The Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a revolutionary Che Gevara, politicians Winston Churchill and Bill Clinton, writers Somerset Maugham and Mark Twain, the actor and the political figure Arnold Schwarzenegger – these names are well-known and these figures are best known to the world for their political, social, literary and other achievements. Moreover, the abovementioned people highly esteem cigar smoking and, thus, they come as people who own the greatest number of tools and accessories so requisite for this leisurely process and among others there are cigar lighters.
In the light of a variety and availability of glass items, glass ware is still appreciated by plenty people, especially when it comes to cut glass. The cut glass produces a long, lingering and musical tune when you put your finger at the cut-glass edge. So, in Japan the craftsmen make unique musical instruments. A crystal violin, completely transparent, is estimated for fifty thousand USD. Crystal glass tableware is not so much expensive though it is able to produce the charming, unique and so brittle music providing it is properly cared.
Wealthy persons are mostly known for their fortune only. However, despite they make billions, these people possess some personal features that attract people when estimating them. While Warren shovels up money, he has to do with quite conflicting image he created: he is known to be the proved miser and at the same time he privately donates huge amounts for charity purposes.
Henri
Matisse was always experimenting with colors and techniques of writing and only
recently his paintings were appreciated and highly estimated. The most expensive
painting by the artist is «Blue Nude» sold for $33 million 641 thousand at
Christie's in October 2007 at the start price of $10 million. The painting was purchased
by the Russian collector Sergey Schukin who spent a wealth to make Matisse one
of the reputed and favorite «wild» painters in Russia.
The recognized painter was born
in the last day of 1869 in
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, and grew up in
Bohain-en-Vermandois in Northeastern France, in the family to the seed and
paints businessman. In 1887 he went to Paris
to study law and worked as a court administrator in Le Cateau-Cambrésis after
gaining his specialty. Henri did not like the routine work but he had no idea
how to use his creative and artistic skill inherited from his mother. His mother
was engaged in manufacture of hats and writing on china ware. The turn of the
tide in the fate of the painter whose paintings are now sold for million of
dollars at the world auctions, became his illness when he was granted paints to
entertain himself.
Soon after
Henri received the father's consent and went to the capital city to study the
art and at the age of 22 he started as a painter. Preliminary, his paining was
close to the technique of impressionists. Though, that time he learned how to
work with paints and the color became defining in his paintings. Henri defined
the color as the «power that expresses the feelings».
The artworks
of the painter strongly varied according to the surrounding painters and his
location. In 1898 Matisse married to Amélie Noellie Parayre and he spent his honeymoon
in London. His
works of that period were greatly affected by the influence of the grand master
of paints Turner. After the couple left for Corsica,
the paintings by Henri started blooming with Mediterranean colors. When his
sons were born, one after another, the painter got introduced to the follower
of divisionism Paul Signac. During this period Henri made some works in the new
divisionism technique when strokes of paint were laid in separate dots of
bright and clear color. Matisse sank into experiments with paints creating
incredible colorful contrasts due to that he was later called a «wild» painter
in summer 1905 in
the South of France. And this word originated the new movement «fauvism» (from
French word ‘fauve'). And the works of this period are highly appreciated at
modern auctions most of all.
So, the second
expensive painting by Henri Matisse in the new style appeared on the
top of Christie's
Auction in May 2008. «Woman in a Purple Coat» by Matisse created in
1935 in Nice shows Lidiya
Delektorskaya, the Russian immigrant, a Muse, an assistant and the
favorite
model of the painter. Yet, her portray was sold for the recorded price
in 2007
at the auction of Matisse paintings. «Woman in a Purple Coat» was sold
for $22.4
million at the New York
auction. Painted in 1942 in
his room at the Hôtel Régina in Nice, Danseuse dans le fauteuil, sol en
damier
is among the most confident and powerful in the artist's oeuvre. In the
wake of
the world record price of $18.48 million achieved at Sotheby's New York
last spring for
Matisse's Nu Couché du dos of 1927, Danseuse dans le fauteuil, sol en
damier
comes to sale from an American collection with an estimate of $16-24
million. La Coiffure painted by Matisse
in 1927 was sold for $18,496 million in 1990. A bit earlier, in 1988
«Persian Dress платье» created in 1940 went at Sotheby's for
$17,5 million. These five «women» by Henri Matisse were included in the
list of
the most expensive paintings of the world. Every of these paintings
reveal the
image of a Woman, a symbol of beauty, sensitivity and fertility,
developing his
concept of the woman-flower and using the exotic eastern patterns, and
on the
top of it, emphasizing all beauty and effeminacy in bright and intense
colors.
We still
have no idea who of favorite women of Matisse we will observe at auctions.
Recently the paintings by Matisse go up in price and many museums or private
collectors are willing to spend a fortune to acquire art works by the
well-known painter-fauvist.
Lingerie for women was just the plain underwear until the 20th century when it became the mean self-expression, as the subject of esthetic admiration. A piece of lingerie seen in between the women wear looked quite shocking to be shame and no one thought of designing luxury items based on lingerie, leaving alone works of art. Today every woman dreams of having a pair, or even more, of luxury and high quality lingerie to associate with sexuality, sensibility and attraction with male.
Today the knitwear is presented in so many styles and
it is so popular that no single autumn and spring collections can do without
hosiery. Knit
women's coats are offered in classic, sporty, romantic, vintage, casual and
ethnic styles. The demand for knit coats
grows in line with the more increasing range of color and texture of woolen
yarn as merino wool, angora, alpaca, Kashmir. Globally known brands launch knit
coats for women in their latest collections and most celebrities today appear
wearing knitwear for many occasions and that's hard to picture that some time
back it was something different.
First established in 1980, the brand by Carolina Herrera is one of the well-known fashion brands; collections by Carolina Herrera make a conquest for the public love and demand due to elegance and delicacy of the fashion wear models. The collections were successful, though Carolina Herrera opened its perfume line first in 1988 presenting Carolina Herrera for Women. Carolina Herrera 212 is known to be the bestseller first launched in 1997, and today this fragrance takes its niche among the most recognized perfumes of the world.
First established in 1860, Chopard is one of the reputed watch and jewelry houses producing incredibly beautiful, fascinating jewelry items and watches of dream. The house also launched a number of celebrated fragrances as Casmir, Wish, Madness and Infiniment. Despite the long and solid history of the brand, it appeared only recently in the market of fragrances with the first fragrance Chopard launched only in 1992. Six years later, in 1996, the Chopard House presented its Mira-Bai, the fragrance which is still in favor among women keen on oriental scents. Mira-Bai shows no intentions to compete with such a fashion-setter in the sphere of oriental compositions as Guerlain Shalimar, though the fragrance by Chopard takes its niche among the classic perfumes in the market of oriental perfume.
