Balinese style doors with intricate carvings is a real piece of art
Metaphorically doors may refer to portals and other non-physical entrances. Opening doors has philosophical implications when after opening the door whether you leave it open or not. Death – is a door with one handle. They say there are no closed doors, locks are in our heads. Doors inspire artists, designers, craftsmen all over the world. So, let’s look at Doors as art.
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Beauty, spirituality and energy-creating beautiful half of humanity inspire the artist. Italian painter Omar Galliani
Italian painter Omar Galliani
Born in 1954 in Montecchio Emilia, Omar Galliani graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and teaches painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera. Central place in the work of Galliani takes the image of women.
However, in recent years Omar Galliani turned his attention to the East. In an effort to find common ground between the classical traditions of Western Europe and Eastern cultures, Galliani participated in international projects in China, Hong Kong and Russia.
Also, in the International Biennale in Venice (2007, 1986, 1982), numerous international exhibitions in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Prague, Lisbon, Mexico City. In 2003 his works from the series “New anatomy” participated in the Beijing Biennale. Many-awarded artist, Galliani was chosen by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the sole representative of Italian art in China (2006).
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Beatrice. 1855. French painter Odilon Redon
French painter Odilon Redon (April 20, 1840 – July 6, 1916) was one of the founders of the symbolism and the Society of Independent Artists. Creativity of Redon is divided into two periods: the “black” depicting human subconscious with his fears and nightmares, and “colored” with still life flowers and landscapes. Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux April 20, 1840 in a family of entrepreneurs. The future artist spent his childhood in family estate Peyerbald, located a few miles southwest of Bordeaux. Here he was left in the care of a nurse for eleven years. It is likely that the boy suffered from seizures and epilepsy, parents deliberately hid him from the eyes of friends.
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Porcelain animals by British ceramic artist Jennifer Robinson
Porcelain animals by Jennifer Robinson
British ceramic artist Jennifer Robinson was born in England in 1955. She spent most of her childhood in the north east of England, on the North Yorkshire coast. Her mother was interested in plants and amphibians. Her father was a geology lecturer, with a passion for fossils. This background helped her to develop her interest in nature and in art. As a child she enjoyed modelling animals in plasticine. Jennifer has been a professional potter since 1979, then started specializing in hand modeled animals. Jennifer’s animals are either humorist or full of tenderness, or both.
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Small house on one leg among the a blooming sakura garden in Yamanashi, Japan
The architectural approach in designing these exotic houses can be considered a form of art. These world’s most exotic houses are not mystical scenes from fairy tales – they are real buildings that exist somewhere in the world. Pale, strict, boring and minimalist modern architecture – is definitely not for the creators of these architectural masterpieces – their houses are full of organic and unusual shapes
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Carousel. Painting by Russian artist Alexander Dolgikh
Russian artist Alexander Dolgikh
Born and raised in Crimea, Alexander grew up in the artistic atmosphere. His grandmother, Nadezhda Kucher was a Professor of Architecture at St. Petersburg Academy of Art. Their neighbors were Russian artist Andrei Panteleev and Angelina Alexandrova, a well-known local storyteller and later, Alexander’s nanny. On his 8th birthday, Alexander Dolgikh got a gift from his grandmother – it was a book of Dresden Gallery reproductions.
Enchanted by the beauty of the paintings, he later realized his dream. Alexander entered The Art College of N.S.Samokish, Simferopol, then he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev. In 1992 he returned to his hometown and worked as a painter – decorator in Crimean Academic Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.
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Bumblebee cottage. Mysterious Gold leaf paintings by Yoann Lossel
Mysterious Gold leaf paintings by Yoann Lossel
French artist Yoann Lossel (born 23 May 1985) transforms mythological world with its fantastic images, landscapes, scene compositions into his gold leaf paintings. Mythology of the world and his own dreams become an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the talented graphic artist, author of a series of paintings framed in gilded ornament in art nouveau style with elements of Celtic epic. Peculiar combination of gold leaf and monochrome images of the scene or portrait, traced with many details, working with a Graphite, Gold leaf and hydrangea petals, or ink stains with blackouts – became the hallmark of the artist.
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