Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Pink still life”

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin became a well-known artist thanks to such works as Bathing the Red Horse, Death of the Commissar, After the Fight and many other talented paintings of the Russian classics of that time

Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “The girl in front of the mirror”

Picasso created a masterpiece in 1932. He depicted a mistress, whom he met back in 1927. Her name is Maria Theresa Walter. She became his muse. Walter is depicted very unusually. This is not

Description of the painting by Alexander Ivanov “Trees at the stream”

This picture has an inexplicable attraction for most viewers. It is extremely bright, sunny and lively, which explains such beauty. When viewing creates the impression of their own presence in the middle of sunny

Description of the painting by Nicholas Feshin “Portrait of Vary Adoratskaya”

N. I. Feshin is an artist who can combine several directions in his work, and portraits are always characteristic. One of the bright works of the painter is the “Portrait of Wari Adoratskaya.” On

Description of the painting by Svyatoslav Roerich “Spring”

The painting “Spring” was written by Svyatoslav Roerich in 1961. When you first look at the canvas you can see that the color of the image is not peculiar to the Russian land, it

Description of the painting by Joan Miro “Metamorphosis”

“Metamorphosis” is not one picture, but a whole series of collage sketches that Joan Miro performed in one year (from 1935 to 1936). This series served as a kind of interlude to the “Painting

Description of the painting by René Magritte “Son of man”

The most famous among the works of Rene Magritte is the enigmatic picture “Son of Man.” Written in 1964, she immediately captured the minds of external simplicity and extreme depth of content. An eye

Description of the painting by Konstantin Makovsky “In the artist’s studio”

The painting “In the artist’s workshop” was painted in 1881 by the painter Konstantin Makovsky. Now she is in Moscow at the Tretyakov Gallery. The legacy of Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky is so great that

Description of the painting by Maurits Escher “Relativity”

Escher in this canvas, skillfully uses a technique called tessellation. Thanks to this technique, the master very skillfully divides one plane into several parts. Thus, he manages to cover the entire canvas with planes

Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Blue Nude”

In 1952, Matisse finished working on a series of canvases that had a common name – “Blue Nude”. The canvases depicted a female figure, which was skillfully combined with abstract designs and shapes. The
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