Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Self-portrait”

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1. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Portrait of Van Gogh”The outstanding postimpressionists Gauguin and Van Gogh in 1888 worked as a creative duet in the south-east of France – in the city of Arles. The year before, the painters had a chance to meet and exchange their own paintings in a friendly way. In the future, the relationship between artists of genius radically changed. […]...
2. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Tahitian pastoral”The most beautiful works of art in Gauguin are themes related to the tropical island, which became the inspiration for the artist. In his painting Tahitian Pastoral, Gauguin wants to get unity in form and in palettes. The picture is made in warm colors that accurately convey the mood and atmosphere in this exotic island. […]...
3. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Fruit picking”The materials for the creation of the work of Paul Gauguin “Collecting Fruits” served as canvas and oil, the size of the canvas is 128 by 190 cm. The French painter Gauguin wrote this canvas almost at the very end of his life, during his stay on the island of Tahiti. The meaning of the […]...
4. Description of the painting by “When is the wedding” by Paul Gauguin (When will you get married?)Gauguin created this unusual picture in 1892. The artist was looking for a paradise that must be on earth. It is for this purpose that he visits the exotic island of Tahiti. At this time in France they tried to create unusual paintings in the style of primitivism popular at that time. But they were […]...
5. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Pie”The work of Gauguin is something different from the usual realities. In his paintings there is a non-standard approach to color, lines and saturation in general. A similar approach to the work and became a distinguished style of the artist. Another characteristic feature of Gauguin is a certain monumentality of his works. In other words, […]...
6. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Day of the deity”The painting “Day of the Deity” was written by Paul Gauguin in 1894 between the so-called “Tahitian” periods of his work. She is at the Chicago Institute of the Arts. This picture has become part of Gauguin’s many years of research and his creative interpretation of Polynesian mythology. The main figure, called taaroa, is the […]...
7. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?”In 1891, Gauguin decided to go to Tahiti, since he was spiritually close to a society whiter than the spiritual and simple than his French environment. There he began to paint this picture a few years later (1897), and graduated in 1898. According to the artist himself, this work had a sublime culmination of his […]...
8. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Never AgainPaul Gauguin painted the painting “Never Again” in 1897 in Tahiti. He executed it on canvas with oil. She is now in London in Kurto. The composition represents a thematic variant “reclining naked”: a naked Tahitian young girl settled down on a rather rich bed and, as it may seem to an attentive viewer, listens […]...
9. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Women of Tahiti”The history of this painting began in 1891, when Paul Gauguin decided to make an auction out of his works, and decided to go on a trip to an island called Tahiti with the money raised at the same time. It was on this island that another series of paintings by Gauguin began. He was […]...
10. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “The King’s Wife”Paul Gauguin, the son of a French journalist and a Peruvian creolca from a wealthy family, spent his childhood in Peru, in the family of his mother. Bright outfits of the natives of South America, the looseness of their behavior, unusual nature were the first impressions of the future painter’s childhood and partly shaped his […]...
11. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Bathers”This picture is one of the most expensive paintings in the world, which were sold in the XX-XXI centuries. The piece was sold for fifty-five million dollars in two thousand and five. The presence of decorative in color, as well as plane and monumental composition of tones are very close to the then popular style […]...
12. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Night cafe in Arles”During his stay in the south of France, in Arles, Gauguin created several worthwhile works. He came here after inviting Van Gogh. This creative duet of famous artists gave the world similar paintings. The paintings depicted a station cafe in Arles. Gauguin wrote his “Night Cafe in Arles”, without losing his artistic identity. The work […]...
13. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin Ah, are you jealous?Gauguin is a traveler, a French postmodern artist, of those who denied the image of reality existing, which was written by realists, and the movements of the soul, which the Impressionists tried to capture, and instead of them they created in order to reveal certain immutable laws of the universe, its characteristic features. Gauguin in […]...
14. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Landscape with Peacocks”Bright, saturated with contrasts colors in the plot of a measured life of a people far from civilization and a mysterious inscription in the lower corner of the picture – “Motamoe”. This is the painting “Landscape with Peacocks”, created by Gauguin in 1892 on the Pacific island of Tahiti in the heyday of his artistic […]...
15. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Woman Holding a Fruit (1893)”This picture Gauguin painted while on the island of Tahiti. In the background are two ordinary huts, located in the settlement of the islanders. In the foreground is a young woman, a Tahitian, holding a fruit in her hands. This fruit is a mango, differing lemon-green color. Many critics point out that the fruit itself […]...
16. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Still Life”Paul Gauguin is from Paris, but he grew up in Peru, this exotic country gave him emotions and love for the tropics. He was known as a very successful stockbroker. Painting was not his profession, it was his hobby. But when there was another economic crisis, which led him to the mastery of a new […]...
17. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Vision after the Sermon”“Vision after the sermon” is the artist’s first work on faith. Gauguin wrote it under the great impression of the religiosity of the Breton women, whom we see on the canvas. The picture attracts attention with its composition. It is as if divided diagonally by a tree trunk. This symbolic device, borrowed from the Japanese […]...
18. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Yellow Christ”It is easy to guess that the painting “Yellow Christ” keeps a religious overtones. However, both society and critics disagree – whether it was a challenge to the clergy and the whole Christian world or a desperate call to cast off a veil of indifference. The central place of the composition is the traditional plot […]...
19. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Self-portrait”Paul Cezanne is a French artist who is a prominent representative of post-impressionism. In his works he tries to combine modernity and classics, society and individuality, harmony and chaos, man and nature. It was in the reconciliation of the two opposites that his life philosophy was. This approach to art can also be observed in […]...
20. Description of the painting by Vincent van Gogh “Gauguin’s chair” (Chair)One of the most famous artists of the century was born in Holland. Since childhood, he was a quiet and insular child, and no one could have imagined that Van Gogh would reach the heights of life, be famous throughout the world, and the heritage from his paintings would be appreciated forever. He was ruled […]...
21. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Madame Cezanne”The picture was painted in 1895 in oil on canvas. Cezanne is a great French artist who lived in Provence at the turn of the century. He was a representative of post-impressionism. He painted landscapes, was famous for his portraits. His canvases are not like any other. He did not depict the usual characters in […]...
22. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Girl at the piano”The first thing that catches the eye of the viewer who is watching this picture is the fact that the whole picture is made with a fairly wide brush stroke. You can also see that the picture is made in bright colors, and most likely it was done on purpose. The figures have complete completeness, […]...
23. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Smoker”The painting belongs to the brush of Paul Cezanne, who lived and worked simultaneously with the Impressionists. At the same time, the artistic search for Cezanne and the impressionist artists (such as Monet and Seurat) were very different. The creator of “Smoker” was not interested in the need to transfer the immediate impression of the […]...
24. Description of the painting by Ivan Argunov “Portrait of Sheremetyevoj”Ivan Petrovich Argunov was a serf of Count Sheremetyevo. From childhood, he showed a talent for drawing and the count gave the gifted young man to study further art. As a result, when Argunov learned, he began to paint portraits of the Sheremetiev family. In his life, Ivan Petrovich Argunov did not feel the need […]...
25. Description of the painting by Ivan Argunov “Portrait of Sheremetyev”The serf artist managed to reach unprecedented heights in art. Due to the fact that Argunov was a serf of Sheremetyev, all the portraits of the artist belonged to members of the Sheremetyev family. One of the most important works that became significant in the creative life of Argunov was the custom portrait of Count […]...
26. Description of the painting by Vincent van Gogh “Portrait of Dr. Ray”Van Gogh wrote The Portrait of Dr. Ray following the following story: In December 1888, when Gauguin went for a walk, he heard a hurried step behind his back. He turned around, saw Van Gogh and ran, because as he later said that he saw a razor in his hand. It is not known what […]...
27. Description of the painting by Vincent Van Gogh “Self-portrait with a cut off ear and tube”The name Van Gogh is most often associated with people from far-off art, with the fact of his biography that once he cut off his ear. This causes laughter to someone, disgust to someone, misunderstanding to someone, but usually it does not go beyond these feelings. In fact, history is more worthy of sympathy than […]...
28. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of the artist Serov”The first meeting of artists Ilya Repin and Valentin Serov happened when Serov was not even seven years old. When Valentine’s father, a famous musician, passed away, Repin came to his funeral. A year later, Valentin began drawing at Repin’s workshop. Subsequently, Repin greatly appreciated Serov’s talent as a painter, noting also his irrepressible hard […]...
29. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of N. S. Leskov”Valentin Serov is one of the most famous Russian artists, famous throughout Russia and the world with portraits in which he captured the intelligentsia of his time. Serov wrote many portraits by order of the collector Tretyakov, and with N. S. Leskov artist began to work specifically for the gallery patron. In 1894, months before […]...
30. Description of the painting by Igor Grabar “Self-portrait”The picture “Self-portrait” Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar wrote in 1942. By this time, he had gathered a whole series of paintings on this subject, among which is the well-known self-portrait of the artist with a palette in his hand, written by him in 1934. A little later, in 1947, another masterpiece “Self-portrait in a fur coat” […]...
31. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Apples”The famous French artist Cezanne became famous for his famous still lifes. The artist was more attracted to fruits, especially apples, which in his opinion had a beautiful shape and color. Depicting fruits and vegetables, the artist achieved a qualitatively new technique in execution. Still life with apples attracts attention with rich colors and shades, […]...
32. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Still Life with Apples”In his work, Paul Cezanne paid much attention to such a genre as still life. Especially liked the master to carry on their canvases fruit. He clearly thinks out the composition of the paintings, determining the proper place for each of the objects. More often than other fruits, Cezanne liked to write apples because of […]...
33. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “View of the Over”The painting was painted in 1874. The landscape of Auvers was a favorite motive of the Impressionists, and Cezanne as well. Simply striking maximum simplicity, a special sketch and a lively atmosphere. The landscape is very soft. From him comes a special peace. We feel how measured life flows. The whole space of the painting […]...
34. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Paul Eluard”The history of the creation of this picture began with parting. In 1929, Dali came to his beloved Cadaqués. Once he decided to visit (to his misfortune) the French poet Paul Eluard with his wife Elena Dyakonova, who would later be known to fans of Dali as Gala. Initially, the woman did not take the […]...
35. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Still Life. Jug and FruitThe canvas written by Paul Cezanne, entitled “Still Life of Jug and Fruit” shows how on the table, a white sheet is quite carelessly laid, on which fruit is laid and a jug stands. It is worth noting that the artist is fairly easy to write and does not go against the overall contrast and […]...
36. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Vase with fruit”Still lifes of the famous French painter, Paul Cezanne are always recognizable. He became a pioneer in post-impressionism. He wrote 59 canvases from the period from 1883-195, and by the end of the twentieth century he had become the full embodiment of the expression of this genre. The most famous masters of impressionism took him […]...
37. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Still Life”Paul Cezanne, the author of a large number of still lifes, called his masterpiece simply – “Still Life”. Before us is quite colorful, colorful work of the greatest creator of the brush and canvas. In the center of the picture is a table, literally littered with piles of multi-colored kitchen tablecloths, they lie somewhat casually […]...
38. 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 […]...
39. Description of the painting by Peter Paul Rubens “Landscape with a rainbow”Peter Paul Rubens is a Flemish painter who embodied in his works the vitality, mobility and sensuality of European painting of the Baroque era. Paul rarely painted landscapes – his work forced him to engage in live scenes, but still he created several pictures of his favorite landscape. Walking astride his native terrain, Rubens sometimes […]...
40. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of the artist F. I. Shalyapin”Fedor Chaliapin – an outstanding opera singer, who lived in the early twentieth century. Valentin Serov – a great artist of the twentieth century. It is not surprising that these individuals were given to meet. Serov often depicted bright, talented people in his portraits. In his work there are portraits of Maxim Gorky, Levitan, Repin […]...