Grunewald was not only an artist, but also a hydromechanic, a specialist in fountains and water pipes. He never married and left his entire fortune to his ad...

Ivanov’s closest friend was Gogol. Chernyshevsky saw in him “a man of the future.”

Canaletto devotedly loved his native Venice. His paintings were called “luminous, joyful and transparent.”

Caravaggio's erotic beauties were very popular. His religious paintings amazed with their realism and became a subject to be imitated.

Carpaccio’s “specialty” was working for the religious brotherhoods of Venice. He became the last Quattrocento artist.

Carlo Carra received his first painting lessons from a painter. Living in fascist Italy, the artist tried to have as little contact as possible with official...

She was considered a student of Edgar Degas. “I love to paint normal health and strength,” said the artist. The best images she created are those of the chil...

Kokoshka quite seriously claimed that he could fly. He volunteered in the First World War.

The great physicist Faraday admired the precision of his brush.

The main feature of Koro the painter was endless hard work. His talent was extremely appreciated by Charles Baudelaire.

Korovin came from an Old Believer environment. Universally gifted, he worked a lot for the theater, wrote books, and taught.

Giorgio Vasari called Correggio “a most original painter.” Already during his lifetime he was considered an unsurpassed master of color. Unlike many of his c...