Contemporary graphic artists and their works. Famous artists, sculptors, graphic artists

Graphics is the most ancient form of fine art. The first graphic works are considered to be cave paintings of primitive man, reflecting his view of the world around him. The papyrus books of the ancient Egyptians contained graphic symbols (hieroglyphs) and illustrations. Since ancient times, beautiful examples of graphics have come down to us in the form of paintings on vases and ceramic vessels.

For a long time, only writing and calligraphy were classified as graphics. In the Middle Ages, book graphics became widespread: handwritten books were decorated with magnificent drawings and miniatures, and the creation of fonts became a distinct area of art.

Outstanding graphic artists and their famous works

The greatest master of the Western European Renaissance, Albrecht Durer, is one of the founders of engraving. His most famous works on copper are “Knight, Death and the Devil” (1513), “St. Jerome in his cell" and "Melancholy" (1514).

The great Italian artist and scientist of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, was an inimitable draftsman. His enormous graphic heritage includes: preparatory drawings for paintings, images of animals and plants, illustrations for technical developments, drawings for treatises.

Techniques and types of graphics

The basis of all types of graphic art is drawing. Typically, a graphic image is made on a sheet of paper, which plays the role of space. To create his works, an artist can use a whole arsenal of tools: pencil, ballpoint pen, charcoal, ink, ink, sanguine (red-brown pencils made from kaolin and iron oxides), colored chalk, sauce (a type of pastel), watercolor, gouache.

The main tool of European drawing in the era of late Gothic and Renaissance was the pen. At the end of the 17th century, graphite pencils began to be used to create drawings, drawings, and sketches. Canvas is practically not used in graphics, since watercolors and gouache do not fit well on it. Color in graphic images is used much less than in paintings. The main visual means of graphics are line, spot, chiaroscuro, stroke and dot.

Graphics have the same wide variety of genres as painting. But here the genres of portraiture and landscape are more common, and to a lesser extent still life, historical, everyday life and others. Graphics are traditionally divided into monumental (posters, wall graphics), easel (drawings and prints), book graphics (illustrations, postcards), as well as computer graphics, which, however, stands apart because it does not use traditional materials.

The art of graphics is distinguished by a wide variety of techniques that the artist uses in its pure form or in various combinations. According to the graphics technique, there are two types: drawing and printed graphics (printmaking). The drawing is created only in a single copy. In ancient times, artists used papyrus and parchment, and from the 14th century they began to draw on paper.

Printed graphics, on the contrary, exist in many copies. For replication, an engraving is used - a drawing on a solid material, which is covered with paint and then printed on a sheet of paper. Depending on the material, there are different types and techniques of engraving: woodcut (wood engraving), linocut (drawing carved on linoleum), etching (engraving on metal), lithography (engraving on stone). With the advent of engraving, the printed book arose and book graphics began to develop. Today, the development of graphics does not stop, new genres and techniques are appearing, but, as in ancient times, graphics remain an important component of fine art in our lives.

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Works by artists of the site "Graphic".

Graphic arts- on the one hand, it is a form of art, on the other, it is an activity that is accessible to everyone, and all people engage in it from a young age. To create a graphic drawing, you only need a sheet of paper and drawing material - pencil or paint. That is, on the one hand, the graphics are publicly available.

But on the other hand, this is a complex art form that needs to be learned in the same way as painting or sculpture. This is the difficulty and simplicity of graphics. Everyone can draw, but only a few can become masters.
Graphics are divided into two types: printed (printing), intended for replication; And unique, implying the creation of works in a single copy.

The most common distinguishing feature of graphics is the special relationship of the depicted object to space, the role of which is largely played by the background of the paper, “the air of a white sheet,” in the words of the Soviet graphic master V. A. Favorsky. The spatial sensation is created not only by the areas of the sheet not occupied by the image, but often (for example, in watercolor drawings) by the background of the paper appearing under the colorful layer.

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Art- figurative understanding of reality; the process or result of expressing the internal or external (in relation to the creator) world in an artistic image; creativity directed in such a way that it reflects interests not only of the author himself, but also of other people.

Today we will briefly tell you about the largest artists and sculptors from all over the world, and we will start with Russian artists.

Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich(1817-1900), marine painter. Member of the St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Rome, Florence and Stuttgart academies. Created about 6 thousand paintings. The most famous: “The Ninth Wave”, “Chesme Battle”.

Ivan Aivazovsky “The Ninth Wave”

Antropov Alexey Petrovich(1716-1795), portrait painter. He became widely known for his decorative paintings of palaces in St. Petersburg and its suburbs.

Antropov Alexey Petrovich – self-portrait

Argunov Ivan Petrovich(1729-1802), portrait painter. He painted ceremonial portraits, which were distinguished by precise and clear drawings and restrained coloring. Author of “Portrait of an unknown peasant woman in Russian costume” and others.

Argunov Ivan – Portrait of an unknown peasant woman in Russian costume

Arkhipov Abram Efimovich(1862-1930), master of plein air painting, sketches and genre paintings. He worked a lot on portraits, mainly of peasant women, and created life-affirming images of his contemporaries.

Borisov-Musatov Viktor Elpidiforovich(1870-1905), innovative artist. Paintings: “Girl on the balcony”, “By the pond”.

Borisov-Musatov Viktor Elpidiforovich – painting “By the Reservoir”

Borovikovsky Vladimir Lukich(1757-1825), portrait painter. He was commissioned for portraits by the highest-ranking persons of that time, members of the imperial family. The most famous were the portraits of Arsenyeva, Lopukhina, and Kurakino.

Borovikovsky Vladimir Lukich – Portrait of A. and V. Gagarin 1802

Bruni Fedor (Fidelio) Antonovich(1799-1875). Paintings: “The Death of Camilla, Horace’s Sister”, “The Copper Serpent”, etc., paintings of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

Bryullov Karl Pavlovich(1799-1852). He wrote sketches and paintings on historical and mythological themes, but became more famous as a portrait painter. Paintings: “Horsewoman”, “Yu. P. Samoilova with a Little Arab”, “Bathsheba”, “Italian Afternoon”, etc. The portrait of Yu. P. Samoilova with her daughter is recognized as one of the best.

The most famous painting of Bryullov is Yu. P. Samoilov with his daughter

Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich(1848-1926), Wanderer, author of paintings on historical and fairy-tale subjects. The most famous paintings are “After the massacre of Igor Svyatoslavovich with the Polovtsians”, “Alyonushka”. The most grandiose work is the painting “Bogatyrs”.

Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich – painting “Bogatyrs”

Venetsianov Alexey Gavrilovich(1780-1847), one of the founders of the everyday genre in Russian painting. He painted many portraits of peasants and scenes of village life. Paintings: “The threshing floor”, “Sleeping shepherd”, “On the arable land. Spring”, “Head of an old peasant”.

Painting “The Sleeping Shepherd” – Alexey Venetsianov

Vereshchagin Vasily Vasilievich(1842-1904), master of the battle genre. He painted a series of paintings on religious subjects. Paintings: “Apotheosis of War”, “Everything is Calm on Shipka”.

“Apotheosis of War” – painting by Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin

Vrubel Mikhail Alexandrovich(1856-1910). He was engaged in easel painting and monumental painting of churches. Paintings: “Demon Seated”, “Fortune Teller”, “Pan”, “Lilac”, “Demon Defeated”, etc.

Vrubel Mikhail Alexandrovich – The defeated demon 1902

Ge Nikolay Nikolaevich(1831-1894), one of the founders of the Association of Itinerants, landscape painter, portrait painter. Painting “Saul at the Sorceress of Endor”, “Secret Meeting”, “Peter I interrogates Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich in Peterhof”.

Kramskoy Ivan Nikolaevich(1837-1887), one of the founders of the Association of Itinerants. Paintings: “Unknown”, “Mina Moiseev”, “Forester”, “Contemplator”.

Nesterov Mikhail Vasilievich(1862-1942), portrait painter, master of monumental painting and lyrical landscape. The most famous paintings: “Victim of Friends”, “Connoisseur”, “Petitioners to the Emperor”, “The Hermit”.

Nesterov Mikhail Vasilievich – painting “Victim of Friends”

Repin Ilya Efimovich(1844-1930). Portraits of contemporaries (Stasov, Pisemsky, Tolstoy, Delvig). The paintings that became very famous were: “They Didn’t Expect”, “Barge Haulers on the Volga”, “Cossacks Write a Letter to the Turkish Sultan”, “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan”.

Repin Ilya Efimovich – painting “Cossacks writing a letter to the Turkish Sultan”

Surikov Vasily Ivanovich(1848-1916), master of historical painting. Paintings: “Boyaryna Morozova”, “Morning of the Streltsy Execution”, “Suvorov’s Crossing of the Alps”, “Stepan Razin”.

Surikov Vasily Ivanovich – painting “The Morning of the Streltsy Execution”

Chagall Marc(1887-1985), painter and graphic artist. He created surreal works, often on folklore and biblical themes (“Over the City”), stained glass windows and illustrations.

Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich(1832-1898), landscape painter. Paintings: “Noon. In the vicinity of Moscow”, “Rye”, “Forest distances”, “Among the flat valley”, “Morning in a pine forest”.

Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich – “Ship Grove”

Foreign artists

Bosch (Bos van Aken) Hieronymus(c. 1460-1516), Dutch painter. The most famous: “The Temptation of St. Antonio”, triptychs “Hay Wagon” and “Garden of Delights”.

Botticelli Sandro(1445-1510), Italian artist, master of the Florentine school. Compositions on religious and biblical themes: “Allegory of Power”, “Return of Judith”, “Madonna and Child and Angels”. Mythological compositions: “Spring”, “Birth of Venus”.

Sandro Botticelli “Madonna and Child with Angels”

Bruegel Peter(between 1525 and 1535-1569), Dutch painter. Paintings: “The Battle of Maslenitsa and Lent”, “Mad Greta”, “Peasant Dance”.

Van Gogh Vincent(1853-1890), Dutch artist, representative of post-impressionism. Paintings: “Peasant Woman”, “Potato Eaters”, “The Hills of Montmartre”, “Landscape in Auvers after the Rain”.

Vincent van Gogh – “Landscape at Auvers after the rain”

Van Dyck Anthonys(1599-1641), Flemish painter. Ceremonial aristocratic and intimate portraits (“Charles I on the hunt”), religious and mythological compositions in the Baroque spirit.

Velazquez (Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez) Diego(1599-1660), Spanish artist. Paintings: “Breakfast”, “Breakfast of two young men”, “Christ in the house of Martha and Mary”. Portraits of a particularly royal house: Infanta Maria Teresa, Infanta Margaret.

Veronese Paolo(1528-1588), Italian Renaissance painter, representative of the Venetian school. He painted frescoes at the Villa Barbara Volpi in Maser. The most famous painting is “Marriage at Cana”.

Gauguin Paul(1848-1903), French artist, representative of post-impressionism. Paintings: “Two Tahitian women”, “Oh, are you jealous?”, “The King’s Wife”, Where do we come from? Who are we? Where we are going?".

Paul Gauguin – Tahitians-1891.

Goya Francisco(1746-1828), Spanish artist. He painted paintings on everyday and historical, mythological and religious subjects, portraits, and performed wall paintings (frescoes). Paintings: “Umbrella”, “Dishes Seller”, Series of etchings “Caprichos”.

Holbein Hans the Younger(1497 or 1498-1543), German painter and graphic artist, representative of the Renaissance. Works: “Dead Christ” and “Morette”.

Dali Salvador(1904-1989), Spanish painter, representative of surrealism. The most famous phantasmagoric paintings are “The Flaming Giraffe” and “The Persistence of Memory.”

Dali Salvador – painting “Dream”

Daumier Honore(1808-1879), French graphic artist, painter, and sculptor, master of satirical drawing and lithography. Caricatures of the ruling elite and philistinism (“Transnonen Street”, series “Good Bourgeois”) became famous.

Durer Albrecht(1471-1528), German artist, representative of the German Renaissance. Paintings: “House by the Pond”, “View of Innsbruck”, “Portrait of Oswald Krel”.

Constable John(1776-1837), English landscape painter, representative of impressionism. Paintings; “Flatford Mill”, “Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Garden”, “Field of Corn”.

Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519), Italian artist. In terms of the versatility of his talents, he surpassed all his predecessors and teachers. Paintings: “The Last Supper”, “La Gioconda”, “Madonna Litta”, “Lady with an Ermine”, “Madonna in the Grotto” and many others.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) – “The Last Supper”

Masaccio(1401-1428), Italian painter, representative of the Florentine school, one of the founders of Renaissance art. He created the frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence.

Manet Edouard(1832-1883), French painter and graphic artist, founder of impressionism. Paintings: “Breakfast on the Grass”, Olympia”, “Bar at the Folies Bergere”.

Modigliani Amadeo(1840-1920), French artist of Italian origin. Paintings: “Pablo Picasso”, “Madame Pompadour”, “Lady with a Black Tie”, “Nude”, etc.

Monet Claude Oscar(1840-1926), founder of French impressionism. Paintings: “Breakfast on the grass”, “Lilacs in the sun”, “Impression. Sunrise”, “Gare Saint-Lazare”.

Murillo Bartolome Esteban(1618-1682), Spanish artist, representative of Baroque painting. Paintings: “Holy Family with a Bird”, “Flight into Egypt”, Generation of Shepherds”, “Madonna and Child”, etc.

Picasso Pablo(1881-1973), one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Paintings: “Harlequin”, “Portrait of a Wife”, “Jacqueline with a Black Scarf”, “Old Guitarist”, “The Blind Man’s Dinner”, “Girl on a Ball”, Three Musicians”, etc.

Poussin Nicolas(1594-1665), French painter, representative of classicism. Paintings: “Tancred and Erminia”, “Arcadian Shepherds”.

Rafael Santi(1483-1665), Italian artist, one of the greatest masters of the Florentine-Roman High Renaissance. The theme of the Madonna occupies a central place in his work: “Madonna Conestabile”, “Madonna Solly”, “Madonna Terranova”, “Madonna in Greenery”, “Sistine Madonna”. and etc.

Raphael Santi - St. Jerome supporting two executed people

Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn(1606-1669), Dutch artist. Paintings; “The Anatomy of Doctor Tulpa”, “Danae”, “Night Watch”, “The Holy Family”, “The Girl at the Window”.

Rembrandt - “Danae”.

Renoir Pierre Augustin(1841-1919), French artist, representative of impressionism. Paintings: “Portrait of Alfred Sisley with his wife”, “Swimming in the Seine”, “Path in the Tall Grass”, “The End of Breakfast”, First Evening at the Opera”, Portrait of the Actress Samari.”

Saryan Martiros Sergeevich(1880-1972), Armenian painter. Paintings: “Armenia”, “Valley of Ararat”, “Autumn Still Life”.

Cezanne Paul(1839-1906), French artist, representative of post-impressionism. Paintings: “Girl at the Piano”, Road to Pontoise”, “Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase”, “Pierrot and Harlequin”, “Lady in Blue”, etc.

Zurbaran Francisco(1598-1664), Spanish painter. representative of the Seville school. His series of paintings from the life of St. Bonaventure.

Turner Joseph Melord William(1775-1851), English artist, representative of impressionism, master of romantic landscape. His canvases reflect mythological and historical subjects (“Hannibal crossing the Alps in a snowstorm”, “Ulysses and Polyphemus”). Paintings: “Evening Star”, “Rain, Steam and Speed”, “Mole and Calais”.

Tintoretto Jacopo(1518-1594), Italian artist, representative of the Venetian school. Known for his large paired compositions “The Last Supper”, the painting “The Miracle of St. Mark” brought popularity. In the cycle of biblical scenes, the most significant paintings are: “The Creation of Animals”, “The Creation of Adam and Eve”, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba”, etc.

Titian Vecellio(c. 1476/77 or 1489/90 - 1576), Italian artist, master of the Venetian school of the Renaissance. Paintings: “Flora”, “Earthly and Heavenly Love”, “Madonna with Cherries”, “Mourning of Christ”, “The Rape of Europa”.

Toulouse-Lautrec Henri Marie Raymond de(1864-1901), French artist, representative of post-impressionism. Paintings: “Countess Toulouse-Lautrec at breakfast in Malrome”, “Laundress”, “In a cafe”, Dance at the Moulin Rouge”, etc.

Hals Franz(1581 or 85-1666), Dutch artist, the greatest reformer of Jewish portraiture. Paintings: “Singing boy-flutist”, “Children with a mug”, “Gypsy”, “Smiling gentleman”, “Cheerful drinking companion”.

El Greco Domenico(1541-1614), Spanish artist of Greek origin.

Ingres Jean Auguste Dominique(1780-1867), French artist, one of the best portrait painters of the 19th century, supporter of the traditions of classicism.

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"Paintings of graphics"

Graphics is a type of fine art that uses lines, strokes, spots and dots as the main visual means.
Pictures graphics. Color can also be used in graphics, but, unlike painting, here it plays a supporting role.

Pictures graphics. When drawing graphics, they usually use no more than one color (except for the main black), in rare cases - two). In addition to the contour line, strokes and spots are widely used in graphic art, also contrasting with the white (and in other cases also colored, black, or less often textured) surface of the paper - the main basis for graphic works. The combination of the same means can create tonal nuances. The most common distinctive feature of graphics is the special relationship of the depicted object to space, the role of which is largely played by the background of the paper (in the words of the Soviet graphic master V. A. Favorsky, “the air of a white sheet”).

Pictures graphics. The most ancient and traditional type of graphic art is drawing, the origins of which can be seen in primitive rock paintings and in ancient vase painting, where the basis of the image is line and silhouette. The tasks of drawing have a lot in common with painting, and the boundaries between them are fluid and largely arbitrary: watercolor, gouache, pastel and tempera can be used to create both graphic works and works that are painterly in style and character.

Pictures graphics. Graphic art includes both drawing itself and printed works of art (engraving, lithography, etc.), based on the art of drawing, but having their own visual means and expressive capabilities.
Pictures graphics. In graphics, along with completed compositions, full-scale sketches and sketches for works of painting, sculpture, architecture (drawings by Michelangelo, L. Bernini in Italy, O. Rodin in France, Rembrandt in Holland, V. I. Bazhenov in Russia) also have independent artistic value. . Not possessing such a volume of completeness of possibilities as painting in creating the spatial illusion of the real world, graphics vary the degree of spatiality and flatness with great freedom and flexibility; Graphic works may be characterized by careful volumetric construction, thoroughness in the development of the finest elements of texture and identification of the structure of the subject.

The heritage of graphic art is diverse. It is marked by the works of such world-famous masters as Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Gustave Dore (1832-1883), Japanese artists Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) and the engraver and draftsman Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849), whose work had a significant influence on European art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Of the modern masters of graphics, the most famous is the Dutch artist Maurice Escher, who was one of the first to depict fractals and became famous after the publication of the book “Grafiek en Tekeningen”, in which he himself commented on 76 of his best works.
So, we looked at the historical roots of graphic art and modern graphics.
Graphic paintings can be an independent section of fine art.
Graphic paintings gave the basis and development to such beautiful types of fine art as .

Pictures graphics. Graphic drawing. This is complete art. Graphics has a long and rich history. Graphic paintings are an ancient art form. Graphic paintings are our modernity. Graphic paintings are respected and loved.

Many people are interested in graphics. Collect graphic drawings. The graphics are interesting and fascinating.
Modern decorative art also cannot be imagined without graphics and graphic images. Sketches, sketches, and drawings allow the artist to think in an interesting and original way. Paintings, graphics and drawing are the basis of the creativity of any professional master.
Graphics, drawing, graphic image, graphic design can be made on the basis of various materials. Graphics on paper. Graphics on wood. Graphics on metal. Graphics on fabric. Graphics on glass. Sand graphics.

A skillful graphic image captures and captivates the viewer no worse than multi-colored oil or watercolor paintings.
Pictures graphics. The graphics are beautiful in their own right. The graphics are interesting. The graphics are fascinating. Graphic drawings by such masters as Michelangelo are considered priceless works of drawing and graphic art.

Pictures graphics. Modern graphics.
Modern graphics have their masters. Many specialize in graphic drawing and have been involved in graphics all their lives.
Modern graphics have both their fans and their connoisseurs. Graphic drawings are readily purchased by many amateurs and collectors. Graphic work can also be very expensive. Graphic paintings are not cheap and not an outcast in art. Graphic paintings are their own wonderful world in fine art.

Pictures graphics. Modern graphics. Our gallery presents a huge variety of graphic works. There are graphic works for every taste here. Take a closer look at our graphic works. The graphics are the good fairy of modern art, but the graphics are beautiful in themselves. A good graphic drawing or graphic composition can decorate any interior with its wonderful aura. The graphics are wonderful!
Graphics have captivated not only artists. Graphic paintings have also become a muse for the masters of modern poetry.
Verse graphics are a special way of recording poetic text in its difference from prose.

“She began to kiss him, all smeared with marmalade, on his tail and mane.
and into the window of the Eliseevsky grocery store and into the Macintosh computer
And he deliberately substituted one or another (lanita) floppy disk for her
not forgetting to kiss her on each Kohinorov pencil.”

In modern poetry there are many terms from the root word - “Graphic pictures”. For example: special poetic graphics, special verse graphics, specific verse graphics.
Graphic arts. Graphics penetrate and permeate our entire lives. They love graphics. They admire the graphics. They are interested in graphics. Some people are sick of graphics.
The most popular and famous type of graphics is drawing. Any artist starts with graphics and graphic works.
Graphic arts. Paper. Pencil. What else is needed. Of course creativity. Of course inspiration.

“I take a pencil, graphite with the letter “T”,
I start to draw feelings.
And with a trembling hand on a white sheet
I destroy the laws of art."

Pictures graphics. Graphics penetrate and permeate our entire lives. They love graphics. They admire the graphics. They are interested in graphics. Many people are sick of graphics.

“I pierce the paper with a sharp point until there are holes.
And the strokes don't fall like rain.
The elixir drunk from the soul by death
Returns with a gnashing of teeth.”

“Hard graphics! Paper to shreds!
My fingers are already starting to go numb.
The mongrel, who disbelieved in his own abandonment,
Suddenly capable of dying from melancholy.”

Pictures graphics. Paintings and graphics decorate our lives. They love graphics. They admire the graphics. They are interested in graphics. Many people are sick of graphics.

“Pain, guilt, regret, resentment, hopelessness,
Hope, anger, sinfulness, longing...
And love that did not accept the reality of freedom,
Unforgiveness circling at the temple..."

Graphic arts. Paintings and graphics decorate our lives. They love graphics. They admire the graphics. They are interested in graphics. Many people see their happiness in graphics.

“What happened? I haven't finished my creation yet.
The eclecticism of feelings turned out to be a daub.
I would like to burn the interweaving of these lines,
Reviving the Phoenix from the fire..."

Graphic arts. Modern graphics.
Modern graphics have their masters. Many artists specialize in graphic drawing and have been involved in graphics all their lives.
Modern graphics have their fans and their connoisseurs. Graphic drawings are readily purchased by many amateurs and collectors. Graphic work can also be very expensive. Graphic paintings are not cheap and not an outcast in art. Graphic paintings are their own wonderful world in fine art!

Pictures graphics! Modern graphics! Our gallery presents a huge variety of graphic works by artists. There are graphic works for every taste here. Take a closer look at our graphic works. Graphic paintings are the good fairy of modern art, but graphics are beautiful in themselves. A good graphic drawing or graphic composition can decorate any interior with its wonderful aura!
Pictures graphics! The graphics are wonderful!

) in her expressive, sweeping works was able to preserve the transparency of the fog, the lightness of the sail, and the smooth rocking of the ship on the waves.

Her paintings amaze with their depth, volume, richness, and the texture is such that it is impossible to take your eyes off them.

Warm simplicity of Valentin Gubarev

Primitivist artist from Minsk Valentin Gubarev doesn't chase fame and just does what he loves. His work is incredibly popular abroad, but almost unknown to his compatriots. In the mid-90s, the French fell in love with his everyday sketches and signed a contract with the artist for 16 years. The paintings, which, it would seem, should only be understandable to us, bearers of the “modest charm of undeveloped socialism,” appealed to the European public, and exhibitions began in Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain and other countries.

Sensual realism of Sergei Marshennikov

Sergei Marshennikov is 41 years old. He lives in St. Petersburg and works in the best traditions of the classical Russian school of realistic portraiture. The heroines of his canvases are women who are tender and defenseless in their half-nakedness. Many of the most famous paintings depict the artist's muse and wife, Natalya.

The Myopic World of Philip Barlow

In the modern era of high-resolution images and the rise of hyperrealism, the work of Philip Barlow immediately attracts attention. However, a certain effort is required from the viewer in order to force himself to look at the blurry silhouettes and bright spots on the author’s canvases. This is probably how people suffering from myopia see the world without glasses and contact lenses.

Sunny bunnies by Laurent Parselier

The painting of Laurent Parcelier is an amazing world in which there is neither sadness nor despondency. You won’t find gloomy and rainy pictures from him. His canvases contain a lot of light, air and bright colors, which the artist applies with characteristic, recognizable strokes. This creates the feeling that the paintings are woven from a thousand sunbeams.

Urban dynamics in the works of Jeremy Mann

American artist Jeremy Mann paints dynamic portraits of a modern metropolis in oil on wood panels. “Abstract shapes, lines, the contrast of light and dark spots - all create a picture that evokes the feeling that a person experiences in the crowd and bustle of the city, but can also express the calm that is found when contemplating quiet beauty,” says the artist.

The Illusory World of Neil Simon

In the paintings of British artist Neil Simone, nothing is as it seems at first glance. “For me, the world around me is a series of fragile and ever-changing shapes, shadows and boundaries,” says Simon. And in his paintings everything is truly illusory and interconnected. Boundaries are blurred, and stories flow into each other.

Love drama by Joseph Lorasso

An Italian by birth, contemporary American artist Joseph Lorusso transfers onto canvas subjects he observed in the everyday lives of ordinary people. Hugs and kisses, passionate outbursts, moments of tenderness and desire fill his emotional pictures.

Country life of Dmitry Levin

Dmitry Levin is a recognized master of Russian landscape, who has established himself as a talented representative of the Russian realistic school. The most important source of his art is his attachment to nature, which he loves tenderly and passionately and of which he feels himself a part.