Ivan Repin for a long time, often visited S. Mamontov and him in their estate near Moscow – in Abramtsevo. This six-year Abramtsevo period stands out from the total number of his […]
Edouard Manet – one of the most famous artists, an adherent of impressionism. The painting “On the Shore” shares with the viewer a sense of calm and presence. The composition is built […]
Pictures on literary and mythological plots, portraits and historical canvases – it seems that any of the themes is subject to the artist. Frankly admiring the beauty of the naked body is […]
Marc (Movsha) Chagall was born in Vitebsk, into a Jewish family, received a traditional home education. The main element of his paintings has always been Jewish folk culture. Often the artist visualized […]
The painting “The Old Man Gardener” is an excellent example of a rural portrait. Surikov preferred to paint pictures on historical subjects, but if the master decided to depict a simple rural […]
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin is deservedly called the Sun of Russian Poetry. And that is exactly how we see it on the portrait of the work of Orestes Kiprensky. This artist had the […]
The picture “The widow” written by Fedotov has a very interesting story of writing, a plot different from other works of the master and as many as 4 variants that have come […]
“Jack of Diamonds” was a union of artists who glorified the subject and objectivity. Painting in their interpretation became not art, but a craft, in which also, as in any craft, there […]
The sky landscape depicted by юрurlionis is a vivid example of symbolism in painting. Mikalojus Čiurlionis is an absolutely unique artist in many respects, his creative life is very short – only […]
Turner is a British artist, impressionist, and partly a novelist, whose paintings often trace the theme of man’s powerlessness and imperfection, written without bitterness or contempt, but, on the contrary, with sincere […]