Publications by tag: strokes for the portrait

Strokes for the portrait of the painter who won European fame and died in his prime.

Shishkin became a classic during his lifetime. But the textbook fame sometimes does not allow the viewer to really meet the artist. Consciousness helpfully shows some soulless idol whom everyone knows, everyone saw, but did not try to peer. We would like to remove this gilding from the image of Ivan Shishkin, who was a loving, impetuous, sometimes awkward and touching person.

Hunger hallucinations, playing with fire, tons of clay and a single woman — Joan Miró found inspiration in everything.

They were afraid of Paul Cézanne, as he was rather mercurial person. His models froze during posing sessions not daring to move; his fellow artists who wanted to introduce someone to Cézanne, prepared and warned the newcomer: Paul is shy and impulsive, he is not easy to communicate with new people, he may not even appear at the meeting, but he is firstly a brilliant artist, and secondly, you…

The “Samurai from Montparnasse” believed that God gave men cats for better understanding of the mysterious feminine essence, and created his own mythology.

Rubens began painting only by the age of 30, nevertheless he managed to create a well-established production of paintings right at home, was a friend of the Duke of Buckingham, several ministers and a pleasant conversationalist of European kings, left a diplomatic career after a great victory and received a noble sword from two monarchs.