Publications by tag: modern

Art critic Oksana Sanzharova answers a variety of questions about the artist: his family, illness, technique, lifestyle, freaks, gorgeous ladies, “Yellow Pages”, drawing “in one line”, rumours about his sister... We deliberately included variously naïve and authentic theses, which arise in publications and conversations about this strange and brilliant Englishman now and then.

The owner of the Viennese fashion house, a couturier Emilie Flöge was the only constant companion of the affectionate Gustav Klimt for more than twenty years. This fact is beyond dispute, but the nature of their relationship has been the subject of controversy and debate since the early twentieth century. This creative couple bonded their mutual attraction and emotional dependence with an…

The woman of fin de siècle: sensual and ephemeral, seductive and inaccessible ... Who expressed her essence better than the brilliant Belle Époque artist Alphonse Mucha? His women are charming goddesses with splendid hair, exuding languor and bliss. Their fleeting movements, careless postures and elegant gestures were depicted by the artist with amazing accuracy. Without diminishing the author’s…

What did the numbers 152, 3000 and 1.5 mean for Lautrec?