Art Kaleidoscope

Mysterious Edvard Munch
Handsome men often have peculiar traits of femininity, and some weakness. Indeed, Edvard Munch was handsome. He could not boast of good health. And yet didn’t give the impression of a weak man. He was surprisingly energetic, beautiful head. Seeing him, passersby turned around even when his name was not yet known. Anyone who saw Mysterious Edvard Munch, would never forget him. His blond, wavy hair, a high forehead, and bulging gray-blue eyes. The nose and mouth had good shape, even the thin lower lip did not spoil his fineness. Strong chin seemed even stronger, as Munch always carried his head high.
He was thin, a little above average height, slender but not flexible. He never played sports. As soon as he had money he visited a good tailor. Yet he never gave the impression of a well-dressed man.
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Red painting by Mikhail Kaban-Petrov acts as a symbolic message to the world, alarming and anxious.
Russian artist Mikhail Kaban-Petrov was born in 1969, in a small Siberian town of Reshety of Novosibirsk region. Mikhail graduated from Art school in Novoaltaisk, and then – Moscow Academy of Fine Arts. He is a Member of the Professional Artists Union of Russia. Mikhail Kaban-Petrov is a participant of numerous domestic and international exhibitions. His works are in the collections around the world.
According to the artist, he feels complete happiness in the fullest sense, only when he is in his studio. “I am more concerned about “I – tomorrow”, than “I am today”, or I am yesterday” – states the artist.
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Russian artist Elena Schumacher
Born in 1969 in the city of Novomoskovsk, Tula region, Elena graduated from Smolensk Pedagogical Institute, the graphic arts department in 1993. She began to paint professionally only 15 years later, and according to art critics, it was the victory of art over the grayness of everyday life.
Noteworthy, in just five years of her artistic career, Elena managed to hold 13 solo exhibitions and several group exhibitions. Among them were exhibitions in such Russian cities as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Tula, and Novomoskovsk. Also, in France and Belarus. Her works are in private collections in Russia and abroad, as well as in the collection of the Tula Regional Art Museum.
In 2011, the artist was a finalist of the international competition of contemporary fine art ART-PREVIEW, and received a special prize from the German magazine “Ostwind”.
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Vladimir Zhdanov Winter landscape
Born in the Siberian city of Omsk in 1959, Vladimir Zhdanov currently lives and works in the town of Pushkin (Saint-Petersburg). The artist is particularly captivated by the life of Russian peasants of the 19th century. Zhdanov works in oils, watercolors and pastels.
From 1980 to 1983 Zhdanov studied at Omsk State University, the graphic arts department, then entered the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Arts, from which he graduated in 1986. Prior to 1999, Zhdanov lived and worked in Siberia (Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tobolsk and Tara). For several years he worked in the Siberian taiga village. Drawing landscapes from nature, has developed technology of oil and watercolors painting at low temperatures – to minus 40 degrees Celsius.
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