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How the artist Francisco Goya turned the art world around: “the First of modern»
For innovations in the technique of paintings, obsessive satire of his work and personal belief that the artist’s vision is more important than tradition, Goya is often called “the first of the modern”. His uncompromising depiction of the reality of his time marks the beginning of a new art of the XIX century.
Biography
Francisco Goya y Lucientes was born on March 30, 1746 in an Aragonese village and studied painting in the workshop of the Zaragoza artist Jose Lusano-Martinez. The work of the Spanish artist, which developed at the turn of the XVIII-XIX centuries, opens the art of a new historical era. Continue reading
The theme of the prodigal son in Rembrandt’s paintings: the greatest evolution of the master’s life and work
Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn was the greatest artist not only of the Dutch Golden age, but of all world art. Known as the” artist of light”, Rembrandt used his unsurpassed technical skills, knowledge of human anatomy, and faith to Express deep emotions and eternal truths. Special attention should be paid to the biblical story of the prodigal son, which reflects the artist’s personal and creative transformations.
Biography
Born into a middle-class Miller’s family in 1606, Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn, like many others at the time, left his father’s home and went to the big city (Amsterdam) to succeed. Continue reading
How a rebel artist became an academic and teacher of the Tsar’s children: Karl Lemoch
The year 1863 can be defined as a landmark for the future development of fine art in Russia. It all started with the”revolt of the fourteen.” Fourteen students of the historical class preferred the realistic style to the classical, propagandized direction of the Academy and left the walls of the institution. One of these artists was Carl Lemoch.
According to V. V. Stasov: “These young people were all extremely insufficient-it means that they were dependent from head to foot and obliged to tremble for their future, and yet, risking this future, they prefer to lose their reward and the prospect of traveling abroad, just not to perform what is repugnant to their artistic conscience.” And they all lost the gold medal… Continue reading
