Description of the painting by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec “Laundress”

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1. Description of the painting by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec “Dance in the Moulin Rouge”Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec belonged to a very famous aristocratic family in Paris, and his parents were always opposed to his passion for painting. But I must say that the artist Lautrec was not from a good life – because of a hereditary disease, he had a small stature, therefore he could not lead his usual […]...
2. Description of the painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec “Alone”Peer into the picture… loneliness.. hollowness and fatigue. As if all this woman’s life fell on her fragile shoulders at once. Looking at the picture, I want to ask her about what had so drained her in life, so heart and soul drained. One of the cycles that were devoted to women of “easy” behavior […]...
3. Description of the painting by Honore Daumier “Laundress”Hard work, carrying away the strength and health of young women, described in his works Honore Daumier. While living on the island, he constantly had to observe this daily women’s work. Grieving over poor people, Daumier could not be indifferent, bystander, however, there was nothing to help here. These experiences resulted in a whole series […]...
4. Description of the painting by Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin “Laundress”The painting depicts a typical day in the life of ordinary people. The foreground is distinguished by bright, almost radiant colors, and it depicts a woman, a child, a trough with soapy water, a three-colored cat, dormant, with its paws tucked under itself. The picture turns out to be almost idealistic – the mother works, […]...
5. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Red Room”The French Fauvist Henri Matisse in 1908 wrote another canvas commissioned by Sergei Schukin. Fauvism as a new artistic direction did not exist for long, but managed to express itself quite brightly in the paintings of painters. This style of performance of the image mixed up several components and gave birth to rich avant-garde pictures. […]...
6. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Still Life”In 1909, the founder and devotee of Fauvism, Henri Matisse, wrote one of his best paintings. “Still life with a blue tablecloth” – the original, complete, harmonious mural. The composition of the still life is not different subject diversity. From the wall falls on a horizontal hard surface colorful fabric. The pattern is recognizable by […]...
7. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Dinner”Once two artists, united by friendly feelings and proximity to the group “World of Art”, Leon Bakst and Valentin Serov, enjoying the view of the streets of night Paris, decided to go to a cafe. In the farthest corner sat a woman, whose portrait Bakst did not fail to draw on a napkin. She was […]...
8. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Red fish”Matisse is a famous French artist, the leader of the Fauvist movement, which lasted only twenty years, but left a peculiar mark on history, Fauvism is related to impressionism and brings it to an extreme point, in which the form stops playing and its emotion and color begins to play. Fauvism is extremely simple, not […]...
9. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Boat”Matisse portrayed the boat under sail and the reflection that can be seen in the water. At first, no one could understand what is shown here. It got to a funny case. The work of the painter was exhibited in the Museum of New York. Placed it upside down. More than a month passed, and […]...
10. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Family Portrait”This picture of the artist differs from the others in that Mathisc never used the image of life and interior in his works. In the picture you can see how the family members of the artist are busy with their household chores. For example, the wife is depicted on embroidery, the sons of Henri Matisse […]...
11. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Music”Schukin – a famous collector in the last century, knew Matisse well. In 1908, he decided to decorate his mansion in Moscow in a special way and invited the artist to paint two panels for the house. It was necessary with the help of an allegory to depict such important arts as music and dance. […]...
12. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Woman in the hat”In 1905, Henri Matisse rejected the usual mixture of colors and decided to use classic shades in his works. This policy was very different from the usual techniques of past eras. Needless to say, this approach did not immediately appeal to society and critics. One of the most pronounced works of this nature was the […]...
13. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Blue Nude”In 1952, Matisse finished working on a series of canvases that had a common name – “Blue Nude”. The canvases depicted a female figure, which was skillfully combined with abstract designs and shapes. The artist loved to depict the female body in space in the same position – the figure always had crossed legs, with […]...
14. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “The joy of life”In March 1906, the second exhibition of representatives of Fauvism took place. It was impossible not to notice the bright large picture of the leader of the Fauves, Henri Matisse, called the “Joy of Life.” The artist began to work on it a year earlier, staying in the south of France. Gathering impressions in the […]...
15. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Dance”Creativity Matisse – a significant phenomenon of French art of the early twentieth century. His style was different from the classic familiar compositions. Contemporaries were stunned by the novelty, the riot of colors, the power of emotions that caused his paintings, which they called the artist “wild.” With a light hand, the term entrenched itself […]...
16. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Conversation”At first it may seem that Matisse portrays his own banal scene that can occur on any given day. We see the husband and wife talking in the morning. In the characters you can guess the artist himself and his spouse. It is not easy to do this, since Matisse deliberately makes the features of […]...
17. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Self-portrait”The founder of Fauvism and master of color. Thus appears before the descendants of Henri Mattis. Later, ethnic motifs would penetrate his art and dissolve, assimilated by the master’s will. The artist created his canvases in series. Several versions of the same work were written at once. The main themes of the works are dances, […]...
18. Description of the painting by Henri Rousseau “Self-portrait” (Customs)Rousseau was a primitive – he became an artist without additional training, simply because he felt an inner desire. He did not have a teacher who would show him the basics, and, trying, making mistakes, he discovered painting for himself, as a completely new science, like alchemy. Where others had long gone, without stumbling, he […]...
19. Description of the painting by Henri Rousseau “Customs”For the specific style of drawing Rousseau was nicknamed the amateur, although his paintings were admired by Picasso and his entourage. The reason for such unflattering reviews was the manner of Rousseau writing his pictures. The artist perceived the world completely at ease. This ease of it did not find a reciprocal understanding in the […]...
20. Description of the painting by paintings by Henri Matisse “Open Window”The artist often used his favorite trick – an image of an open door or window. This helped him to build the composition of the future picture itself. All the beauty of the Mediterranean were able to convey beautiful tones. The picture seems to be written in a careless technique, here we will not find […]...
21. Description of the painting by Gustav Klimt “Girlfriend”Gustav Klimt painted the picture “Girlfriends” in 1916-1917. Unfortunately, the original of the painting did not reach us – it burned down in 1945. The author painted his work based on the complete contrast of the bodies of two girls, girlfriends – one of them is naked, the other on the contrary – wrapped in […]...
22. Description of the painting by Jean-Baptiste Chardin “Laundresses”Jean Baptiste Chardin painted many famous paintings, among which is the painting “Laundresses”, written in 1737. In a dark room, only half illuminated by daylight, the foreground was painted with light and relatively bright colors. In the picture he is represented by a young laundress, a child, most likely her son, and a cat sitting […]...
23. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Madame Matisse”The painting “Madame Matisse” was painted by the artist in 1907. Here he depicted his wife – Madame Matisse. It must be said that when the canvas was presented for public viewing, the society embraced an indescribable feeling, and it was not a feeling of admiration. People could not understand how it was possible to […]...
24. Description of the painting by Abram Arkhipova “Laundresses”A. E. Arkhipov made his creative career in the field of genre painting, drawing various episodes from the life of the peasants. Cloth “Laundresses”, revealing the topic of hard, exhausting work, Arkhipov began in the late 1890s and finished in 1901. During this time, two versions of the painting were created. The work of “Laundress” […]...
25. Description of the painting by Yuri Pimenov “Wedding in tomorrow’s street”Pimenov was looking for his artistic style for a long time: at first it was German expressionism, then impressionism. The artist came to the modern realism at an evil age and carried it with him through his whole life. “The wedding in tomorrow’s street” is a wonderful, bright, kind work, written by Pimenov and expressing […]...
26. Description of the painting by Nikolai Popov “First Snow”The picture is depicted in perspective from top to bottom, as if the view of the street from the window. By the gentle brown tones, it can be judged that winter has recently come into its own. The sky is grayish, overcast and low. On the street you can watch the snow, so fluffy, light […]...
27. Description of the painting by Andrei Ryabushkin “The street of old Moscow”From the first works made in the School of Painting, the young artist Andrei Ryabushkin showed a sincere interest in everyday life and life in a Russian village. He linked all subsequent creative fate with the development of this topic. “The street of old Moscow” is one of his mature works. Written in 1890, the […]...
28. Description of the painting by Nikolai Krymov “Pink Winter”You have never noticed how the winter cover of the earth changes in the evening. It means snow. It is just when the sun is just beginning to set and its light turns pale pink and the snow is saturated with this color respectively. On this canvas, Krymov is just one of those evenings, when […]...
29. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Savoyar”1864; canvas, oil; 40.5 x32.2; Tretyakov Gallery. The picture was painted during a trip to Europe by Vasily Grigorievich. For a long time the artist could not find inspiration, choose a suitable plot for his new work. He searched for him in his usual images: he looked at scenes of street life, studied the characters […]...
30. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Freedom leading people” (Freedom on the barricades)Later, the picture of Eugene Delacroix, written by him in 1830, began to be called “Freedom on the barricades”, but initially it was called “Freedom leading people”. Sometimes there was a mistaken view that the canvas was created under the influence of the French Revolution, however, in fact, Delacroix dedicated the plot to the events […]...
31. Description of the painting by Nicholas Samokish “Street”The artist Nikolay Samokish more than once won the best awards in his professional activities. The Imperial Academy of Arts did not immediately accept him into the ranks of students, but after fruitful work on the technique of performance, he still got there and began to achieve significant success. For his work, soon, he began […]...
32. Description of the painting by Martiros Saryan “Street. Noon. ConstantinopleMartiros Saryan is an artist born in the south of Russia. Here he graduated from art school and wrote his first works that did not get much success. At 21, the young artist decided to go to his homeland, to Armenia, and then to the East. Since that time, began the worldwide fame of the […]...
33. Description of the painting by Honore Daumier “Transnonen Street”Honore Daumier is a cartoonist. “Transnonen Street” was written by him as part of his work in one of the best magazines in Paris, Caricature. Cloth created April 15, 1834. To create the picture, a simple sheet of paper and a simple pencil were used, with which the artist was able to convey the essence […]...
34. Description of the painting by Konstantin Yuon “New Planet”The canvas “New Planet” was painted by Russian artist Konstantin Yuon in 1921. Since the artist often engaged in the design of theatrical platforms, there is a version that this canvas was intended to become a theatrical decoration. Just during the creation of the canvas, the October Revolution took place, and the country was soon […]...
35. Description of the painting by Marc Chagall “Evening at the window”All paintings by Marc Chagall are symbolic. He immerses the viewer in a certain surreal world with features of the ordinary world of things. All his canvases report that there is little time in life, and it is stupid to waste it, you need to enjoy feelings and positive emotions. Shagal’s canvases are colorful, full […]...
36. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn “The Mill”In his work Rembrandt repeatedly portrayed the mill, seeing in them his own charm and beauty. This picture is one of the greatest works of the author. The heavy atmosphere of the canvas is paired with the image of a beautiful, static landscape. In the central part of the work there is a mill with […]...
37. Description of the painting by Stanislav Zhukovsky “Winter”The painting “Winter” was painted by Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky in 1915. His work bordered partly on the Wanderers, partly on the world of mussels, and this collectively reflected on the writing of pictures. “Winter” conveys a more urban landscape than a rural one, since houses are built of brick and sturdy log houses with dense […]...
38. Description of the painting by Andrei Ryabushkin “Sunday”One of the most recognized authors of Russian pictorial history is A. P. Ryabushkin in the last time of his life, despite the fact that he was very sick, felt a strong inspiration. During this time, he wrote a series of beautiful canvases that filled up the picturesque treasury of the world. One of them […]...
39. Description of the painting by Constantine Yuon “The Magician-Winter”The painting “The Magic Winter” was painted by KF Juon in 1912. This period of the artist’s work was saturated with the theme of the Russian village. He praised the originality of the Russian people and showed the beauty of nature. The canvas shows the outskirts of the village. Nearby are unpretentious wooden houses, so […]...
40. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Distribution of food”The painting, referring to the period of the 90s of the 19th century, in the center depicts a troika of horses galloping at full speed, driven by a gray-haired and thick beard charioteer. On the cart is a farmer in light clothing and proudly holding an American flag. The events described by the picture date […]...