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Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium[1] to a
surface (support base). The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a
brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result
of the action. Paintings may have for their support such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood,
glass, lacquer, clay, copper or concrete, and may incorporate multiple other materials including
sand, clay, paper, gold leaf as well as objects.




-Pablo Picasso

-Leondardo Da Vinci

-Van Gogh

-Claude Monet






Julius Mordecai Pincas, (March 31, 1885 ± June 5, 1930) known as Pascin, Jules Pascin, or
the "Prince of Montparnasse", was born in Bulgaria to parents of four ethnicities. During World
War I, he worked in the United States. He is best known as a painter in Paris, where he was
strongly identified with the Modernist movement and the artistic circles of Montparnasse. Having
struggled with depression and alcoholism, he committed suicide at the age of 45.

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Early life

Jules Pincas was born in Vidin, Bulgaria to a Spanish-Sephardic Jewish father and a Serbian-
Italian mother. His early artistic training was in Vienna and Munich. At the age of 20 in 1905, he
adopted the pseudonym Pascin (an anagram of Pincas). About the same time, he began
contributing drawings to Simplicissimus, a satirical magazine published in Munich.

In December 1905 Pascin moved to Paris, becoming part of the great migration of artists to that
city at the start of the 20th century. In 1907 Pascin met Hermine Lionette Cartan David, also a
painter, and they became lovers. They lived together until Pascin left for America on October 3,
1914. A few weeks later on October 31, Hermine David sailed for the United States to join Pascin.

]United States

Jules Pascin, Hermine in bed

Pascin lived in the United States from 1914 to 1920, sitting out World War I. He taught at the Telfair
Academy in Savannah, Georgia, associated with the Telfair Art Museum] He and Hermine painted
in New York City as well as in Miami, New Orleans and Cuba.

Pascin married Hermine David at City Hall in New York City. The witnesses were Max Weber and
Maurice Sterne, friends and painters who both lived in New York. Pascin was granted United
States citizenship. Especially after he returned to France, he became the symbol of the
Montparnasse artistic community and is more associated with France. Always in his bowler hat,
he was a witty presence at Le Dôme Café, Le Jockey Club, and the other haunts of the area¶s
bohemian society. Pascin made visits to Bulgaria in 1923/1924 and at an uncertain later date.

Career

Portrait of Lucy Krohg, by Pascin, oil and pencil on canvas

Despite his social life, Pascin created thousands of watercolors and sketches, plus drawings and
caricatures, which he sold to various newspapers and magazines. He studied the art of drawing at
the Académie Colarossi and, like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, he drew upon his surroundings and
his friends, both male and female, as subjects. He wanted to become a serious painter, but in time
he became deeply depressed over his inability to achieve critical success with his efforts.

During the 1920s, Pascin mostly painted fragile petites filles, prostitutes waiting for clients, or
models waiting for the sitting to end. His fleetingly rendered paintings sold readily, but the money
he made was quickly spent. Famous as the host of numerous large parties in his flat, whenever he
was invited elsewhere for dinner, he arrived with as many bottles of wine as he could carry. He
frequently led a large group of friends on summer picnics beside the River Marne, where their
excursions lasted all afternoon.

According to his biographer, Georges Charensol,

"Scarcely had he chosen his table at the Dôme or the Sélect than he would be surrounded by five
or six friends; at nine o'clock, when we got up to dinner, we would be 20 in all, and later in the
evening, when we decided to go up to Montmartre to Charlotte Gardelle's or the Princess
Marfa's²where Pascin loved to take the place of the drummer in the jazz band²he had to provide
for 10 taxis."[citation needed]

Ernest Hemingway's chapter titled "With Pascin At the Dôme", in A Moveable Feast(19 , recounted
a night in 1923 when he had stopped off at Le Dôme and met Pascin escorted by two models.
Hemingway's portrayal of the evening is considered one of the defining images of Montparnasse
at the time.

Portrait of Mimi Laurent by Pascin, oil on canvas

Death

Pascin struggled with depression and alcoholism. "[D]riven to the wall by his own legend",
according to art critic Gaston Diehl, he committed suicide at the age of 45 on the eve of a
prestigious solo show.[He slit his wrists and hanged himself in his studio in Montmartre. On the
wall he left a message written in blood, to a former lover, Cecile (Lucy) Vidil Krohg. In his last will
and testament, Pascin left his estate equally to his wife, Hermine David, and his mistress Lucy
Krohg.

On the day of Pascin¶s funeral, June 7, 1930, thousands of acquaintances from the artistic
community along with dozens of waiters and bartenders from the restaurants and saloons Pascin
had frequented, all dressed in black, walked behind his coffin the three miles from his studio at 36
boulevard de Clichy to the Cimetière de Saint-Ouen. A year later, Pascin's family had his remains
reinterred at the more prestigious Cimetière de Montparnasse.

Argir Manasiev (1939 - Present)

This is a lens about Bulgarian artist Argir Manasiev. Born in the city of Blagoevgrad, Argir
Mansiev graduated from the Bulgarian National Academy of Fine Arts in 1969 and has devoted his
life to painting in a variety of media, including oils, pastels, and watercolors. The careful and
harmonious selection of colors allows his pieces to communicate directly with the viewer. Few
modern artists' work projects the simplicity and purity of shapes and color, or the expressiveness
so typical of his work. His paintings are available to browse or purchase at¢

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Argir Mansiev has participated in regional and international biennials and is the recipient of
numerous awards, including the Rene Descartes Medal from the City of Descartes, France. He has
also received awards from Saint Jean D'Angely, France (1996), Poitiers, France (1997),
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria (2001 and 2004), and Nantes, France (2006).

For the past several years, Argir has taught art in Blagoevgrad and Dupnitsa, Bulgaria. He is a
member of the Union of Bulgarian Painters and the Union of Artists in the French city of Saint
Jean D'Angely.

Argir's works have been purchased by national

 throughout Bulgaria, as well as the
NationalGalleryof Poitiers, France. Several of his pieces have been acquired by major health
facilities in Germany. His art can also be found in private collections around the world. Notable
collectors include the Chinese Deputy Health Secretary, the former Macedonian Prime Minister
Lubcho Georgievgski, and
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