The great Russian artist Karl Bryullov was a big fan of Pushkin’s genius. Grieving over the death of the poet, the artist regretted that he could not capture it in life. Having […]

The painting “Portrait of A. N. Strugovshchikov” was made by KP Bryullov oil on canvas in 1840. Genre – portrait. In the red chair the poet and translator Alexander Nikolaevich Strugovshchikov relaxed […]

The picture was painted when the artist was in Italy with the aim of learning and improving his skills. Bryullov tried to find beauty in everyday things and transfer it to the […]

The painting “Portrait of Count A. A. Perovsky” was painted in oil on canvas in 1836. The work is not finished. Genre – portrait. The painting depicts the writer Count Alexei Alekseevich […]

Karl Bryullov was undoubtedly a talented but very lonely artist, therefore he endured the illness alone. For a long seven months, the fifty-year-old artist, on the recommendation of the doctors, did not […]

The painter and representative of the classic “watercolor” school Karl Bryullov, made the most beautiful portrait of fabulist I. A. Krylov. At first glance, the portrait impresses with its fulfillment and deep […]

K. Bryullov painted the picture “Vespers” in 1925. This is the time of his becoming an artist, finding his own genre and style. During these years, the artist was impressed by the […]

Karl Bryullov writes another masterpiece for his audience. At this time, such was the painting “Narcissus looking into the water.” The background to this picture is the story of a young man […]

Karl Bryullov was the son of a sculptor and showed talent for drawing at an early age. He was an adherent of romanticism – but unlike Western romanticism, where harmony, beauty and […]

The tradition of Christmas divination is very old. She came from paganism that prevailed in ancient Russia before Prince Vladimir baptized her. And even after baptism, superstitions did not go anywhere, just […]