Description of the painting by Alexey Venetsianov “Zakharka”
The painting was painted in 1825 and is currently in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Materials for the creation of the work served as oil and cardboard. The painting depicts a simple village
Description of the painting by Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velázquez “Mars, God of War”
The painting was painted by the famous Spanish painter in oil on canvas in 1640. The peculiarity of this painting is that it, in combination with some other works by the artist, was written
Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Portrait of a son”
Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel – an artist with a complex fate. His life is like a drama. A successful young man, while studying at the law faculty of the university who was fascinated by the
Description of the painting by Apollinari Vasnetsov “The Blossom of the Kremlin. All Saints Bridge and the Kremlin at the end of the XVII century “
1922; paper on cardboard, pencil, charcoal, watercolor; 64×108; Museum of history and reconstruction of the city of Moscow. Apollinary Mikhailovich Vasnetsov – the younger brother of the painter Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, whose famous illustrations
Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Saint Sebastian”
Sandro Botticelli – a famous Italian Renaissance painter, who devoted his work mainly to the creation of spiritual and religious paintings. The painting “Saint Sebastian”, supposedly created in 1473, is one of the best
Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Portrait of Arsenyeva”
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky outstanding portraitist of the 18th century. His most famous paintings are portraits of young and beautiful girls. “Portrait of Arsenyev” is just such. The painting depicts a girl of about sixteen.
Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Landscape with Peacocks”
Bright, saturated with contrasts colors in the plot of a measured life of a people far from civilization and a mysterious inscription in the lower corner of the picture – “Motamoe”. This is the
Description of the painting by Harley Brown “Only for the birds”
Harley Brown left a few works, but one of the bright is the painting “Only for birds”. The artist treated birds especially, he considered them extraordinary and interesting creatures. On the canvas depicted two
Description of the painting by Igor Grabar “Chrysanthemums”
In the 20th century, Grabar developed the rather traditional genre of still life so popular in the 19th century. In his painting “Chrysanthemums” in a peculiar way several different genres are combined. The main
Description of the painting by Nicholas Ge “Portrait of Herzen”
Nikolai Nikolayevich Ge wrote his famous work in 1867 in Florence. Delivered her to Russia under the guise of a picture of the prophet Moses. This was all done in secret, otherwise the gendarmes