Perov has always been a truly “people's” artist. His last name became a nickname, received in childhood for his love of penmanship.

Pisanello became famous primarily as a medalist. He was perhaps the most brilliant draftsman of his time.

Pirosmani changed many occupations, staying the longest as a railway conductor. He painted his paintings on oilcloth.

Kramskoy and Antokolsky were interested in his work. Munkácsy ended his days in a psychiatric hospital in Endenich near Bonn (Schumann died here several deca...

His artistic images and forms are unique in their energy; his portraits are extremely emotional; his muse is defiantly sensual. Picasso became a master durin...

Petrov-Vodkin was the son of a shoemaker and received his education “with copper money.” His work was influenced by French symbolists and Russian icon painti...

A native of a small Moravian town, Mucha became famous as the “Parisian artist.” The master was upset that the public considered him a “decorator” and did no...

Until old age, Miro remained a revolutionary in art. His synthetic creativity expresses the spirit of the twentieth century.

Modigliani belonged to the generation of artists who created the new art of the 20th century. He was distinguished by his beauty, numerous love affairs and c...

He continued the traditions of lyrical landscape.

Murillo became the first director of the Seville Academy of Arts. While working on the paintings of a monastery in Cadiz, he fell from the scaffolding and wa...

He was not only a painter, but also a mathematician. His works are distinguished by strict proportionality and perfect perspective. At the end of his life, t...