Description of the painting by Rembrandt “The Abduction of Europe”
Many artists were worried about the mythological plot about the abduction of the beautiful Europe by the treacherous Zeus. Dutchman Rembrandt shows the audience his vision of a famous myth. “The abduction of Europe”
Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Russian Venus”
This is the last big picture of the great Russian artist. Written by him in the last year of his life, when Kustodiyev was already almost completely struck by his serious illness. Feeling the
Description of the painting by Nikolay Krymov “Winter evening”
The painting depicts a small village in the winter. Fluffy snow occupies most of the picture, it covered the whole earth and even settled on the roofs of houses. The palette of snow-colored shades
Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Armageddon”
Roerich is a Russian artist, publicist, an extremely versatile person who gave the world a huge number of paintings. He was distinguished by indefatigable energy, the desire to try everything that life could offer
Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Card Players”
At the end of the 19th century, the French artist Paul Cezanne painted a series of paintings dedicated to the game of cards. They all came out under the same name – “Card Players”.
Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “Portrait of Surikovoy”
Portrait painted in 1888. The artist never created portraits to order. His models were friends and relatives. We see the older daughter of the painter – Olga. Surikov drew a girl in a red
Gustave Courbet painting “Artist’s Workshop”
The painting “Artist’s Workshop” by the French painter Gustave Courbet was painted in 1855 with the use of oil paints and canvas, whose size was almost 6 meters long and at least 3.6 meters
Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Over the Volga”
The history of the famous painting “Over the Volga” by the artist Nesterov is very interesting. The magnificent canvas created in 1905 was acquired by a collector from Astrakhan P. M. Dogadin. After that,
Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Kupchikh”
Kustodiev addressed the image of simple women more than once. As if by a magnet, he was attracted by enterprising women breathing health. Therefore, in the artist’s collection there are a decent number of
Description of the painting by Nikolay Krymov “In the park”
On the canvas, the characters have no faces, it is almost impossible to determine their gender and the goals of what they gathered in this place. Everything is depicted in dark colors and the