Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “The joy of life”
In March 1906, the second exhibition of representatives of Fauvism took place. It was impossible not to notice the bright large picture of the leader of the Fauves, Henri Matisse, called the “Joy of
Description of the painting by Alexander Popov “Suzdal”
Alexander Popov is one of the best masters of the brush, who created portraits and landscape compositions. A vivid example of this is the painting “Suzdal”. The artist presents to our gaze a winter
Description of the painting by Jean-Auguste Ingres “Zeus (Jupiter) and Thetis”
The famous canvas “Zeus and Thetis” by J.-O. D. Ingres was the last work written by the artist in his student years. The plot basis for the picture was the first song of the
Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait G. L. Hirschman”
The portraits of V. Serov are distinguished by their characteristic features and their individual style. His works are recognizable, in almost all paintings his hands are located either on the chest or in the
Description of the painting by Alexander Ivanov “The Appearance of Christ to the people”
The canvas was painted in the period from 1837 to 1857, in oil on canvas in Italy. The artist worked on its creation for 20 years and put all his soul into it. At
Description of the painting by Konstantin Somov “Spring”
This work of Somov Konstantin Andreevich, which was presented to the public in 1905, presents a spring landscape. The picture is part of a series of four works devoted to the four seasons. The
Description of the painting by Nicholas Feshin “Lady in Pink”
Nikolai Ivanovich was a very famous artist in Russia and the United States. Most of his paintings belong to Art Nouveau and impressionism style. He studied at the Academy of Arts, where he closely
Description of the painting by Niko Pirosmani “Margarita”
Niko Pirosmani died in poverty, but left behind a lot of paintings, which today are in museums. His most valuable work is the painting Margarita, which he painted in 1909 and presented to his
Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Self-portrait”
The year in which this self-portrait was written turned out to be very difficult for the artist in all respects. On the one hand, he lost his spouse, she died, leaving children with him.
Description of the painting by Alexandra Saykina “Children’s sports school”
We see girls in their usual occupation. Before us are gymnasts. In the gym, everything is quite ordinary. On girls almost identical swimsuits. The only difference is in their color: some are black, others