Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Moonlight Night”

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4. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Moonlight”The artist knew how to love the sea and the night, which allowed him to create masterpieces of ordinary things that open to the eyes of many people, but they do not notice all the beauty of the moment. One of the best paintings of the night Aivazovsky is his canvas “Moonlight”. The first thing […]...
5. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Moonlit Night. Bath in Feodosia “Aivazovsky is a famous Russian marine painter (that is, an artist who preferred the image of the sea), a battle painter and a collector. There is a legend that his great-grandfather was a Turk, and during the capture of Azov by Russian troops, he was adopted by an unknown Armenian who pitied him and baptized. […]...
6. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Night at Sea”“Night at Sea” – one of the famous paintings that are among the night landscapes of Ivan Aivazovsky. It was written in 1854, when the difficult battles of the Crimean War unfolded in his native Crimea and in its vicinity. Despite the formidable military events that Aivazovsky himself witnessed in that year, this picture is […]...
7. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Bay of Naples on a moonlit night”The painting “The Bay of Naples on a Moonlit Night” was created by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky back in 1842. This work is done in oil on canvas. The masterpiece is still in the museum of Theodosius. This marine theme (marina) is often present in the paintings of the artist. She goes through all his creative […]...
8. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Moonlit Night in the Crimea”Many artists prefer to work in kind, without sketching in advance. Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was different from everyone – he preferred to write from memory. The basis of it served as his own fluent full-scale sketches. “Moonlight Night in Crimea” was written by the artist in winter. In the picture we see the pictured summer […]...
9. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Bosphorus on a moonlit night”The canvas was written in 1874. This is one of the paintings of Aivazovsky on the marine theme. The artist trembled with respect to the seascapes, moorings and all manifestations of this element. He spent many years in different countries, where he studied the art of painting and nature. Aivazovsky had an exceptional visual memory, […]...
10. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Storm on the Sea at Night”The sea in all its states is the main theme of the paintings of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. One of his masterpieces, undoubtedly, is considered the painting “Storm on the Sea at Night”, which was painted by the artist in 1848. The plot of the picture is quite familiar to the works of Ivan Aivazovsky: night, […]...
11. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Odessa at night”Having lived all his life by the sea, Aivazovsky could not help but glorify the beauty and power of this element. It was this artist that Odessa remembered, which he had never painted from life. Having drawn only a couple of sketches, a few months later the picture “View of Odessa on a moonlit night” […]...
12. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Black Sea at night”The painting “The Black Sea at Night” was painted by the artist IK Aivazovsky in 1879. It was not the first landscape of the dreamy creator with the image of the Black Sea. In his work, the author used oil paints. He masterfully applied them to the canvas and conveyed all the beauty and mysteriousness […]...
13. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Night in Venice”There was not a single painter from Russia who once visited the sea would not try to convey all the beauty that he can observe. But, it is worth noting that among all, only Aivazovsky was able to transmit all the emotions of water to the highest degree of quality. Aivazovsky was constantly captivated by […]...
14. Description of the painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi “Ukrainian Night”The picture was created in 1876. We look at this canvas, as if spellbound. The painter was the first to portray the night in the south so gorgeous. This way, only the person who loves her very much could show nature. Undoubtedly, Kuindzhi has a tremendous temperament of a real creator, who creates wonderful pictures, […]...
15. Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “Moonlit night. Village”The painting was painted in 1897. Before the viewer appears a number of huts, which fell asleep until the morning. On the left side we see the majestic trees that cast fancy shadows on the road. The night is filled with special secrets and some unaccountable anxiety. It’s so quiet around, even the tops of […]...
16. Description of the painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi “Night”This picture Kuindzhi is considered to be his creative testament. The circumstance of the incompleteness of the picture here appears as a symbol of the eternity of the creative path. This association is enhanced by the lunar illumination of the boundless plains – as if by eternal light on the horizon. In the picture, the […]...
17. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Inconsolable grief”The picture of Kramsky carries a deep meaning for the author. This canvas was written by him in connection with the loss of his two small children – sons. Grief and longing fill the picture from the inside – looking at it, tears involuntarily fill their eyes. In the center of the composition is a […]...
18. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Night. Blue Wave”Written in oil on canvas in 1876. Size – 47 by 64 cm. It is in a frequent collection in Germany. Many of the world’s famous marineist works repeat his favorite story – a moonlit night over the sea and a proud lonely sailboat. However, each time the picture appears from a new perspective, with […]...
19. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Shadows of Melting Night”When he was in America, Salvador Dali painted many beautiful paintings, among which were landscapes. The painting “The Shadows of a Vanishing Night” was painted by the artist in 1931 and entered the collection of the most outstanding canvases painted by Dali. In the center of the picture there is something like a clay block, […]...
20. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Herodias”The picture is created on a religious plot. Herod’s daughter, Herodias, wished that the head of John the Baptist be brought to her on a platter. Her wish was fulfilled. The fact is that John condemned the marriage of Herodias to her uncle. A woman has long wanted to take revenge on him for this. […]...
21. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Moonlit Night at Sea”Another name: “Storm on the sea at night.” Year of creation – 1895, used canvas and oil. Size – 47 by 75 cm. Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The disturbing and disturbing picture of an outstanding marine painter shows the violence of the elements in the cold light of an indifferent moon. […]...
22. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of Ivan Aivazovsky”Ivan Kramskoy – a great artist who was engaged in creativity in the second half of the 19th century. With his talent and work he occupied a worthy niche in the artistic culture. Its distinctive feature has always been a non-standard outlook, broad interests and views, a lively interest in everything new. Kramskoy taught art […]...
23. Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “To the night”This canvas, many critics refer to the most mystical period of creativity of Mikhail Vrubel. The beauty and really mysticism is fascinating. The night is near, the moon is visible. But horses graze on the poppy field, and next to them is a shepherd. But it is he who fascinates. Only the back is visible, […]...
24. Description of the painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi “Moonlit night on the Dnieper”The picture is written by A. I. Kuindzhi and was exhibited by the only painting at the exhibition in 1880. The painting was the only one at the exhibition and became a real sensation. The artist himself said that this is the main product of his life. Kuindzhi all his talent focused on the transfer […]...
25. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “For reading” (1863)The canvas belongs to the early stage of the artist’s work, but already in it many of his distinctive features, which determined the style of the painter in the future, appeared. The portrait depicts the master’s wife, whose marriage was prosperous and harmonious. Kramskoy for many years retained a sense of love, respect and affection […]...
26. Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “Moonlit Night”The painting was painted in 1897. The artist understood all the charm of tender nature. Her charm is transparent, and the charm is imbued with a special sadness. His painting makes a special impression on us. It is very simple and natural, but it is in this extraordinary sophistication. It is important that for this […]...
27. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Pasechnik”The great Russian painter Ivan Kramskoy was one of the key figures of Russian culture of the second half of the XIX century. In fact, it was he who transformed the genre of portrait realism, becoming the ideological inspirer of many artists, thanks to him Russian painting began to play with new bright colors. A […]...
28. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Laughter”Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy was an excellent portrait painter, was fond of genre painting and was a successful critic. Before entering the Academy of Arts, located in St. Petersburg, he was involved in retouching photographs. Over the canvas “Laughter” the master worked for five years, 10-12 hours a day. The picture depicts a plot from the […]...
29. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Self-portrait”I. N. Kramskoy – is a Russian artist, famous for the fact that in 1863 he became the leader of the famous “Riot of Fourteen”, when 14 young artists defiantly left art school, refusing to paint what they were supposed to. In 1870, he organized the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions, thereby further strengthening the […]...
30. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Polesman”The canvas was created in 1874 in oil on canvas. This is a very famous picture of Kramskoy. She entered the collection of paintings of the State Tretyakov Gallery. She was also called “Man with a club in the forest.” There was another name associated with the shot hat of the woodman. This type of […]...
31. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of I. A. Goncharov”The portrait was commissioned by P. M. Tretyakov in a number of other paintings depicting outstanding figures of Russian culture. While working on the canvas, the artist conducted a conversation with the writer about the painting “Christ in the Desert”, which struck the writer with its profoundness. In his other portraits, a middle-aged Goncharov looks […]...
32. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of Shishkin”Portraits of Ivan Kramskoy were born from photo retouching techniques. The future painter traveled around Russia and painted photographic portraits, at the same time comprehending the laws of light and shade and volume. In St. Petersburg, he finally gained fame as an excellent retoucher. Having risked without preparation, he passed the exams at the Imperial […]...
33. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of Nekrasov”Kramskoy is a Russian master of a genre, religious and historical portrait, who was able to transfer human faces to a host in the era before the widespread distribution of photography and keep them there for centuries. He wrote a lot, preferred realism to all other genres, often turned to Russian history as a source […]...
34. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Christ in the desert”In the center of the picture the artist depicted Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Christ sits among the petrified sandy ruins. Jesus’s gaze is directed inward. He is lost in thought… His legs are bare, the fingers of both hands are fastened in a solid lock. The entire figure of the Master points out to us […]...
35. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Bouquet of flowers”Kramskoy – Russian artist, from all genres, preferred genre and historical painting. Sometimes he painted portraits, criticized other people’s paintings, tried to find such measures by which one could accurately determine the value of objects of art. He fiercely defended the idea that the artist should be not just an observer, but a teacher, and […]...
36. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Mina Moses”The painting “Mina Moses” was painted by I. N. Kramsky in 1882. She was a kind of sketch for a larger canvas “Peasant with a bridle” created a year later. The portrait of Mina Moiseyev is considered the best work of the artist. In search of the protagonist for the new picture, the artist went […]...
37. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of P. M. Tretyakov”Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov is a Russian businessman who had a great passion for the visual arts, gathered a truly huge collection of works of art and created the world-famous gallery. Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy – Russian artist, master of portraiture. This work proves it. The two men were close enough friends. Meeting over a cup of […]...
38. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of Griboyedov”Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy began his career as a clerk in the Duma. From the age of sixteen he had a passion – to retouch photos, bring them to perfection using watercolors and carcasses. Therefore, his next job was the service of the photographer Danilevsky in Kharkov. Later he went to Petersburg, where he continued to […]...
39. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of I. E. Repin”Artist Kramskoy was an outstanding portrait painter. The secret of his success was that he sought to capture not only the resemblance, but also to reveal, guess and convey the hidden, deep features of the individuality. Also, Ivan Nikolaevich gave his works a personal attitude to the person depicted, gave a subjective assessment of his […]...
40. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Forest Path”Kramskoy – Russian artist, master of genre and historical painting, portrait painter, art critic, a man of sharp mind and great talents. It was he who once headed the “riot of fourteen,” when the Academy of Arts held a big competition for the best painter. The winner would receive a gold medal and full board […]...