Reading to coffee #4

By andrej | Reading to the coffee | 29 Dec 2020

Hey guys.

After good feedback of previous episode I decided to make fourth episode today !

1. The longest song for piano is composed only by 180 notes, but according to the composer Erik Satie, they need to be repeated 840 times so the song last 18 hours and 40 minutes. Premiere of this song was in 1963, it was played by 10 pianist. At the end of song, there were only 6 people.

And round and round and round, 840 times.

2. The biggest art gallery on the world is in St. Petersburg Winter Palace. There is 322 galleries witch contains more than 3 millions artwork.

3. Sculptor Rodin died in 1917 from cold, beause government of France refused to give him financial help. While he was dying outside, his statues were in heat of museums.

4. One day, Charlie Chaplin participated in competition for the best doubt of himself. He finished in third place.

5. The smallest painting was created by a flemish artist on a corn grain.

6. Picasso owned a dog, a turtle, a monkey, an owl and cats.

7. Painting Mona Lisa's lips took 12 years.

8. The first pencil was invented in England in 1565.

9. Art competitions were once part of the Olympics.

10. There are four version of the scream. The first version was painted in 1893 and was exhibited in Oslo. In the same year, a pastel version was also made. The third version was said to be privately owned, and the last version was given to the Munch Museum.

11. Van Gogh has only sold one painting during his life.

12. The world's most expensive painting to sell at auction is Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, which sold for $450.3 million on November 15, 2017 at Christie's.

13. Most visited art museum is Louvre in Paris. Attendance 10.2 million visitors per year (2019).

14. The richiest artist in the world is Paul McCartney. $1.3 Billion Net Worth.

15. The all name of Picasso is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso. Just a normal name.