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Born in Ukraine, raised in Russia, known for her work in Europe. The talent of Sonya Delaunay or Sarah Elevna Stern is really multifaceted - painting, designing clothes, creating costumes for theatrical productions, illustrating books. As a child...

In the field of Ukrainian easel painting, etching and lithography, an important place is occupied by the artist Henrietta Levitskaya. She was born in 1930 in Odessa and in the post-war period took a worthy place among the brightest representatives of...

In 1863, Richard Felton Outcolt was born in Lancaster (USA), one of the first authors of comics as we know them today. At the age of 15, Outcolt entered the school of design, where he began to create illustrated stories for the first time. After...

Art Nouveau has given rise to many new forms. For the works of the heyday of Art Nouveau, decorativeness is characteristic, such an element as a climbing plant is inherent, in general, artists tried to completely get rid of corners, replacing them with...

In the middle of the VI century BC, the artist Exekius lived and worked in Athens, who is recognized as one of the most outstanding artists who worked in the black-figure style of vase painting. While other well-known artists began their career...

In 1630, a daughter was born in the family of the Protestant priest Jacob van Osterwijk, who a few decades later became one of the most outstanding Dutch artists of the XVII century. Already in early childhood, Maria van Osterwijk became interested in...

In 1913, the collector and creator of toys Teresa Kaplan was born. She lived in the USA, wrote books, the main theme of which was children's games. She collected toys that later came to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, where they are to this day...

The art of ornament of the XVIII century owes much to Jean Beren the Elder, a French artist-engraver who worked at the junction of two styles - the style of Louis XIV and the French Regency. He was born in 1640 and already at a young age showed himself...

Very little is known about the Neapolitan artist Gennaro Greco, who worked in the veduta genre. Scant biographical information has been preserved thanks to the historiographer Bernardo de Dominici. Greco was born in 1663, received the nickname Mascacotta...

In the VI–V centuries BC in Ancient Greece there lived an outstanding vase painter Ephronius, one of the brightest representatives of the "strict style", which was popular in the era of the early classics. He is famous for working in two techniques...