Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Agave” (1916)

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1. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Still Life”The beginning of the twentieth century is characterized in Russian art as the heyday of the genre still life. The exclusion of plot, and sometimes any connection between the objects depicted on one canvas, did not deprive the painting of meaning at all. Now the focus has shifted to color and shape. These two components […]...
2. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Dry paints”Pyotr Konchalovsky belongs to unsurpassed masters in terms of writing still lifes, one of his best works can be without a twinge of conscience a still life called “Dry Paints”, made in an unsurpassed manner of liveliness of writing and color. The style of writing resembles something between cubism and fauvism, since the artist was […]...
3. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Family Portrait”The picture “Family Portrait” was written by Peter Konchalovsky in 1912 in the city of Siena. The whole family of Konchalovsky is present on it: the artist, the wife and the children. Konchalovsky wrote “Family Portrait” on one of the days when the family had already come to terms with frequent trips. In a short […]...
4. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Self-portrait with his wife” (1923)The canvas is rectilinearly reminiscent of the Rembrandt motive of the self-portrait with Saskia. By this the artist marks the immortality and modernity of the chosen topic. In the rich, colorful, material painting of a double portrait, a new style of the artist emerges – realism, which picked up the best legacy of the past. […]...
5. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Self-portrait”Self-portraits are different, they are especially interesting for cubists, who seek to express themselves most fully, not paying attention to the external form, arbitrarily adjusting it to the content. Self-portrait Konchalovsky does not look like them – it is quite simple and in its own way even ordinary. No extra corners, green noses and unimaginable […]...
6. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Lilac at the window” (1955)The image of Konchalovsky of lilac passes through the thread through all of his work, still lifes with these colors have become the hallmark of his painting, the painter himself is often called the lilac singer. On the canvases of different years he depicted bunches of various shades, never repeated in the variety of bouquets, […]...
7. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Lilac”Konchalovsky – Russian and Soviet artist, known for his still lifes and portraits. He worked in the style of post-impressionism, cubism, fauvism, was the chairman of the association of artists “The Jack of Diamonds”. Members of this association denied academic painting and realism, putting their own perception of this reality above reality. The play on […]...
8. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Lilac in a basket”Petr Konchalovsky is a famous talented Soviet painter. In addition to working in a creative workshop, he loved his native nature very much. Therefore, the artist was also known as a wonderful gardener. The most expensive flower to his heart was a simple, close, not at all exotic, lilac, quite widespread in temperate latitudes. It […]...
9. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Portrait of V. E. Meyerhold”V. E. Meyerhold – one of the geniuses of theatrical art. As a reformer in his field, Vsevolod Emilievich could not accept the changes in power circles that occurred between 1937 and 1938. On January 7, 1938, the Committee on Arts Affairs decided to close the State Theater named after him. An outstanding director could […]...
10. Description of the painting by Konstantin Korovin “Fish, wine and fruits” (1916)The artist became one of the masters who prepared the rise of Russian still life in painting, and he himself worked in this genre rather actively. In his canvases reflected life-affirming attitude to life. His still-life characterizes an unprecedented showiness and scope of the stroke, combined with the classical layout. For the ease and liberation […]...
11. Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Easter Rite” (1916)Kustodiyev, who managed to combine in his work classical traditions with the national ideal of folk art, did not refuse from innovations created by modern and impressionism. The canvas is filled with bright light contrasts and the delicacy of decorative stylization of the external form. The artist seems to express admiration for the disappearing fair […]...
12. 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 […]...
13. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Adoration of the Shepherds”Rubens painting was the final sketch for the grand altar image. This creation is characterized by a special tonality of reddish color. Also worth noting is the free texture of the master brush strokes of the painter. You can feel the influence on Rubens painting in Venice. For later works of the artist such a […]...
14. Description of the painting by Nikolay Krymov “Under the sun”Krymov – famous Soviet painter, teacher. The painting “Under the Sun” is a vivid example of Russian impressionism. The canvas to some extent resembles Van Gogh’s paintings – the same strokes, one after another, applied, creating texture and forming a rhythm, movement, the same contrasting and somewhat improbable, but bright and vivid colors. At first […]...
15. Description of the painting by Peter de Hoch “Mistress and maid”The year of creation of the most famous canvass de Hoch is unknown for certain. Most often, researchers of the Dutch painter agree that it was 1660. In his work The Hostess and the Maid, the artist writes a scene from the everyday life of the townspeople in the then Delft style. In the nearest […]...
16. Description of the painting by Peter Mondrian “Composition with red, yellow and blue”One of the major ideologues of abstractionism. From realistic landscapes, the artist gradually moved to geometric abstraction. Mondrian initially tried to use monochromatic color gamut in his paintings. He believed that only such a method would be able to objectively convey the harmonious fundamental principle of everything. It is noteworthy that in addition to directly […]...
17. 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 […]...
18. Description of the painting by Peter Mondrian “Gray Tree”Pete Mondrian was born in Amersfoort (Holland) in 1872, whose father was a drawing teacher. The father wanted his son to follow his steps, however, Pete Mondrian decides to leave the teaching as a drawing teacher and devote his time completely, dreaming of becoming a great artist. In his early works, he gradually chooses naturalistic […]...
19. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “The Descent from the Cross”Peter Rubens painted his famous canvas from 1610 to 1613. At that time there was a fashion for drawing pictures on religious themes, and Rubens was no exception. Connoisseurs noticed that the style and some elements of the canvas testify to the influence of its teachers – Tintoretto and Caravaggio. In the center of the […]...
20. 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 […]...
21. Description of the painting by Ilya Mashkov “Still Life”Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov studied with famous artists of the time – Korovin and Serov. Possessing exceptional ability to color, the artist wrote magnificent, vivid and expressive still lifes. In his paintings, Mashkov actively used texture and color techniques, with which he conveyed the existence of specific objects in their own created environment. His “Still Life” […]...
22. Description of the painting by Peter Sokolov “Portrait of Pushkin”He is called the ancestor of the Russian watercolor portrait. “Remarkable similarity, beautiful drawing and pleasant softness of colors” – this characteristic was given to the master’s works by contemporaries. The artist painted many portraits of members of the royal family and guests of the court of the Empress. His brushes belong to more than […]...
23. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Drunk Silen”Works written by the famous Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens are attributed to the Baroque painting. One of the most famous works of the painter is the image of Silenus. This picture is also called “Drunk Silenus”. In Greek mythology, Silenus was considered one of the rural gods. He appeared to people in the form […]...
24. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel the Elder “The Fall of Rebel Angels”The painting “The Fall of Rebel Angels” was painted by Flemish painter Peter Bruegel the Elder in oil on a tree in 1562 The plot is based on a biblical story about angels that rebelled in pride, symbolically reflecting the end of the world, when humanity mired in cruelty and nonsense will be doomed to […]...
25. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Lamentation of Christ”A brilliant painter, originally from the Netherlands, more than anyone else, embodied the vitality and sensuality of European painting of the Baroque era. His creative legacy encompasses the Bruegel’s laws of realism and the achievements of the Venetian school. Despite the popularity of works of religious subjects and mythological motifs, the artist was a virtuoso […]...
26. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “Senokos”Peter the Elder Bruegel in 1565 wrote the famous painting “Haymaking”, which is included in the series “The Seasons”. This is a great master of the pen, who very subtly and kindly depicts nature and everything that happens around it. The plot is dedicated to the summer months: June and July, at the time when […]...
27. Description of the painting by Peter Levchenko “Farm”Ukrainian painter Peter Levchenko fame brought small landscape paintings. However, during his lifetime the artist did not win wealth and fame. Practically all his life he worked as a drawing teacher at an art school and died in poverty and solitude. For creativity Levchenko is characterized by amazing inner poetry, lyricism and soulfulness. Carefully and […]...
28. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Venus and Mars”Peter Paul Rubens – author of the painting “Venus and Mars”, size 133×142. Venus is known as the goddess of love, in Roman mythology. Mars is known as the husband of Venus. Rubens became one of the founders of the new style of art – baroque. Bright images, fluffy and overweight figures in motion. The […]...
29. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Samson and Delilah”Under the influence of works by Italian artists Rubens created works on religious themes. On the canvas “Samson and Delilah,” written around 1609, depicts one of the biblical episodes. The author finds the characters as historical subjects, without putting religious meaning in them. Samson, born and raised among the submissive insults, humiliations and disgrace of […]...
30. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Christ in the crown of thorns”This picture refers to the early work of Peter Paul Rubens, but here you can already see that the master knows human anatomy well. Creating in the Baroque era, the artist studied a lot the works of ancient masters, their sculptural heritage. Therefore, in this work we see a thorough drawing of all the muscles […]...
31. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Perseus and Andromeda”One of the most striking masterpieces, which is still relevant today, is, of course, the work of Perseus and Andromeda, one of the greatest artists of Peter Paul Rubens, a painter from Holland. Indeed, you should not even look at this picture for a long time, as you immediately feel the deep dynamics of this […]...
32. Description of the painting by Peter Paul Rubens “Straw hat”Before us is a picture of the great Rubens – “The Straw Hat” or, as it is otherwise called, “The Portrait of Susanna Fourment”. Despite the fact that the woman depicted does not have a hat made of straw, but a piece of felt, the picture is called the “Straw Hat”. From what? The thing […]...
33. Description of the painting by the drawing of Isaac Levitan “Village” (1884)The figure shows a view of the neighborhood of Zvenigorod, the sketches for which the artist made when he was in Savvinskaya settlement. The lithograph was published in the journal “Russia”, illustrating an article about Zvenigorod, but it was published with the author’s signature as an independent work. Three-dimensionality of impression, the heterogeneity of the […]...
34. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “The Four Philosophers”The picture of this gifted and talented artist has a special meaning and value for Rubens himself. “Just Lipsius and his students” is another name for this canvas, and the peculiarity lies in the fact that the artist painted the most dear people in the picture – his brother, his close friend and person, whose […]...
35. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “Cripple”The painting by Pieter Bruegel, which is called “Cripples”, has quite realistic motives for the remnants of life, at all times, and even in the modern world too, it is not rare to find such a composition live. Here, unfortunately, the question is different; what was the artist trying to achieve? When writing this picture, […]...
36. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Three Graces”The pictorial painting of the baroque epoch “Three Graces” (1639) is painted by the artist South Peterlanter Peter Paul Rubens. The dimensions of the canvas – 221Х181 cm, the technique of execution – oil on wood. This masterpiece of art belongs to the late period of Rubens, which began in the 1630s. At this time, […]...
37. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “Return of the herd”The philosophy of ancient Greece has always argued that our universe is a very complex and, at the same time, beautiful structure, where every living and non-living subject has its own function. For example, a horse helps to carry and drag, a tank must be plowed, a dog to guard a dwelling and go hunting. […]...
38. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Bacchanalia”As a plot for his work Rubens chose the myth of Bacchus and his constant companions. At the time of the artist there was an idea that they exist, feeling real harmony with nature. We feel the pressure of true life in this creation. Here reigns splendor, which is too much. You can see the […]...
39. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “Wedding Dance”There are several variants of the “Wedding Dance”, but this one, due to the level of painting technique, is considered the best. The picture illustrates the fun that prevails among the 125 guests of the wedding. Almost all the space of the painting is occupied by dancers, among whom you can find a bride. This […]...
40. Description of the painting by Peter Bruegel “The Dark Day”This is about whom one can say for sure that the author is a gloomy, pessimist who does not allow bright moments in life. Alas, but it seems that way. Whatever the canvas they were not written – it is still gloomy, some dirty – gray. Perhaps, this is how he tried to influence those […]...