Publications by tag: штрихи к портрету

American poet Ezra Pound once said that there exist two types of artists. The first one includes those who create beautiful paintings, with all the answers being on their surface. You leave, having seen no more than you had before. The second type includes those who change everything, such as Turner. Their works haunt you, allowing to see beauty in a hundred places that you've never noticed before…

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

Why did Picasso smoke cigars? What fight did the master of modern art recall all his life with delight? Which fingers did he and Chagall give each other at their last friendly dinner? Who helped him escape prison for stealing a famous artwork? And the most important thing: what of all this is true?

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