Art History
The peculiarities of abstract drawing
May 18, 2022
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7 minutes read
Abstract art is not appreciated by all viewers, as for many of them the initial inability to understand or grasp its meaning is a major obstacle. In this sense, the simplicity and accessibility of drawing can help even the most skeptical viewer approach the mystery of such movement...
Artist Portraits
Chifart, drawing a new visual perception
Dec 28, 2022
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3 minutes read
Chifart's artistic journey, which began at the age of 10 and turned professional at 20, has taught him a lot. His technique is essentially based on drawing, mixed media and how he incorporates them together to achieve the desired results...
Artist Portraits
Malgorzata Lodygowska: drawing what surrounds me
Feb 14, 2024
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5 minutes read
"This has accompanied me since I was a child, it was as natural to me as everyday activities. The subjects that interested me from the very beginning were drawing what surrounded me, and animals, as a child I used to hide in a dog's crate. Among animals I felt safest."...
Artist Portraits
Efka9: I have always loved drawing
Apr 16, 2024
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4 minutes read
"As far back as I can remember, I have always loved drawing, painting, cutting, pasting, coloring, creating. No doubt this is partly genetic with many artists in my family, sculptors, painters, and musicians"...
Artist Portraits
ENRIQUE ETIEVAN: Realistic drawing creates an illusion
Oct 2, 2019
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0 minutes read
There is both Magritte and Vasarely in Enrique Etievan: from the first, Belgian surrealist, he retains a vision of the world that is sometimes absurd but often soft and poetic. Like this 17th century hotel, straight out of the Place des Vosges, which is built on a rock just enough to accommodate it in the middle of the ocean. Or this jar of peppers in weightlessness in the Parisian sky.
Artist Portraits
Babatunde Bakare: drawing makes me express myself
Apr 30, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I have really loved drawing right from my little age, it is something that, and I found joy doing it, the major event that triggers this journey started in my primary school I was the best art students among my peers and even I do usually help some of my teacher in drawing on the chalk board."...
Art News
Artists fight hunger in India by drawing plates
Oct 14, 2021
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3 minutes read
'The Plated Project' has created 20 limited-edition art plates during the lockdown. Each plate sponsors 250 meals for migrant workers and their families. Each plate conveys a different message about society, people, and the ties that bind us to the earth.
Artist Portraits
Marie-Blanche Bayon, precise drawings and smooth surfaces
Dec 26, 2021
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5 minutes read
Marie-Blanche Bayon's paintings are made unique by their smooth surfaces, on which, covered with carefully polished marble dust, precise drawings and gradations of light and color stand out ...
Artist Portraits
Iana Venedchuk, I have been drawing since childhood
Aug 29, 2023
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5 minutes read
"I have always looked at the world differently. I have a very hectic life and I have been looking for myself for a long time. She tried herself in more than 25 professions, but always returned to the art of painting. And in 2017, I resigned myself to the fact that this is me."
Artist Portraits
Francesca Borgo: I’ve always enjoyed drawing and painting
Oct 28, 2023
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7 minutes read
"I’ve always enjoyed drawing and painting since I was kid and kept doing it as a hobby until 6-7 years ago. Then I had a medical condition that blocked me at home for weeks."
Artist Portraits
Giancarlo Morandi, an artifact that looks like a drawing
May 6, 2023
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4 minutes read
I am Italian, born in 1952 in Cremona, the city of the Torrazzo and the great violin makers. The passion for beauty arose in me as a boy, in the years of attending the Liceo artistico Toschi in Parma and then the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano...
Art History
Genius and drawing: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
Jun 25, 2023
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9 minutes read
There are several ways to talk about the art of drawing, such as illustrating the origin of its technique by explicating its evolution, or showing in chronological order works that changed its history, finally...
Artist Portraits
Ynoxe: I have been drawing since I was little
Nov 28, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I got into graffiti very early on. Illegal or legal I have always been particularly fond of wastelands, I loved exploring them and bringing them back to life with the color of aerosols. Very often collective frescoes enhanced collaborations between artists. However, for a very long time I focused my work on lettering and their calligraphic research around my artist name."...
Artist Portraits
Isabelle Cotillard: I have always loved modeling and drawing
Jan 13, 2024
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3 minutes read
"My artistic approach is above all pleasure, I want everyone to find themselves or remember a past moment, a feeling of déjà vu or a feeling of experience in my paintings."...
Artist Portraits
Dmitry Oleyn: Drawing is a part of my soul
May 14, 2024
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6 minutes read
"Drawing is a part of my soul. Without painting, I cannot see either my past or my future. When I was a child, drawings were literally everywhere—in the wallpaper of my room, in school notebooks. My parents immediately realized that they were raising an artist and supported me when I entered the Art University."...
Art News
A man paid $ 30 for a drawing worth $ 50 million!
Nov 23, 2021
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3 minutes read
A Massachusetts man paid $30 for a drawing. It could be a genuine Dürer worth $50 million. The artwork is now on display at Agnews Gallery, which is looking for purchasers. A former curator of German Prints and Drawings at The British Museum agrees the drawing is genuine. Experts believe it is a copy of Dürer's The Virgin among a multitude of animals.
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Fake heiress Anna Delvey allegedly sold paintings and drawings for $340,000
Dec 26, 2022
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2 minutes read
Anna Delvey has sold paintings and drawings of herself for a total of $340,000. Delvey was found guilty of theft, grand theft, and financial crimes. Her thefts were so well-known that Shonda Rhimes turned them into the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna.
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Christophe Stephan Durand: At 9 years old I started drawing seriously
Nov 14, 2023
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5 minutes read
"My artistic experience began very young. My father painted forgeries of masters. I remained in awe of his copies for a long time. At 9 years old I began to draw seriously. "...
Art News
In a Paris auction, a rare Michelangelo drawing might reach $33 million
Apr 7, 2022
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2 minutes read
A drawing by Michelangelo unearthed in 2019 will be auctioned next month. Christie's estimates it could fetch up to 30 million euros ($33 million). The drawing is estimated to date around the 15th century. It is one of the rare works by the Italian artist in private hands.
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The first drawings of King Charles III are put up for auction
Jun 15, 2023
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2 minutes read
When they go up for sale this week, sweet crayon drawings by a young King Charles III will show a different side of Britain's royal family.
Art News
A smuggled Picasso drawing worth nearly $500,000 has been seized by Spanish authorities
Jul 21, 2022
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2 minutes read
A smuggled Picasso drawing worth nearly $500,000 has been seized by Spanish customs officials. The artwork was found in a passenger's suitcase at an Ibiza airport. The traveller had not declared the piece, which is valued at 450,000 Swiss francs ($464,658).
Artist Portraits
Frédéric Martin, drawing and painting have always been part of my daily life
Jun 7, 2023
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5 minutes read
"My artistic career is the logical continuation of my commitment, 6 years of study at the National School of Applied Arts and Crafts in Paris, then years of drawing, posters and illustrations. "...
Art History
Between painting and drawing: the "borderline" art of marker, pastel, and ballpoint pen
May 21, 2024
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12 minutes read
In the vast landscape of artistic techniques, some challenge traditional categories by positioning themselves between painting and drawing. The marker, pastel, and ballpoint pen exemplify this fusion, blending elements of both disciplines...