Russian Actors

Van Gogh Vincent (30/03/1853 – 07/29/1890), Dutch painter. Son of a pastor. In 1869-76 he served commission hudozhestvennotorgovoy firm in The Hague, Brussels, London and Paris, in 1876 – as a teacher in England. Undertook a study of theology, in 1878-79 was a preacher in Borinazhe (Belgium), where I learned the hard life of miners, [...]

Vautier, Benjamin (04/27/1829 – 04/25/1898), German painter. Swiss origin.

Serov, Valentin Alexandrovich (01/19/1865 – 05/12/1911), was born in St. Petersburg. His father, Alexander Serov, was a composer and music critic. The family often visited Serov Repin, Antokolsky. Valentin appeared early artistic abilities, his first teacher was A. Camp, and then Repin.

Francesco Parmigianino (11/01/1503 – 24/08/1540), Italian painter. There was influenced by Correggio. Even for the early works of Parmigianino (frescoes in the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma, 1522, "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror", 1524, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) is characterized by elongated proportions of figures, unexpected angles, optical effects. In his rethinking the art [...]

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas (07/19/1834 – 09/27/1917), French painter, graphic artist and sculptor. In 1855-56 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1854-59 had lived in Italy, studied the art of the Italian Quattrocento.

Anders Zorn (Zorn) (1860) – Swedish painter and engraver, akvafortist, studied at the Stockholm Academy of Fine Arts Sculpture at first, and then the painting under the guidance of Boklunda and perfected it in Paris. Even the first, the school works his brush – small scenes from the life of the people and portraits – [...]

Bakst Lev Samoilovich (real name – Rosenberg) (27.01 (08.02) .1866 – 12.27.1924), Russian painter, graphic and stage designer. He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1883-1887) in Paris (1893). He was a member of "The World of Art". In book graphics (the magazine "The World of Art", "Golden Fleece", "Apollo") and easel paintings [...]

Plastov Arkady (19 (31) .01.1893 – 12.05.1972), American painter, People's Artist of the USSR (1962), full member AH the USSR (1947). He studied at the Moscow Stroganov Art Central School of Industrial Art (1912 – 1914) and the sculpture department of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1914 – 1917) by SM Volnukhin [...]

Bernardo Bellotto (01/30/1720 – 11/17/1780), Italian painter and etcher. A nephew and disciple of A. Canaletto, inherited his nickname.

Peter Paul Rubens (06/28/1577 – 30/05/1640) – the famous Flemish painter, was descended from an ancient family Antwerp citizens, his father Jan Pubens, who was in the reign of the Duke of Alba, the elder of the city of Antwerp, for their commitment to the Reformation was in proscribed and was forced to flee abroad. [...]