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A journey through art, literature, and history of Eastern Europe — untold stories from Ukraine, Belarus, and beyond.
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Art Tuesday: The Umbrella, by Ukrainian artist Marie Bashkirtseff (opens the original)
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Every time I stumbled upon this painting online, I was struck by its intensity and energy. No matter what I was browsing or searching for, it stopped me in my tracks and made me look at it again and again. “The Umbrella” was painted by Ukrainian artist Marie Bashkirtseff in Paris in 1883. Less than a year later, Marie died from tuberculosis at the age of 25.Art Tuesday is a weekly series about art and artists from Eastern Europe. Subscribe to receive a new painting each Tuesday and discov
An autumn flower (opens the original)
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Art Tuesday: A Lady in a Lilac Dress, by Polish artist Wladyslaw Czachórski (opens the original)
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Ancient philosophers placed beauty alongside values such as goodness and truth. Glorifying beauty was at the core of Academic art, the leading art style in Europe in the 17th-19th centuries. “A Lady in a Lilac Dress” by Polish artist Wladyslaw Czachórski is one of the finest examples of the Academic art movement, which stated that beauty was not vain, but had merit and moral significance.Art Tuesday is a weekly series about art and artists from Eastern Europe. Subscribe
A letter from my heart (opens the original)
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Art Tuesday: Pines in Sunlight, by Belarusian artist Anton Barkhatkou (opens the original)
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My Belarusian family’s countryside house stood in the forest, surrounded by tall and majestic pines. That forest was the place where my siblings and I played, rode bicycles, picked blueberries and wild strawberries, made flower wreaths, and learned about nature and life. From early spring to late autumn, we spent nearly every weekend there while our mom tended to the garden.When the sun set in the evening, it illuminated the crowns of the pines in bright orange and red. The birds sang their last
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