According to sociologists, the world's most famous three artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso.
Leonardo's "responsible" for the art of old masters, Van Gogh - for the Impressionists and Post-XIX century, and Picasso - for the abstract and modernist XX century.
Moreover, if Leonardo appears in the eyes of the public are not so much a painter as a universal genius, and Picasso - fashionable "secular lion and a public figure - a champion of the world, Van Gogh stands for
is an artist.
He is considered a lone madman genius and a martyr, not thinking about fame and money. However, this
image, which has become accustomed to, no more than a myth, which was used to "roll out" Van Gogh and profitably sell his paintings.....
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