Micko Art

Micko is the nickname of the professional painter Miodrag. Micko is a self taught artist.

Micko was born in Serbia, in an industrial town close to Belgrade. After graduating in electrical engineering from Nikola Tesla Institute, he soon found himself in a profession which was no way suited to his personality.

"I was a dreamer living in a world of restrictions and rules where creativity and artistic beauty did not exist. The only picture in my head read 'high voltage dangerous to life' and only five colours existed". There must have been something more...

He first sketches out the scene with pencil and brush, and then adds a combination of acrylic and impasto gel with a palette knife layer upon layer within each scene to get the final, textured effect.

Diego Velázquez | Italian period

In 1629, Spanish painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660) was given permission to spend a year and a half in Italy.

Though this first visit is recognized as a crucial chapter in the development of his style - and in the history of Spanish Royal Patronage, since Philip IV sponsored his trip - few details and specifics are known of what the painter saw, whom he met, how he was perceived and what innovations he hoped to introduce into his painting.

He traveled to Venice, Ferrara, Cento, Loreto, Bologna, and Rome.

Philip Wilson Steer | The Bridge, 1887

Artist: Philip Wilson Steer (1860-1942)
Medium: Oil paint on canvas;
Dimensions: Support: 495 × 655 × 20 mm / frame: 639 × 803 × 89 mm;
Collection: Tate;
Acquisition: Purchased 1941.

This picture was strongly attacked by the critics when it was first exhibited in 1887, and dismissed by one as 'either a deliberate daub or so much mere midsummer madness'.

Steer considered giving up painting in the wake of this disapproval.

Giorgio Vasari | Vita di Sandro Botticello - Pittor Fiorentino

Ne’ medesimi tempi del Magnifico Lorenzo Vecchio de’ Medici, che fu veramente per le persone d’ingegno un secol d’oro, fiorì ancora Alessandro, chiamato a l’uso nostro Sandro e detto di Botticello per la cagione che appresso vedremo.

Costui fu figliuolo di Mariano Filipepi, cittadino fiorentino dal quale diligentemente allevato e fatto instruire in tutte quelle cose che usanza è di insegnarsi a’ fanciulli in quella età, prima che e’ si ponghino a le botteghe, ancora che agevolmente apprendesse tutto quello che e’ voleva, era nientedimanco inquieto sempre; né si contentava di scuola alcuna, di leggere, di scrivere o di abbaco; di maniera che il padre infastidito di questo cervello sì stravagante, per disperato lo pose a lo orefice con un suo compare chiamato Botticello, assai competente maestro allora in quell’arte.

Coniglio 꼬닐리오 | A Girl and her Pet Rabbit | Whimsical Illustrator

Coniglio (en. Rabbit) is the pseudonym of a Korean artist who has lived in Italy for four years.

With a background in graphic design, Coniglio creates whimsical illustrations for children's books.

After graduating from the University in Korea, she left for Italy to participate in an internship program.

Coniglio, fascinated by the atmosphere that Italy conveyed to her, boarded the plane without having learned Italian well.

She currently lives in Milan and is majoring in visual design at the National Academy of Fine Arts (Accademia di Belle Arti).