Showing posts with label Gallery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gallery. Show all posts
Oct 10, 2011
Aug 18, 2011
Gallery
Vrubel. Swan princess.
Victor Vasnetsov. Three Tsarevnas of the Underground Kingdom.
Borovikovsky. Portrait of of Maria Lopukhina.
Aug 11, 2011
René Magritte | Ceci n’est pas une pipe
Рене Магритт. Картина называется «Это не трубка» (фр. Ceci n’est pas une pipe)
Иногда ложь может быть настолько тонкой, что она перестаёт казаться отвратительной.
Иногда ложь может быть настолько тонкой, что она перестаёт казаться отвратительной.
Jul 13, 2011
Giovanni Boldini | Portraits of ladies
Biography.
Born in Ferrara, Italy on 31st December 1842, Boldini received his initial training from his father, a painter and restorer. A precocious talent, Boldini attended the Accademia di Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts) in Florence in 1862. There he met the circle of Tuscan realist painters, known as the Macchiaioli, developing a particularly close friendship with Telemaco Signorini and Christiano Banti. They were a considerable influence on Boldini and introduced him to painting from nature, contemporaneous with the Barbizon painters of France.
During a visit to Paris for the Exposition Universelle in 1867, Boldini was greatly influenced by the paintings of Courbet, Manet and Degas, artists with whom he later established lifelong friendships. While in Paris, Boldini was captivated by what he considered to be the cultural capital of Europe and moved there permanently in October 1871, settling in the Place Pigalle. During this period he painted a series of small-scale works of eighteenth-century and Empire scenes, commissioned by Adolphe Goupil and other Parisian dealers, but also concentrated on scenes of Parisian life and pictures of elegantly dressed women, many of which were also sold by Goupil. Boldini was accepted as one of the foremost portrait painters of the Belle Epoque in Paris during the 1890s. His unique style set him apart from his contemporaries. "Though he remained essentially Paris-based, Boldini occasionally made trips to London to paint some of Sargent's sitters... Boldini had perfected a 'whiplash' style by which the model appeared to be thrown onto the canvas... All his nervous energy... was thrown at the canvas." (Kenneth McConkey, Edwardian Portraits, London, 1987, p.36).
Boldini died in Paris on 12th January 1931.
During a visit to Paris for the Exposition Universelle in 1867, Boldini was greatly influenced by the paintings of Courbet, Manet and Degas, artists with whom he later established lifelong friendships. While in Paris, Boldini was captivated by what he considered to be the cultural capital of Europe and moved there permanently in October 1871, settling in the Place Pigalle. During this period he painted a series of small-scale works of eighteenth-century and Empire scenes, commissioned by Adolphe Goupil and other Parisian dealers, but also concentrated on scenes of Parisian life and pictures of elegantly dressed women, many of which were also sold by Goupil. Boldini was accepted as one of the foremost portrait painters of the Belle Epoque in Paris during the 1890s. His unique style set him apart from his contemporaries. "Though he remained essentially Paris-based, Boldini occasionally made trips to London to paint some of Sargent's sitters... Boldini had perfected a 'whiplash' style by which the model appeared to be thrown onto the canvas... All his nervous energy... was thrown at the canvas." (Kenneth McConkey, Edwardian Portraits, London, 1987, p.36).
Boldini died in Paris on 12th January 1931.
Jul 2, 2011
Rene Gruou | Biography and Works
Рене Грюо (Rene Gruau) родился в Италии в 1909 году, в аристократической семье. Его отец был итальянцем, а мать француженкой, Рене унаследовал ее фамилию. В 1924 году он переехал в Париж и начал карьеру иллюстратора. Его ранние рисунки публковались в Италии, Германии и Англии. С 1935 по 1939 Рене работал с журналами Femina, Marie-Claire, L'Officiel, L'Album Du Figaro и др. В 1947 году его друг, Кристиан Диор, доверил ему рисовать рекламу Miss Dior. В 1948 году Рене уехал в США. Рене рисовал для Harpers'S Bazaar и Vogue, до того, как стать эксклюзивным художником для Flair. В 1949 году он посвятил себя рекламе Rouge Baiser, Lido, Moulin Rouge, Bemberg, Blizzand.С 1950 года Грюо творил для величайших имен в высокой моде: Balmain, Fath, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Rochas, продолжая рисовать для Elle, Vogue, France, Madme Figaro and L'Officiel De La Couture, Enjoy.
Oct 6, 2010
Gallery
New
Starry night. Van Gog.
Claude Monet.
Karl Brullov. The Amazon.
Alexander Ivanov. The Branch.
Dmitry Levitsky. Portrait of Maria Dyakova.
Alexander Gerasimov. After the rain.
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