His destiny is full of ups and downs, meetings with kings and exiles, traveling and searching for inspiration.
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The Eunuch's Dream and the Immodest Portrait of Mademoiselle de Maupin. Lecomte du Nouy's impressive paintings of Oriental manners and life.
Lecomte du Nouy studied under the academicians Charles Gleyre, Emile Signol and Jean-Léon Gérôme, who belonged to the Neo-Greek school, and all his life followed their ideas about art. But gradually he turned to Orientalism, aided by a visit to Egypt.
The beauty of Russian girls in sentimental portraits by Vasily Tropinin.
She heard that the artist's surname was Tropini and that he was Italian. But when she learned that he a Russian, and even with a serf, she pushed Tropinin out.
An immodest customs inspection and an overly curious servant. Genre paintings by Rémi Coghe
She may be of simple origin, but she does not look like a "priestess of love", and such actions do not give her any pleasure. However, the title explains everything....
Art at the edge of the world. Impressive paintings by Uruguayan artist Juan Manuel Blanes about the difficult life in this country.
Upon his arrival in his homeland, a pleasant and well-deserved surprise awaited him: a paid scholarship from the Uruguayan government, thanks to which he was able to go with his family to study painting in Italy.
