30 de Setembro

"What is one to think of those fools

who tell one that the artist is

always subordinate to nature? Art

is in harmony parallel with nature"

Paul Cézanne

The Banks of the Marne, 1888-95

Paul Cézanne

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

26 de Julho

"The people of Tahiti have invented a word:

"No artu," which means "I couldn't care less!"

Here it means pretty much the same as complete

serenity and naturalness. You cannot imagine

how I have grown accostumed to this word.

I often say it - and I understand it"

Paul Gauguin

The King's Wife, 1896

Paul Gauguin

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

11 de Julho

"I've never let my school

interfere with my education"

Mark Twain

On the Way to School in Edam, early 20th century

Max Liebermann

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

20 de Junho

"He put so much mystery

in so much brightness"

Stéphane Mallarmé (about Gauguin)

Ford (Running Away), 1901

Paul Gauguin

The Puskin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

10 de Maio

"Nature always begins by resisting the artist,
but he who really takes it seriously does not allow
that resistance to put him off his stride;
on the contrary, it is that much more of a stimulus
to fight for a victory"

Vincent Van Gogh

A Road in Auvers after the Rain, 1890

Vincent Van Gogh

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

3 de Maio

"I'm glad I haven't found my style yet.

I'd be bored to death"

Edgar Degas

Breaking-In, c. 1880

Edgar Degas

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

6 de Abril

"The aim of art is to represent not the

outward appearance of things,

but their inward significance"

Aristotle

Still-Life with Attributes of Art, late 18th century

Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

2 de Abril

"Painting is stronger than me,

it makes me do its bidding"

Pablo Picasso

Harlequins, 1905

Pablo Picasso

The Puskin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

16 de Março

"Grace is given of God, but knowledge

is bought in the market"

Arthur Hugh Clough

Russian Fair, 1906

Boris H. Kustodiev

Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

15 de Março

"The motif must always be set down in a simple way,
easily grasped and unsderstood by the beholder.
By the elimination of superfluous detail,
the spectator should be led along the road that
the artist indicates to him, and from tha first
be made to notice what the artist has felt"

Alfred Sisley

Wintry Landscape in Louveciennes, 1873

Alfred Sisley

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

26 de Fevereiro

"Oh! The snow, the beautiful snow,

Filling the sky and earth below,

Over the housetops, over the street,

Over the heads of the people you meet.

Dancing, flirting, skimming along"

Joseph Warren Watson

Skaters, 1620

Hendrick Avercamp

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

12 de Fevereiro

"Painting is easy when you don't know

how, but very difficult when you do"

Edgar Degas

Dancers at Rehearsal, 1885-90

Edgar Degas

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

26 de Janeiro

"If all the year were playing holidays,

To sport would be as tedious as to work"

William Shakespeare

Winter Scene with Figures on Ice, 1600-05

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow