Publications by tag: гоген

The famous writer, the author of "The Moon and Sixpence" novel, was at the same time a passionate art collector. The impressive collection of artworks by Renoir, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse, Bonnard, Picasso and Léger was collected by Maugham purely for his own pleasure and decorated his luxurious villa on the French Riviera.

The maxim of the Renaissance era, Every Painter Paints Himself, dates back to as early as the fifteenth century. It still holds true today, though. In the history of art, besides creating traditional self-portraits, painters now and then made secret indications of their authorship by including the likenesses of themselves in their paintings. Sometimes, these indications seem quite inventive and…