Description of the painting by Dmitry Levitsky “Portrait of Suvorov”
Date of writing – 1786 year. Located in the Museum of V. A. Tropinin and Moscow artists of his time, Moscow. A portrait of the great generalissimo, the author created, according to some information,
Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Still Life”
In 1909, the founder and devotee of Fauvism, Henri Matisse, wrote one of his best paintings. “Still life with a blue tablecloth” – the original, complete, harmonious mural. The composition of the still life
Description of the painting by Alphonse Mucha “Autumn”
The fly was one of the most famous modernists – that is, of those who believed that art should be indivisible and proportionate. Widely applying its applied areas – embroidery, bead weaving, painting on
Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Old guitarist”
One of the most touching periods of creativity of Pablo Picasso is precisely the blue time. At this time, the closest friend of the artist passes away due to unrequited love, all the internal
Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of Ida Rubinstein”
Created back in 1910, the picture of the famous Russian artist Valentin Serov “Portrait of Ida Rubinstein” reminds, by the nature of its performance, the work of old Italian artists of past centuries. And
Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Dream”
“Dream” was written in 1905, at the time of the deepest stagnation – as a country ready to rush into the abyss of change, but still awkwardly creased in the place, and the artist’s
Description of the painting by Willem Head “Still Life”
Interestingly, Kheda – the creator of amazing paintings with still lifes, first tried himself in writing portraits and subjects on religious themes. Only much later did he stop writing still lifes, where he became
Description of the painting by Svyatoslav Roerich “Self-portrait”
Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Roerich, the son of Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich, is considered to be his national artist both in India and in Russia. He is a bright and truly unique figure. In addition to artistic
Description of the painting by Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin “Birch and rowan”
Ivan Shishkin, masterfully mastering the technique of painting, was able to depict a fragment of a forest thicket on canvas with almost photographic accuracy. The main elements of the forest component are birch trees
Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Merchant”
Kustodiyev always wrote richly. That is, his paintings were always bright, colorful, juicy. Open to the maximum, with a pure Russian expanse. He often noticed such subtleties of Russian being, which sometimes no one