Creative life Fedor Yakovlevich Alekseev (1753-1824) began training at the Imperial Academy of arts in St. Petersburg. His father was a watchman at the Academy, and at his request the young man took on training in 1766 г.; first he studied in class of a still life, and then in the landscape. In 1773 he received a gold medal for the software landscape and a scholarship to study in Venice. But unfortunately the artist, the purpose of his training was a theatrical scenery, but he dreamed of a landscape...

Friends, I represent your attention a selection of our smolikau (rollers), United by the theme of "Женские images in the works of British artists". Part I.

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Lucia Sarto (Lucia Sarto) @- a contemporary Italian artist, was born in 1950 in the province of Udine.
When she was 11 years old, was awarded the first prize at the regional competition at art school in Trieste. Later Sarto was beginning to learn the craft of painter in Venice, then in Turin, well-known centers of Italian art and culture.

the works of the artist are in private collections around the world.












































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Ramon Ward-Thompson was born in Masterton on the North island of New Zealand in 1941. An interest in art in his early years, he instilled his grandfather, painter Herbert Ward Thompson. After graduating from Scots College in Wellington, Ramon spent four years in Europe and London, traveled widely and studied art, before settling in Australia. Ramon now lives and works in Sydney. In his paintings you can often find the streets of Europe, city sketches, a cozy cafe, soft color and beautiful scenery...