Fedotov, who served in the guard, began painting very late. He ended his days in a psychiatric hospital.

The artist was born into the family of an impoverished samurai. In Japan, Hiroshige is considered “the most Japanese landscape painter.”

He was the first to paint portraits of people from the people. The heroes of his portraits are strong people who live full-blooded and joyful lives.

Fouquet was the court painter of Charles VII. Only a few paintings by Fouquet have survived to this day, and therefore he is now better known as a miniaturis...

During the French Revolution, he became the custodian of the Louvre.

His works are called “Angel paintings.”

The artist, unlike many of his fellow artists, believed that painting was no less an intellectual activity than literature and history. He had a surprisingly...

Parmigianino is the most prominent representative of Italian mannerism. In addition to painting, he was interested in alchemy

Redon was one of Maximilian Voloshin’s favorite artists. In his best paintings he managed to touch the unspeakable.

El Greco's work is characterized by spirituality and mystical exaltation. From success and recognition to poverty and oblivion.

Rossetti's father, who revered Dante Alighieri, named his son after him. When his wife died, he buried the manuscripts of his early poetry with her. At the e...

Ciurlionis stood at the origins of the Lithuanian national revival. Madness drove him to his grave.