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What impact do paintings of Savrasov, Levitan and other famous landscape painters have on people
To understand these landscapes, one does not need any art education, no general erudition, or even knowledge of the name of the artist. The painting itself appeals to the viewer, causing in it long-forgotten or, on the contrary, carefully stored feelings, touches into some strings of the human soul, intimate, personal. But the emotions caused by mood landscapes nevertheless turn out to be similar to those that others experience when looking at these canvases. And also with those that once made the artist take up the brush.
What are mood landscapes, and thanks to whom they arose
When, when looking at the landscape, the heart suddenly contractes, grips grips, or, conversely, a feeling of happiness arises, when it seems that the picture almost conveys sounds, the freshness of the wind, cold or heat – this is the landscape of mood. Continue reading
10 collectors whose investments in art are millions of dollars
The richest people in the world spend billions of dollars in order to collect a decent collection of antiques and art. Each collector has his own taste and his own idea of the beautiful. But owners of billions of dollars are similar in one thing: they consider art a great investment, which in the future can bring serious profit to the owner.
Philip Niarchos
The collector became a worthy successor to the work of his father, Stavros Niarchos, who laid the foundation for the collection of art of the twentieth century back in 1949. In his mansions in different cities of the world were paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Picasso, Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin. Philip Niarchos later added to his father’s meeting by buying self-portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Vincent van Gogh at auction, as well as Andy Warhol’s painting “Red Marilyn”. Continue reading
