PAINTERS

FRANCISCO GOYA 1/3 – The experience helped him become a keen observer of human behavior. The father of Spanish modern art. Francisco de Goya, painted royal portraits as well as more subversive works in late 1700s and early 1800s. He was born on March day, in Spain. He began his art studies as a teenager (even spent time in Rome). …

SANDRO BOTTICELLI 1/3 – He was born in in Florence, Italy. As a boy, he apprenticed as a goldsmith. By his forties, Botticelli was himself a master. He worked in all the current genres of Florentine art, painting altarpieces in fresco and on panel, tondi (round paintings), small panel pictures, and small devotional triptychs. Botticelli’s first works followed the current …

VITALY URZHUMOV 1/3 – Surrealism is often considered both a cultural and revolutionary art movement. The form dedicated itself to depicting the subconscious. If you compare, the main image (lemon tea), sharing a passing surrealistic resemblance to Dali’s The Persistence of Memory. He is Vitaly Urzhumov, the surrealist painter. He use the traditional technique, oil on canvas, and his love …

ARUNAS ZILYS 1/3 – The unique visions of Zilys, once viewed, are tattooed on your heart indelibly. Symbols and myths swirl about in a mosaic of meaning. They echo, like an ancient dream. Arunas Zilys, Lithuanian painter, creates mysterious paintings of haunting beauty. Some popular Zilys titles (Birdman, Guardian Angel and Offerings), invite you into another world. ARUNAS ZILYS 2/3 …

MARCEL DUCHAMP 1/3 – Four of the six Duchamp children became artists, but he was that born in a summer day. The French artist who broke down the boundaries between works of art and everyday objects. His irreverence for conventional aesthetic standards, led him to devise his famous ready-mades and heralded an artistic revolution. He was friendly with the Dadaists, …