Like all female artists of the time, Elisabetta received her first painting lessons from her father, who was an artist, collector and art dealer.

Spain has had many outstanding artists, and we will tell you about the 5 most famous old masters in this article.

Almost all of his paintings resemble dreams or nightmares painted on canvas, quite frivolous. They often depict non-existent creatures, and the human figures are emphatically massive and grotesque.

His paintings were distinguished by masterful coloring and precise lighting effects. The painting "Rolla" was written based on the poem by Alfred de Musset. Rolla is a highly paid courtesan of the highest rank who agreed to spend the night with a man standing at the window.

Kozelsky sympathizes with his characters, but most of his works are quite harsh satire, and their heroes do not evoke any positive feelings. But the paintings cannot be called gloomy either, they are very literary, as if the culmination of some small fairy tale or parable is depicted.

The academics did not appreciate such a radical picture, but the public was delighted: bold, resourceful and topical. The idea was even sharper and more piquant, but then the artist was probably afraid of negative reviews.

At the age of 17, Théodore Chassériau made his debut at the Paris Salon and received a medal for a religious painting. In 1846, Chassériau traveled to Algeria and what he saw there impressed the artist so much that orientalism became the dominant theme in his work.

Everything changed in the 90s. There was plenty of negativity and sordidness at that time, and people wanted something bright and joyful. The titles of the artist's paintings mean no less than what is depicted on them.

He tried to maintain a balance between an almost documentary reconstruction of the events depicted and some personal impressions of the most relevant events in France in the mid-to-late 19th century, reflecting it in artistic form.

At the beginning of his career, he saw injustice, was not afraid to depict it in his paintings, and this social message was much more important in those years than any purely technical nuances.

A few years later, this publishing house was closed for "excessive expenditure of public money." Yerko was told: "Draw whatever you want, the main thing is to find at least some buyers." His work resembles a kind of dream, when he simply imagines the necessary images.

He was accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts, but Boldini's boring lectures did not attract him much, and so he rarely attended them. The entire high society was gossiping about his affairs, and the artist's personal life was very stormy.