The painting above is Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870-1873) by Russian artist Ilya Repin. In Russia, it is iconic and has slipped into popular culture; it is at once a memory of harsher times and...
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The sun is really hot, and it rains that hotness down on earth all the live-long day; why not use that power? It’s a no-brainer. Nowadays, solar energy is finally coming into vogue as technology...
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Dimitri Tsykalov is a Moscow born artist who lives and works in Paris. He’s a more than able sculptor using the traditional medium of wood, but he also has some impressive skills in the...
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Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (Ива́н Ива́нович Ши́шкин; 25 January 1832 – 20 March 1898) is another artistic gem who has remained partially hidden from Western eyes due to his birthplace outside of the EU. He...
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Ivan Solyaev (born in 1985) is a Moscow based graphic designer, illustrator and all round general artist fella. I came across him whilst putting together the Beautifully Grotesque post that went up last...
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I came across the art of Vania Zouravliov whilst I was putting together a post about the macabre and the beautifuly grotesque and I must admit I was taken aback. Zouravliov was born in Russia and was...
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