Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Dragonfly”
Despite numerous works in the genre plan, Repin often created portraits just for the soul. Especially clearly stands out among the canvases. Depicting members of his family, the cheerful image of the master’s daughter.
Description of the painting by René Magritte “The human lot”
Rene Francois Ghislain Magritte – an artist working in the direction of surrealism. His works are striking in their originality and destroy the well-established concept of reality. Pictures of the artist are not only
Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Newspaper readers in Naples”
The picture in the center shows four young men. The man on the left reads a newspaper sheet aloud, and the others listen to him carefully. Orest Kiprensky called the men depicted on the
Description of the painting by Rembrandt “Artaxerxes, Haman and Esther”
The painting Artaxerxes, Haman and Esther is one of the most famous paintings of the seventeenth century. The painting was painted in the early 1660. For so many years the picture was more than
Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Dry paints”
Pyotr Konchalovsky belongs to unsurpassed masters in terms of writing still lifes, one of his best works can be without a twinge of conscience a still life called “Dry Paints”, made in an unsurpassed
Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Portrait of Ostrovsky”
“Portrait of the writer A. N. Ostrovsky, written in 1871, is considered the most successful and realistic portrait of Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky. Perov always managed to feel the subtle soul nature of man and
Description of the painting by Edward Manet “Susanna”
Edouard Manet – a painter from the capital of France, who worked in the XIX century and became in those years the recognized ancestor of the new trend in art – impressionism. In the
Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Spring”
In 1921, the Russian artist Kustodiev was already bedridden due to a serious illness. But the painting “Spring” written by him in this period looks like a real hymn to cheerfulness. Light, pastel, as
Description of the painting by William Turner “Rain, steam and speed”
The painting “Rain, steam and speed” written by Turner in 1844. This time in English history is considered the era of general interest in the railroad and trains. And this fate did not pass
Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “At the edge of a pine forest”
Ivan Shishkin is a famous master of landscapes, his paintings of Russian forests and groves have long become widely known not only in Russia, but also far beyond its aisles. This artist is generally