What he saw there impressed him so much that Delacroix declared: “the missing link of civilization must be sought in the East”...
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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.
