He depicted a perfectly ordinary pastime of wealthy gentlemen with girls of easy virtue. The Salon jury began to fear his paintings like fire, and Manet himself no longer expected anything good from the public. Manet was already 50 years old and suffering from a serious illness. All these trappings no longer appealed to him.

А потом Роден, измученный нищетой и воздержанием, пустился во все тяжкие. Приобрёл виллу Брийан, благо денег у него было предостаточно, и заводил многочисленные, часто беспорядочные связи с женщинами. У него уже было всё — награды, в том числе ордена Почётного легиона

Drew "indecent pictures", was accused of having an affair with Oscar Wilde and died at the age of 25. The tragic fate of Aubrey Beardsley and his drawings.

Они копировали композицию и форму написанных людей и предметов. Достаточно было прикрепить их к доске, обвести карандашом и готовый набросок картины готов. Он был неплохим мастером, благодаря его стараниям и менее обеспеченные люди могли приобщиться к живописи.

Лиотар не создал новую школу в живописи, не стал новатором определившим её развитие, да и брать на вооружение его наработки другие художники не спешили. Зато он стал одним из рекордсменов по числу копий своих картин, а его работы восхищают многих любителей живописи и по сей день.

Blake presented several of his paintings to the public - he wanted to become famous not only as an engraver, but also as an artist. However, they were seen by local journalist Robert Hunt, who did not like either the paintings themselves or Blake's statements about Rubens.

Редко кто отказывался — люди уже привыкли к чудачествам Уистлера и рассматривали их как часть художественного перформанса, в котором они тоже принимают участие. Признание всё же пришло, но слишком поздно. Уистлер был морально и физически измотан.

He kept his personal life carefully hidden from everyone, although it was very turbulent. He was not very careful about his health, did not deny himself anything, but managed to live 88 years.

Larionov all his free time studied the paintings of artists, visited museums and exhibitions. In painting and required something new, he managed to achieve a certain success and be in demand.

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Его картины навечно вошли в мировой фонд искусства. Тициан побежал туда и буквально из огня успел вынести несколько картин. Тициан проживёт очень долго, будет писать картины, любить женщин, а заодно получит славу великого колориста.

In the Land of the Rising Sun, ideally, it is customary to study throughout your life. You need to have a lot of imagination to paint 100 views of the same Mount Fuji. Perhaps the engraving is the artist’s attempt to show the frailty and vanity of people.

“How could such a huge canvas, worthy of epic subjects, depict a miserable funeral in a small village? Where is the perspective, the composition, why are the characters just standing in a row?”

However, when the portrait was ready, he simply put it aside in a far corner, and told the customer to come back for it in a month. He simply went abroad, leaving his son and wife to fend for themselves.

Так сошлись два неординарных человека — Филиппа IV и великолепный художник Диего Веласкес. С Веласкесом король мог быть откровенным и честным, знал, тот не будет приторно льстить. Он вернулся домой в Мадрид, а умер на руках короля, ставшего его верным другом.

His paintings were always eagerly purchased by art lovers, providing a good income. But few people managed to write like Klimt and develop their own innovative style in painting. But he began to paint with pleasure what he liked, and he liked mainly paintings with naked women.

All this decorativeness, elegance, piquancy rococo was his native element. It is thanks to his paintings that it seems to us that life then was frivolously elegant.

Делакруа писал всегда в очень жарко натопленной художественной мастерской, а шею обматывал шарфом. Любил с глубокомысленным видом сообщать взрослым азбучные истины. Критики были недовольны - как можно было писать обнажённую девушку?!

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Few women at the time were seriously pursuing painting, science or art. They encapsulate the no-nonsense drama that the artist emphasizes. Her father taught her how to paint light and shade correctly. A quality characteristic only of really strong personalities.