Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Portrait of Zinaida Hippius”

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1. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Self-portrait”The painting, written by Leon Samoylovich Bakst in 1893, is now kept in the State Russian Museum, in St. Petersburg. It is known that Leon Bakst was recognized as a real trendsetter in painting, such as Orientalism of the early twentieth century – the desire for exotic, “unusual”. After studying at the Imperial Academy of […]...
2. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “The Firebird”Artist Leon Bakst became famous as a theater graphic artist. The premiere of the famous Russian ballet called “The Firebird” took place thanks to the solid work of art masters, including Bakst. He created costumes for the main characters – for the female roles of the Firebird and the Princess. Sketches “Firebird” was carried out […]...
3. Description of the sketch of Leon Bakst “Sleeping Beauty”At the end of the 19th century, the Sleeping Beauty ballet was first shown on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. The libretto was written by Marius Petipa based on the tale of Charles Perrault, written by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The ballet made a real sensation, and one of those to whom […]...
4. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Dinner”Once two artists, united by friendly feelings and proximity to the group “World of Art”, Leon Bakst and Valentin Serov, enjoying the view of the streets of night Paris, decided to go to a cafe. In the farthest corner sat a woman, whose portrait Bakst did not fail to draw on a napkin. She was […]...
5. Description of the painting by Leon (Lev) Bakst “Portrait of Alexei Tolstoy”The portrait of the writer Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy was made using lithography and graphics techniques in 1909. The following materials were used for the work: gray paper, pencil, watercolor, ink, whitewash, gold, silver. In portrait painting, Leon Bakst showed himself as a magnificent portrait painter, able to convey the characteristics and mood of a model. […]...
6. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Rain”Year of creation – 1906, materials – paper, ink, gouache, dimensions – 15.9 by 13.3 cm. Stored in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Leon Bakst is a magnificent graphic artist, set designer and decorator, originally from the Belarusian city of Grodno, which is not so widely known now. Nevertheless, his work deserves special attention. […]...
7. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Ancient Horror”The artist collected the picture in parts for several long years, fixing every moment of his stay in Greece and acquaintance with the era of Antiquity. Because on the canvas, defying the spatial and temporal framework, coexist and monuments dating back to the ancient Aegean culture of the XIII century BC. e., and architectural ensembles […]...
8. Description of the painting by Leon (Lev) Bakst “Young Booth”Leon Bakst created a sketch of the costume “A Young Beetian” for N. N. Cherepnin’s ballet performance “Narcissus” in 1911. The work was done in pencil and watercolor on paper. In the dance movement, a young dancer bursts into the canvas, filling the whole space with his energy and with his energy. Flexible lines, soft […]...
9. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Self-portrait with two daughters”Zinaida Serebryakova is one of the first Russian women painters to inscribe themselves in the history of painting. Her creativity, not under any influence, is quite independent and original. The picture “Self-portrait with daughters” was written quickly, easily. The impression, as if two little daughters, having caught the moment, clung to the mother, when she […]...
10. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “In the kitchen. Portrait of KatieThe author of this canvas is the mother of beautiful children. She repeatedly expressed her love for them in her paintings. A lot can be found in her works of such paintings. Here is “In the kitchen. Kati’s portrait is one of them. This canvas depicts the daughter of the artist. She is dressed in […]...
11. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Portrait of a nanny”Katrina was painted in 1907 in oil on canvas. Zinaida Serebryakova is an artist who was engaged in creative work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She lived in Russia and was a unique person, because there were only men in the painting. But Serebryakov did not stop. She left a lot of […]...
12. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Portrait of Eugene”Zinaida Serebryakova was born in the village of Neskuchny of the Kharkov province in a family of famous architects and artists Lensere-Benoit. The girl inherited a bright creative talent of the family and after graduating from the gymnasium, she goes on an internship to Italy, studying painting at the Academy in Paris. In 1905, Zinaida […]...
13. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Self-portrait”The picture was created in the winter of 1909 in a small estate Neskuchnoye. Artist Zinaida Serebryakova was then 25 years old. She was waiting for her husband, who was going to call on her and her children, returning from Northern Siberia. Christmas planned to meet in St. Petersburg. That morning was dazzlingly sunny and […]...
14. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Self-portrait in a scarf”Some art historians believe that Zinaida Serebryakova wrote her self-portrait during her period of fascination with the East. Zinaida Serebryakova is the first woman who managed to enter the history of Russian painting. Thanks to her bright and clear gift, she painted her paintings full of light, goodness and joy. Zinaida was lucky to be […]...
15. Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “Portrait of Zinaida Volkonskaya”In the portrait of the famous 3.A. Volkonsky artist managed to bring their skills to a new level. Bryullov was very good friends with this famous and beautiful woman, and he was friends until old age, before his death. Perhaps that is why Bryullov managed to wonderfully draw a man whom she knew so well, […]...
16. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Harvest”Just before the beginning of the First World War, the Russian artist Zinaida Serebryakova is forced to return to her homeland after the Italian journey. Arriving at the family estate, hidden in Kharkov province, she immediately begins to work on the images of the workers peasants. The writing of numerous etudes and paintings begins. During […]...
17. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Whitening of the canvas”Serebryakova is a Russian artist, one of the first women to enter the history of painting. She was born in a very creative family, her father was a sculptor, grandfather architect, mother artist, one brother was also an architect, the second made a great contribution to the development of Soviet painting and graphics. In such […]...
18. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Still life with a jug”The artist Serebryakova, as can be seen from her painting, knows all the nuances of the artistic possibility, translating it into the subject plane, directly from the traditional chamber vision. Thus, at first glance, in an ordinary composition of a still life, the artist manages to convey a very complex poetic background, which was originally […]...
19. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Bath”Zinaida Serebryakova, nee Lancere, was born into the family of a famous Russian sculptor. For a long time the estate of her family was the center of the artistic life of St. Petersburg. The ability to painting manifested itself in the girl’s years of study at the female gymnasium, she later continued her education at […]...
20. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Kate with a still life”Most often, Zinaida Serebryakova portrayed her youngest daughter Katya in her works. Despite the fact that the artist had three more children, it was Katya who was of particular interest to the master. In this paper, we see a girl about 11 years old. During this period of her life, Katya went to Paris with […]...
21. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “At lunch” (At breakfast)The painting “At Dinner” (another name – “At Breakfast”) is one of the most famous in the works of Russian artist Zinaida Serebriakova. It is known that it depicts the artist’s own children. Mother captured them sitting at the table, waiting for the meal. When looking at the picture we can assume that the children […]...
22. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Bather”This is someone who was lucky and unlucky because this woman. She became the first Russian artist in the world. It so happened that mainly men are engaged in painting and there are no female masters at all. She was the first. This is perhaps the only thing for which she was respected at the […]...
23. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “House of Cards”Z. E. Serebryakova one of the famous artists of the twentieth century. A popular work is the painting “House of Cards”, which was written in 1919. In general, the picture is a group of children who are passionate about building a house from a deck of cards. Admit that you did in childhood? Yes, this […]...
24. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Kate with dolls”The golden fund of Russian art consists of the works of a talented Russian artist and master of fine painting and graphics – Zinaida Serebryakova. She was a student of the famous painter Osip Braz, and became one of the first Russian women who entered the history of painting. Basically, Serebryakova painted herself and her […]...
25. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Autumn Park”The great Russian artist Zinaida Serebryakova wrote a large number of unique works of art, each of which carries a part of her soul to us, lovers of art and painting. She began to love drawing from early childhood, she supplemented her knowledge in this field all her life. The subjects of Serebryakova’s paintings are […]...
26. Description picture Zinaida Serebryakova “Nude”Creativity Zinaida Serebryakova from an early age was associated with the image of the body. For this, she did not study in a medical institution – knowledge of the nude display rules was in her blood. First, the artist began to depict the male body, but quickly moved on to the female. In the early […]...
27. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Girls at the piano”In the works of Zinaida Serebryakova there are many children’s portraits. The world of childhood is one of the important topics for the artist. Serebryakova loved to write small children, since they are open, natural, and skillfully express love and interest in the world around them. In particular, she loved to paint portraits of her […]...
28. Description of the painting by Zinaida Serebryakova “Autumn”The most beautiful time on earth is autumn. The most fruitful, but at the same time the most sad and sad. It’s all from the fact that it is constantly raining from the sky, and on the ground – the dirt, the very thing that impassable dirt and huge puddles, which reflect the rainy sky. […]...
29. Description of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci “Self-portrait”“Self-portrait” by Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most famous works of the artist, which, perhaps, gives viewers an idea of what the famous Renaissance artist looked like. However, some experts believe that this is a completely different person. However, this picture was painted at about the time when Leonardo was about 60 years […]...
30. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Fallen Angel”“The Fallen Angel” is a classic picture of Salvador Dali, written in 1951. For an artist, an angel is a symbol of a certain mystical union. In Dali’s paintings, an angel usually accompanies Gala, his muse, whom the artist considered to be the living embodiment of purity and nobility. And the union bestowed by heaven. […]...
31. Gustav Courbet painting description “Self-portrait”Looking at the work of the French artist Gustave Courbet, there is no doubt that he was the most ingenious master of the portrait. And he wrote not only portraits of other people, but himself, and wrote a lot of them. A sort of model for himself. From the image to the image, we see […]...
32. Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “Winter road in the forest”Any artist has a sketchbook – this is such a folder where sketches, sketches or just sketches of details for the future canvas are put together. Many museums keep such sketches from da Vinci or from Monet. There are such sketches or sketches and Levitan. Before us is one of such works, made in pencil […]...
33. Description of the painting by Konstantin Makovsky “Woman’s Portrait”Starting from genre scenes and household sketches, the artist gradually went to narrow professional issues – composition and detailing of images, elaboration of form and color. The artist took up the traits of romanticism and love for decorative effects from Briullov. Cooperation with the Peredvizhniki brought no moral satisfaction to the artist and he began […]...
34. Description of the portrait of Karl Pavlovich Bryullov “Portrait of A. N. Strugovshchikov”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 and freely leaned back. Perhaps the chair is the only bright and rich spot in the work. It emphasizes the sophistication, grace and […]...
35. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of Andreev”The painting “Portrait of Andreev” is a portrait depicting the famous Russian writer Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev. The second name of the work – “Summer holiday”. The artist intends to come up with this, second, name, to confuse the audience. At first glance, it seems to us that the canvas depicts a man who sits relaxed […]...
36. Description of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci “The head of a woman”Leonardo Da Vinci – the great artist of the Renaissance. The most important feature of his work is that he with incredible accuracy and expressiveness conveyed the emotions of a person in his paintings, carefully drawing absolutely everything, even the smallest details. In order to complete the work, the great artist repeatedly made multiple sketches […]...
37. Description of the painting by Dmitry Levitsky “Portrait of Denis Didro” (1773)The portrait of the great French philosopher belongs to the artist’s earliest experiences in this field. Didro is considered to be an outstanding art theorist, well versed in it. The thinker was skeptical of his own portraits, believing that his face mystifies portrait painters due to its variability. However, the picture Levitsky made a favorable […]...
38. Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Self-portrait”Portrait painted in 1828. This painting is able to tell us a lot about the artist. Before us is a man with a strong-willed face. He is dressed in an oriental striped robe. Face shaded bright white collar. The strokes are so gorgeous that the surface looks like a mirror. The viewer wants to pay […]...
39. Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Portrait of Rostopchin”Orest Adamovich Kiprensky worked for the glory of his country. At international art exhibitions abroad, the artist positioned himself as an ambassador of Russian art. Master of portrait painting. He painted many famous people: commanders, writers, poets. One of his famous paintings was the portrait of the politician Rostopchin. Count Rostopchin was the patron of […]...
40. Description of the painting by Alexey Venetsianov “Portrait of A. Venetsianova”The portrait of Venetsianova, also known as “The Girl in a Hat”, was created in 1826. It depicts one of the two daughters of the painter, Alexander Alekseevna Venetsianova (1816 – 1882). This picture is one of the most important artistic works of A. G. Venetsianov, who, along with portraits of his most famous contemporaries […]...