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Kieron Williamson. England

Kieron Williamson was born in England in the small town of Norfolk. His father is a builder, his mother is a general practitioner. The parents could not even imagine that their son would draw. Kieron, like all boys, loved football, active recreation, and games with friends. All he could draw was color sketches, and not very carefully. But, as always, it was all due to chance.

One day the family went on vacation to the city of Cornwall. Kieron was absolutely delighted with the boats and sailboats moored to the shore. He painted this beauty. From this day his career as an artist began.

He did not stop writing after returning home. On the contrary, I took courses in watercolor painting and visited the studio. In the same year he opened his first exhibition. His paintings sold out in 14 minutes.

The owner of an art gallery in Norfolk says that Kieron has no equal in skill, because he paints equally well with different colors and combines colors amazingly. His paintings respect proportions and shadows. Kieron's style of writing is reminiscent of impressionism.

They predict a great future for Kiron, because his paintings are collected by collectors in many countries around the world, believing that in the near future they will cost much more.

Dusan Krtolica. Serbia

Dusan Krtolica has become the real pride of Serbia, although he considers himself an ordinary boy. Dusan's first work was an accurately drawn whale, although his parents did not attach any importance to the boy's drawing. But every day the child asked for more and more paper for work.

Today, Dusan paints approximately 500 works per week. Depicting the animal and plant world is his passion. But it’s not only surprising that the boy makes incomparable drawings with a simple pen or marker, all his animals are depicted with amazing anatomical accuracy. But Dusan depicts not only modern animals, but also representatives of the fauna that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.

The parents were concerned about their son's passion and took him to a psychiatrist. But the specialist noted the boy’s high level of intelligence and reassured him: the child’s “genius” does not affect his development in any way, and drawing acts as a kind of emotional release. Dusan gets along well with his classmates, loves all boyish games, and, surprisingly, dreams of becoming not an artist, but a zoologist.

Aelita Andre. Australia

Aelita Andre began drawing when she was not even one year old. As always, everything turned out by chance. The girl's father is also an artist. One day he left a canvas with paints on the floor and discovered that his little daughter was happily painting. Of course, he was only happy - anything for a child, as long as he didn’t cry.

But from that day Aelita’s love for drawing began. At two years old she already had her own exhibition.

In the girls’ works, they observe a surreal painting style, and their drawing style is compared to the technique of Salvador Dali.

Of course, many see in the girl’s works only “childish scribbling.” But critics just say that her paintings do not look like children's drawings. They admire the combination of colors, their own style, texture and composition.

Xing Yao Cen. Taiwan, USA

Xing Yao simply fell in love with San Francisco. He draws the same places many times, only from different angles. He especially likes to paint in the early morning or evening - when there are few passers-by.

Its cityscapes are simply amazing.

Xing Yao has an amazing “floating” oil painting technique. One gets the impression that he is painting with watercolors.

Now he is 29 years old, and with each work his technique becomes more and more perfect. Who knows what kind of skill Xing Yao will achieve in, say, ten years?

Shorio Mahano. India

Shorio Mahano works in the style of abstract expressionism. His passion for drawing began at the age of four, when he imitated the hobby of his older sisters. But the parents immediately realized that these were not just children’s drawings, but something more.

This was confirmed at the art exhibition where the works were taken.

Shorio uses a special technique of applying paint in several layers. It takes him several days to complete one job.

Shorio is delighted with his occupation and answers without hesitation when asked what he wants to be - an artist, of course!

Alicia Zaharko. Ukraine

Greetings, friends, subscribers and blog readers!

His name, aphorisms and catchphrases will remain with us for centuries. He tried, creating something new, in some places not similar to other things and in some places even strangely incomprehensible….

Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, as well as the painting “life companion”, which he painted as a child and has a worldwide influence. Unfortunately, it Not many people understand his work... And yet, his paintings are considered the most “stolen” in the whole world!

Pablo Picasso is the founder of the cubist style of painting. During his creative life he realized approximately 50 thousand works. In addition to paintings (1,885 pieces), he worked on sculpture (1,228 pieces), ceramics (2,880 pieces), more than 7,000 drawings were drawn, as well as 30,000 engravings and lithographs

He had a strong influence on the development of fine arts in the 20th century. Lived a long time ( 91 years old), an interesting and rich creative life...

There is hardly a person who has not heard and does not know about the unique style and the creative life of Pablo Picasso. Therefore, in this article I will describe only interesting and impressive facts from the biography of the famous Spanish creator.

Picasso was born in the south of Spain in 1881 in the city of Malaga. I received my first drawing lessons from my father, who was an art teacher at that time.

There is an interesting fact from his life ... When the future world-famous artist was 8 years old, he created his first serious oil painting "Picador" , which he never parted with throughout his life.

"Picador" - Picasso 1889

Impressed by the performance he saw at the bullfight, which he attended with his father, little Pablo portrayed a picador in a yellow suit, bravely sitting on a horse.

Apparently, his first painting carries a deeper meaning than it seems at first glance, if Pablo Picasso never parted with it... A kind of connection with childhood through the first deep impression is possible!

At least before I became an artist, there is a direct connection and memories from childhood... which I remembered quite by accident when I opened a tube of oil paint

“Every child is an artist! The difficulty is to remain an artist beyond childhood."- a famous quote from the artist couldn’t come at a better time! A subtle statement of thought, a great phrase, isn’t it!!!

All that remains is to learn to remain with the pure soul of a child throughout his adult and conscious life!

“Girl on a Ball” - Pablo Picasso, 1905 Pushkin Museum, Moscow

The artist's life was filled with various events and experiences. He experienced the threshold of poverty and survived the horror of war, withstood the tests of world fame and wealth... He was able to enjoy a peaceful, calm life in the south of France and there, inspired by the local beauty, to create new and interesting works

The artist was married twice, his first wife Olga Khokhlova(period 1917-1935) - ballet dancer of Russian origin, in this marriage he had a son, Paulo. In addition, he had three illegitimate children from two beloved women with whom he later shared his life.

Second wife Jacqueline Rock(period 1961-1973), who lived with him until the end of his life and inspired the artist to create a series of paintings. By the way, it was to her that he dedicated the largest number of works!

Jacqueline Rock

At all times, artists needed muses who inspired creators to create new works. It’s good when we know who is depicted in the picture... But also young women about whom we know little or nothing at all... and sometimes we really want to know their fates!

After the Second World War, the founder of Cubism settled in the Mediterranean south of France and lived there for the rest of his life.

Pablo Picasso left this world in 1973 at the age of 91. at his villa Notre-Dame-de-Vie in the city of Mougins, where he has lived for the last 12 years.

It’s only 15 km from me, very close. It was in the south of France that he was truly happy as an artist and as a simple person.

Pablo Picasso in his last home 1967 Mougins

Interesting note: in the photo, in the corner of the wall, hangs a painting of a self-portrait of the author, painted back in 1906. And this means that the artist, in addition to the children's painting "Picador", He also kept other old works. Probably, like most artists, the founder of Cubism kept those works that were most dear to him...

The global influence of Pablo Picasso and the legacy of Cubism

Picasso had a huge influence on artists from different countries, was also an international laureate of the Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Nations

According to world experts, Pablo Picasso is considered the most expensive artist in the world, so, for example, a picture "Nude, green leaves and bust" was sold at auction in London for less than $107 million.

Other artist's work "Algerian women" Totally set a record price, pay attention! …. 180 million dollars! Well, these paintings are stolen much more often than others...

“Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” - Pablo Picasso 1932, Painting hung by gallery staff for auction, London

“Algerian Women” - Pablo Picasso 1955 Preparation for auctions. Christie's Auction House, London

The Picasso Museum was opened in Barcelona in 1960. where, as a sign of his love for the city, he gave away about 2,500 of his works (canvases, engravings and drawings) and 140 ceramic products

In Paris Pablo Picasso Museum was opened in 1985– the artist’s heirs transferred the works here, about 200 paintings, 160 sculptures, thousands of drawings, as well as Picasso’s personal collection.

And in 2003, the Picasso Museum was opened in his hometown of Milaga.

Also , the Hermitage Museum houses works and some ceramic sculptures of his work.

On my next trip to St. Petersburg in 2014, I visited the museum, as well as the halls where its masterpieces are stored.

By the way, in the south of France in the city of Antibes there is a Picasso Museum "Joy of Life"(“La Joie de vivre”) The museum is located in the artist’s former studio. The city of Antibes is located between Nice and Cannes.

Picasso's post-war work was multifaceted. Paintings and drawings created at the end of 1946 are stored in the halls of the Picasso Museum “Joy of Life”

Pablo Picasso Museum in Antibes

In principle, it is impossible to describe the entire work and life of Pablo Picasso in one small review article. Entire books have been written and many films have been made about the world-famous creator of the cubism style.

By the way, how do you understand the word “Creativity”? For example, I was confused... because you can’t explain your understanding and vision in a few words.

The granddaughter of the famous Spanish artist Marina Picasso also makes a significant contribution to the world of art. She is the organizer of the international exhibition in Cannes "Artiste du Monde", (“Artist of the World”), which takes place annually in the fall.

I would like to end this article about the artist’s creative life with his own words: “Painting is an activity for the blind. The artist paints not what he sees, but what he feels."

Dear friends, draw and create what you really feel... Don’t be afraid to be creative “blind”, let a new interesting world open up before you!!!

If you don’t draw yet, but would really like to, then it will certainly be useful for you to read. Perhaps you also have similar fears?

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The outrageousness of Salvador Dali - “For me, getting rich is not humiliating, it’s humiliating to die under a fence”

The other day, a dispute broke out on Facebook between scientists and artists after I posted a clip on the wall with Aelita Andre, a Russian-Australian not quite ordinary artist. Paintings by 4-year-old Aelita are exhibited at the Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne and are estimated at $1,000 to $24,000. The total cost of 32 paintings sold by Aelita is estimated at 800 thousand dollars. Her first solo exhibition, entitled "The Miracle of Color", took place in New York in June 2011.

The girl's parents are artists, her father is Australian, her mother is Russian. Aelita's paintings are pure abstraction, and her mastery of tools and materials is evident. The girl grows up not only in an atmosphere conducive to the development of artistic taste and intuitive consolidation of artistic language skills, but also has complete freedom in the means of self-expression.
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Behind a beautiful picture there is almost always hard work, which, as we all used to think, is rewarded with universal recognition with all that it entails.

But when an artist has not gone through the stage of formation, can he be called a talented artist, or should this phenomenon be attributed to a banal miracle of nature?

Well, what kind of scam can there be if a child draws, many people like the paintings and sell them successfully?

1. Aelita Andre, The Leopard or the Luck Dragon (detail) 137x152 cm

2. Aelita Andre, the Dog & the Alien-2 panels 60"x60"

3. Aelita Andre, Yellow Thinking Man 40"x30"

1) With age, the girl’s talent will turn into ordinary abilities, as happens with most outstanding children.

2) The worst thing that can happen is a bright fall after a bright takeoff, such as the well-known story with Samantha Smith.

3) The “Aelita” project is nothing more than a project that will sooner or later lead to a long life, and what will happen to the girl herself is unknown. But we will have to watch everything that happens and follow the development of little Aelita, thinking about creating our own Aelita.

4) ? What do you think about this phenomenon? Would you like your child to become famous and in demand at 4 years old? Do you give him complete freedom in development, or do you think that restrictions are important, just as harsh education and discipline are important?
Do you consider a girl an artist, or can one only consciously be a real artist?

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Not quite ordinary facts from the life of legendary talents.

You can find a huge amount of information about famous artists - how they lived, how they created their immortal works. Many people usually do not think about the characteristics of the artist’s character and lifestyle. But some facts from the biography or the history of the creation of this or that picture are sometimes very entertaining and even provocative.

Pablo Picasso

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

When Pablo Picasso was born, the midwife considered him stillborn. The child was saved by his uncle, who was smoking cigars and, seeing the baby lying on the table, blew smoke in his face, after which Pablo began to roar. Thus, we can say that smoking saved Picasso's life.

Apparently Pablo was born an artist - his first word was PIZ, short for LAPIZ (“pencil” in Spanish).

During his early years in Paris, Picasso was so poor that he was sometimes forced to burn his paintings instead of firewood.

Picasso wore long clothes and also had long hair, which was unheard of at the time.

Picasso's full name consists of 23 words: Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan N epomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano d e la Santisima Trinidad Mártir Patricio C lito -Ruiz y Picasso.

Vincent van Gogh

Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Many people believe that they will become good if they do nothing bad.

The abundance of yellow and yellow spots of different shades in his paintings is believed to be caused by the heavy use of drugs for epilepsy, which developed from excessive consumption of absinthe. "Starry Night", "Sunflowers".

During his troubled life, Van Gogh visited more than one psychiatric hospital with diagnoses ranging from schizophrenia to manic-depressive psychosis. His most famous painting, “Starry Night,” was painted in 1889 in a hospital in the town of San Remy.

Committed suicide. He shot himself in the stomach while hiding in a farm yard behind a pile of manure. He was 37 years old.

Throughout his life, Van Gogh suffered from low self-esteem. He sold only one of his works during his lifetime - Red Vineyard at Arles. And fame came to him only after his death. If only Van Gogh knew how popular his work would become.

Van Gogh did not cut off his entire ear, but only a piece of his earlobe, which hardly hurt. However, there is still a widespread legend that the artist amputated his entire ear. This legend was even reflected in the behavior of a patient who operates on himself or insists on a certain operation - it was called Van Gogh syndrome.

Leonardo da Vinci

He who lives in fear dies from fear.

Leonardo was the first to explain why the sky is blue. In the book “On Painting” he wrote: “The blueness of the sky is due to the thickness of illuminated air particles, which is located between the Earth and the blackness above.”

Leonardo was ambidextrous - he was equally good with his right and left hands. They even say that he could write different texts with different hands at the same time. However, he wrote most of his works with his left hand from right to left.

He played the lyre masterfully. When Leonardo's case was heard in the Milan court, he appeared there precisely as a musician, and not as an artist or inventor.

Leonardo was the first painter to dismember corpses in order to understand the location and structure of muscles.

Leonardo da Vinci was a strict vegetarian and never drank cow's milk, as he considered it theft.

Salvador Dali

If I didn't have enemies, I wouldn't be what I am. But, thank God, there were enough enemies.

Arriving in New York in 1934, he carried a 2-meter-long loaf of bread in his hands as an accessory, and while visiting an exhibition of surrealist creativity in London, he dressed in a diver’s suit.

Dali wrote the painting “The Persistence of Memory” (“Soft Hours”) under the impression of Einstein’s theory of relativity. The idea took shape in Salvador's head while he was looking at a piece of Camembert cheese one hot August day.

Salvador Dali often went to bed with a key in his hand. Sitting on a chair, he fell asleep with a heavy key clutched between his fingers. Gradually the grip weakened, the key fell and hit a plate lying on the floor. Thoughts that arose during naps could be new ideas or solutions to complex problems.

During his lifetime, the great artist bequeathed to be buried in such a way that people could walk on the grave, so his body was walled up in a wall at the Dali Museum in Figueres. Flash photography is not permitted in this room.

Salvador Dali's nickname was “Avida Dollars,” which translated means “passionate for dollars.”

The Chupa Chups logo was drawn by Salvador Dali. In a slightly modified form, it has survived to this day.

Almost every one of Dali's works contains either a portrait or a silhouette of him.

Henri Matisse

Flowers bloom everywhere for everyone who wants to see them.

In 1961, Henri Matisse's painting "The Boat" (Le Bateau), exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art, hung upside down for forty-seven days. The painting was hung in the gallery on October 17, and only on December 3 did anyone notice the mistake.

Henri Matisse suffered from depression and insomnia, sometimes crying in his sleep and waking up screaming. One day, without any reason, he suddenly had a fear of going blind. And he even learned to play the violin so he could make a living as a street musician when he lost his sight.

For many years Matisse lived in poverty. He was about forty when he was finally able to support his family on his own.

Henri Matisse never painted rocks, clear crystal houses, cultivated fields.

During the last 10 years of his life, he was diagnosed with duodenal cancer and had to remain in a wheelchair.

Edvard Munch

In my art I have tried to explain life and its meaning to myself, I have also tried to help others explain their lives.

Munch was only five years old when his mother died of tuberculosis, and then he lost his older sister. Since then, the theme of death has arisen more than once in his work, and the artist’s life path from the very first steps declared itself as a life drama.

His painting "The Scream" is the most expensive work of art sold at public auction.

He was obsessed with work and said this himself: “Writing for me is a disease and intoxication. An illness that I don’t want to get rid of, and an intoxication that I want to remain in.”

Paul Gauguin

Art is an abstraction, extract it from nature, fantasize based on it, and think more about the process of creation rather than the result.

The artist was born in Paris, but spent his childhood in Peru. Hence his love for exotic and tropical countries.

Gauguin easily changed techniques and materials. He was also interested in wood carving. Often experiencing financial difficulties, he was unable to buy paints. Then he took up the knife and wood. He decorated the doors of his house in the Marquesas Islands with carved panels.

Paul Gauguin worked as a laborer on the Panama Canal.

The artist painted still lifes mainly without resorting to a model.

In 1889, having thoroughly studied the Bible, he painted four canvases in which he depicted himself in the image of Christ.

Frequent and promiscuous relationships with girls led to Gauguin falling ill with syphilis.

Renoir Pierre Auguste

At the age of forty I discovered that the king of all colors is black.

Around 1880, Renoir broke his right hand for the first time. Instead of being upset and grieving about this, he takes the brush with his left, and after a while no one doubts that he will be able to paint masterpieces with both hands.

He managed to paint about 6,000 paintings over 60 years.

Renoir was so in love with painting that he did not stop working even in old age, suffering from various forms of arthritis, and painted with a brush tied to his sleeve. One day his close friend Matisse asked: “Auguste, why don’t you give up painting, you’re suffering so much?” Renoir limited himself to only answering: “La douleur passe, la beauté reste” (The pain passes, but beauty remains).

It would be interesting to know how many of my readers there are who wanted to try writing and take up painting seriously, but stopped not because of lack of time or lack of imagination, but because of the widespread stereotype that success in painting can only be achieved after long years of art education?

Many people believe that self-taught artists can only write as a hobby, but they cannot count on success, recognition and wealth.

Communicating with many people, I hear this opinion in a variety of forms. I even know many artists who write passionately and very well, but consider their paintings just fun only because they themselves have not received an art education.

For some reason they believe that An artist is a profession that must certainly be confirmed by a diploma and grades. And while you don’t have a diploma, you can’t become an artist, you can’t paint good pictures, and even if you write a work “for yourself,” then you’re forbidden to even think about selling it or putting it on public display.

Allegedly, paintings by self-taught artists are immediately recognized by experts as unprofessional, and will only cause criticism and ridicule.

I can boldly say that this is all nonsense! Not because I'm the only one who thinks so. But because history knows dozens of successful self-taught artists, whose paintings have taken their rightful place in the history of painting!

Moreover, some of these artists managed to become famous during their lifetime, and their work influenced the entire world of painting. Moreover, among them there are both artists of past centuries and modern self-taught artists.

As an example, I’ll tell you only about some of these autodidacts.

1. Paul Gauguin / Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin

Perhaps one of the greatest self-taught artists. His path into the world of painting began with the fact that he, working as a broker and earning good money, began to acquire paintings by contemporary artists.

This hobby fascinated him, he learned to understand painting well and at some point began to try to paint himself. Art fascinated him so much that he began to devote less and less time to work and more and more time to write.

The painting “Woman Sewing” was painted by Gauguin when he was a stockbroker.

At some point Gauguin decides to devote himself entirely to creativity, leaves his family and goes to France to communicate with like-minded people and work. Here he began to paint truly significant canvases, but this is also where his financial problems began.

Communication with the artistic elite and work together with other artists became his only school.

Finally, Gauguin decides to completely break with civilization and merge with nature in order to create in what he believed to be heavenly conditions. To do this, he sails to the islands of the Pacific Ocean, first to Tahiti, then to the Marquesas Islands.

Here he becomes disillusioned with the simplicity and wildness of the “tropical paradise”, gradually goes crazy and... paints his best paintings.

Paintings by Paul Gauguin

Alas, recognition came to Gauguin after his death. Three years after his death, in 1906, an exhibition of his paintings was organized in Paris, which were completely sold out and later became part of the most expensive collections in the world. His work “When is the wedding?” included in the ranking of the most expensive paintings in the world.

2. Jack Vettriano (aka Jack Hoggan)

The story of this master is, in a sense, the opposite of the previous one. If Gauguin died in poverty, painting his paintings under the yoke of lack of recognition, then Hoggan managed to earn millions during his lifetime and turn into a patron of the arts only through his paintings.

At the same time, he began writing at the age of 21, when a friend gave him a set of watercolor paints. The new business fascinated him so much that he began to try to copy the works of famous masters in museums. And then he began to paint pictures based on his own subjects.

As a result, at his first exhibition, all the paintings were sold out, and later his work “The Singing Butler” became a sensation in the art world: it was bought for $1.3 million. Hoggan’s paintings are bought by Hollywood stars and Russian oligarchs, although most art critics consider them completely in bad taste .

Painting by Jack Vettriano

Large incomes allow Jack to pay scholarships for low-income gifted students and engage in charity work. And all this - without academic education- At the age of 16, young Hoggan began working as a miner, after which he did not formally study anywhere.

3. Henri Rousseau / Henri Julien Félix Rousseau

One of the most famous representatives of primitivism in painting, Rousseau was born into the family of a plumber, after graduating from school he served in the army, then worked at customs.

At this time he began to paint, and it was precisely the lack of education that allowed him to form his own technique, in which the richness of colors, bright subjects and richness of the canvas are combined with the simplicity and primitiveness of the image itself.

Paintings by Henri Rousseau

Even during the artist’s lifetime, his paintings were highly appreciated by Guillaume Appoliner and Gertrude Stein.

4. Maurice Utrillo / Maurice Utrillo

Another French autodidact artist, without an art education, he managed to become a world-famous celebrity. His mother was a model in art workshops, and she also taught him the basic principles of painting.

Later, all his lessons consisted of observing how the great artists painted in Montmartre. For a long time, his paintings were not recognized by serious critics and he survived only by occasional sales of his works to the general public.

Painting by Maurice Utrillo

But by the age of 30 his work began to be noticed, at the age of forty he became famous, and at 42 receives the Legion of Honor for his contribution to art in France. After that, he created for another 26 years and was not at all worried about the lack of a diploma in art education.

5. Maurice de Vlaminck

A self-taught French artist, all of whose formal education ended at a music school - his parents wanted him to become a cellist. In his teens he began painting, at the age of 17 he began self-education with his friend Henri Rigalon, and at 30 he sold his first paintings.

Painting by Maurice de Vlaminck

Until this time, he managed to support himself and his wife with cello lessons and performances with musical groups in various restaurants. With the advent of fame, he completely devoted himself to painting, and his paintings in the Fauvist style in the future seriously influenced the work of the impressionists of the 20th century.

6. Aimo Katainen /Aimo Katajainen

Finnish contemporary artist, whose works belong to the genre of “naive art”. The paintings contain a lot of ultramarine blue, which in turn is very calming... The subjects of the paintings are calm and peaceful.

Paintings by Aimo Kataäinen

Before becoming an artist, he studied finance, worked in a clinic for the rehabilitation of alcoholics, but all this time he painted as a hobby until his paintings began to sell and bring in a good income sufficient to live on.

7. Ivan Generalić / Ivan Generalić

Croatian primitivist artist who made his name with paintings of rural life. He became famous by accident when one of the students at the Zagreb Academy noticed his paintings and invited him to hold an exhibition.

Painting by Ivan Generalich

After his solo exhibitions took place in Sofia, Paris, Baden-Baden, Sao Paulo and Brussels, he became one of the most famous Croatian representatives of primitivism.

8. Anna Moses / Anna Mary Robertson Moses(aka Grandma Moses)

Famous American artist who began painting at age 67 after the death of her husband, already suffering from arthritis. She had no artistic education, but her painting was accidentally noticed by a New York collector in the window of her house.

Painting by Anna Moses

He suggested holding an exhibition of her works. Grandma Moses' paintings quickly became so popular that her exhibitions were held in many European countries and then in Japan. At the age of 89, Grandmother received an award from US President Harry Truman. It is noteworthy that the artist lived for 101 years!

9. Ekaterina Medvedeva

The most famous representative of modern naive art in Russia, Ekaterina Medvedeva did not receive an art education, but began writing when she worked part-time at the post office. Today she is included in the ranking of the 10,000 best artists in the world since the 18th century.

Painting by Ekaterina Medvedeva

10. Kieron Williams / Kieron Williamson

English prodigy autodidact, who began painting in the impressionist style at age 5, and at 8 he put his paintings up for auction for the first time. At the age of 13, he sold 33 of his paintings at auction for $235 thousand in half an hour, and today (he is already 18) he is a dollar millionaire.

Paintings by Kieron Williams

Kieron paints 6 paintings a week, and there is always a queue for his work. He simply does not have time for education.

11. Paul Ledent / Pol Ledent

Belgian artist is self-taught and creative. I became interested in fine arts around the age of 40. Judging by the pictures, he experiments a lot. I studied painting on my own...and immediately applied the knowledge in practice.

Although Paul took a few painting lessons, he learned most of his hobby on his own. Participated in exhibitions, painted paintings to order.

Paintings by Paul Ledent

According to my observations, creatively thinking people write interestingly and freely, whose heads are not filled with academic artistic knowledge. And by the way, no less than professional artists achieve some success in the art niche. It’s just that such people are not afraid to look at ordinary things a little more broadly.

12. Jorge Maciel / JORGE MACIEL

Brazilian autodidact, modern talented self-taught artist. He produces wonderful flowers and colorful still lifes.

Paintings by Jorge Maciel

This list of self-taught artists can be continued for a very long time. It can be said that Van Gogh, one of the world's most influential artists, did not receive formal education, studied sporadically with various masters and never learned to paint the human figure (which, by the way, shaped his style).

You can recall Philip Malyavin, Niko Pirosmani, Bill Traylor and many other names: many famous artists were self-taught, that is, they studied on their own!

All of them are confirmation of the fact that it is not necessary to have a special art education to succeed in painting.

Yes, it’s easier with him, but you can become a good artist without him. After all, no one has canceled self-education... Just like without talent - we have already talked about this... The main thing is to have a burning desire to learn on your own and discover all the bright facets of painting in practice.