Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “Resurrection of Lazarus”
In 1608, the artist Caravaggio, staying in Messina, starts an acquaintance with a notable merchant. A wealthy merchant orders him a picture on a free topic. The painter chose for painting the biblical story
Description of the painting by Yuri Pimenov “Front road”
The famous Russian artist Yuri Pimenov approximately a year before the end of the Great Patriotic War creates an almost vivid picture called “Front Road”. Just a couple of years before, the author had
Description of the painting by Jean-Auguste Ingres “Madonna in front of the cup with the participle”
Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres – the main face of nineteenth-century academicism. Known both as an artist and as a musician – in his youth he played in an opera orchestra. Almost half of adult life
Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Red fish”
Matisse is a famous French artist, the leader of the Fauvist movement, which lasted only twenty years, but left a peculiar mark on history, Fauvism is related to impressionism and brings it to an
Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Girls in Black”
Pierre Auguste Renoir – one of the brightest representatives of impressionism, and he was the first of the artists of this trend became famous and achieved success. Meanwhile, all his life he tried to
Description of the painting by Alexei Savrasov “Sukharev Tower”
Already it often happens that it is the artists who preserve for us the appearance of something that we once destroyed. Something that should have been saved, but that’s not enough intelligence. Much in
Description of the painting by Ivan Nikitin “Portrait of Chancellor Golovkin”
Art critics have long argued about this picture, some still doubt it, but still, most say that this particular work of art brought the artist maximum fame. Indeed, the portrait of Golovkin is not
Description of the painting by Edward Munch “Self-portrait with a bottle of wine”
And here is Munch in front of us. Yes Yes. This is the same artist who portrayed for us the “Scream”, which became the most frequently stolen masterpiece and no guard can keep this
Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of M. F. Andreeva”
The painting of Ilya Repin captures one of the most brilliant women of the beginning of the twentieth century – Maria Fedorovna Andreeva. This woman was a wonderful theater actress and was highly respected
Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Still Life. Jug and Fruit
The canvas written by Paul Cezanne, entitled “Still Life of Jug and Fruit” shows how on the table, a white sheet is quite carelessly laid, on which fruit is laid and a jug stands.