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How in the modern world fake antique art
The problem of fraud exists for millennia. George Vasari – the author of the famous “Lives of the most famous painters, sculptors and architects,” spoke about the amazing case of a fake from Michelangelo Buonarroti himself. True, it occurred at the very beginning of the career of the famous master. Having sculpted the Sleeping Cupid statue, a young and enterprising sculptor secretly drove her far beyond the city and buried it in the ground. After some time, he “accidentally” discovered the “ancient monument” and very successfully sold it. Continue reading
As a favorite artist of Stalin, Alexander Gerasimov secretly painted pictures in the genre of “nude”
The name of the legendary artist Alexander Gerasimov, who lived and worked at a time when socialist realism dominated art, and to this day has caused heated debates among critics and art critics. Many consider him a court artist, who wrote in favor of the government, in which there is a significant element of truth. But there are facts with which you can not argue … In essence, the Impressionist Gerasimov remained a subtle painter throughout his life, excellently writing still lifes, flowers, lyrical sketches, and also pictures in the style of “nude”.
Indeed, Alexander Mikhailovich gained particular popularity and fame as a portrait painter at the dawn of Soviet power. Continue reading
Expressive “broken” portraits with a palette knife, painted from photographs
Francoise Nielly (Francoise Nielly) is a native French woman from Marseille who is tired of simple and simple subjects, standard solutions in the field of photography. That is why it presents its bright, unusual and full of emotions masterpieces to the whole world – pictures painted from photos using a palette knife.
Looking at such a riot of colors, a variety of impressions and emotions are created: someone will like it, while others simply twist their nose in annoyance, shielding their eyes from bright colors. Continue reading
