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Blind artists: How 5 famous Russian painters were able to survive the loss of sight
It is impossible to imagine how a person can survive the loss of vision. Seeing the world in all its diversity and then plunging into total darkness is a real…

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From the life of Parisians: Pictures of the French realist Firment-Girard, who admired Repin and Kramskoy
France has always been a center of art and culture. Therefore, innovative artists at all times sought to Paris in search of fame and recognition. One of them, Francois-Marie Firmen-Girard,…

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Scandalous "Jack of Diamonds": How daring Russian artists from hooligans and provocateurs turned into avant-garde classics
At the beginning of the last century, this community of rebellious artists was almost the most scandalous in our country. No wonder, after all, the shocking creative group “The Jack…

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From the life of Parisians: Pictures of the French realist Firment-Girard, who admired Repin and Kramskoy

France has always been a center of art and culture. Therefore, innovative artists at all times sought to Paris in search of fame and recognition. One of them, Francois-Marie Firmen-Girard, is a terrific realist, a virtuoso of painting and a subtle psychologist who, during his lifetime, conquered the hearts of not only the public, but also well-known fellow artists. Ivan Kramskoy himself and Ilya Repin were shocked by the talent of the Frenchman and spoke with admiration about his work. Continue reading →

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How happened the fate of 10 famous paintings that were spoiled by vandals

Pictures of famous (and sometimes not very masters) sometimes have a magical effect on people. And it happens that this is not only admiring and rapture, but extreme reactions. So that patients with nervous breakdowns who “reviewed” the statue of Michelangelo “David” regularly come to the hospital in Florence. And there are not known isolated cases when museum visitors tried to destroy works of art. And the reasons for this among the vandals were very different. Continue reading →

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What pictures of Russian classics were forbidden to be shown, and for what reason did they fall out of favor with the censors
We are accustomed to associate censorship bans with forbidden books or films. But even in such a seemingly harmless genre of art as painting, artists could go against the ideological…

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Romantic paintings with hidden undertones that are not as simple as they seem at first glance.
You can talk about love in different ways - including in languages ​​of different styles of visual art. These languages ​​are understandable to everyone, despite the fact that the personalities…

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Picture-tricks: How over the centuries artists confused the audience
Optical illusions are not new, the first “illusionists” were the ancient creators. With the development of painting, the skill of artists in creating paintings-deceptions was improved - initially confusing, always…

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As the sons of the Austrian artist Carl von Blaas became famous portrait painters of their time
Contrary to the well-known concept that “nature is resting on children of geniuses”, the world history of art still knows quite a few dynasties of artists that transferred a divine…

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