Description of the painting by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky “City grimaces” (1908)

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1. Description of the painting by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky “Petersburg” (1914)Mstislav Valeryanovich Dobuzhinsky – master of graphic landscapes. In his works can be considered many different cities. The deepest feelings, of all other cities, caused him Petersburg. With its mysterious essence, the city inspired many works. The artist, like no one else, has devoted much of his creative journey to Petersburg landscapes. Sometimes, the northern […]...
2. Description of the painting by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky “Doll”Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, one of those artists, is among the people that they knew – they were created for art. Despite all the setbacks, he continued to work on himself and improved. The artist often experienced creative torment, but continued to create everything smoothly. The picture “Doll” of 1905, was written by the author, when he […]...
3. Description of the painting by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky “Man in Glasses”Mstislav Dobuzhinsky was always among those people who knew that he fully belonged to art. Not paying attention to mistakes and failures, he grew and improved his skills. Our compatriot often experienced creative torments, stagnation, crises, but he struggled with himself and would continue to give his works to the world. Many paintings by Dobuzhinsky […]...
4. Description of the painting by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky “House in St. Petersburg”Dobuzhinsky built his remarkable work “House in St. Petersburg” using the contrasting appearance of buildings. The image of a small house is a good-natured and intimate feeling of warmth, it embodies the peace of home and comfort. It is gently covered with a snow-white cap. The branches of apple trees close the small windows, in […]...
5. Description of the sculpture by Sergei Konenkov “Paganini” (1908)The keynote for Konenkov was the leitmotif of music, he created numerous portraits of famous composers, famous singers, talented performers, he repeatedly turned to the image of the great Italian. Once, at a book fair, he discovered an old lithograph with a stamp of a portrait of Niccolò Paganini, in whose music he felt a […]...
6. Description of the painting by Mikhail Larionov “Peacock” (1908)Larionov in various years were created diverse versions of the image of the peacock. The canvas, written in 1908 and located in the Museum of Fine Arts in Omsk, is deliberately decorative, it is made in the exemplary traditions of art-nuovo style with its characteristic features. In the picture, the author interprets the artistic language […]...
7. Description of the painting by Konstatin Andreevich Somov “Laughing Kiss (1908)”The artist was a master of old painting, and he imitated a similar technique in his own paintings. Somov was a true professional, having a very delicate artistic taste and well versed in the history of culture. The main focus of the master was the image of the nobility of the eighteenth century, distinguished by […]...
8. Description of the painting by Marc Chagall “Above the city”In this picture, the author is looking for ways through which he is trying to get through to the viewer and bring his vision of the world to people. This canvas depicts the artist and his wife Bella. They fly over Vitebsk, over their hometown. Behind them are crooked houses and twilight. In his work, […]...
9. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Wanderer of the Light City”The canvas was created in 1933 in oil on canvas. Nicholas Roerich is a unique person in Russian history. He was an artist, writer, philosopher, and archaeologist. He traveled a lot and was a public figure. During his life he wrote seven thousand paintings. Roerich contributed to the church heritage of the country, engaged in […]...
10. Description of the painting by Kazimir Malevich “Grinder”This picture has an addition to the title – “The principle of flickering.” What is it? Apparently, in that in different positions, the word in the stroboscopic photograph shows a foot pushing the pedal of the grinding machine. The movement of the grinder’s hands is shown in the same way. One of them brings the […]...
11. Description of the painting by Konstantin Gorbatov “Invisible City of Kitezh”For the basis of the idea, Konstantin Gorbatov took the myth of the ancient city called Kitezh. According to the stories, hail – small Kitezh was built on the banks of the Volga River. The founder was Prince Vladimir. Soon, a lake Svetloyar was discovered near the city and a hail of Great Kitezh was […]...
12. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Dance in the city”To the birth of the painting “Dance in the City”, which Renoir wrote in 1883, was directly implicated by a certain Paul Durand-Ruel, he ordered for himself three picturesque panels, where dances would be depicted. Renoir was interested in this subject, he had already addressed it before, but this time the painter embodied a curious […]...
13. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Purest City – bitterness to the enemies”The work “Purest Hail to the enemies of bitterness” is included in the large collection of paintings that Roerich dedicated to the upcoming war. This work was written in 1912. There was tension all over the world. The world powers were in conflict. Nicholas Roerich did not see anything good in the impending war. He […]...
14. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Religious Procession in the Kursk Province”In the picture one can observe a large gathering of people accompanying the procession of the procession in which the miraculous icon is carried to the holy place where it first appeared to the people. But the artist tried to convey not only the procession itself, but to show rural life in Russia, depicting a […]...
15. Description of the painting by Annibale Carracci “The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne”Carracci portrays the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. We see an unusual procession. The artist dedicated his canvas to the theme of love, as an all-consuming feeling. The canvas is created on the plot of the myth of antiquity. Many know Theseus. It was him who loved Ariadne. She helps him out of the maze […]...
16. Description of the painting by Vasily Sadovnikov “Panorama of Nevsky Prospect”V. S. Sadovnikov is a brilliant master of watercolor painting and graphics. His work occupies an important place among the works devoted to the depiction of landscapes of St. Petersburg. The artistic heritage of Sadovnikov is more than a hundred pages with views of the capital, its surroundings, embankments and squares. During his life, Sadovnikov […]...
17. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “The Hunchback”Ilya Repin, a world-famous Russian artist who does not require representation, was famous for his preparatory paintings, which testified to his particular approach to his beloved work. Even after the artist’s death, many preparatory sketches for his famous paintings were found. The painting “The Hunchback” of 1881, was also an etude to his famous painting […]...
18. Description of the painting by Francisco de Goya “The funeral of sardines”The canvas belongs to the brush by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The exact date of its creation is unknown. It is assumed that the picture was painted between 1812 and 1819. The centerpiece is a raging crowd of people carrying a banner with a smiling mask in the center. The name of the painting is […]...
19. Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “In Russia” (Soul of the People)In Nesterov’s intention to create the painting “In Russia” arose 10 years before it was written and was originally called “Christians”. The author in artistic form reflects on the fate of the Russian people and their country. Not without reason in the plot we see peripetias, developing from antiquity to modernity. Here we can see […]...
20. Description of the painting by Konstantin Korovin “On the Sea”Whatever Konstantin Korovin writes, each of his paintings is perceived as a holiday. Streets, sea, still lifes, human figures – all these familiar themes Korovin skillfully transforms in his paintings. In the 1910s, he is most interested in still lifes. At this time, the still life literally bursts into the work of many painters. In […]...
21. Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “The Siege of Pskov”Karl Bryullov set about creating the canvas “The Siege of Pskov” after he received the position of the head of the history class, but, at the Emperor’s Art Academy, he was awarded only 2 professors. For assignment of 1 degree or position of a senior professor, Bryullov’s task was to write a big picture on […]...
22. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Rural religious procession at Easter”“The village religious procession at Easter” was Vasily Grigorievich Perov written in 1861. At this time of reforms and transformations, in the year of the abolition of serfdom, the artist sought, through a realistic plot, to convey subtle criticism of modern Russian society. He took it upon himself to dare to denounce some of the […]...
23. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of St. Petersburg”Aivazovsky’s painting “View of Petersburg”, referring to the late period of the artist’s work, is relatively little known to the general public. First of all, Aivazovsky – marine painter. And most of his work is connected with the sea. Sometimes as an exception he painted other pictures. In the canvas “View of Petersburg” there is […]...
24. Description of the painting by Georges Seurat “Dancing couple”The Paris School of Fine Arts brought up a talented graphic artist and painter, whose name has become known throughout the world. He became the founder of neo-impressionism. The master draws large compositions of the figures and enjoys landscape motifs. Georges Seuire’s worldview was greatly influenced by Rembrandt’s delightful creativity. His works are distinguished by […]...
25. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Armageddon”Roerich is a Russian artist, publicist, an extremely versatile person who gave the world a huge number of paintings. He was distinguished by indefatigable energy, the desire to try everything that life could offer him, as well as intolerance to evil in all its manifestations. “Armageddon” is one of his paintings, deeply symbolic and reflecting […]...
26. Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “In Petrograd”This picture of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin is often called the “Petrograd Madonna”. And those who so baptized her are right, because a nursing mother with a baby, standing on the balcony of a city house, even in facial expression, resembles an icon painting. A woman’s hair is hidden under a white kerchief, scarlet matter is draped […]...
27. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Seeing off the recruit”The well-known work of art belonging to the brush of Ilya Repin “Seeing off a Recruit” was published in 1879. The painting is made on canvas with oily paints. It has dimensions of 143×225 cm. Now the picture is on display in the Russian Museum, which is located in the city of St. Petersburg. Ideas […]...
28. Description of the painting by Camille Pissarro “Opera Travel in Paris”Camille Pissarro devoted a lot of time to working on his canvases and was deservedly considered the patriarch of French impressionism. And the main theme of his work is Paris. The Creator did not set himself the goal of conveying the external image of the city. Rather, he wrote feelings and emotions. The picture “Opera […]...
29. Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Bolshevik”Perhaps, there is no such person to whom this picture would not be known. The picture was painted under the impression of the October Revolution. The motive for writing the picture was the desire of the artist to convey to the viewer the image of the hero of the time – the Bolshevik. In this […]...
30. Description of the painting by Giotto di Bondone “Flight into Egypt”The artist Giotto in his work talks about an event that relates to the infancy of Jesus Christ. An angel appeared to his father Joseph outside and informed the will of God about the flight of the holy family to Egypt. At that time Herod, the evil and cunning king, ruled. He learned that the […]...
31. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sunrise”During his long and rich creative life, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky wrote about 6,000 canvases made in different techniques of painting and graphics and on very different subjects. Most of his paintings have a certain plot and a peculiar staging, and there is always a landscape part on them, including some favorite theme of the artist […]...
32. Description of the painting by Konstantin Bogayevsky “The Sun”The famous canvas by Konstantin Bogaevsky “The Sun” reflects the theme of the earth on which sinners live, and of the sky, which is capable of punishing atrocities. The artist has depicted the scorching sun, which sends incineration rays to the earth, making it clear that life on the sinful earth is not eternal. The […]...
33. Description of the painting by Niko Pirosmani “Janitor”The artist who painted in the style of primitivism, a man about whom many facts of the biography are restored after his death. This is Pirosmani, a Georgian talent who acquired and honed drawing skills on his own. Many works of Pirosmani can cause misunderstanding, someone they delight. Self-taught artist did not know anything about […]...
34. Description of the painting by Pavel Fedotov “Walk”The famous painter of the nineteenth century, the ancestor of critical realism, Pavel Andreevich Fedotov was fond of drawing from early childhood, but did not consider his passion to be a talent, did not see himself as an artist. He served, like many nobles, in St. Petersburg, besides drawing, was fond of other forms of […]...
35. Description of the painting by Marc Chagall “Self-portrait with easel”Several portraits were painted by the artist Marc Chagall in 1914. One of them – “Self-portrait with easel.” Before that, from the age of 19, a Russian painter with Jewish roots had studied the basics of visual arts with many masters. From Vitebsk to St. Petersburg, in the cradle of new directions – Paris, the […]...
36. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Buanarroti “The Conversion of Saul”The penultimate work of the legendary artist and architect Michelangelo was Saul’s Appeal. The painting was made as a fresco for one of the monasteries. It consists of two parts. The first part shows Jesus Christ directing the righteous fire on the Saul squad. He is surrounded by half-naked angels who either consider his action […]...
37. Description of the painting by Wassily Kandinsky “White Oval” (1919)The picture is painted in oil on canvas in 1919, at the dawn of the creative path of Wassily Kandinsky. Art critics compare the “White Oval” with the music embodied in the picture, imbued with the author’s state of mind, his deepest feelings. This opinion is justified, because the artist really considered his work as […]...
38. Description of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch “Ship of Fools”Bosch is a gloomy gothic artist of the Epoch of the Northern Renaissance with a head full of amazing and strange thoughts, which were poured onto the canvases with grotesque and demonic images, along with moral tendencies. While the Church was considered the only and unshakable dogma, and the clergymen were representatives of the highest […]...
39. Description of the painting by Alexei Bogolyubov “Petersburg at sunset”Petersburg is a city that was fully thought out by Russian emperor Peter the Great. Yes, this is his brainchild. He had to come up with such a city precisely because he needed a Ford post from the European powers, who were impatient to take possession of the border lands of Russia. First, the city […]...
40. Description of the painting by Ilya Mashkov “Self-portrait with Konchalovsky”The most interesting canvas, which undoubtedly deserves the attention of the audience, is “Self-portrait and portrait of Pyotr Konchalovsky”. The picture is painted on a huge canvas, where the artist and his friend Petr Konchalovsky are depicted. The painter decided to portray the heroes of the canvas as two athletes who are sitting on the […]...