that still excite all men today
During his studies he got married, and when he received a degree in architecture he moved to Chicago with his wife. Elvgren became a famous artist, and he had many lucrative commissions, drawing advertisements for large companies and collaborating with magazines.
Memorable "anti-Stalinist" paintings by Peter Belov, which will leave no one indifferent.
People stood in queues to see a different view of Stalin's times. Camps grind up human bodies and souls, individuals with their aspirations and dreams become mere cogs in a soulless state machine.
Venus Before the Mirror by Diego Velázquez. What mystery does the painting hide and who is really depicted in it?
In Spain, more than in any other European country, the Inquisition was rampant. And if Cupid were not in the picture, it could well be mistaken for an ordinary nude portrait. No wonder he had an affair with a local beauty.
Nude goddesses in the paintings of academician Alexandre Cabanel. When beauty decides everything
Everything changed - his paintings were recognized as "glossy consumer goods". There was no shortage of customers, moreover, Napoleon Bonaparte himself liked his paintings. He taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he taught students the basics of academic painting.
Exquisite nude bathers and naiads in paintings by Herbert Draper.
It was considered indecent to depict nudes associated with real life. Dripper painted them according to all the canons - hence the perfect bodies, the mannered, refined poses. To write in a new way Dripper did not want to, and could not, so had to put up with the ridicule ...
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