1917; canvas, tempera; 49 x 77; The Russian Museum. The picture of Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich “Holy Island” depicts the steep, inaccessible rocky coast of a lonely standing island. On the summit, on […]
From the middle of the nineteenth century, a conversation was held in Calais to keep the memory of great people for many years. For this it was necessary to create a monument […]
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec belonged to a very famous aristocratic family in Paris, and his parents were always opposed to his passion for painting. But I must say that the artist Lautrec was […]
This picture shows the unexpected return of a revolutionary who was exiled to exile. The artist sought to convey a pause that arose between the newcomer and the household. What is important […]
One of the most famous works of Rembrandt is his painting The Return of the Prodigal Son. But this is not his only picture with such a plot. Long before this picture […]
The end of the XIX century was marked by the constant confrontation of various political groups, which could not eventually touch the art and, as a result, led to a crisis in […]
Pimenov – impressionist, and, like all his colleagues, puts at the forefront moment. A shining moment that holds the whole world and many meanings. Like most impressionists, his paintings are very cheerful, […]
Levitan is called “the artist of the mood” and in this role he is famous. He glorified Russian nature and nature in general, always preferred landscapes and was actually in love with […]
The author of many bright, cheerful paintings, B. M. Kustodiev, during his creative life, created more than a dozen paintings devoted to his family: his wife, Julia Evstafevna, and children, the older […]
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin loved to depict forests and rivers. Here and in this picture, written by the artist in 1894, the viewer seems to plunge into the natural world with a bright […]