Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of Shishkin”
Portraits of Ivan Kramskoy were born from photo retouching techniques. The future painter traveled around Russia and painted photographic portraits, at the same time comprehending the laws of light and shade and volume. In
Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “Adoration of the Shepherds”
Throughout his life, the artist sought answers to questions in biblical scenes. Attacks of anger and incontinence more than once played a sad role in his wanderings and hard life. The older the artist
Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of Vera Repina”
Ilya Repin painted more than one portrait of his beloved daughter Verochka, but this masterpiece is the most famous. The image of a charming little girl in a chair with gilded ornament imprinted in
Description of the painting by Victor Popkov “Builders of Bratsk”
The painting of Viktor Efremovich Popkov “The Builders of Bratsk” refers to the heyday of the Soviet visual arts. The canvas, created in 1960, is considered a model of “austere style” in which artists
Description of the painting by Konstantin Pervukhin “Autumn is running out”
Konstantin Pervukhin – a student of I. E. Repin, a follower of N. N. Dubovsky, the author of a large number of landscape works. Of particular popularity brought him paintings depicting the views of
Description of the painting by Kazimir Malevich “Summer Landscape”
The famous Kazimir Malevich deserved fame as a prominent representative of cubism and suprematism. But who had the chance to view the earlier works of the artist, for Malevich becomes also a brilliant impressionist.
Description of the painting by Alexei Savrasov “Tomb on the Volga”
1874; canvas, oil; 81.3×65; Altai Regional Museum of Fine Arts. One of the most powerful paintings by Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov – “Tomb on the Volga”. It belongs to the heyday of the painter’s work,
Description of the painting by Isaac Ilyich Levitan “Oak grove. Autumn”
1880 Landscape, painted on canvas in oil. The exact and deep image of the autumn nature in an oak grove. Levitan loved nature and in this picture revealed his love as fully as possible.
Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “View on the island of Valaam”
The painting was painted by Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin in 1858. The painter depicted the island of Valaam on canvas. We see the most beautiful time – summer. All the greens are so juicy that
Description of the painting by the bas-relief by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Madonna at the stairs”
Michelangelo began his journey with the creation of talented sculptures. Before us is his first work, which he skillfully carved out of marble at the age of 16 years. Already from it one can