Description of the painting by Valentina Seroav “Peter the Great”

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18. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of A. P. Chekhov”The name of the artist Serov is familiar, probably, to every Russian person. The author of the famous “Girls with Peaches” is considered one of the most popular and famous artists of Russian art. Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov, such his full name, was a graphic artist and painter, whose talent was recognized during his lifetime. Serov […]...
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20. Description of the painting by Peter Williams “Ride”Peter Vladimirovich Williams was born in Moscow in the family of a scientist. His grandfather was the famous American engineer Robert Williams, who remained in Russia in the middle of the nineteenth century. Initially, he was preparing to become a physician, but the desire for creativity prevailed. He worked a lot as a theater artist, […]...
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22. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Repin”An outstanding artist of his time and his generation, Valentin Serov lived and worked in the XIX-XX centuries. During his work, he wrote a lot of different pictures, but at first Serov was engaged in writing portraits and paintings to order. At the expense of his work on order, he became one of the most […]...
23. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of the artist F. I. Shalyapin”Fedor Chaliapin – an outstanding opera singer, who lived in the early twentieth century. Valentin Serov – a great artist of the twentieth century. It is not surprising that these individuals were given to meet. Serov often depicted bright, talented people in his portraits. In his work there are portraits of Maxim Gorky, Levitan, Repin […]...
24. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Repina”Serov’s parents were not artists. His father is a composer, great-grandfather is a naturalist. For the first time a talent for drawing from a young artist woke up in 1871, when he was placed in a commune in the Smolensk province. The measure was forced – the father died, the mother left to continue her […]...
25. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of the artist Serov”The first meeting of artists Ilya Repin and Valentin Serov happened when Serov was not even seven years old. When Valentine’s father, a famous musician, passed away, Repin came to his funeral. A year later, Valentin began drawing at Repin’s workshop. Subsequently, Repin greatly appreciated Serov’s talent as a painter, noting also his irrepressible hard […]...
26. 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, […]...
27. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Landscape”Serov was not only a skilled portrait painter. He creates a whole series of magnificent landscapes. Each of his paintings is a true masterpiece. Serov manages to notice a special beauty where others do not see it. He understands that Russian nature is gorgeous. But not everyone can understand this. Only a true artist can […]...
28. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Horses on the beach”The painting was painted in oil on canvas in 1905, it refers to the late work of the artist. Serov was a master in portraiture as well as landscapes. Many paintings depicting politicians. Painting style: realism. The painting was painted on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, where he bought a house for his […]...
29. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens painting “Toilet of Venus”Peter Paul Rubens lived and worked in the Renaissance and Baroque. The main feature of this era was the popularization of art of the ancient world. That is why in this picture we see the image of the Roman goddess of love and beauty – Venus. The central image of work is, of course, Venus […]...
30. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “The Model”Serov Valentin is known more as a graphic artist, portrait painter. In 1905, he painted the “Model” about which more and more speculation goes around every year – who is depicted in the painting? Valentin Alexandrovich understood the role that the female nature plays in painting, the female image. There are opinions that the picture […]...
31. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of N. S. Leskov”Valentin Serov is one of the most famous Russian artists, famous throughout Russia and the world with portraits in which he captured the intelligentsia of his time. Serov wrote many portraits by order of the collector Tretyakov, and with N. S. Leskov artist began to work specifically for the gallery patron. In 1894, months before […]...
32. 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 […]...
33. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Levitan”Serov was the most objective portrait master. In any person he found something interesting. The artist was able to plunge into the inner world of his hero. In this case, the painter every time managed to reveal the identity of each person. He created a series of portraits of his contemporaries. Heroes differ not only […]...
34. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Yermolova”The painting was written in 1905. Serov created this magnificent portrait of Yermolova, immortalizing the memory of this artist. This picture is a classic example of how an artist can understand the inner content of a person. It is on these striking examples that portrait painting is worth studying. Before the viewer appears brilliant actress. […]...
35. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of S. I. Mamontov”Savva Mamontov, being a patron of the arts and a collector well-known throughout the Russian Empire, was also a very close person for the artist Valentin Serov. Mamontov was a protege of many artists and artists, he organized home performances, venues for cultural events, and his estate in Abramtsevo became a real center of artistic […]...
36. Description of the St. Peter’s CathedralAt the beginning of the XIV century, Pope Julius II held a kind of competition for the construction of a new monument of Catholicism. It was necessary to demolish the old Basilica of St. Peter, which was built by the emperor Constantine in the IV century. This ancient church was in disfavor with the new […]...
37. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Soldiers, bravo guys, where is your glory!”The painting, written by Valentin Serov during the first revolution in Russia “Soldiers, bravo guys, where is your glory!”, Is made of cardboard, gouache and pastels. Guardsmen galloping on horsebacks symbolize what happened on January 9, 1905 in St. Petersburg, however, according to some proposals, the dispersal of demonstrators in the current capital is depicted […]...
38. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Konstantin Korovin”V. Serov – an outstanding portrait painter with a unique technique. His works are recognizable and convey not only the external characteristics of the characters, but also their rich inner world. The artist knew how to catch a character trait and skillfully transfer it to the canvas. The portrait of K. Korovin is written in […]...
39. 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 […]...
40. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Stone rolling”Landscape painting by Peter Paul Rubens – the culmination of the development of the 17th century Flemish art. During this period, the foundations were laid of the social consciousness inherent in the emerging New Age, when in the visual arts of Western Europe an active rethinking of earlier views on the relationship between nature and […]...