Head (1910) A sublime 20th century expressionist portrait by the Russian Alexei von Jawlensky (1864-1941). Museum of Modern Art, New York. Portrait Art (2,500 BCE – …
Madame Vigée Le Brun spent six years in Russia and seemed to have loved it sincerely. Surely she exaggerated when she wrote that one never sees a drunken man there, or that all Russian people lived very happily under the rule of Catherine II but, on the whole, she experienced there much warm-hearted hospitality and her talent had been …
Everyone can take photos but only some are considered as famous photographers. Take a creative & outstanding portrait photographs is not an easy task. A famous portrait photographer can combine the correct time with proper color coordination & …
A self-portrait is a representation of an artist that is drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by that artist. Although self-portraits have been made since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters …
Bert Christensen’s Cyberspace Home. Alphabetical List of Artists on this Site. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Frederic Malle is a true perfume connoisseur and creator of the Editions de Parfums niche” fragrances without compromise” collection. His line consists of 19 amazing perfumes so far, all developed by, according to the Malle, the top ten noses of the world. The collection expands in November with a new edition named Portrait of a Lady, …
Masterrpieces Grreat worrks, grreat arrtists. RReal aRRt. Russian Classics We know these works by heart from Our hood. Or do we just pretend We know? Portrait We know their faces from hood. What’s new? Still Life Resumes of our postprandial meditations saved for Eternity; Moderrn What art is really modern? Is modern art …
Great duke Gabriel CONSTANTINOVITCH, Portrait retained by Lempicka: Grand Duke Gabriel Constantinovitch (Pavlosk, 1887 – Paris, 1955) was the son of the Duchess of Saxony, and the great grandson of Czar Nicholas I.
Catherine II (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Yekaterina Alekseyevna; 2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 – 17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796), also known as Catherine the Great (Екатери́на Вели́кая, Yekaterina Velikaya), born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, was Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796, the country’s longest-ruling female leader.
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the life and work of Paula Modersohn-Becker, a renown German painter and the first Western woman to paint herself in the nude.