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AI interpretation30.08.1748–29.12.1825
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was born on August 30, 1748, in Paris. He became a distinguished French painter, draftsman, and advocate of the Neoclassical style. David was a central figure among Parisian artists during the late Ancien Régime, the Revolution, and the First Empire. He held the position of academician at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and…
AI interpretation01.03.1716–27.10.1800
Itō Jakuchū
Itō Jakuchū (伊藤若冲, March 1, 1716 – October 27, 1800) was a Japanese artist of the Edo period, born at Nishiki Market. Throughout his life, he created numerous artworks employing traditional painting techniques. His work was marked by eccentricity and a focus on the depiction of living creatures—animals, flowers, and birds—to which he imparted an exotic…1958–present
Sokari Douglas Camp
Sokari Douglas Camp is a Nigerian artist and sculptor born in 1958 in Buguma. She works in figurative style within contemporary art and art feminism. Her achievements include a Henry Moore Foundation scholarship and a CBE honor in 2005.
AI interpretation25.07.1844–25.06.1916
Thomas Eakins
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (1844–1916) was an American artist, photographer, sculptor, and art teacher, born and died in Philadelphia. He is considered one of the foremost representatives of realism in American painting and a pioneer in portrait painting, genre scenes, nudes, and figure studies. His oeuvre includes painting and photography. Among his most…
AI interpretation1390–09.07.1441
Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck, born in 1390 in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, was a prominent Early Netherlandish painter and influential figure of the Northern Renaissance. His artistic work encompassed religious painting, portraiture, and genre painting. Van Eyck was a master of portrait painting and created more than one hundred religious-themed artworks. His skills…
AI interpretation0919–0967
Li Cheng
Li Cheng (919–967) was a Chinese landscape painter, poet, and art theorist. Born in Weifang and died in Huaiyan, he worked in the landscape genre and was connected to the cultural traditions of several late Chinese dynasties.
1953–present
Abdoulaye Konaté
Abdoulaye Konaté is a Malian artist born in 1953 in Diré. He works as a graphic designer, installation artist, and sculptor. Currently, he lives and works in Bamako, Mali's capital.27.02.1961–20.07.2013
Georgy Guryanov
Georgy Konstantinovich Guryanov (1961–2013) was a Soviet and Russian musician and artist from Saint Petersburg. From 1984 to 1990, he was the drummer and arranger for the band Kino and participated in the Pop Mechanics project. After 1990, he focused on his work as an artist.04.02.1981–15.06.2026
Semyon Skrepetsky
Semyon Skrepetsky (1981–2026) was a Russian artist, performance artist, musician, and blogger. Born in Beloretsk, he worked in performance and caricature, actively engaging in various artistic fields. He passed away in Biała Podlaska.
AI interpretation20.06.1839–17.09.1915
Konstantin Makovsky
Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (1839–1915) was a Russian painter and graphic artist, representative of realism and late academicism. Born in Moscow and died in Saint Petersburg, he participated in the “Revolt of the Fourteen” and was an academician and co-founder of key Russian artist associations.10.06.1930–09.07.2017
Ilya Glazunov
Ilya Glazunov (1930–2017) was a Soviet and Russian painter, scenographer, and educator. A People's Artist of the USSR and founder of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, he specialized in historical painting and portraiture.
AI interpretation25.12.1883–14.08.1939
Isaak Brodsky
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (1883–1939) was a Russian artist and graphic designer of Jewish origin. He worked in Saint Petersburg–Leningrad during the Silver Age and the early Soviet decades. Brodsky was a prominent figure in socialist realism and known for historical paintings and portraits.
08.04.1956–present
Nikas Safronov
Nikas Stepanovich Safronov, born April 8, 1956, in Ulyanovsk, is a Soviet and Russian artist specializing in portraiture. His work is associated with Symbolism, reflecting his role as a figure in visual and fine arts within the cultural traditions of the USSR and Russia.
09.07.1882–15.01.1967
David Burliuk
David Davidovich Burliuk (1882–1967) was a poet, artist, and ideologue of Russian Futurism, a key figure of the Russian avant-garde and Silver Age. An emigrant from the Russian Empire to the USA, he was brother to Lyudmila and Vladimir Burliuk.
05.09.1912–26.07.1975
Ariadna Efron
Ariadna Sergeyevna Efron (1912–1975) was a Soviet translator of prose and poetry, memoirist, artist, art scholar, and poet. Born in Moscow, she was the daughter of Sergey Efron and Marina Tsvetaeva. She died in Tarusa, having lived and worked in the USSR.
04.05.1943–present
Mihail Chemiakin
Mihail Mikhailovich Chemiakin is a Soviet and American artist and sculptor born on May 4, 1943, in Moscow. He is a laureate of the 1993 State Prize of the Russian Federation and holds the title of People's Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria and Adygea.
AI interpretation26.01.1846–21.02.1920
Vladimir Makovsky
Vladimir Yegorovich Makovsky (1846–1920) was a Russian painter and graphic artist of the post-reform era working in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. A proponent of democratic realism, he specialized in genre scenes and was also an educator.
AI interpretation24.07.1757–06.04.1825
Vladimir Borovikovsky
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1757–1825) was a Russian painter of Ukrainian origin, known as a portraitist and church decorator. He was an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts and worked primarily in portraiture and orientalism.
10.10.1954–present
Dmitry Krymov
Dmitry Anatolyevich Krymov, born October 10, 1954, in Moscow, is a Russian artist, stage designer, theatre director, and educator. He is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia and the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation and has received the Golden Mask theatrical award five times.14.07.1960–13.08.2022
Dmitri Vrubel
Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel (1960–2022) was a Russian and German artist and graffiti painter associated with socialist art. He is known for his graffiti “Lord, help me survive this deadly love,” a symbol of reunited Germany.05.07.1903–10.03.1993
Vladimir Suteev
Vladimir Grigoryevich Suteev (1903–1993) was a Soviet writer, illustrator, and animation director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1965, he was a pioneer of Soviet animation and a participant in the Great Patriotic War.
AI interpretation07.02.1780–04.12.1847
Alexey Venetsianov
Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (1780–1847) was a Russian painter and graphic artist known for his unique depiction of peasant life, blending academic classicism with romanticism. He was a court painter and an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.
AI interpretation22.06.1815–14.11.1852