The subject of self-portrait was used by K. Malevich throughout his creative activity. Picturesque images of himself constitute a peculiar chronicle of life, and in each image the artist appears from a new perspective. The features of each painting, including style, technique and attributes, help to imagine the emotional state in which the author was at the time of writing each of the self-portraits.

The painting was exhibited for the first time in the famous Salon of the Outcast, which was opened May 15, 1863 in Paris by Emperor Napoleon III, who wished to be known as the defender of freedom and creativity. Then the jury rejected many of the works of artists not allowed to participate in the exhibition. Eduard Manet offered Salon of the Outcast for dessert his Breakfast on the Grass, which caused a storm of emotions, fierce criticism and a unanimous sentence that this “breakfast” was absolutely “inedible”.

Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro perfectly mastered the famous ukiyo-e technique. He especially liked to draw women. At first, the artist began with portraits to the chest, but after that he began to devote time to details of clothes and some surrounding things. He spent a lot of time in Yoshiwara Chinatown.

The slaves of Michelangelo Buonarroti are the famous marble statues of the great Italian sculptor. Originally intended for the tombstone of Julius II, but the option for the implementation was chosen on a more modest scale, with fewer sculptures. As a result, the finished work of the master “Dying Slave” and the “Rising Slave” contrasted with it were given as a gift to Roberto Strozzi, who handed them over to the king France.

Serov Valentin Alexandrovich was an outstanding Russian artist. He was engaged in painting pictorial and graphic portraits, landscapes, paintings on historical themes, illustrations, drawings for Krylov’s fables. This artist, whose skill delights, all the landscapes are special. Using the style of impressionism in his work, the artist very accurately conveys the impression that he had on it is a bright October day, in the picture “October.

Even the very first paintings of the young artist Nikolai Krymov made it clear that a city dweller burst into the Russian landscape, who, like no other, can truly appreciate the beauty of nature among urban houses and feel the power of outer space amidst mortal fuss and noise. the city exhibition, the teacher of the art class liked the professor so much that he acquired a painting.