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Short biography of the landscape painter Ivan Shishkin
A love of nature in the works of Shishkin.
In 1832, on January 25, in the city of Yelabuga, Vyateb province, a son Ivan was born in the family of merchant Ivan Shishkin. In the Kazan gymnasium, the future artist received his first education.
After 4 years of study, Ivan Shishkin entered the Moscow school of painting. In 1856, after finishing school, he decided to continue his studies in St. Petersburg and entered the Academy of Arts. Continue reading
Graffiti on the wall in the room ?
Graffiti comes from the Italian word “graffito” which translates as scrawled. Probably the very first graffiti, you can consider scratched drawings in caves. Of course, there is a huge difference between” cave graffiti ” and what we understand now. Modern graffiti originated in America as part of the hip-hop culture.
If you ask a simple passer-by what they mean by “graffiti”, then in 90 percent of cases they will start telling You about the inscriptions on the walls, as well as drawings. Indeed, graffiti is a street painting of walls, which by the way has grown from primitive letters and numbers to real works of art. See for yourself… Continue reading