Artist Portraits
FABIEN BOITARD: “It could have been a very beautiful painting!”
Nov 19, 2019
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Fabien Boitard paints landscapes, portraits, still lifes ... In short, he does not deny any of the genre categories recognized in the history of painting, but anyone who thinks he will find a kind of comfort will quickly pay for his expenses: l he artist breaks the codes by bringing to his paintings a deliberately iconoclastic touch. Interview with an artist who plays with ambiguity on the notion of “style”.
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Cassiopeia, I've always been into art in a way
Aug 15, 2023
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8 minutes read
"I've always been into art in a way. My dad was a photographer and my mom always loved painting. I grew up watching what they did and photography has always been a part of me." ..
Art History
Diego Velázquez
Apr 20, 2023
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9 minutes read
Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter who lived from 1599 to 1660. He is considered one of the greatest painters in the history of Western art and is best known for his portraits of the Spanish royal family...
Art History
The most beautiful hairstyles of the Renaissance
Aug 26, 2023
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10 minutes read
Someone has them but wants to change their color, others want them shorter, those who no longer have them cry remembering them, or opt, now resigned, for the more classic carryover or hairpiece, what am I talking about?
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Marina Rusalka, painting is a life experience
Mar 12, 2022
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4 minutes read
Marina Rusalka's art is inspired by what the artist sees and learns, so that it is never monotonous and deals with multiple topics...
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Oleksandr Balbyshev, bright paintings
Aug 31, 2022
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7 minutes read
Oleksandr Balbyshev makes very bright paintings through the use of fluorescent colors, metallic and interferential paints and gold leaf...
Art History
The Sacred and the Beautiful: Artworks Inspired by Rama Navami
May 14, 2024
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10 minutes read
Rama Navami is a major Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Rama, a central figure in the ancient Indian epic, the Ramayana. Visual arts such as painting and sculpture play a pivotal role in setting the thematic tone of a festival...
Art History
Top 10: paintings of musicians
Aug 12, 2023
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13 minutes read
My top ten paintings relate art and music in the way the former of these two forms of expression approaches the latter, immortalizing and making concrete its intangible sound. In fact, it was probably painting that first approached the abstract world of notes...
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Svetlana Shavrina: my painting Focuses on the good things
Jun 17, 2024
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6 minutes read
"I believe that my painting Focuses on the good things I write and brings people positive thoughts . I usually use bright and light colours for oil works."...
Art History
Painting: the faces of the moon
Oct 31, 2023
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9 minutes read
Once the sun goes to sleep, returning every night to the same bed, he feels the absence of the woman he will never meet, the moon, who, waking up in her place, leaves, besides the messy sheets, a strong absence...
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Olena Bratiychuk Linse: Painting is a feeling of freedom
Feb 27, 2024
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7 minutes read
"Curiosity was and is the most important basis for my artistic creation. I have tried different techniques and various motifs. It was a years-long journey. Initially, I experimented with mural painting, icon painting, and fresco painting."...
Lifestyle
We discovered an iPhone on a painting from 1860!
Oct 5, 2022
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2 minutes read
The Internet can't figure out why a woman in a painting from 1860 seems to be holding an iPhone.
Art History
Top ten: male nude paintings
Jun 21, 2023
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14 minutes read
The female nude has been, since the dawn of human civilization, at the center of the art historical narrative, which, in a sense, has been more accepting of the externalization of this type of physicality, compared to the male nude...
Art History
Where Do We Find Fish in Painting?
Jan 31, 2024
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8 minutes read
Following a figurative discourse with a rather traditional character, the pictorial subject of fish primarily appears in three instances: within genre scenes, where it thrives in the context of the market; in still lifes, accompanied by flowers, fruits, etc.; in landscapes...
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Francesco D'Adamo: My inspiration comes from painting itself
Oct 3, 2023
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7 minutes read
"Art and artist are words that sound very vague and in my language carry a kind of judgement. So I will talk about painting, which is what I do, and painter, because that is consequently what I am. "...
Art History
AI: as of today, is painting dead?
Jul 5, 2023
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8 minutes read
Do you remember when the French painter born in 1797 Paul Delaroche, faced with the rise of the photographic medium, declared: as of today, painting is dead?...
Art History
The history of the female nude in paintings
Dec 4, 2022
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28 minutes read
The history of female nudity in art is never the same, as different societies and cultures have accepted nude scenes to varying degrees over the centuries and millennia. Indeed, nudity in art reflects the social norms of a given time and place, referring to the ways in which things are represented, indelibly linked to the conception of what is right or wrong to depict...
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Climate activists put red paint on a Monet painting
Jun 16, 2023
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2 minutes read
Two climate change activists put red paint on a Monet picture and stuck their hands to the glass protecting it at the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
Art History
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Mar 6, 2023
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8 minutes read
The way the painting is put together is similar to other works of art from the time. It uses diagonal lines to show off the woman and show how she is moving both toward the canvas and away from it...
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Madonna shared photos of paintings by artist Rhed who is her son Rocco
Mar 22, 2022
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Singer has shared some of her son's artwork with fans, including a painting of her younger son, David.
Art History
Top 10: Paintings of the Italian Renaissance
Dec 2, 2023
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13 minutes read
Can we talk about the Renaissance? The subject matter overwhelms me, the grandeur of the Renaissance painters terrifies me to the point of feeling overwhelmed...
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Mathilde Oscar, photography inspired by the great masters of painting
Sep 28, 2022
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7 minutes read
A passion for painting and drawing led Mathilde Oscar to approach photography, an art in which she expresses herself instinctively, placing the subject at the center of her investigation...
Art History
Top 5 Most Famous Still Life Paintings in Art History
Oct 22, 2021
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7 minutes read
Some are known for their beauty, some are famous for their mysteries, and some for the anecdotes that gravitate around it. Today, quick overview of still lifes through the ages: from fruit bowls to vegetable baskets, from bald skulls to flowering vases, you might be surprised!
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Masha Danilovskaia, art inspired by nature
Feb 9, 2022
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Masha Danilovskaia's paintings are completely inspired by nature, giving us a new vision of it, full of colors and beautiful details...
Lifestyle
Discover original paintings and photos that sublime Ireland!
May 14, 2020
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2 minutes read
From Dublin to Connemara, from Londonderry to Cork, Ireland is an island with special colors.
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Elena Kraft, art as a cry from the heart
Jul 16, 2022
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8 minutes read
Elena Kraft's work is literally a cry from the heart aimed at revealing the emotional state of the artist, which is expressed both in painting and in sculpture...
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Iryna Kastsova, I still continue to experiment with techniques and styles
Sep 8, 2023
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6 minutes read
"I started painting at the age of 5 with watercolors when I wanted to become an artist. Every summer I spent with my grandmother in the village."
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Simonida Djordjevic, freedom of expression
Oct 19, 2022
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7 minutes read
At first, Simonida Djordjevic painted on wooden panels, where she made the drawing with a paste she made herself, and I painted with oil...
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Igors Gengeris, "figurative Linearism"
Feb 19, 2022
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3 minutes read
The painting of Igors Gengeris, which some critics call "Linearism", tries to approach the understanding of the language of God: the art...
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Olha Baryshnikova - Testimonies of Ukrainian artists during the war
Feb 9, 2023
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5 minutes read
Like the rest of Ukraine, Ukrainian artists have been impacted by the war. Artmajeur here gives them the opportunity to talk about their daily lives. Today, discover the testimony of the artist Olha Baryshnikova from Mariupol (Ukraine).
Art News
Freddie Mercury's art collection will be sold at Sotheby's
Apr 27, 2023
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4 minutes read
More than 1,500 items from the rock star's London home, like original lyrics and Victorian paintings, will be sold in September by his ex-girlfriend and close friend, Mary Austin.
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Jasmine Roy, the love story with the subjects represented
Mar 19, 2022
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4 minutes read
Jasmine Roy's works are the result of a love affair between the artist and the subject, which is explored with a very personal composition of desaturated colors...
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Karlijn Surminski, a story behind every artwork
Feb 1, 2022
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3 minutes read
Behind each of Karlijn Surminski's works is a story, told through the power of images, created by a painting rich in themes, subjects and points of view.
Art History
Sandro Botticelli
Mar 15, 2023
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16 minutes read
Alessandro Botticelli, also known as Sandro Botticelli, was an Italian painter who lived during the Renaissance period. He was born in Florence in 1445 and died in 1510...
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France buys new masterpiece for Orsay museum with LVMH gift
Jan 31, 2023
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2 minutes read
France has added Gustave Caillebotte's "Boating Party," a stunning Impressionist masterpiece, to its national collection of art treasures. The luxury goods company LVMH gave France the 43 million euros (nearly $47 million) needed to buy the painting.
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Daria Kolosova, a combination of realism and picturesque
Jan 4, 2023
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6 minutes read
Daria Kolosova says: "I was born as an artist. I have been drawing all my life, always and everywhere. My first teacher was my grandfather, who taught descriptive geometry at the university"...