Description of the painting by Gilbert Stuart “Portrait of George Washington”
Portrait, as a genre of art, known since ancient times. But not every artist knew how to write people, so that the portrait would not only have similar facial features, but would also convey
Description of the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio “The Calling of the Apostle Matthew”
Mathieu Contravel (construction contractor) left a will. According to him, it was necessary to trim the chapel in the church. He chose a specific topic and the required amount. The contract was signed with
Description of the sculpture by Sergey Konenkov “Stone-Digger”
Sergei Timofeevich Konenkov lived a long life – almost a century. Even before the revolution, a young sculptor was called by critics as “Russian Rodin”. In his works, he used wood extensively, treating it
Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Dora Maar with a cat”
Dona Maar was the lover, faithful companion of life and friend of Pablo Picasso. This was a beautiful, mysterious woman. The reason that she depicts all the canvases of Picasso Don is extremely creepy,
Description of the painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi “After the rain”
Kuindzhi – Russian master of landscape, nature in the paintings of which appears almost animate, living creature that exists in parallel with man. “After the rain” depicts a farm somewhere in the south of
Description of the painting by Rembrandt “Polish Horseman”
This picture belongs to the late period of Rembrandt (1655 g). A few years ago, famous art critics, led by Julius Held, were challenged by the painting. It was hypothesized that the canvas was
Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Portrait of Anna Akhmatova”
Later, the work of Petrov-Vodkin was marked by the desire to move away from the desire to find a solution to the universal questions of being, characteristic of the master’s composite canvases. He turns
Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “Annunciation”
As the name implies, the picture is dedicated to one of the biblical scenes. The picture tells us about a very important event for the religious world: the Archangel Gabriel arrived in Nazareth to
Description of the painting by Vasily Maximov “Who is there?”
The picture of the 19th century Russian artist Vasily Maksimovich Maximov “Who is there?” Can be seen today at the exposition in the Ryazan Regional Art Museum. The picture tells the viewer about the
Description of the painting by Vladimir Makovsky “Bulgarian martyrs”
Cloth depicting the drama – rather the exception in the work of Vladimir Makovsky, than the trend. His paintings are usually bright and kind, but the news of how the Turks brutally massacred the