"To make some money, Maksimov painted portraits of local merchants and innkeepers, but he barely earned anything for his work. His art seemed hopelessly outdated, and he refused to acknowledge the trendy new movements in painting."

Later, they began to be called the minor Caravaggisti, putting a derogatory connotation into this nickname. The artists organized a pagan procession in honor of Bacchus and walked so that they horrified all pious Christians.

Through a skillfully constructed composition: we don't see the face of a grieving man, the viewer often otozhdestvlyaet sebya with him, rassmatrivaet the grieving man as some collective image, not a concrete person.

Derek doesn't stoop to outright trash, although some of his drawings are quite dark and certainly not for children. In his work, he often ridicules a set of stereotypes and rules that determine what it means to be real.

Leighton's paintings are very graceful, refined and detailed. Leighton has shown himself to be a true master of historical costume. There is a luxurious white fur trim on the cape, and gold embroidery on the hem of the white dress...

This is already the most famous and resonant picture of Nevrev, which in Soviet times was repeatedly published in various textbooks, telling about the suffering of serfs.

The pretty acrobat was noticed by the artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, who offered her to become a model. After 10 years of working as a model, Suzanne decided to paint her own pictures.

In 1876 he painted Nymph and Fauns, which earned praise from the eminent Swedish writer and artist August Strindberg.

The love and interest in her characters, the desire to reveal their inner world, prevails over the purely technical work, which distinguishes Suarez's drawings from the creations of some unknown freelance artists.

The teachers there were good, including Illarion Pryanishnikov and Vladimir Makovsky, who could teach a lot. But to be a successful artist you need to find clients, make connections and acquaintances...

Wealth allowed Shcherbov to be bold in his views, not to curry favor with critics or patrons, as less wealthy artists often had to do.

True, now they all have no time for lofty speeches. By the way, the girl in the foreground is not a girl, but a young man in disguise, because women were not allowed there.