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1. Description of the painting by Dmitry Levitsky “Portrait of Vorontsova”The canvas was written in 1783, today it is located in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. Levitsky was distinguished by a special approach to the drawing of female silhouettes. He correctly emphasized their tenderness and grace, which later became its characteristic feature. When working with portraits, the artist always remained objective, in order […]...
2. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Princess Z. N. Yusupova”Portrait of Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova, written at the very beginning of the 20th century, the artist created by order of the Princess herself. At that time, Valentin Serov was already widely known among eminent people as a talented and unique painter; many were ready to order his personal portrait from him, but Serov himself […]...
3. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Princess Orlova”The artist manages to write a very spectacular portrait of the princess. He created it in the last year of his life. This painting is one of the greatest creative achievements of the painter. Much attention on the canvas given a great interior. Serov depicts the magnificent hall of the palace, which belongs to Princess […]...
4. Description of the painting by Andrei Matveyev “Portrait of Golitsyn”This portrait was written in a pair of the portrait of Prince Golitsyn himself, because it was intended that they would hang side by side and symbolize the consonant pair. The princess is depicted in a half-turn to her husband, inscribed in the canvas to the waist. She looks very majestic, as befits her status. […]...
5. Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “Portrait of Princess Saltykova”In writing portraits Bryullov always guided by his subtle ability to guess and capture the human nature. Despite the pompous decoration of the estate of the Princess, the picture is notable for the highest degree of sincerity and lyricism. We notice the gentle features of a noble lady: a noble high forehead, translucent glowing skin, […]...
6. Description of the painting by Sergey Vinogradov “Summer”The beginning of the 20th century in Russia was characterized by the rapid development of industry. The construction of cities proceeded at a fast pace, and the estate life was a thing of the past. Many artificial figures began to torment a sense of nostalgia for the passing era. At this turning point, the Russian […]...
7. Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Portrait of D. A. Derzhavinoy”Daria Alekseevna Derzhavina – the wife of the poet Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin, a Russian poet of the late eighteenth century. Daughter of Petersburg State Councilor Alexei Dyakov and Princess Myshetskaya. Derzhavin devoted many of his poems to her, in which he called her Milena. In the portrait of 1813, made by artist Vladimir Borovikovsky, Daria […]...
8. Description of the sculpture by Sergey Konenkov “Stone-Digger”Sergei Timofeevich Konenkov lived a long life – almost a century. Even before the revolution, a young sculptor was called by critics as “Russian Rodin”. In his works, he used wood extensively, treating it in the manner of folk carving. One of the first in Russia began to depict a naked female body in sculpture. […]...
9. Description of the painting by Sergey Baulin “The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl”Baulin was an unsurpassed master of landscape with elements of architecture. He creates a grand picture, which perfectly depicts the unusual buildings of different times. The artist is able to clearly convey the features of architecture. Before us is the impressive work of the painter. He depicted the famous Church of the Intercession. The temple […]...
10. Description of the painting by Fedor Rokotov “Portrait of Surovtseva”The painter Rokotov became famous as a skilled portrait painter. In his preserved creative heritage there are wonderful pair portraits of the Surovtsev couple. A representative of a noble family married the born Pashkov. Varvara Nikolaevna and her husband Surovtsev were painted by Rokotov in portraits in oval frames. A special grace is different style […]...
11. Description of the painting by Pinturicchio “Portrait of a Boy”The boy in the portrait is depicted on the background of nature. One can see the city, green bushes, a distant grove, trees, with transparent brown leaves against the background of the dawn sky, yellow at the horizon. Autumn reigns around, cool, early, golden and beautiful. Flower overflows would be beautiful, even if they were […]...
12. Description of the painting by Konstantin Korovin “Portrait of a chorus girl”Cloth “Portrait of the chorus girl” was a new word in the Russian pictorial art. Previously, none of the domestic artists dared to write in a similar style. Korovin was in some way a pioneer. And the main reason for this was the pronounced features of impressionism. The picture is painted in a colorful way, […]...
13. Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Muse”The whole life of the artist was accompanied, in fact, by one woman – Nina Zabela, his wife. This statement can be safely applied to the work of Vrubel. No matter what women’s heroines the artist, the Sea Princess, Spring or Margarita, imprinted on his canvases, one could notice the features of Nina in them. […]...
14. Description of the painting by Fyodor Vasilyev “Eupraxia”Vasiliev was an artist who amazed everyone with the realism of his paintings. So here, even with a detailed and close enough consideration of the picture, the feeling that you have a photograph or at least a computer graphic image does not leave you. But no, this is really a picture. Before us is a […]...
15. Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “Portrait of Zinaida Volkonskaya”In the portrait of the famous 3.A. Volkonsky artist managed to bring their skills to a new level. Bryullov was very good friends with this famous and beautiful woman, and he was friends until old age, before his death. Perhaps that is why Bryullov managed to wonderfully draw a man whom she knew so well, […]...
16. Description of the painting by Dmitry Levitsky “Portrait of Catherine 2”Levitsky painted a picture in 1783. The viewer can present the features of the portrait in the period of classicism. We can understand the features of art, its symbolism and allegory. Catherine is in the temple of the goddess of justice itself. She burns poppy flowers on a special altar. Instead of a crown on […]...
17. Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “Visiting the Princess of the Convent”“A visit to the Tsarevna nunnery” is the last of the outstanding paintings of the greatest Russian artist Surikov. The canvas does not carry the meaning of a meaningful event, which was in reality in a certain period of time. It reflects, first of all, the very life and way of Russia before the ascension […]...
18. Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Self-portrait”Portrait painted in 1828. This painting is able to tell us a lot about the artist. Before us is a man with a strong-willed face. He is dressed in an oriental striped robe. Face shaded bright white collar. The strokes are so gorgeous that the surface looks like a mirror. The viewer wants to pay […]...
19. Description of the painting by Francois Boucher “Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour”The French painter Boucher was not very enthusiastically drawing portraits. However, he loved to write the image of his patroness, favorite of Louis XV – the Marquis de Pompadour. He began his work with her in 1748. From 1752, Bush began to live and work in the Louvre (the Marquise de Pompadour herself took care […]...
20. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Portrait of a young woman”In the years of his life, Sandro Botticelli was a famous artist who was often approached with orders from portraits. One of those who wanted to order a portrait was Simonetta, one of the most beautiful women of the Renaissance. “Portrait of a young woman” 1476-1480 is considered one of the best portraits of the […]...
21. Description of the painting by Peter Sokolov “Portrait of Yulia Sokolova”PF Sokolov is known as the first Russian artist, who decided to paint a portrait exclusively with watercolors, and marked the beginning of a new genre in Russian painting. For the first half of the XIX century, the actions of P. F. Sokolov as a portrait painter were truly progressive, which is why the artist […]...
22. Description of the painting by Fedor Rokotov “Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Cocked HornOne of the most mysterious pictures of the century. Many experts and critics have long discussions about the person depicted on the canvas. Some are inclined to believe that this is a young Count Bobrinsky, known for his deeds not only in military campaigns, but also in political reformations. Son of Catherine II and her […]...
23. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Orlova”The contemporaries of the artist reacted differently to this portrait. Some have charged that Serov is not just unfair to his model. They found a certain sarcasm in this picture. The artist managed to capture the true truth about the modern world to him. The artist deliberately chose a high horizon. Already this he significantly […]...
24. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Alexander III”Serov’s painting “Portrait of Alexander III” was painted in 1899. At present, the work is kept in the officers’ fund of the Royal Life Guards in Copenhagen. The emperor is depicted in an elegant uniform and a solemn pose near one of the main stairs of the Fredensborg Palace (Denmark). The artist painted this portrait, […]...
25. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Akimova”“Portrait of Akimova” was written by Valentin Serov in 1908. She is in the National Gallery of Armenia. The painting depicts a woman with a pale face and features of an Armenian type, Maria Nikolaevna Akimova (Akimyan). She had a very difficult fate: she got married and almost immediately became a widow – her husband, […]...
26. Description of the painting by Francis Bacon “Portrait of Lucien Freud”“Portrait of Lucien Freud” – a picture created by an outstanding portrait painter and painter Francis Bacon between 1965 and 1969, later were written “Three Sketches for a Portrait of Lucien Freud”. The canvas is made in the spirit of expressionism, which is manifested in a certain sculptural component of the portrait, a break in […]...
27. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Portrait of a Woman”“Portrait of a Woman”, one of the most famous paintings by Picasso, was painted in 1936. This time experts refer to the period of surrealism in the works of Picasso, when the artist for more than ten years seriously became interested in this direction, creating many outstanding examples of surrealistic painting. Surrealism is characterized by […]...
28. Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Self-portrait”Self-portrait is the most interesting genre, as each artist somewhat deviates from his own creative features when writing himself. In addition, often the real appearance of the artist may strikingly differ from the self-portrait. But in this case, the image of himself as an artist is transmitted surprisingly precisely and unusually. In the self-portrait of […]...
29. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Tsarevna Sofya in the Novodevichy Convent”The painting “The Princess Sophia in the Novodevichy Monastery” was the first work of I. Repin on historical topics. It was written in 1879. The plot is based on real events of 1698, when a rebellion was raised against Peter I. It turned out that Sofya Alekseevna, the elder sister of the ruler, was to […]...
30. Description of the painting by Fedor Rokotov “Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Pink Dress”Lyric portrait of an unknown lady – one of the famous works of the artist. A warm look and a charming smile betrays an incomparable beauty with charm of understatement. The soft translucent look of the unknown is surrounded by ash-pink hues. In appearance, clothing and jewelry can be judged on the ideals of beauty, […]...
31. Description of the painting by Vasily Rozhdestvensky “Portrait of the artist’s wife”“Portrait of the artist’s wife” – one of the many works of Vasily Vasilyevich Rozhdestvensky. It is worth noting that, choosing the name for the work, the artist went on a very simple way. In the world of art a lot of work with this name. Thus, artists from all over the world, including Vasily […]...
32. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Portrait of a womanwoman Infanta Isabella”In 1625, Rubens created a pencil portrait of a female woman. He did not like this type of women. Usually in his paintings you can see the ladies, striking the pomp of bodies. The artist has depicted almost a girl. She is very young. This is a real flower that is very fragile. In all […]...
33. Description of the painting by Dmitry Levitsky “Self-portrait”Work written in 1783. Its unusual and mysterious story to this day remains not fully disclosed. Relatively recently, this work was called the “Portrait of the Unknown” and was purchased from a private person in the 50s of the last century, together with the similarly sized “Portrait of the Unknown”. Both works were exhibited together […]...
34. Description of the painting by Mikhail Lermontov “Self-portrait”At this time, Lermontov was just in exile. He created a vivid self-portrait. We see a man dressed in a regiment of dragoons. Characteristic red collar, spectacular epaulettes, burka and invariable checkers. Lermontov portrayed himself knee-deep. Burka is thrown over one of his shoulders. Right behind it is the virgin nature of the Caucasus. It […]...
35. Description of the painting by Giorgione “Self-portrait”This work belongs to the late works of the famous Venetian artist. It is believed that she originally depicted the scene of the biblical confrontation between David and Goliath, but later the lower part of the picture with the giant warrior was cut out. Giorgione is a progressive artist of his time. He rethought the […]...
36. Description of the painting by Yuri Annenkov “Portrait of Akhmatova”Anna Akhmatova is a great poetess and just a woman with an interesting and sad fate. Her poems are still very popular, moreover, and despite the fact that they were written in the period of the strictest law on the press, and in the 20s they reflected the whole essence of that modernity – which […]...
37. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens Van Rijn “Portrait of Saskia in a red hat”Harmensz van Raine Rembrandt wrote “Portrait of Saxia in a Red Hat” in 1642. Baroque style, female porter genre, painting size 99×79, oil on canvas. In his painting, the author tries to move away from the gray and dull everyday life and creates images of himself and Saxia in luxurious and bright robes, in chic […]...
38. Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Portrait of the daughter of O. M. Nesterova”The portrait of Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov’s daughter, Olga Nesterova, was written by her father in 1906, becoming one of the first works of the artist in portrait genre. The painting is also known as “Amazon”; it shows a slender young girl in a black Amazon and a small red cap standing on the bank of […]...
39. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “The Sleeping Princess”Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov painted the painting “The Sleeping Princess” in 1926. Currently it belongs to the Moscow House of Vasnetsov. This is one of the works illustrating a fairy tale. The artist caught the moment when the beautiful princess pricked her finger on a sharp spindle and froze in deep oblivion. A magical spell was […]...
40. Description of the painting by Karl Van Loo “Portrait of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna”Van Loo – a bright representative of the dynasty of painters, held a high position at the court and had fame. He studied painting with his father and realistically could convey not just the aesthetic part of the character, but also the character. Elizabeth was a tough and even rude man; the empress came to […]...