Persona

The landscape painter Johan Dahl was among the artists who most influenced the development of Norwegian fine art. Born in 1788 in Bergen, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, after completing his studies he worked as a drawing teacher. After receiving...

Many philocartists, experts who study postcards in the context of world art, are familiar with the Ukrainian artist Yaroslav Pstrak. The painter was born in 1878 in the Ivano-Frankivsk region and grew up in a creative atmosphere: his father was a...

In 1839, William Friend de Morgan was born, an English ceramic artist and writer, author of the novels "Joseph Vance", "The Dishonor Affair", etc. At the age of 20, he studied at an art school, met famous masters, participants of the art movement "Arts...

One of the most prolific Victorian jewelers in England was John Brogden. For seven years he studied with James Garland of the jewelry company Garland & Watherston in London. Then they collaborated together, releasing products under the brand name of...

At the turn of the XVII—XVIII centuries, one of the most prominent creators of ornaments was the French artist and engraver Daniel Marot the Elder. Born in Paris, his father, Jean Marot, was also an ornamentalist, and he taught Daniel the basics of art...

In 1855, businessman King Camp Gillett was born in Wisconsin, USA, who became known all over the world for improving the shaving machine and launching it into mass production. Back in 1847, William Henson applied for a patent, which outlined the design...

Gerard Mercator was one of those cartographers who made an invaluable contribution to the development of cartography by using an equiangular cylindrical projection in his works. Although such a projection was used even before Mercator was born, it was...

French artist of the XIX-XX centuries. Eugène Ogé, having mastered the art of painting at the Julian Academy, used his talent in creating posters. Thanks to the breadth of views and communication with famous artists, the poster illustrator was not...

In 1861, Mikhail Berkos, a Ukrainian landscape painter who painted his paintings in the manner of impressionism, was born in Odessa. He mastered the basics of art at the Odessa Drawing School, after which he moved to St. Petersburg, where he studied and...

Josiah Wedgwood was a famous English specialist in ceramics of the XVIII century, although he was not engaged in artistic activity. He was interested in technology, set up a company that produced products of a completely new type, and became the...