Impeccable in technique, with some symbolic understatement and very decorative paintings by Bussières deservedly attracted the attention of many art lovers.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
