Interesting facts about painting and artists
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Different types of oils are used as a base for oil paints. Experts know that certain types of paints include various oils: safflower, linseed, walnut oil and poppy. And each of these options has its own characteristics and dries over time.
In the Middle Ages, oil paints were also popular because they painted shields. Continue reading
Golden age of Dutch painting
Even those who are poorly versed in art, have heard of Dutch painting. But many people associate Dutch painting only with Rembrandt, sometimes Vermeer and Van Gogh, who was Dutch only by descent.
And Dutch painting is a bright and original page in world art, worthy of special mention. Especially when it comes to the Golden Age of Dutch painting. Continue reading
A brief history of the landscape in painting
The first drawings that were made by man have been known since primitive times, and even then people, along with themselves and animals, depicted nature with their deeds and concerns. It was rather sketchy, but still allowed to admire the talent and innate sense of admiration for nature and its beauty. Continue reading
40 interesting facts from the lives of great artists
Salvador Dali believed that he was the reincarnation of his deceased brother.
In each of the works of Dali there is either his portrait or silhouette.
Єdgar Degas was so fascinated by ballet dancers that he created more than 1500 works with their participation. Continue reading
Nikolai Tomsky. Soviet sculpture.
People’s Artist of the USSR Nikolai Vasilyevich Tomsky is one of the outstanding masters of the fine arts of the Soviet era.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Tomsky was born on December 19, 1900 in the family of a rural blacksmith in the village of Ramushevo, Starorussky district, Novgorod province. In 1912 he graduated from the rural four-year school there. Since childhood, Tomsky loved to draw. But where was the peasant boy thinking about art education! Simultaneously with his studies, he helped his father in agriculture and worked with him in the forge. When, during the First World War, his father was taken to the army, he remained in the family the only employee. Continue reading
