Pastorals and landscapes of Ivan Shishkin are known, perhaps, for the whole world. His painting “Before the Thunderstorm” was written in 1884 and is considered one of the artist’s masterpieces. On a large canvas,
Arkady Plastov was twenty-four years old when the October Revolution happened in the country. The artist’s creativity was formed and developed under the Soviet system. After graduating from college, he returned to his native
The painting “The End of Winter. Noon” is one of the most significant works of KF. Yuona. The canvas depicts the most common house on the outskirts of the village in central Russia. The
The famous Flemish master Frans Snyders painted animals and still lifes. He wrote ingeniously: bright and generous. Most of the customers for his canvases were well-off gentlemen who lived in palaces and large houses.
Have you ever been to a Russian hen party? But not on the one that is being carried out now, but on the one that many years ago in Russian families are held before
The liveliness of the Genius – the most mysterious artist of the present and the mystifier by nature, allowed him to reach an artistic peak, that experts in the field of art still cannot
The painting was painted by Auguste Renoir in 1869. “Froggy” was called a cafe on the water, which was located on a pontoon moored to one of the banks of the French river Seine.
French impressionist Pierre Renoir became famous as a master of a secular portrait. Wealthy Parisians fell in love with the painter for his sentimental paintings. The artist depicted colorful, bright, joyful landscapes and faces.
Gustave Moreau is a bright representative of the Symbolists. He chose mystical, biblical, and fantastic themes as themes for his works. His paintings had a strong influence on the creations of the Fauves, as
Alexey Savrasov early discovered the ability to painting. Critics have noted the extraordinary vitality of the young man’s work – although they considered some of them to be somewhat awkward. However, the artist quickly