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The artist has a Wikipedia page dedicated to him, and his work has been exhibited at numerous exhibitions. His caricatures for 20 years have consistently maintained the brand of dark, but witty humor.
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Anti-Soviet paintings by famous artists that make a very strong impression
But the memory of my father, unjustly shot at the infamous Butovo polygon, did not give rest. And it is impossible not to understand and forgive all those involved,
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He painted ceremonial portraits of Stalin, but became famous for his anti-Soviet paintings. Diverse creativity of Yuri Kugach
He sincerely believed that the artist should capture the beauty of native nature. Kugach quite objectively looked at everything that was happening in the Soviet Union. The decision had already been made in advance, and the plan for the raskulachivaniya must be carried out.
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Little-known paintings of Russian itinerant artists, which will definitely not show in school textbooks.
In poor families it was widely practiced to give their young children to be apprentices. And they are completely defenseless against a healthy man, who in a drunken rage is capable of anything. The artist raised the problem of corporal punishment.
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Criticized for "naked lubok", but he became famous for quite different paintings. "Donetsk Klimt" by Viktor Zaretsky.
He went to herbalists and psychics, even believing in his own paranormal abilities. He married human rights activist and artist Alla Gorskaya and became his own in the bohemian crowd. More and more he tried to imitate Gustav Klimt, openly copying his paintings.
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Indecent dancing, nudism and escape from war. How famous artists vacationed.
Local artists invited him to an "obscene dance" and told him to take a navajo with him. "A jolly entertainment," thought the artist, but he agreed to go with them.
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He wrote obscene letters and considered Dominique Engrès his sworn enemy. What was Eugène Delacroix like in life?
He sincerely believed that children are completely out of control, can spoil all his paintings. The only thing left was work and not too burdensome communication with friends, of which Delacroix had a lot.
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Ironic paintings by Mikhail Vachaev about our life, laced with irony and the grotesque
The point is not in this, but in the obvious mockery of modern fashion trends that make perhaps quite decent girls look so provocatively frivolous. Vachaev is an artist of a new formation, able to accurately observe many phenomena of our modern life.
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Famous pictures that have popped up in movies, without which some good movies would look strange.
Mr. Bean doused the original with solvent, replaced it with a fake, which he sent to America. It was created by the artist Rich Pellegrino, but only a true connoisseur of Schiele's work can recognize the forgery.
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As an artist - a genius, but as a man ... What was "master of displaying the elements" William Turner like in ordinary life?
Turner was of very simple origin - his father worked as a barber, but managed to overcome all the class prejudices of those years and become one of the most famous and wealthy British artists.
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Why have we forgotten about the talented master of domestic genre Sergey Gribkov?
From childhood, Sergei showed an aptitude for drawing, and persuaded his father to allow him to enter the Moscow School of Painting. Gribkov's creative assets include a painting based on a well-known story by Gogol. He found his niche, and his work was willingly bought.
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Why did Giuseppe Arcimboldo paint portraits of fruit and vegetables and why did people try to avoid the place where he lived?
Arcimboldo returned home to Milan rich and with the opportunity to create in a quiet environment. This immediately favoured the quality of his paintings.
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The scandalous paintings of an illiterate big man with an exorbitant ego. Was he Gustave Courbet in ordinary life?
He confessed at first to the usual childish misdemeanours, but then moved on to the real atrocities. The priest looked at Courbet with surprise and fear
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Why Arkhip Kuindzhi was laughed at by all the neighbours, as well as a cat-co-author and an anteater on a tether. Pets of famous artists.
He earned enough, in full accordance with his talent and ability to provoke the public. And all the art critics will wonder how I ever managed to achieve such an effect.
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Public houses, absinthe and official marriage as superfluous in life. "French Tretyakov" Gustave Caibotte, without whom we would not have seen many of the Impressionist paintings
But there were things and entertainments that he didn't need at all: a law degree, studies at the Academy of Arts, official marriage, flings with merry girls, bohemian partying, brothels and booze.
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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
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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.
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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".
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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.
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"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
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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.
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