Description of the painting by John Collier “Lady Godiva”
Year of creation – 1898, oil on canvas. Located in The Herbert Art Gallery &; Museum, Coventry, UK. The artist belonged to the direction of pre-Raphaelites, which appeared in English painting from the 1850s.
Description of the painting by Frans Hals “Cheerful drinking companion” (Drunkard)
Khals used to spend all his free time in pubs and taverns. But it would be wrong to say that he visited the pubs only to get drunk. It was here that he saw
Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “The Hand-Made Image”
Surikov – the famous Russian artist, an adherent of historical painting. He also wrote portraits, sometimes he turned to religious themes. Contemporaries more often considered him a layman, who takes tragedy and epic, but
Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “In the Forest of Countess Mordvinova”
Shishkin depicts the true magnificence of native nature. The main hero of the canvas becomes a forest. He strikes with his mighty trees. They ate straight into the sky. They grow very close to
Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “In the Garden”
“In the Garden” is a picture painted by Renoir in 1885 and currently in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Made in oil on canvas of relatively large size. For
Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “St. Matthew and the Angel”
The artist many times turned to biblical scenes. The impression was created that while working on the paintings he was looking for something very important for himself. The bright color distinction between the worldly
Description of the painting by Julius Klever “Winter sunset in the fir forest”
Expressive landscapes of the artist, written in a realistic manner, fascinate the untouched beauty of nature and the breath of space. “Winter sunset in the fir forest” has become very famous in Russia and
Description of the monument “Motherland Mother” in Kiev
The monument-sculpture Motherland in the city of Kiev is truly majestic and large-scale. The sculpture can be seen from the most remote areas of the capital, for the statue, together with the pedestal, rises
Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn “The expulsion of merchants from the temple”
Rembrandt van Rijn was born and lived for a long time in Leiden. There he studied at the university. Not finished training, Rembrandt sent to Amsterdam to learn the basics of painting. Went to
Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Inconsolable grief”
The picture of Kramsky carries a deep meaning for the author. This canvas was written by him in connection with the loss of his two small children – sons. Grief and longing fill the