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FROM IRAN & US: Hessam Abrishami’s tender, colorful works are the aspirational atmosphere of humane calm that we miss so often in our lives: as if the artist captures the thrill of falling in love & discovering wonders in each other in each brushstroke (via @OnessimoFineArt)
FROM RUSSIA: What couldn’t Vladimir Suteev do. He was a pioneer of Soviet animation, bravely fought in WWII, was madly in love with a colleague whom he only married when both were widowed. His most lasting heritage are his illustrations to his own fairy tales and those of others
FROM RUSSIA & JEWISH PEOPLE: Women in Alexander Tyshler’s paintings tend to get big heads: sometimes, they even turn into carousels or birthday cakes. Initially a futurist with a penchant for abstraction, he switched to expressionism when working for the Jewish theatre in Minsk.