Alekseev, Fedor Yakovlevich @- a wonderful Russian painter, the founder of Russian landscape painting, particularly of the urban landscape. He was born about 1755 in St. Petersburg, in the family of the janitor of the Academy of Sciences.

1766-1773 gg studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of arts. In 1773-1777 years was perfected in Venice.

1794 painting Alekseev Fedor Yakovlevich brought its Creator the title of academician of painting.

the Work was highly valued...

" Приезд to the country". (1899). Author: Vladimir Makovsky.
Russian painters for centuries, sang of the nature of their homes with the help of colorful palette, splashing it on his canvases. And it"s so rare that artists living in major cities, not" сбегал" summer time for the city to retreat from the bustle of the world to be filled with inspiration and rest. And so the artistic legacy of artists is very rich in paintings with the image of a cute wooden lodges and large estates.
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Iranian artist. Javad Soleimanpour Jawad Soleimanpour (Javad Soleimanpour) @- Iranian artist. Born in 1965 in Tabriz, Iran. Known for his paintings in pastel technique. As an artist Javad – taught. Drawing started when he was 12 years old. His first exhibition was held in 1978. At that time he was working on reproductions of famous paintings in the Palace Museum Sadabad. Since 1998 art gallery" Seven Art Gallery" in Istanbul, began to regularly provide a venue for solo exhibitions of the artist....

WATERCOLORBorn Bukvic Joseph (Joseph Zbukvic) in Zagreb and current Croatian capital. From childhood he was fond of the fine arts, however, parents did not consider it important talent of his child, so Joseph entered the pedagogical University, where he studied languages. Political instability in Yugoslavia forced the family Bukvich to leave their homeland and move to Australia. Of course, education had forgotten. A few years later the name of Joseph became popular, contrary to the desire of parents...

ANTIQUES Soon after the discovery of the secret of making hard-paste porcelain in 1710 in Europe, opened the first porcelain factory in Meissen. And almost immediately the porcelain of Meissen was for Europe and Russia the subject of worship. Customers were the richest family and the aristocracy. When creating a Meissen porcelain used about 10,000 shades of colors. The ink recipes are kept in the strictest confidence. On the porcelain manufactory Meissen is about 175 000 types of items.

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