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A Touch of Elegance
August/September 2025
|International Artist
Drawing from the Old Masters, Daria Dolgareva infuses her portraiture with drama and glamour
We learn mastery by looking at the best examples.
By analyzing masterpieces through the prism of a modern view, artistic taste develops and unique ideas are born. In my new series of paintings, I creatively combined two paradoxically different styles, which helped me realize the idea of a dramatic portrait with features of realistic glamor.
This story is from the August/September 2025 edition of International Artist.
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