Description of the painting by Camille Pissarro “Boulevard of Montmartre in Paris”
Impressionist artist, Pissarro, gave a lot of effort to art. He portrayed nature and the world around simple and alive. For him, the impressions of what he saw were important, which made the artist
Description of the painting by Konstantin Somov “Summer”
The painting was painted at the beginning of the 20th century, after the October Revolution. In the foreground, two young girls are sitting on a lawn on the bank of a forest stream. The
Description of the painting by Vasily Rozhdestvensky “Portrait of the artist’s wife”
“Portrait of the artist’s wife” – one of the many works of Vasily Vasilyevich Rozhdestvensky. It is worth noting that, choosing the name for the work, the artist went on a very simple way.
Description of the painting by Claude Monet “Lady with an umbrella”
The great artist Claude Monet in 1886 painted the famous painting “The Lady with an Umbrella”, or rather two pictures: “The Lady with an Umbrella looking to the right” and “The Lady with an
Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Nude”
Another picture, glorifying the naturalness of female beauty – “Nude” by Renoir. A French painter painted it in 1876. The work was carried out in the characteristic genre of impressionism. The picture is confidently
Description of the painting by Vasily Khudyakov “An encounter with the Finnish smugglers”
The work “An Encounter with Finnish Smugglers” by Vasily Khudyakov is of interest, first of all, because along with the painting “The Temptation” by artist Nikolai Gustavovich Schilder, it laid the foundation for the
Description of the painting by Dante Rossetti “Beatrice Blessed”
Dante Rossetti, like his famous idol-writer, had a beloved named Beatrice. This similarity was fatal. The girl, as well as the poet’s passions, did not have a long and happy life. She died at
Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581” (the Terrible kills his son)
The canvas “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan November 16, 1581” is one of the most illustrious works of the great Russian artist Ilya Repin. The idea for writing the canvas came from
Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “Creek in a birch forest”
We know artist Ivan Shishkin mainly from his wonderful forest landscapes. While still a student, Ivan diligently wrote sketches from nature on Valaam and in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. The direction of painting
Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of P. M. Tretyakov”
Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov is a Russian businessman who had a great passion for the visual arts, gathered a truly huge collection of works of art and created the world-famous gallery. Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy –