About the childhood of some famous artists and how it influenced their work.
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Died of "love sickness due to lack of male affection." Elisabetta Sirani's difficult choice and her impressive paintings.
Like all female artists of the time, Elisabetta received her first painting lessons from her father, who was an artist, collector and art dealer.
Five of the most famous Spanish artists of the old school and their not always modest paintings.
Spain has had many outstanding artists, and we will tell you about the 5 most famous old masters in this article.
At the sight of his paintings, well-bred ladies were supposed to faint. The unusual work of Johann Fuseli
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.
A Night with a Courtesan and an Operation on a Beautiful Girl. Unusual Paintings by Henri Gervex.
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.
Medieval Gynecological Examination and Customs Robbery. The Caustic Humor of Anatoly Kozelsky
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.
Avenged for her dishonor. About Adrian Volkov's most daring painting
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.
Turned from religious scenes to nudes under the fig leaf of antiquity. "Napoleon in Painting" by Theodore Chasseriau.
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.
A rose for a plumber, peeping in a bathhouse and preparing for the first wedding night. Ironic paintings by Alexander Yanin.
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.
It's a pity that Truth never got out of the well. About the most famous painting by Jean-Louis Gérôme.
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.
The Prisoners' Rest. About the most overrated painting by Valery Jacobi
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.
From drawings for adults that evoke disapproval from their authors to illustrating children's fairy tales. The diverse work of Vladislav Yerko.
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 loved all his models and gained fame as a ladies' man, but he only married at the age of 86. The gorgeous women of Giovanni Boldini.
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.
Жизненные качели незаслуженно забытого передвижника Василия Максимова.
"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."
Catching fleas and visiting a brothel. Wild paintings by Dutch artists of the 17th century, honestly illustrating real life at that time.
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.
On the Extremes of Human Feelings in the Memorable Paintings of Oskar Zvintscher
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.
Black humor from Canadian cartoonist Derek Evernden that will make you smile more than once, and even think.
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.
Romantic Middle Ages in the stunningly beautiful paintings of Edmund Blair Leighton.
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...
Bought a beautiful girl for carnal desires. The harsh truth about serfdom in the paintings of Nikolai Nevrev.
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.
Posed and made love to all the artists of Paris. The outrageous Suzanne Valadon.
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.
Cleopatra must be naked, and the poses exquisite. Beautiful academicism of Johan Kronberg.
In 1876 he painted Nymph and Fauns, which earned praise from the eminent Swedish writer and artist August Strindberg.
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