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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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"Holy Wives" de Zurbaran: What secrets are kept female portraits of the famous painter of the XVII century
The cycle of female portraits of Francisco de Zurbaran called “Holy Wives” for almost 400 years has attracted the audience not only by masterful painting performance, but also by terrible…

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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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Between the Renaissance and the gloomy Gothic: Pictures of the Ukrainian artist, who was born 500 years after his time

Considering the work of contemporary artists, it seems that they all work in two directions: some get their inspiration and look for answers to their creative questions in the classical heritage of their predecessors, others – innovators engaged in modern art work in a completely new format. But there are also universals, to which we can include the Ukrainian master of graphics, sculpture and levkas – Oleg Denisenko, who draws his inspiration from deep antiquity and throws it out in the form of new out-of-the-ordinary ideas and unpredictable decisions. Continue reading →

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From petroglyphs to the drawings of the great Pushkin: History of portrait profile
The profile that in the modern world is associated primarily with self-presentation in the Internet space, in its original meaning of a half-turn, silhouette is almost the same age as…

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5 world famous works of art that were never finished
When composers, artists or writers begin to work on their works, they are sure that they will finish the job. Otherwise, why? But not always their aspirations are justified. Sometimes…

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The story of one picture: How a cat saved a baby during a flood and made history
For a long time, artists of the historical genre, as a rule, laid down real historical events in the plots of their paintings, which is quite logical. So the tragedy…

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Famous daughters-mothers: 3 outstanding female dynasties in art and science
When they talk about the famous dynasties in art, and even more so in science, we are talking, as a rule, about fathers and their sons. But the talented women…

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