The portrait was commissioned by P. M. Tretyakov in a number of other paintings depicting outstanding figures of Russian culture. While working on the canvas, the artist conducted a conversation with the […]
“St. Sergius of Radonezh” – one of the paintings of the religious cycle of Michael Nesterov, dedicated to this saint. The artist began working on the canvas in 1891, not yet finished […]
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, artist and translator. In memory, he remained as a romantic person, bright and extraordinary. He worked under the influence of European Symbolists and was […]
Claude Monet has the ability to paint perfectly realistic pictures, using clear and focused lines. Due to the special technique of applying paint on canvas, the picture becomes voluminous and real. The […]
According to historical information, by 1597, one of Caravaggio’s deeply religious paintings, entitled “Penitent Mary Magdalene”, was completed. Numerous biblical scenes particularly touched the soul of the baroque sculptors. Italian painter Caravaggio […]
Vasily Polenov became famous as a master of landscape genre. The painting “The Old Mill” is a vivid example of the creative genius of the artist. The mill is the compositional center […]
The name of Nicolas Poussin is not in vain firmly fixed with the concept of “classicism”. It was this French artist who was the founder, the main representative of the painting in […]
This picture is unlikely to be perceived by the audience unequivocally. Abstraction – it is invented to simply cause a certain impression in a person. Someone on this canvas and does not […]
A vivid representative of the “pink period” of the work of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso is the painting “A Boy with a Tube”. At the time of writing this canvas, the […]
Polenov, very often refers to the water in his work, is no exception, and this work, which represents the audience the bank of the Oka River. In general, this river very often […]