From Bosch to Van Gogh

The history of painting is a mighty river of time, consisting of names, styles, and directions, which has its origins in the deep antiquity, in those times when people created their first paintings on the walls of caves. This river... has only one bank, the other is lost in infinity. Over time, the human perception of the world of art and its place in it changed and developed. With the expansion of consciousness, the development of art continued. Over the centuries, each painting style gave rise to a new, newly emerged style or direction; each great painter added something of their own, sometimes unique, to the achievements of earlier artists and influenced later masters. Painting, as a constant companion of human civilization, had various purposes and roles at all stages of human evolution. For many centuries, the great masters of the past created works that still amaze with the brilliance of painting and the flight of spirit. Epochs replaced each other, and new generations of artists sought new means of representation and ways to reflect the changing reality. Over the centuries, schools of painting and directions in art changed: the Renaissance and Baroque, Rococo and Classicism, Romanticism and Realism, Impressionism and Symbolism, Expressionism and Surrealism. But from Bosch to Van Gogh, the main task of the artist was to breathe life into the created image, line, color. The works of those who succeeded in this became masterpieces of world art. The artists whose immortal works are presented in this colorful mini-album seem to open a door to their era, to the wonderful world of magical colors they created.