Description of the painting by Oleg Popov “Pending”
Once artists painted without a brush – because there were no brushes either. There were fingers, a sharp ember, wedged in them, a piece of chalk, a paint into which they could be dipped.
Description of the painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi “Lake Ladoga”
This canvas was written in 1873. All the summer of 1872, Kuinji spent on Valaam. The result was the emergence of this ingenious creation. The landscape is at a crossroads. On the one hand,
Description of the painting by the drawing of Isaac Levitan “Village” (1884)
The figure shows a view of the neighborhood of Zvenigorod, the sketches for which the artist made when he was in Savvinskaya settlement. The lithograph was published in the journal “Russia”, illustrating an article
Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Dance”
Creativity Matisse – a significant phenomenon of French art of the early twentieth century. His style was different from the classic familiar compositions. Contemporaries were stunned by the novelty, the riot of colors, the
Description of the painting by Wassily Kandinsky “Dominant curve”
Wassily Kandinsky is known worldwide as one of the founders of abstractionism. Parents saw their son a lawyer, and he obediently entered Moscow University. Everything was changed by the Impressionist exhibition, to which Vasily
Description of the painting by Alexander Shilov “Masha”
The contemporary Russian artist A. M. Shilov painted portraits of his daughter with great love. So it was tragic that daughter Masha passed away before her father. But as he wrote her from early
Description of the painting by Konstantin Somov “Picnic”
Konstantin Andreevich Somov – an unusual artist. He personifies the Russian modern and symbolism. Besides the fact that he was a painter, Somov created graphic works and illustrations for books such as, for example,
Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Old parents at the grave of his son”
Vasily Grigorievich Perov is a famous Russian artist. He made a great contribution to painting. To his creations belongs to the painting “Old parents on the grave of his son,” written in 1874. During
Description of the painting by Alexey Korzukhin “Sunday Day”
Korzukhin Alexey Ivanovich is recognized as one of the most talented Russian genre artists. Unfortunately, art history did not take him seriously during his lifetime, although today his works are represented in various museums
Description of the painting by Fedor Reshetnikov “At the dacha”
The famous Soviet painter Fedor Reshetnikov was a master of the satirical genre. However, the image of natural expanses of him was no less good. The painting “At the Dacha”, written in 1949, was