If you think that all great artists are in the past, then you have no idea how wrong you are. In this article, you will learn about the most famous and talented artists of our time. And, believe me, their works will sit in your memory no less deeply than the works of the maestro from past eras.
Wojciech Babski
Wojciech Babski is a contemporary Polish artist. He graduated from the Silesian Polytechnic Institute, but connected himself with. Lately he has been painting mostly women. Focuses on the manifestation of emotions, seeks to obtain the greatest possible effect by simple means.
Loves color, but often uses shades of black and gray to achieve the best impression. Not afraid to experiment with new techniques. Recently, he has been gaining more and more popularity abroad, mainly in the UK, where he successfully sells his works, which can already be found in many private collections. In addition to art, he is interested in cosmology and philosophy. Listens to jazz. Currently lives and works in Katowice.
Warren Chang
Warren Chang is a contemporary American artist. Born in 1957 and raised in Monterey, California, he graduated magna cum laude from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1981 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fine Arts. For the next two decades, he worked as an illustrator for various companies in California and New York before starting his career as a professional artist in 2009.
His realistic paintings can be divided into two main categories: biographical interior paintings and paintings depicting working people. His interest in this style of painting is rooted in the work of the 16th-century painter Jan Vermeer, and extends to objects, self-portraits, portraits of family members, friends, students, studio, classroom and home interiors. His goal is to create mood and emotion in his realistic paintings through the manipulation of light and the use of muted colors.
Chang became famous after the transition to traditional visual arts. Over the past 12 years, he has earned numerous awards and honors, the most prestigious being the Master Signature from the Oil Painters of America, the largest oil painting community in the United States. Only one person out of 50 is honored with the opportunity to receive this award. Currently, Warren lives in Monterey and works in his studio, he also teaches (known as a talented teacher) at the San Francisco Academy of the Arts.
Aurelio Bruni
Aurelio Bruni is an Italian artist. Born in Blair, October 15, 1955. Graduated with a degree in scenography from the Art Institute in Spoleto. As an artist, he is self-taught, as he independently “built the house of knowledge” on the foundation laid back in school. He began painting in oils at the age of 19. Currently lives and works in Umbria.
Bruni's early painting is rooted in surrealism, but over time he begins to focus on the closeness of lyrical romanticism and symbolism, reinforcing this combination with the exquisite sophistication and purity of his characters. Animate and inanimate objects acquire equal dignity and look almost hyper-realistic, but at the same time, they do not hide behind a curtain, but allow you to see the essence of your soul. Versatility and sophistication, sensuality and loneliness, thoughtfulness and fruitfulness are the spirit of Aurelio Bruni, nourished by the splendor of art and the harmony of music.
Aleksander Balos
Alkasandr Balos is a contemporary Polish artist specializing in oil painting. Born in 1970 in Gliwice, Poland, but since 1989 he has been living and working in the USA, in the city of Shasta, California.
As a child, he studied art under the guidance of his father Jan, a self-taught artist and sculptor, so from an early age, artistic activity received full support from both parents. In 1989, at the age of eighteen, Balos left Poland for the United States, where his schoolteacher and part-time artist Cathy Gaggliardi encouraged Alcasander to enroll in art school. Balos then received a full scholarship to the University of Milwaukee Wisconsin, where he studied painting with philosophy professor Harry Rosin.
After completing his studies in 1995 with a bachelor's degree, Balos moved to Chicago to study at the School of Fine Arts, whose methods are based on the work of Jacques-Louis David. Figurative realism and portraiture made up the bulk of Balos' work in the 90s and early 2000s. Today, Balos uses the human figure to highlight the features and shortcomings of human existence, without offering any solutions.
The plot compositions of his paintings are intended to be independently interpreted by the viewer, only then the canvases will acquire their true temporal and subjective meaning. In 2005, the artist moved to Northern California, since then the scope of his work has expanded significantly and now includes freer methods of painting, including abstraction and various multimedia styles that help express the ideas and ideals of being through painting.
Alyssa Monks
Alyssa Monks is a contemporary American artist. She was born in 1977 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. She became interested in painting when she was still a child. She attended The New School in New York and Montclair State University, and graduated from Boston College in 1999 with a bachelor's degree. At the same time, she studied painting at the Lorenzo Medici Academy in Florence.
Then she continued her studies under the program for a master's degree at the New York Academy of Art, in the Department of Figurative Art, graduating in 2001. She graduated from Fullerton College in 2006. She briefly lectured at universities and educational institutions across the country, and taught painting at the New York Academy of Art, as well as Montclair State University and Lyme Academy College of Art.
“Using filters such as glass, vinyl, water and steam, I distort the human body. These filters allow you to create large areas of abstract design, with islands of color peeking through them - parts of the human body.
My paintings change the modern look at the already established, traditional poses and gestures of bathing women. They could tell an attentive viewer a lot about such seemingly self-evident things as the benefits of swimming, dancing, and so on. My characters are pressed against the glass of the shower cabin window, distorting their own body, realizing that they thereby influence the notorious male look at a naked woman. Thick layers of paint are mixed together to mimic glass, steam, water and flesh from afar. Up close, however, the amazing physical properties of oil paint become apparent. By experimenting with layers of paint and color, I find the moment when abstract strokes become something else.
When I first started painting the human body, I was immediately fascinated and even obsessed with it and felt that I had to make my paintings as realistic as possible. I "professed" realism until it began to unravel and deconstruct itself. Now I am exploring the possibilities and potential of a style of painting where representational painting and abstraction meet – if both styles can coexist at the same moment in time, I will do it.”
Antonio Finelli
Italian artist - time watcher” – Antonio Finelli was born on February 23, 1985. Currently lives and works in Italy between Rome and Campobasso. His works have been exhibited in several galleries in Italy and abroad: Rome, Florence, Novara, Genoa, Palermo, Istanbul, Ankara, New York, and they can also be found in private and public collections.
Pencil drawings " Watcher of time” Antonio Finelli send us on an eternal journey through the inner world of human temporality and the rigorous analysis of this world associated with it, the main element of which is the passage through time and the traces it inflicts on the skin.
Finelli paints portraits of people of any age, gender and nationality, whose facial expressions indicate the passage through time, and the artist also hopes to find evidence of the ruthlessness of time on the bodies of his characters. Antonio defines his works with one general title: “Self-portrait”, because in his pencil drawings he not only depicts a person, but allows the viewer to contemplate the real results of the passage of time inside a person.
Flaminia Carloni
Flaminia Carloni is a 37-year-old Italian artist, the daughter of a diplomat. She has three children. Twelve years she lived in Rome, three years in England and France. Received a degree in art history from the BD School of Art. Then she received a diploma in the specialty restorer of works of art. Before finding her calling and devoting herself entirely to painting, she worked as a journalist, colorist, designer, and actress.
Flaminia's passion for painting arose as a child. Her main medium is oil because she loves “coiffer la pate” and also plays with the material. She learned a similar technique in the works of the artist Pascal Torua. Flaminia is inspired by the great masters of painting such as Balthus, Hopper, and François Legrand, as well as various art movements: street art, Chinese realism, surrealism and renaissance realism. Her favorite artist is Caravaggio. Her dream is to discover the therapeutic power of art.
Denis Chernov
Denis Chernov is a talented Ukrainian artist, born in 1978 in Sambir, Lviv region, Ukraine. After graduating from the Kharkov Art College in 1998, he stayed in Kharkov, where he currently lives and works. He also studied at the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts, Department of Graphics, graduated in 2004.
He regularly participates in art exhibitions, at the moment there have been more than sixty of them, both in Ukraine and abroad. Most of Denis Chernov's works are kept in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Italy, England, Spain, Greece, France, USA, Canada and Japan. Some of the works were sold at Christie's.
Denis works in a wide range of graphic and painting techniques. Pencil drawings are one of his favorite painting methods, the list of topics of his pencil drawings is also very diverse, he paints landscapes, portraits, nudes, genre compositions, book illustrations, literary and historical reconstructions and fantasies.
There are millions of paintings in the world that are created and shown in galleries and museums around the world. However, not all of them are as famous and recognizable as those listed below. Here is a list with photos of ten of some of the most famous paintings in the world.
Guernica
Guernica is a famous painting by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, painted in May 1937. It is an oil painting in black and white, with incredible speed - in just a month. The canvas, 3.5 meters high and 7.8 meters long, depicts scenes of death, violence, atrocities, suffering and helplessness. It is believed that the bombing of the city of the Basque Country - Guernica became the reason for its creation. Stored in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Vincent van Gogh's beardless self-portrait is by far the most famous of the few portraits of Vincent van Gogh that depicts him without a beard. In total, Vincent van Gogh painted more than 38 of his portraits. It is believed that the artist created this painting as a birthday present for his mother. Today it is one of the most expensive paintings of all time. It was sold for $71.5 million in 1998 and is now in a private collection.
The night Watch
The Night Watch or "The performance of the rifle company of Captain Frans Banning Cock and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenbürg" is a famous painting by the famous artist Rembrandt van Rijn, written in 1642. It is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. The canvas is famous for three characteristics: its colossal size (363 cm × 437 cm), its efficient use of light and shadow, and its perception of movement. Now the painting is stored in the State Museum (Rijksmuseum) in Amsterdam.
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a famous painting by the Dutch painter Jan Vermeer, painted around 1665. She is often referred to as the Dutch or Northern Mona Lisa. Very little is known about the painting. According to one version, it depicts the artist's daughter Maria. The canvas, 44.5 × 39 cm, is now kept in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, the Netherlands.
The Persistence of Memory is one of the most recognizable and famous paintings by the Spanish painter Salvador Dali. Was written in 1931. This small canvas (24×33 cm) was first shown at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932. Now stored in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
scream
The Scream is a famous painting painted by the Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch in 1893. This is the best known of the four oil versions of The Scream that the artist created between 1893 and 1910 using various techniques. Stored in the National Museum of Norway.
Starlight Night
Starry Night is a famous painting painted by post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh in June 1889. It is considered one of his finest works, as well as one of the most famous in the history of Western culture. Stored at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The Creation of Adam is a famous fresco by the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo painted around 1511. Forms part of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and illustrates the biblical account from Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. Along with the painting by Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper is the most religious painting of all time.
The Last Supper is a world-famous mural painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, created in 1495-1498 on the back wall in the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. The painting depicts a scene described in the Bible as the Last Supper - the last supper of Christ with his disciples. The size of the painting is approximately 460 × 880 cm.
Mona Lisa, she is Gioconda - perhaps the most famous painting in the world, by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, written approximately between 1503-1505. It is believed to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a silk merchant from Florence. The most recognizable painting in the world belongs to the French government and is kept in the Louvre in Paris.
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Hundreds of paintings go under the hammer to private collections every year. Collectors spend millions of dollars to add to their private collections. The most famous paintings are not always the most expensive paintings. The most famous paintings of the world belong to world-famous museums, and in the literal sense of the word, they are priceless. Let's take a look at different museums around the world and look at these famous works.
"Birth of Venus"
This painting was painted by the great Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli in 1485-1487. It depicts the goddess Venus (in Greek mythology - Aphrodite), emerging from the sea foam. Today this painting is displayed in the Uffizi Museum in Florence.
"Water lilies"
For 43 years of his life, Monet lived in Giverny (a small town 80 km from Paris), he rented a house from a Norman landowner, and bought a neighboring plot of land on which a pond was located. Subsequently, on this site, the artist laid out two gardens, one of which was on the water. Motifs of the water garden occupy a significant place in the artist's work. Works from this series have scattered to museums around the world, however, a decent group of works is presented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. One of the most famous paintings in the world.
"The night Watch"
Completed in 1642, at the height of the Dutch Golden Age, The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The painting shows the performance of the rifle company of Captain Frans Banning Cock and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenbürg. The painting is displayed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
"Scream"
This painting is from a series of works by the Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch. The painting depicts a suffering figure against a blood-red sky. Edvard Munch created several variations of The Scream. The presented picture was painted in 1893 and was in the National Gallery of Norway. However, in 1994 the work was stolen, but a few months later it was found and returned to the museum.
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
Sometimes this picture is called "Dutch Mona Lisa". "Girl with a Pearl Earring" was painted around 1665 by the Dutch artist Jan Vermeer.
"Starlight Night"
The Starry Night was painted by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Despite the fact that in his entire life the artist sold only one of his works, the field of his creative activity is very rich. Starry Night is one of his most famous works. It depicts the village of Saint-Remy. Since 1941, the painting has been in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
"Mona Lisa"
The most famous painting of the world is still considered to be the Mona Lisa, which was painted by Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance in Florence. He began to paint this masterpiece in 1503 (1504) and completed it shortly before his death in 1519. In 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen by Louvre employee Vincenzo Perugio, an Italian patriot who believed that the Mona Lisa should be returned to Italy. After 2 years of keeping the painting at home, Perugio was caught trying to sell the painting to the director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Today the Mona Lisa hangs again at the Louvre in Paris, where 6 million people see the painting every year.
Although I think that the profession of a designer is not related to art, but it seems to me that cultural education and the development of taste are important for every designer. Therefore, today's post will be a little general educational.
I would like every person to admire the immortal paintings of great artists. In this article, I have collected the best and most iconic paintings by various fine art masters.
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Leonardo da Vinci "La Gioconda"
It seems to me that it is worth starting the review with the most probably famous painting of the world - the Gioconda (or "Mona Lisa") by Leonardo da Vinci. This is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini painted approximately in 1503-1505. Currently kept in the Louvre.
A significant feature of the picture is the famous mysterious smile of Mona Lisa. There are several secrets in the most famous smile in the world that excite minds to this day. The first secret: it is difficult to understand whether the Mona Lisa is actually smiling or just seems to be. The second and third riddles can only be seen live, having been in the Louvre: from any place in the hall it seems that the portrait is looking at you and smiling only at you; gradually passing by the portrait from left to right, you can see how the girl on it is getting older. The last two phenomena I happened to observe personally and I can confirm that they actually take place.
Raphael "Sistine Madonna"
This picture is often used for various Christmas cards. Or rather angels from below. The painting was commissioned from Raphael in 1512. Currently kept in the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden.
Leonardo da Vinci "The Last Supper"
The fresco depicts the last supper of Christ with his disciples. It was written in 1495-1498 in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Approximate size 4.5 m x 8.7 m.
Sandro Botticelli "The Birth of Venus"
The painting of the famous Italian is kept in Florence in the Uffizi Gallery. The picture was painted in 1486. And depicts the goddess of beauty, born from sea foam and coming out onto land.
Salvador Dali "The Persistence of Memory"
Probably the most famous painting by Salvador Dali. Personally, the picture hits me right in the brain and makes me doubt the reality of the world around me. Written in 1931 and currently stored in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Kazimir Malevich Black square"
This canvas measuring 79.5 × 79.5 centimeters was iconic and gave rise to a new direction in painting. At the same time, Black Square is also the most controversial canvas. There are not so few people who do not see art here and say that they will draw just as well. Since 1915, Malevich painted 7 identical canvases.
An interesting fact: many critics suggest that Malevich originally painted a different picture, and subsequently smeared it with black paint. Studies for the location were carried out repeatedly, but art critics were indignant, arguing that the painting could be irreparably harmed.
Vincent van Gogh "Starlight Night"
One of my favorite paintings in general. Painted by a Dutch artist in 1889. It is currently kept at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Karl Bryulov " The last day of Pompeii"
The Russian painter painted this picture in 1830 after visiting Pompeii. The picture tells about the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the whole city. Currently stored in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.
Pablo Picasso "Girl on the Ball"
The painting was painted by a famous Spanish artist in 1905 and depicts a group of wandering acrobats. Currently stored in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
Ivan Aivazovsky "The Ninth Wave"
The picture strikes with a riot of colors and shows the helplessness of a person in front of the elements. Painted by the world famous Russian artist in 1850. Exhibited in St. Petersburg at the State Russian Museum.
In fact, this list can be continued indefinitely. There are a huge number of works of art in the world. I recommend watching all of them live.
No inspiration? I advise you to choose the time and visit a good museum.
