Velasquez made a brilliant career at the court of the Spanish King Philip IV. His universalism was in the spirit of the times. Administrative work did not pr...

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

His landscapes are filled with admiration for the greatness of the universe.

Jordaens was one of the richest painters in the history of Flanders. At fifty-two, the artist converted to Calvinism, but even after that he continued to wor...

Being a native of Switzerland, Kaufman spent most of her life in Italy. She was a member of almost all European Academies of Arts.

The name of Raphael in the world history of art is associated with the idea of sublime beauty and harmony. His art is extremely harmonious, breathing inner p...

“The true role of painting is to spiritualize walls,” said Puvis de Chavannes. He saw the death of art in the technocratic process.

Emile Zola spoke of him as “one of the few true artists of the era.” Being an attentive and benevolent mentor for young painters, he earned from them the fri...

Severini began his career as a pointillist. The artist was born in Cortona, but his “spiritual birth,” as he himself said, took place in Paris.

Savrasov was the first “lyricist” in Russian landscape painting. At the end of his life, he gave away his paintings for a bottle of vodka.

“He unmistakably saw the secret truth of life,” Bryusov said about him.

In Europe he was called "the only living old master." Having lived alone all his life, he painted portraits of children with special love.