The thematic series of articles “Artist beyond style” by the authors Artamonova M.M., Arutyunyan J.I., Kareva A.A., Kisteneva S.V., Moiseeva Pavlova N.V., Usacheva S.V. and Chuiko L.V. is dedicated to study various aspects national artistic culture from Enlightenment Modernity outside style affiliation.