Valeriy Grachov was born in Arkhangelsk, Russia into a family of military men. His childhood also passed there. The smell of thawed snow became the dominating accent of his emotional constitution, at that time he started to draw seriously.
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Capturing the glory of the landscape has been amongst the most sought after and abused motifs in art. The challenges involved in recreating the beautiful and sublime creations of nature have brought many a painter to his or her knees. Even excellent artists,
at diverse stages of their careers, have
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At the beginning of the nineties, Zhang Huan, Ma Liuming and a group of like-minded friends, founded a collective way to express themsef in art. These young artists moved in the outskirt of Bejing and lived and worked in a dirty and pestilential wasteland.
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If you look on a map, the Red Cliff reservation is just a small tip of green on the great Lake Superior. Far from the concrete canyons of Manhattan, this tribal Ojibway land holds our ancestors, stories, family and the rich spiritual presence of my people.
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Spring 2007 Fine Art magazine article on Photographer Andee Nathanson
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Bernard Vidal’s fascination with high-keyed colors as well as his diverse methods of transcending one’s self is what makes the revival of this type of painting significant.
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The mark of a great painting is that it engages the mind. In her art, Daniella Landelius creates a dialogue with the viewer that is profound, honest, humorous, and certainly without limits.
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Vladimir Gorsky arrived in the US, an immigrant from Russia, virtually penniless yet determined to make it as an artist here. In an interview with Fine Art conducted from his Dallas, TX studio in February 2007, Gorsky describes his lean days on the Texas docks right up to his stature
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“I had a dream,” says Elisabeth Koppa, “and that is to tell the story about my adventure with art in my new home country, Mongolia.”
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The Plains Indian Ledgers are being digitally formatted, printed, and preserved at Hi Rez Digital Solutions project of the Southern California Tribal Chairman's Association, in partnership with Hewlett-Packard's Digital Village Program, and with UC San Diego and other partners.
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