Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Calvary”
Throughout his life Repin repeatedly turned to religious topics. “Golgotha” is a picture, literally suffered by the artist, whose design he had been bearing for many years. Reading the book of Repin’s memoirs, one
Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Aksakov’s Motherland”
Mikhail Nesterov is considered one of the best masters of landscape painting. Nature attracted him in its most diverse manifestations. Especially dear, Russian nature. Many paintings were written by him in his native Ufa
Description of the painting by Arseny Shurygin “Arrest”
A. N. Shurygin for his short creative work wrote a few works, but each of his paintings is original, and the characters are realistic. The work “Arrest” reflects not only the essence of the
Description of the painting by Nicholas Schilder “The Temptation”
The “temptation”, as a story enclosed on a canvas, poses a complex moral question for the viewer. The picture is a dark cramped room, poor furnishings, a single window. On the bed, covered with
Description of the painting by Lucas Cranach “Judith with the head of Holofernes”
A painter and graphic artist, master of genre sketches and compositions on biblical themes. This artist was able to synthesize in his work artistic installations of the Renaissance and Gothic traditions. In his works
Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Workers”
This artist was always at the forefront of the revolution, but nevertheless not all his canvases saw the light of exhibition lamps. There are those who were categorically forbidden by censorship, and there are
Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “Last rays of the sun”
Levitan is a romantic singer of nature, her charms, her purity, her naturalness. He is known to many for his landscapes, beautiful, reminiscent of the fact that the world around does not boil down
Description of the painting by Marc Chagall “Self-portrait with easel”
Several portraits were painted by the artist Marc Chagall in 1914. One of them – “Self-portrait with easel.” Before that, from the age of 19, a Russian painter with Jewish roots had studied the
Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “The Tale of Kings”
Combining painting and music seems an incredible task, but not for the Lithuanian composer, musician and artist Mikalojus Čiurlionis, who managed to make the painting literally resound, and the colors respond to the rhythm
Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Portrait of a nanny”
Katrina was painted in 1907 in oil on canvas. Zinaida Serebryakova is an artist who was engaged in creative work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She lived in Russia and was