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European artists began to use oil paint in the 15th century, and since then it has been used to create the most famous paintings of all time. But even in our high-tech days, oil still retains its charm and mystery, and artists continue to invent new techniques, tearing patterns to shreds and pushing the boundaries of modern art.

website chose works that delighted us and made us remember that beauty can be born in any era.

The owner of an incredible skill, the Polish artist Justyna Kopania, in her expressive sweeping works, was able to preserve the transparency of the fog, the lightness of the sail, the smooth rocking of the ship on the waves.
Her paintings amaze with their depth, volume, saturation, and the texture is such that it is impossible to take your eyes off them.

Primitive artist from Minsk Valentin Gubarev not chasing fame and just doing what he loves. His work is insanely popular abroad, but almost unfamiliar to his compatriots. In the mid-90s, the French fell in love with his everyday sketches and signed a contract with the artist for 16 years. The paintings, which, it would seem, should be understandable only to us, the bearers of the "modest charm of undeveloped socialism", were liked by the European public, and exhibitions began in Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain and other countries.

Sergei Marshennikov is 41 years old. He lives in St. Petersburg and creates in the best traditions of the classical Russian school of realistic portrait painting. The heroines of his paintings are tender and defenseless in their half-naked women. On many of the famous paintings ah depicts the artist's muse and wife - Natalya.

IN modern era high-resolution pictures and the rise of hyperrealism creativity Philip Barlow(Philip Barlow) immediately attracts attention. However, a certain effort is required from the viewer in order to force himself to look at blurry silhouettes and bright spots on the author's canvases. Probably, this is how people suffering from myopia see the world without glasses and contact lenses.

Laurent Parcelier's painting is wonderful world in which there is neither sadness nor despondency. You will not find gloomy and rainy pictures in him. On his canvases there is a lot of light, air and bright colors, which the artist applies with characteristic recognizable strokes. This creates the feeling that the paintings are woven from thousands of sunbeams.

Oil on wood panels American artist Jeremy Mann paints dynamic portraits of the modern metropolis. “Abstract forms, lines, contrast of light and dark spots - everything creates a picture that evokes the feeling that a person experiences in the crowd and bustle of the city, but can also express the calmness that comes from contemplating quiet beauty,” says the artist.

in pictures British artist Neil Simone Everything is not what it seems at first glance. “For me, the world around me is a series of fragile and ever-changing shapes, shadows and boundaries,” says Simon. And in his paintings everything is really illusory and interconnected. Borders are washed away, and stories flow into each other.

Italian-born contemporary American artist Joseph Lorasso (

Antibes is a city with an unusual rich history. Napoleon appreciated Antibes for its stunning views of the coast, where you can see all the towns and villages, right up to neighboring Italy. Claude Monet created a series of works dedicated to the city. You can buy a painting or poster "Gardener's House in Antibes" by Claude Monet

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You can buy a painting or poster "Woman in the Garden. Sainte-Address" by artist Claude Monet on natural canvas or on poster paper. At your request, we can cover the canvas with a transparent 3D gel, the texture of which will emphasize strokes in the picture and create an effect that imitates oil painting. If you are striving for an authentic reproduction of a masterpiece in your interior, then professional

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"Sunset by the Sea" is a famous painting by Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky. The original size of the painting is unknown The painting "Sunset by the Sea" by artist Ivan Aivazovsky is stored in Yekaterinburg in the Museum of Fine Arts You can buy a painting or poster "Sunset by the Sea" by artist Aivazovsky on canvas

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“I still need religion. Therefore, I went out of the house at night and began to draw stars. Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night was not Van Gogh's first attempt at depicting the night sky. Van Gogh wanted to portray the starry night as an example of the power of imagination, which can create more amazing nature than we can perceive when looking at real world. In about

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Medicine from irises When you look at the incredibly bright and sunny "Irises", you can't believe that they were written by a person with a severe mental illness literally a year before his death. In 1889, Van Gogh lived in the hospital of St. Paul of Mausoleum near Saint-Remy-de-Provence. The mentally ill artist worked on canvases day after day, drawing strength and calmness from his work. “Irises

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Argenteuil (fr. Argenteuil) is a northwestern suburb of Paris, located 12 km from the city center. Argenteuil is the second largest suburb of Paris after Boulogne-Biancourt. Claude Monet created a series of works dedicated to the city. You can buy a painting or a poster "Camille Monet at the window, Argenteuil", by the artist Claude Monet, in natural

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Buy painting « Composition VIII» artist Kandinsky Wassily possible on paper, canvas with imitation oil painting or on canvas with painting oil paints made by a professional artist. You can decorate a reproduction of Wassily Kandinsky "Composition VIII" on a stretcher or in baguette frame or without decoration.

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"Horses at the Porch" - a famous painting German artist Albrecht Adam. You can buy a painting or a poster of "Horses at the Porch" by artist Albrecht Adam on canvas with imitation of oil painting, or on paper, or on canvas with oil painting by a professional artist. Order a reproduction of Albrecht Adam "Horses at the Porch"

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You can buy a painting or a poster "Madonna" by the artist Edvard Munch on natural canvas or on poster paper. At your request, we can cover the canvas with a transparent 3D gel, the texture of which will emphasize strokes in the picture and create an effect that imitates oil painting. If you are striving for a genuine reproduction of a masterpiece in your interior, then professional x

“Every portrait painted with feeling is, in essence, a portrait of the artist, and not of the one who posed for him” Oscar Wilde

What does it take to be an artist? Mere imitation of work cannot be considered art. Art is something that comes from within. The author's idea, excitement, searches, desires and sorrows, which are embodied on the artist's canvas. Throughout the history of mankind, hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions of paintings have been written. Some of them are truly masterpieces, known all over the world, even people who are not related to art know them. Is it possible to single out 25 of the most outstanding among such paintings? The task is very difficult, but we tried ...

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The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

Thanks to this picture, Dali became famous in quite a few years. young age he was 28 years old. The picture has several other names - " soft watch”, “The hardness of memory”. This masterpiece has attracted the attention of many art historians. Basically, they were interested in the interpretation of the picture. It is said that the idea of Dali's canvas is connected with Einstein's theory of relativity.

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"Dance", Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse was not always an artist. He discovered his love for painting after receiving a degree in law in Paris. He studied art so zealously that he became one of the the greatest artists in the world. This picture has very little negative criticism of art critics. It reflects a combination of pagan rituals, dance and music. People are dancing in a trance. Three colors - green, blue and red - symbolize the Earth, Sky and Humanity.

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The Kiss, Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt has often been criticized for being nude in his paintings. "The Kiss" was noticed by critics, as it merged all forms of art. The painting could be an image of the artist himself and his lover, Emilia. Klimt painted this canvas under the influence of Byzantine mosaics. The Byzantines used gold in their paintings. Similarly, Gustav Klimt mixed gold in his paints to create his own style painting.

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Sleeping Gypsy, Henri Rousseau

No one but Rousseau himself could describe this picture better. Here is his description - “a nomadic gypsy who sings her songs to a mandolin, sleeps on the ground from fatigue, her jug of drinking water lies nearby. A lion passing by came up to sniff her, but did not touch her. Everything is flooded moonlight very poetic atmosphere. It is noteworthy that Henri Rousseau is self-taught.

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"The Last Judgment", Hieronymus Bosch

Without extra words– the picture is simply magnificent. This triptych is the largest of Bosch's surviving paintings. The left wing shows the story of Adam and Eve. central part- this is the "last judgment" on the part of Jesus - who should go to heaven, and who should go to hell. The earth we see here is on fire. On the right wing is depicted a disgusting image of hell.

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Everyone knows Narcissus from Greek mythology- a man who was obsessed with his appearance. Dali wrote his own interpretation of Narcissus.

The story is like this. The beautiful young man Narcissus easily broke the hearts of many girls. The gods intervened and, to punish him, showed him his reflection in the water. Narcissus fell in love with himself and ended up dying because he couldn't hug himself. Then the Gods regretted that they had done this to him, and decided to immortalize him in the form of a narcissus flower.

On the left side of the picture is Narcissus looking at his reflection. Then he fell in love with himself. The right panel shows the events that unfolded after, including the resulting flower, the daffodil.

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The plot of the picture is based on the biblical beating of the babies in Bethlehem. After the birth of Christ became known from the Magi, King Herod instructed to kill all the small male children and babies in Bethlehem. In the picture, the carnage is at its peak, the last few children taken from their mothers are waiting for their merciless death. Also visible are the corpses of children for whom everything is behind them.

Through the use of rich colors, the painting by Rubens has become a world-famous masterpiece.

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Pollock's work is very different from other artists. He placed his canvas on the ground and moved around the canvas and walked on it, dripping paint from above onto the canvas with sticks, brushes and syringes. Thanks to this unique technique, he was nicknamed "Sprinkler Jack" in artistic circles. For some time this painting held the title of the most expensive painting in the world.

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Also known as "Dancing at Les Moulins de la Galette". This painting is considered one of Renoir's most joyful paintings. The idea of the picture is to show the audience the fun side of Parisian life. With a detailed study of the picture, you can see that Renoir placed several of his friends on the canvas. Because the painting appears slightly washed out, it was initially criticized by Renoir's contemporaries.

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The story is taken from the Bible. In the picture " The Last Supper” depicts the last supper of Christ before his arrest. He had just spoken to his apostles and told them that one of them would betray him. All the apostles are saddened and tell him that it is certainly not them. It was this moment that da Vinci beautifully portrayed with his lively image. It took the great Leonardo four years to complete this painting.

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Monet's "Water Lilies" can be found everywhere. You've probably seen them on wallpapers, posters, and art magazine covers. The fact is that Monet was obsessed with lilies. Before he started painting them, he had grown countless of these flowers. Monet built a Japanese-style bridge in his garden over a lily pond. He was so pleased with what he did that he drew this story seventeen times in one year.

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There is something sinister and mysterious in this picture, there is an aura of fear around it. Only such a master as Munch was able to portray fear on paper. Munch made four versions of The Scream in oils and pastels. According to Munch's diary entries, it is pretty clear that he himself believed in death and spirits. In the painting “The Scream”, he depicted himself at the moment when one day, walking with friends, he felt fear and excitement, which he wanted to paint.

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The painting, which is usually referred to as a symbol of motherhood, should not have become one. It is said that Whistler's model, who was supposed to pose for the painting, did not show up, and he decided to paint his mother instead. It can be said that here sad life the artist's mother. This mood is due to the dark colors that are used in this painting.

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Picasso met Dora Maar in Paris. It is said that she was intellectually closer to Picasso than all his previous mistresses. Using cubism, Picasso was able to convey movement in his work. It seems that Maar's face is turning to the right, towards the face of Picasso. The artist made the woman's presence almost real. Maybe he wanted to feel that she was there, always.

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Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in treatment, where he was only allowed to paint when his condition improved. Earlier in the same year, he cut off his left earlobe. Many considered the artist insane. From the entire collection of Van Gogh's works Starlight Night» gained the greatest fame, perhaps due to the unusual spherical light around the stars.

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In this painting, Manet recreated Titian's Venus of Urbino. The artist had a bad reputation for depicting prostitutes. Although the gentlemen at that time visited the courtesans quite often, they did not think that it would occur to someone to draw them. Then it was preferable for artists to paint pictures on historical, mythical or biblical themes. However, Manet, contrary to criticism, showed the audience their contemporary.

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This painting - historical painting, which depicts Napoleon's conquest of Spain.

Having received an order for paintings depicting the struggle of the people of Spain with Napoleon, the artist did not paint heroic and pathetic canvases. He chose the moment of execution of the Spanish rebels by French soldiers. Each of the Spaniards is experiencing this moment in his own way, someone has already reconciled, but for someone the main battle has just come. War, blood and death, that's what Goya actually portrayed.

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It is believed that the depicted girl is eldest daughter Vermeer, Maria. Her features are present in many of his works, but it is difficult to compare them. A book with the same title was written by Tracey Chevalier. But Tracy's version of who is depicted in this picture is completely different. She claims that she took this topic because there is very little information about Vermeer and his paintings, and this particular painting has a mysterious atmosphere. Later, a film was made based on her novel.

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The exact name of the painting is “The performance of the rifle company of Captain Frans Banning Cock and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenbürg.” The rifle society was a civilian militia that was called upon to defend the city. In addition to the militias, Rembrandt added several extra people. Considering that he bought an expensive house at the time of writing this picture, it may well be true that he received a huge fee for The Night Watch.

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Although the painting contains an image of Velázquez himself, it is not a self-portrait. main character canvases - Infanta Margarita, daughter of King Philip IV. It depicts the moment when Velazquez, working on a portrait of the king and queen, is forced to stop and look at the Infanta Margherita, who has just entered the room with her retinue. The picture looks almost alive, awakening curiosity in the audience.

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This is the only painting by Brueghel that was painted in oils and not in tempera. There are still doubts about the authenticity of the painting, mainly for two reasons. Firstly, he did not paint in oils, and secondly, recent studies have shown that under the layer of painting contains schematic drawing Bad quality, which is not due to Brueghel.

The painting depicts the history of Icarus and the moment of his fall. According to the myth, Icarus' feathers were attached with wax, and as Icarus rose very close to the sun, the wax melted and he fell into the water. This landscape inspired Wystan Hugh Auden to write his own famous poem on the same topic.

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The "School of Athens" is perhaps the most famous fresco Italian artist Renaissance, Raphael.

On this mural in the School of Athens, all the great mathematicians, philosophers and scientists gathered under one roof, they share their theories and learn from each other. All heroes lived in different time, but Rafael placed them all in one room. Some of the figures are Aristotle, Plato, Pythagoras and Ptolemy. A closer look shows that there is a self-portrait of Raphael himself in this picture. Every artist would like to leave their mark, the only difference is the form. Although maybe he considered himself one of these great figures?

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Michelangelo never considered himself an artist, he always thought of himself more as a sculptor. But, he managed to create an amazing exquisite fresco, before which the whole world reveres. This masterpiece is on the ceiling Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Michelangelo was commissioned to paint some bible stories, one of which is the creation of Adam. In this picture, the sculptor in Michelangelo is just visible. Human body Adama is conveyed with incredible accuracy with the help of bright colors and precise muscular form. So, one can agree with the author, after all, he is more of a sculptor.

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"Mona Lisa", Leonardo da Vinci

Although it is the most studied painting, the Mona Lisa is still the most mysterious. Leonardo said that he never stopped working on it. Only his death is said to have completed the painting. "Mona Lisa" is the first Italian portrait in which the model is shown to the waist. Mona Lisa's skin seems to glow due to the use of several layers of transparent oils. As a scientist, Leonardo da Vinci applied all his knowledge to make the image of the Mona Lisa realistic. As for who exactly is depicted in the painting, it still remains a mystery.

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The painting depicts Venus, the goddess of love, floating on a shell in the wind, which is blown by Zephyr, the god of the west wind. On the shore, Ora, the goddess of the seasons, meets her, she is ready to dress the newborn deity. The model for Venus is Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci. Simonetta Cattaneo died at 22, and Botticelli wished to be buried next to her. He had an unrequited love for her. This painting is the most exquisite work of art ever created.

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Conclusion

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As you have already noticed, there is a small art gallery on our website where everyone can see beautiful pictures Russians and foreign artists, for example, while a file is being downloaded from a file-sharing network. However, this wonderful gallery has one drawback - the paintings shown there are small in size and you can’t see them properly with all your desire. It is also worth noting that today on the Internet it is often quite difficult to find pictures of paintings in good quality, due to the fact that for most users it is not as interesting as music and movies.

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