Description of the painting by Ivan Vladimirov “Catastrophe”
The painter Ivan Vladimirov was a favorite of the Soviet public. For his work in the genre of everyday and battle-painting, he often received gold or silver medals. He painted the picture “The Catastrophe”
Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sea Strait with a lighthouse”
His work “Sea Strait with a lighthouse” author I. Aivazovsky finished in 1841. Like all other seascapes of this artist, it is distinguished by its color range and technique of execution. Small boats, sailboats
Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sea Bay”
The most famous marine painter, I. K. Aivazovsky, wrote thousands of paintings about the sea that inspired him. The painter was interested in storm and calm, sunrise and sunset, winter and summer. He knew
Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Self-portrait”
Hieronymus Bosch, the son of hereditary artists who came from Germany. Bosch is a pseudonym, which is formed from the name of the city Hertogenbosch (translated as ducal forest). The workshop of his parents
Description of the statue of Donatello “Equestrian statue of Gattamelaty”
For ten years Italian sculptor Donatello worked on the prototype of all subsequent equestrian statues of Europe. By 1453, a master built a magnificent monument to condottier Gattamelate: a composition more than three meters
Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Madonna with a Pomegranate”
Botticelli created the painting “Madonna with Pomegranate” in the 15th century in the Renaissance style, which was placed in the auditorium of the Palazzo Vecchio. The picture is drawn in a designated circle, in
Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Women of Tahiti”
The history of this painting began in 1891, when Paul Gauguin decided to make an auction out of his works, and decided to go on a trip to an island called Tahiti with the
Eugene Delacroix painting “Self-portrait”
Eugene Delacroix is a French painter and graphic artist. It is he who is considered the founder of the romantic trend in European painting. His coloristic research had a significant impact on the formation
Description of the painting by Albrecht Durer “Portrait of a young man”
“Portrait of a Young Man,” written in 1521, refers to the late works of Albrecht Dürer. The author at that time already took place as a portrait painter, having written several dozen portraits of
Description of the painting by Ilya Glazunov “The market of our democracy”
Ilya Glazunov is a Russian artist who combines realism and symbolism in his work. His paintings impress the viewer with the enormous size and straightforwardness depicted on them. “The market of our democracy” is