Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Battle with the Amazons”
The painting was painted by Rubens in 1618. Who are the Amazons? This is a tribe of women who are known to us from the mythology of antiquity. They constantly hunted and fought. Their
Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Seeing off the recruit”
The well-known work of art belonging to the brush of Ilya Repin “Seeing off a Recruit” was published in 1879. The painting is made on canvas with oily paints. It has dimensions of 143×225
Description of the painting by Julius Klever “Winter sunset”
Artist Julius Klever, before leaving in 1890 for his homeland – to Germany, managed to write the Russian “Winter Sunset”, which later became famous in many countries. The picture of 1889 is presented in
Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “March”
Love is able to push on feats, love inspires and becomes a muse. Something similar happened to the artist Levitan. Though he was married, but one adorable creature conquered his heart, and this pushed
Description of the painting by Caravaggio “The Kiss of Judas”
The pictorial canvas painted by master Michelangelo Caravaggio is in Dublin, Ireland, and its exact copy, until the moment of sensational theft, was in Odessa, in Ukraine. The Bilean plot at the heart of
Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Dmitry, Prince of the Slain”
In 1895, Mikhail Nesterov arrives in the city of Uglich. There he wants to prepare etudes for the conceived painting “Dmitri the Tsar of the Slain”. The artist visits the museum, where there were
Description of the painting by René Magritte “Empire of Light”
The French artist Rene Magritte worked in the style of impressionism, which is rather difficult for perception of the flow of visual art. In his works, he tried to combine the incompatible, thus expressing
Description of the painting by Alexei Savrasov “Waterfall”
Shishkin, Levitan, Korovin, Savrasov… Great names that glorified the beauty of Russia and not only. Often these artists traveled around Europe or very close to the Caucasus. The same Levitan with pleasure on his
Description of the painting by Vasily Kandinsky “Gentle ascent”
The painting “Gentle Ascent” – one of the late works of Kandinsky, written in 1934. This creation is the fruit of Vasily Vasilyevich’s improvement of his painting system, which went against the teachings of
Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “October. Domotkanovo”
Serov Valentin Alexandrovich was an outstanding Russian artist. He was engaged in writing pictorial and graphic portraits, landscapes, paintings on historical themes, illustrations, drawings for the Krylov fables. This artist, whose skill delights, all