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“When I have a terrible need of — shall I say the word — religion, then I go out and paint the stars.” ‘The Letters of a Post-Impressionist, ‘ published in 1913, is a collection of the personal corre …

Much of world’s documentary heritage rests in vulnerable, little-known and often inaccessible archives. Many of these archives preserve information that may cast new light on historical phenomena and …

Last chapter of the trilogy "Leonardo’s life". Werecked the star of Cesare Borgia, Leonardo returns to Florence. His fellow citizens do not love him. They are divided among those who …

Japanese woodblock prints "ukiyo-e", are one of the most popular Japanese art form. Covering topics such as the philosophy and the techniques at the basis of ukiyo-e, this book provides a d …

Alexei Alexeievich Harlamoff (1840–1925) was a Russian painter. Harlamoff became a guest student at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg in 1854. Three years later he was awarded a second …

Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (1846 – 1898) was a Russian painter. He was born in the city of Poltava, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) to a son of an officer in the Russian Army. Yaroshenko chose a m …

The array and diversity of Durer’s artworks is simply astonishing and it is not possible nowadays to identify how many of his paintings and prints are missing, but those that have continue to existed …

Arnold Bocklin (1827 – 1901) was a symbolist artist influenced by Romanticism movement. Bocklin’s works are Symbolist by style with mythological themes frequently relating with the painters Pre-Rapha …

Rembrandt produced etchings for most of his career, from 1626 to 1660, when he was forced to sell his printing-press and virtually abandoned etching.. He took easily to etching and, though he also le …

Pieter Coecke van Aelst was a Flemish artist who worked in the first half of the 16th century in Brussels and Antwerp in a very wide range of visual arts, ranging from church decoration to jewelry, s …