Russian Actors

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 [...]

Solntsev Ilya (05/12/1986). During the time in school, participated in television programs: "Cactus and Company", "Cool Company", "Krugolya", "right now, will sing", "Business Technology", was the host of "Up to 16 and over," etc. In the period from 1997 – 1999 GG children's festival jury headed by children and youth programs and participated in the [...]

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 – [...]

William Hogarth (Hogarth) (10.11.1697 – 25.10.1764), English painter, graphic artist and art theorist. He studied at the engraver on silver E. Geymbla in 1720 – at the Academy John Thornhill in London. He worked in London in 1743 and 1748, visited France. Slava Xogartu created satirical paintings and engravings on copper, in which he (in [...]

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 [...]