David Galchutt is an American artist born in Southern California. His parents met at art school in Los Angeles. His father’s career was graphic design and his mother studied costume design.
Already in his childhood David decided to become an artist. One day in kindergarten children were asked to draw a tree and only David’s tree had branches and a bird’s nest. And the little boy realized that art might be the path he should take.
In 1981 he graduated from Art Center College of Design.
The artist has worked in many areas of illustration.
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Natalia Goncharova (June 4, 1881, Tula Province – October 17, 1962, Paris) was a famous Russian avant-garde artist. She made a significant contribution to the development of avant-garde art in Russia. Natalia was a relative of Natalia Nikolaevna (nee Goncharova), great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s wife. In 2009 Goncharova’s paintings were more expensive than the work of any other female artist in the history.
Her most expensive work is “Flowers”. It was sold for more than $ 10 million.
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Birth of Venus is one of the most famous paintings created by the great master of the Early Renaissance Sandro Botticelli. Venus is a symbol of feminine beauty and mystery as well as his other female characters. The great master painted the same woman in all his works. Who was she?
A few people know her name today. But in the second half of the XV century, she was the muse of art and the first beauty. The best artists of the Renaissance portrayed her defenseless nakedness, although she didn’t pose nude to any painter. It was only their imagination. Botticelli was in love with this woman all his life. She was his Venus, his Spring, his Madonna and Athena. Her name was Simonetta Vespucci. The paintings show not only her beauty, but also her mystery.
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Historical paintings by Vasily Surikov (1848-1916) are very impressive. Everyone understands how powerful, passionate, and tragic they are. But few people know that the idea of these paintings came to the artist in a completely mysterious and mystical way.
Surikov came from an old Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. A descendant of the freedom-loving Cossacks became interested in history in his childhood. The artist said: “There is nothing more interesting than history. Reading about the historical time, you can understand present.” “In Siberia, you know, people are different from the Russian: they are free and courageous.”
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Judith Ann Braun and her magic fingers
American artist Judith Ann Braun from New York creates real masterpieces. She draws wonderful pictures not with a pencil, but with her… fingers. Ann is a very creative person. She tried herself as photographer, painter, drummer, etc. Recently, she even made a video about her interesting life.
The artist draws with both hands. One of her works, Diamond Dust, the artist was drawing for eight days at the Chrysler Museum of Art, which is located in Norfolk. The entire creative process was broadcasted live.
Her paintings are not just abstract symmetrical patterns, but wonderful landscapes.
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Any painting by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is a mystery. But the fate of one of his self-portrait is truly incredible.
Paris was preparing for a magnificent holiday: Christmas was coming. It was 1900 – the date that happens once a century. People bought a lot of presents for their relatives and friends. There were a lot of customers in the shop of the most famous art dealer in Europe, Ambroise Vollard. In the evening the shop was about to close, but Vollard heard a boor bell. The very unusual visitor entered the best shop in France. Ragamuffin-clochard, one of those who live under the bridges of Paris, handed the folded canvas: “Buy a painting by Van Gogh, monsieur!”
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Blue Hope is the most mysterious diamond in the world. Its last owner’s story is absolutely incredible and mysterious.
In May 1912, Evalyn McLean, well known New York beauty, ran into the church not far from her house and said to the priest: “I want to consecrate this ill-fated stone!” And she tore off her necklace – a huge dark blue diamond surrounded by sparkling stones.
The priest silently put the necklace on the cushion, picked up the cross, and suddenly… everything began howling and squealing, and the stone glowed with a sinister blue flame…
There was a sound of thunder. The heavens poured down rain. Windows were broken. Evalyn cried. But the priest didn’t stop. And everything became quiet again.
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