People with an indigo aura are internally contradictory individuals. They do not recognize authority and do not want to follow rules, feeling special.

Indigos achieve incredible heights in any type of activity. Sometimes they offer completely unexpected and non-standard solutions to problems that others do not see. They often suffer from autism. They are considered the generation of the future.

Kim Ung-Yong.
Kim is the owner of the highest IQ - 210.
At the age of 4 he could read Japanese, Korean, German and English languages. From the ages of 3 to 6, Kim was a student at Hanyang University; at age 7, he received an invitation to work for NASA. There, at age 15, he received a doctorate in physics from Colorado State University and worked in the USA until 1978.

Nika Turbina.
From the age of 4, during these insomnia, she asked her mother and grandmother to write down poems that, according to her, God told her. In Soviet times, her name was on everyone’s lips.
In 1990, Nika went to Switzerland, where she married a 76-year-old professor. A year later she returned home. Tragically died in 2002, falling out of a window. Whether it was a voluntary death, no one knows.

Natalya Demkina.
They call her "X-ray girl."
She is able to see the internal organs of people without any special devices. Her gift manifested itself at the age of ten, after surgery. Now sick people make appointments with her to “be enlightened.”

Gregory Smith.
Entered university at age 10. Nominated four times for the Nobel Prize.

Aelita Andre.
Born in 2007. By age 4, she was an Australian abstract painter and a member of the National Association for the Visual Arts.
She started drawing at the age of nine months. She participated in a group exhibition at the age of 2 years, and her personal exhibition entitled "Miracle of Color" took place in New York in June 2011, when she was 4 years old.
Andre is considered to be the youngest professional artist in the world, one of the five smartest children on the planet.

Orlando Bloom.
On the Internet, wherever the topic of indigo is touched upon, the name of Orlando Bloom invariably appears, although successes similar to those described above have not been observed.
It’s just that as a child, Orlando suffered from dyslexia: a lively and quick-witted boy read very poorly and did not speak very well, although he coped well with mathematical tasks. Fortunately, he had many other hobbies: photography, theater, horse riding. He eventually succeeded in the acting field.

One online source added to the list of Indigo celebrities: “Actress Oksana Akinshina, actor and TV presenter Ivan Urgant, pianist Polina Osetinskaya, composer Igor Vdovin, and journalist Evgeny Kiselev are also named among the Indigos.”

Famous artists of our time, who lacked the brushes and paints to express their genius, delight and shock not only with their works, but also with how exactly they created them.

Paints, pencils, brushes and canvas - that's probably all you need to create a stunning work of art. Oh yes, more talent! These artists undoubtedly have it. After all, they didn’t even need ordinary materials to write unique masterpieces. Look what can happen when a genius takes on the task of drawing.

1. Jet art by Tarinan von Anhalt

Florida princess Tarinan von Anhalt does not use brushes for her paintings. They are created using... an airplane. How does she do it? In fact, the artist simply throws bottles of paint, and the jet thrust of the aircraft engine “creates” a unique pattern on the canvas. Did you have to think of something like that? But jet art is not her idea. The princess “borrowed” the jet art technique from her husband Jurgen von Anhalt. Creating such pictures is not so easy, and sometimes even life-threatening: air currents reach enormous speeds and strength, they can be compared to hurricane winds, and the temperature of such a “hurricane” can exceed 250 degrees Celsius. Risk combined with creativity allows the princess to receive about $50,000 for one of her creations.

2. Ani Kay and artistic torment

A copy of the painting by the great Leonardo da Vinci " last supper" Indian artist Ani Kay wrote in his own language. The most common paints were used. As a result of many years of creativity, Ani constantly poisons her body, experiencing symptoms of intoxication: headaches, nausea and weakness. But the stubborn Indian is ready to accept torture for the sake of art again and again.

3. Bloody paintings by Vinicius Quesada

Vinicius Quesada is a scandalous Brazilian artist whose paintings are literally given to him with his own blood and... urine. The Brazilian’s three-color masterpieces are worth a lot to himself: every 60 days, Vinicia spends 450 milliliters of blood to paint paintings that shock and amaze the public.

4. Works of menstrual art by Lani Beloso

And again - blood. The Hawaiian artist also does not accept colors. Her paintings are created with her own menstrual blood. No matter how strange it may sound, Lani’s works are truly feminine, what can I say. It all started out of desperation. One day, a young girl suffering from menorrhagia, deciding to find out how much blood she actually loses during pathologically heavy periods, began to draw a picture from her own secretions. Whole year During each menstruation she did the same, thus creating a cycle of 13 paintings.

5. Ben Wilson and the chewy masterpieces

Artist Ben Wilson from London decided not to use ordinary paints or canvas and began creating his paintings from chewing gum, which he found on the streets of London. The cute creations of the “chewing gum master” decorate the gray asphalt of the city, and Ben’s portfolio contains photos of his unusual paintings.

6. Finger art by Judith Brown

This artist is just having fun creating such unusual paintings with tiny charcoal particles and her fingers, she doesn't even consider her work to be art. But fingers instead of brushes and charcoal instead of paint - so unusual and, you see, beautiful. The name of the series of paintings by Judith is also beautiful – Diamond Dust.

7. Self-taught artist Paolo Troilo

The master of monochrome also paints with his fingers, using acrylic paints. Once a successful Italian businessman, Paolo Troilo was voted Italy's Best Creative of 2007. Without a single brush he paints so realistic paintings that sometimes they cannot be distinguished from black and white photographs.

8. Automotive masterpieces by Ian Cook

It’s not for nothing that they say that in every genius lives Small child. The young painter from Great Britain Ian Cook is a clear confirmation of this. He paints pictures as if he were playing with the controls of a toy car. 40 colorful canvases depicting cars were created using paints, but instead of brushes in the artist’s hands there are remote-controlled toys on wheels.

9. Tom's Otman and Delicious Art

You just want to take these pictures and lick them. After all, they were written not with paints, but with real ice cream. The creator of such “tasty” painting is Baghdad resident Othman Toma. Inspired by the delicacy, the artist photographs his finished works along with “paints”: orange, berry chocolate.

10. Elisabetta Rogai – the sophistication of aged wine

Italian artist Elisabetta Rogai also uses delicious colors for her creations. She has white and red wine and canvas in her arsenal. What comes out of this? Incredible paintings that change their shades over time, just like an old, aged wine changes its aroma and taste. Live works!

11. Hong Yi's Spotted Paintings

What could be worse for an exemplary housewife than traces of coffee cups on a white tablecloth? But, apparently, the Shanghai artist Hong Yi is not an exemplary housewife. While creating her paintings, she leaves spots like this on the canvas every now and then. And not because she likes to drink coffee while working, but because this is how she paints, without using brushes or paints.

12. Coffee painting and beer art by Karen Eland

Artist Karen Eland also tried to paint using coffee instead of paints. And she did it quite well. Reproductions of the most famous works, made with coffee liquid, look like real paintings. The only difference is the brown shades and Karen's signature sign in the form of a cup of coffee at each work.

Subsequently experimenting with liqueur, beer and tea (no, she did not drink them), Eland concluded that her paintings came out best from beer. A bottle of intoxicating drink replaces watercolors for one canvas.

13. Kisses from Natalie Irish

You must love art so much that, without ceasing to create, you kiss your work every now and then! These are exactly the feelings Natalie Irish experiences. Big love– there’s no other way to describe her paintings, painted not with brushes and paints, but with lips and lipstick. Several dozen shades of lipstick, several hundred kisses - and such masterpieces are obtained.

14. Kira Ein Warzeji - breasts instead of hands

American Kira Ein Warzeji also put a lot of love into art - her magical paintings written on the chest. It’s hard to even imagine how many colors the artist poured onto her chest. But not in vain!

15. Sex art by Tim Patch

He takes the canvas and paints, but no brushes. And what do you think the Australian artist uses to paint his canvases? Yes, the very place that he is not at all shy about. Tim's manhood is just right. At least his pictures painted with his penis are wonderful. It must be said that the artist uses not only the main male genital organ, but also the “fifth point” as a drawing tool. With her help, Tim designs the background of the picture. The master himself does not take his work seriously, and even his pseudonym is frivolous - Pricasso. Imitating outrageousness the brilliant Picasso, the artist shocks exhibition visitors not only with his paintings, but also with the clarity of the process of their creation.

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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 creative life 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.

Eat 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 contains more deep meaning than it seems at first glance, if Pablo Picasso never parted with her... 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."— famous quote 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 stay with pure soul child throughout his adult and conscious life!

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

The artist's life was filled different 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, he dedicated it to her greatest number 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 even 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 house 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 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 dear 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 its hometown Milage.

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 "The 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 got confused... because you can’t explain your understanding and vision in a nutshell.

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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Not quite ordinary facts from the life of legendary talents.

About famous artists you can find a huge amount of information - 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).

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

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

Abundance yellow color and yellow spots of different shades in his paintings are believed to be caused big amount taking medications for epilepsy, which developed from excessive consumption of absinthe. " Starlight Night", "Sunflowers".

During his hectic 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 written 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 occurs 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 at the same time different texts with different hands. 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, because 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 the New York Museum contemporary 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 life path From the very first steps, the artist declared itself as a life drama.

His painting "The Scream" is the most expensive piece art sold at open 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 the 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 first broke his right hand. 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, when he was ill. in different forms arthritis, and painted with a brush tied to his sleeve. One day it close friend Matisse asked: “Auguste, why don’t you give up painting, you’re suffering so much?” Renoir limited himself to answering: “La douleur passe, la beauté reste” (The pain passes, but beauty remains).

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. total cost The 32 paintings sold by Aelita are estimated at $800 thousand. 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. A girl grows up not only in an atmosphere conducive to the development of artistic taste and intuitive consolidation of skills artistic language, 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 tend to think, is rewarded universal recognition with all that it implies.

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, as, for example, to everyone famous 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?