Of the 130 most famous artists, most of all are Taurus, who have a good sense of form and color (the influence of the ruling planet Venus). Not much less than Aquarius and Cancer (the planet Uranus is comparable to a rainbow, and the Moon is responsible for the visible synthesis of colors). In 3rd place is the sign of Pisces (exaltation of Venus), and 4th place is shared by Capricorns and Aries. Since the Sun determines the brightness of the personality, the Lions tend to create real masterpieces, albeit with great effort.
Features of creativity of artists of different psychotypes reveals astrological art criticism. Psychotypes of different signs of the Zodiac can be distinguished on the basis of colors and themes of the works.
ARIES The work of Aries is characterized by brightness, flashiness, openness of color, illumination and airiness. Exaggeration of color (Van Gogh), large eyes with inner fire in portraits (works by Goya and Kiprensky).
Famous artists: Van Gogh, Goya, El Greco, Raphael, Kiprensky, Vlamnik, Tropinin, Grabar.
TAURUS The predominant feature of Taurus paintings is decorativeness and mental creativity, the predominant genre is historical and literary. Extravagance, but at the same time decorative harmony (Dali). The images are proportionate, the works fit perfectly into the interior.
Famous painters: Ossovsky, Vasnetsov, Krymov, Gainsborough, Bakst, Delacroix, Deineka, Dali. Unfortunately, the date of birth of the early artist Leonardo da Vinci is not exactly known. But art astrologers believe that he was also a Taurus according to the sign of the Zodiac.
GEMINI Innovators in painting, creators of new trends. In the paintings there are shifts in color, contrast and graphics (Gauguin), or mutedness and dryness (Grekov, Savrasov, Kramskoy). The natural brightness and strange coloring of the images of the famous painter Gauguin characterize him as an attractive and conflicting personality at the same time.
Famous artists: Gauguin, Durer, Velasquez, Kramskoy, Savrasov, Nesterov, Polenov, R. Kent and Grekov.
CANCER Detects a love for golden hues and oval-elongated shapes. The plots of the paintings are often sentimental situations that reflect the sensitivity of the soul of this sign (Rembrandt, “The Return of the Prodigal Son”), as well as childish-nostalgic notes (Chagall).
Famous painters: Chagall, Turner, Rembrandt, Rubens, Makovsky, Fedotov, Modigliani. The lunar feminine principle of Cancer is also reflected in the work of fashion designer Paul Cardin.
LEO Classical expressiveness, beauty and grace with an honest reflection of the surrounding reality, often photographic clarity, the desire to express an idea in such a way that it is accessible and understandable to people.
Famous artists: Repin, Titian, A. Ivanov, Bilibin, Losenko, Borovikovsky, Aivazovsky.
VIRGO Visual art of Virgos is characterized by symmetry and completeness. Often there is a formality and “sterile beauty” of the images. The theme of the works is most often the landscape.
Famous artists: Levitan, Chiurlenis, Ingres, I. Glazunov, David, Friedrich.
LIBRA Even more prone to decorative than Taurus artists. Sometimes there is a certain gypsum form, as if the figures are inanimate, a little artificial, and the plots resemble a theatrical stage (Watto, Caravaggio). Worldview breadth (Roerich).
Famous artists: N. Roerich, Watteau, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Böcklin.
SCORPIO The painting of Scorpios is characterized by red-green gamut, disturbing shades, there is tension, a kind of “ominous silence”.
Famous artists: Picasso, Claude Monet, Petrov-Vodkin. Master of erotic sculpture Rodin.
SAGITTARIUS Sharp combinations of colors, successful images of various positions of the human body, material saturation. The Jupiterian reliance on tradition is reflected in the paintings of Denis, where he imitates the old masters.
Famous artists: Toulouse Lautrec, Kandinsky, Salakhov, Munch, Korovin, Denis.
CAPRICORN Drama, severity, rationality of style. Saturnian ability to capture individual fragments of life. Contrast, minimum chiaroscuro. Monumentality and isolation, sometimes heaviness of forms.
Famous artists: Bryullov, Matisse, Siqueiros, Guttuso, Cezanne and Terborch.
AQUARIUS Light humanistic themes of works, special lyricism associated with the Motherland, nationality. Color and light effects, ingenuity of colors.
Famous artists: Shishkin, Surikov, Shchedrin, Venetsianov, Plastov, Kuindzhi, Ribeir, Pollock.
FISHES In the paintings of Pisces – complex color relationships, freedom in working with color, often blurring, uncertainty of contours. Also characteristic is the desire for the miraculous, immersion in the world of dreams, lack of material clarity, mysticism, religious ecstasy (Michelangelo), demonism (Vrubel), irrationality (Malevich).
Famous artists: Michelangelo, Botticelli, Renoir, Saryan, Vrubel, Konchalovsky, Tiepolo, Malevich.
