Description of the series of paintings by Claude Monet “Parliament in London”
The artist Claude Monet, having heard about a certain trader of paintings (Durand-Ruelle), painted a series of not two or three, but eleven paintings, each of which showed a foggy landscape with the London
Description of the painting by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Eritrean Sibyl”
The fifth sibyl is Eritrea. In another it was called Gerophila. Her parents were Lamy and Apollo. She is mentioned more than once in the books of Moses. This Sibyl predicted to the Greeks
Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Autumn bouquet”
The materials for the creation of Repin’s work “Autumn Bouquet” served as canvas and oil, the dimensions of the canvas are 111 by 65 cm. At present, the “Autumn Bouquet” adorns the State Tretyakov
Description of the painting by Olga Rozanova “Green bar”
Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova is an avant-garde artist who harbored a passion for color. Her work entitled “The Green Strip” brought the artist a staggering success and novelty in painting. The picture was painted in
Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Self-portrait with his wife” (1923)
The canvas is rectilinearly reminiscent of the Rembrandt motive of the self-portrait with Saskia. By this the artist marks the immortality and modernity of the chosen topic. In the rich, colorful, material painting of
Description of the painting by Georges Seurat “Circus”
The picture “Circus” Seurat did not manage to finish on its own. Only a little more than a week after the exhibition began, and suddenly the message – the artist died. The neo-impressionist Maximilian
Description of the painting by Mikalojus Čiurlionis “Rex”
A multifacetedly talented person, Čiurlionis tried himself in many kinds of creativity. His literary tests and musical scores became revelations for contemporaries. However, his paintings make a difficult impression. The style of symbolism allows
Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Dance in the city”
To the birth of the painting “Dance in the City”, which Renoir wrote in 1883, was directly implicated by a certain Paul Durand-Ruel, he ordered for himself three picturesque panels, where dances would be
Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “The return of the peasants from the funeral in winter”
In 1880, Vasily Perov wrote the painting “The Return of Peasants from a Funeral in Winter”. It was a turning point in the work of the artist who decided to reflect the everyday life
Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “Judith and Holofernes”
Holofernes was the leader of the army of the famous conqueror Nebuchadnezzar. One of the cities of Vetiluia was besieged by enemies. In this doomed city, and lived Judith. She differed incredible piety and