Russian Actors

Kiprensky Orest Adamovich (13 (24) .03.1782 – 10.05.1836) – a portraitist and history painter, one of the finest artists, when something is in Russia. He was the son of a serf rights Brigadier A. Diakonova, A. Schwalbe. Born in county Oranienbaum S. Petersburg province, 13 (24) March 1782, and baptized in the village Koporie, from [...]

Sypikov Vasily Ivanovich (1848 – 1916) – a historical painter, genre painter, from 1858 to 1861 he studied at the Krasnoyarsk district school and later served as a clerk in one of the state-owned institutions, amateur practicing drawing and painting. In 1870, students enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Arts. Attending her classes until 1873, [...]

François Boucher (Francois Boucher) (29.09.1703 – 08.05.1770) – French painter, was born in Paris on Sept. 29, 1703 and died May 8, 1770. His father, Nikolai B. poor teacher of painting and graphic patterns for embroidery, was, apparently, his first teacher. Then became a student of B. Lemoine and entered Carswe engraver, who compiled a [...]

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.

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 – [...]

Salvador Dali (05.11.1904 – 01.23.1989). Technique of painting Dali studied at the Madrid Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, from 1921 to 1926. The first exhibition of works by Dali in November 1925 in the Dalmau Gallery in Barcelona. Being a fan of the works psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, Salvador Dali sought on their [...]

Kuindzhi Antropov (01/15/1841) – The famous Russian landscape painter, was born January 15, 1841, studied at Aivazovsky and within a short time at the Academy of Fine Arts, from which in 1878 was promoted to the artist a classroom degree. The first of his paintings: "Tatar village in the moonlight," "Types of Balaam and Lake [...]

Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617 – 3.4.1682) – the famous Spanish artist, head of the Seville school, born in late December 1617 in Seville, he studied at the Juan de Castillo, and initially worked in his dry, stiff manner, until the day before arrival in called the city P. de Moya, who underwent back style van [...]

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique (1780 – 1867) – French historical and portrait painter. From 1797 he studied with Louis David, in 1802 for his film: "Achilles in his tent taking messengers of Agamemnon, has received much so-called. Prix de Rome, and going in 1806 at the expense of the French government in Italy, before 1820 improved in [...]

Savrasov Alexei Kondratyevich (1830 – 1897) – landscapes. Art education in the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.