Description of the painting by Alexei Venetsianov “Cleansing beets”
Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov became famous primarily as the author of genre paintings, which brought him fame. The genus Venetsianov originates from immigrants from Greece. The family of the future artist traded saplings and tulip
Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Fight in the Strait of Chios”
Aivazovsky – the most famous of Russian marine painters, he is known for his famous painting “The Ninth Wave”. From the genres he preferred landscapes – mostly sea or having at least some relation
Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Venus and Mars”
“Venus and Mars” is a painting by Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli, written in 1483, the main theme of which is called the victory of Love. The plot of the picture is as follows: on
Description of the painting by Alexander Benois “Versailles. Walk the King “
Alexander Benois showed great interest in the art of Russian and European Baroque since childhood. He sought to achieve a synthesis of Western European trends and some elements of traditional Russian folk art. He
Description of the painting by Alexander Deineka “Defense of Petrograd”
Deineka was a Soviet painter, who preferred genre scenes to all other genres, and styles – socialist realism, which is characterized by great accuracy, a certain angularity, the absence of unnecessary details and an
Description of the painting by Stanislav Zhukovsky “Window with violets”
Zhukovsky is a famous Russian landscape painter. He also wrote still lifes, always giving preference to nature and its simple beauty, inaccessible to bustling people who are constantly striving somewhere, running, making noises and
Description of the painting by Giorgione “The Three Ages of Life”
Painted in oil on canvas in 1500-1501. (according to other versions, the interval from 1500 to 1510), is located horizontally, the size is 62 by 77.5 cm. It is located in Palazzo Pitti, Florence,
Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “Spring”
An important place in the work of Pavel Bryullov is occupied by landscapes that the artist wrote in distant places in Russia. The beauty of nature is captured on one of the famous landscape
Description of the painting by Diego Velasquez “Democritus”
The artist from Spain Diego Velázquez wrote in 1629 a portrait of Democritus. Some art historians believe that the picture was created under the influence of Rubens. In any case, there is no reason
Description of the painting by Vincent Van Gogh “Flowering almond branches”
Vincent Van Gogh is a Dutch artist with a very sad fate. During his short life, he managed everything and nothing at the same time. During the creative journey, he could not earn respect