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Claudio Souza Pinto is a surrealist artist from Sao Paulo
Claudio Souza Pinto (Claudio Souza Pinto ) was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1954.
At the age of four, Claudio began working in clay under the careful supervision of his uncle, a well-known artist in Brazil, Bernardo CID de Souza Pinto.
In order to study at McKenzie University in Sao Paulo, Claudio sold his paintings. After graduation, he received a bachelor’s degree in industrial design. Continue reading
Levitsky. Portrait of Khrushchev and Khovanskaya
Portrait of Ekaterina Nikolaevna Khrushcheva, in marriage von Lohmann and Princess Ekaterina Nikolaevna Khovanskaya, in marriage Neledinsky-Malecki”
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State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
In the seventies of the 18th century, Empress Catherine II commissioned Levitsky a series of portraits of Smolyan women. These paintings are almost the best that was created in Russian painting of the XVIII century. Continue reading