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1. Description of the painting by Theodore Gericault “Portrait of a Mad Man” (insane)For centuries, the subject of mental retardation has attracted many artists. The canvas, depicting a crazy woman, was written by Theodore Gericault in 1822. Born by the premonition of his imminent demise, Géricault embodies his experiences on this canvas. Severe mental illness or loss of reason for a person is like death, in the spiritual […]...
2. Description of the painting by Theodore Gericault “The Raft of Medusa”In 1817, Theodore Gericault, an artist from France, went to Italy, where he studied the art of the Renaissance. Upon returning home, he became interested in heroic plots. At that time, the artist was agitated by the real story about the crash of the frigate Medusa. These tragic events, when 15 out of 140 people […]...
3. Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Bathing a red horse”Petrov-Vodkin’s artistic work entitled “Bathing a Red Horse” stands out among his other paintings at least in that it was known to everyone in Soviet times. And this is the era of the unconditional triumph of social realism! This picture is impressive in scope and brightness of colors. The color selection is built around the […]...
4. Description of the painting by Eugene Delacroix “Moroccan saddling a horse”Eugene Delacroix refers to the flow of the French romantics. Adherence to this direction is reflected in the painting “Moroccan, saddling a horse.” The artist conveys the smallest details of the scene with stunning accuracy. We see the folds on the clothes of a Moroccan, every wrinkle on his face. The plot of the canvas […]...
5. Description of the painting by Wassily Kandinsky “Two on a horse”In the works of Kandinsky you can feel the relentless movement forward and a lot of changes. In his early canvases visible hints of a radical change in style in the future are still visible. Before us, it would seem a completely ordinary picture. It has motifs of folklore and fairytale beginnings. But at the […]...
6. Description of the illustration to the fairy tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse” by Yury VasnetsovIn 1935, Vasnetsov completed illustrations for the fairy tale of P. P. Ershov “The Little Humpbacked Horse”. Yury Vasnetsov depicted the images of fairy tales bright and special. In each created picture, he used the method characteristic of him, which is inextricably linked with folk art. The artist brings the principles of folk art into […]...
7. Description of the painting by Franz Mark “Blue Horse”The Blue Horse is one of the most famous works of the German artist Franz Marc. However, it is different from other paintings by the artist. First of all, its main advantage is its special piercing and charm. The horse resembles a young boy who is still full of energy. He bent his head to […]...
8. Description of the painting by Georges Seurat “Horse”He preferred to write on wooden planks rather than on canvas. Later, deciding to create a major work, he pursued the goal to draw attention to himself. And in 1883, in the Salon, he exhibited his paintings, as well as at the First Exhibition of Independent Artists. On one of his large paintings, which Seru […]...
9. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Oleg’s farewell to the horse”The creator of artistic masterpieces in the folk and historical genre is the painter V. M. Vasnetsov. Many will recognize the work of this Russian artist from illustrations of fairy tales and poems seen in childhood. “Oleg’s farewell to the horse” – watercolor work for Pushkin’s poem. This work in rhymed form tells the old […]...
10. Description of the horse monument in VoronezhThe originality of our country can be envied. Russian people have always been famous for their unusual mentality, which often cannot be understood by other countries. Each country has its own monuments. Some of them personify victories in wars, others praise great people, some of them are symbolic, fourth original. The latter are increasingly popular. […]...
11. Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Riders”“Riders” – a relatively little-known picture of M. V. Nesterov. Until recently, the picture remained unknown (from the available images it can be judged that it was stored in a folded position). Perhaps the picture is a sketch for the unwritten large canvas. This can be judged by some freedom of drawing and non-prescribing of […]...
12. Description of the sculpture of Edgar Degas “Horse and Rider”Edgar Degas was born in a fairly wealthy family. For certain reasons, he was forced to sell off his property in order to pay all his father’s debts. Edgar was the oldest child from a large family. The boy showed interest in drawing since childhood, his father encouraged him in every way. Degas loved clear […]...
13. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Bathing a horse”At first glance, the picture is simple and does not require any interpretation at all. A young man bathes a horse – what could be easier? And, probably, in the brush of any other artist, this scene would have remained an ordinary etude, unfinished and insufficiently artistic, which captured a casual domestic scene. Any other […]...
14. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Baba with a horse”Village Russia is one of the favorite themes in the works of Serov. Who, if not Serov, could accurately reproduce the daily life of the peasant life, show the working life of the peasants. The artist did not reproduce the underlined wretchedness of the village or the embellished nature: he looked at the village from […]...
15. Description of the painting by Karl Bryullov “Horsemen”The canvas was written in 1849. Painting style: romanticism, portrait genre. The picture was painted on cardboard, using charcoal, varnish, watercolors and Italian pencil. Bryullov left us a creative legacy of his paintings. His portraits caused a lot of emotion among artists in the past century. Do not leave the viewer indifferent and after almost […]...
16. Description of the painting by Claude Monet “Waves”One of the most masterpieces of Claude Monet dated 1881 with his own signature of the author and the name “Waves”. The picture was written with the help of shale technology, while it is clear that the master was very fond of portraying the sea, and this work is a vivid representative of this. It […]...
17. Description of the painting by Nicolas Poussin “Tancred and Herminia”Poussin really attracted the works of the famous poet Torquato Tasso. He was captured by the maximum confusion of the plot and wonderful adventures. A number of canvases by the artist are written under a strong impression after reading these verses. “Tancred and Erminia” – reveals the artist’s lyricism. In this case, rationalism goes far […]...
18. Description of the painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin “Portrait of a Boy”After the deafening glory that fell on the artist with the painting “Bathing a red horse”, Petrov-Vodkin is looking for new themes for creativity. He was always known as an excellent portrait painter, but the theme of the child portrait became new for the artist. He will return to it repeatedly, depicting children of different […]...
19. Description of the painting by Alexander Popov “In the Shadow”Alexander Popov – a true master. He created magnificent portraits and colorful landscapes. Before the viewer appears Russian nature in all its glory. We see a country road running away. On the left is a bench where you can sit to enjoy the cleanest air. On a hot summer day it is so nice to […]...
20. Description of the engraving of Albrecht Dürer “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”Apocalypse is the world-famous cycle of wood engravings by Albrecht Dürer on a religious theme. The series, made by the German artist in the three-year period from 1496, consists of 15 works depicting the biblical revelation of the final judgment. Prints were published twice. And the most famous is the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” […]...
21. Description of the painting by Igor Grabar “Rowan”Cloth “Rowan” by Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar belong to a rather late period of the artist. The picture is dated 1924. It was during this period, after a break of almost fourteen years (when the artist was engaged in scientific activity and practically did not write) Grabar again takes up a brush. Building a picture is […]...
22. Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “The Bridge. Savvinskaya settlementLevitan Isaac wrote in 1884 his famous painting “The Bridge. Savvinskaya Sloboda”. He once again proves that he is able to convey beauty in the most ordinary things. Composing life and natural beauty, the author goes wonderful live work. The color scheme is in perfect harmony with the feeling and conveys a sunny day. The […]...
23. Description of the painting by Claude Monet “Road to Chailly”Monet’s landscape “The Road to Chailly” (better known as “The Road to Bass Bro, Fonteblo”) has a realistic style of writing. All the strokes on the canvas fall clearly and clearly, although they have different density of application. From the left corner of the canvas into the forest leaves the road. The autumn forest that […]...
24. Description of the painting by Marc Chagall “Model”M. Shagal painted the picture “Model” in 1910. During this period, he already lived in Paris and began to work in the direction of Cubism. The style of the painting is different from the inherent surrealism of the artist. On the canvas depicts a girl painting a picture. She is enthusiastically busy with her business. […]...
25. Description of the painting by Claude Monet “Sea”Monet Claude Oscar – is one of the most famous French artists – painters. On his account a huge number of unique masterpieces. This also includes the most unusual of his works of art, the painting “Sea”. The painting was painted on the canvas in one thousand eight hundred eighty-first year by means of an […]...
26. Description of the painting by Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel “Morning”Art lovers call Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel the mysterious genius of painting. Why such an opinion? Analyzing all the works on genres, in each you can see the conflict, non-existent things for reality. Mikhail Alexandrovich was so entrusted with his thoughts that even the most real plot of the picture turned into something not experienced by […]...
27. Description of the painting by Georges Braque “My bike”The world collection of canvases dedicated to such a genius invention for movement and familiar to most people since childhood, like a bicycle, is not so great. Among these rare specimens is a still life of Georges Braque, which has the appropriate name – “My Bike”. The French artist created another magnificent oil painting in […]...
28. Description of the painting by Kazimir Malevich “On the hayfield” (Kosar)Kazimir Severinovich Malevich painted the picture “On a haymaking” in 1929. And now it is stored in the State Tretyakov Gallery. And it was created in the genre of Suprematism. In his paintings can be traced such trends as cubism and futurism, as well as abstract art. The essence of this picture is peace, which […]...
29. Description of the painting by Georges Seurat “Circus”The picture “Circus” Seurat did not manage to finish on its own. Only a little more than a week after the exhibition began, and suddenly the message – the artist died. The neo-impressionist Maximilian Luce began to finish the canvas. The exact cause of death Seurat did not find out. According to the diagnoses made […]...
30. Description of the painting by Isaac Brodsky “Fallen leaves”Brodsky Isaac Izrailevich – an artist who lived and worked in Soviet times. He wrote many paintings, but the most famous autumn landscapes of Brodsky. He, like no one else, was able to convey the discreet beauty, modest charm and refinement of this time of year. “Fallen leaves” – one of these pictures. It depicts […]...
31. 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 […]...
32. Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “The forest before the stormThis work can rightly be considered the most colorful in the work of the artist. Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin had a weakness for landscapes, considering them as the main inspiration for his canvases. In the future, his paintings will become a kind of symbolism of Russian expanses. The artist himself was called “forest warrior” due to […]...
33. Description of the painting by Paul Cézanne “Mount St. Victoria” (Mount St. Victoire)This artist can be compared with Japanese painters, who could paint their life from time to time one of the most famous mountains in the world – Fujiyama. In Japan, there are quite a lot of artists and photographers who gave their whole lives to display this sacred mountain for the Japanese. They paint it, […]...
34. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Heavenly Battle”Quite a few pictures of Roerich contain images of clouds. So in this picture they are assigned a large part of the canvas. Their image is transmitted by the artist in magnificent forms of patterns, aerial and voluminous, so dissimilar to each other. At the top of the sky, the clouds are white, they still […]...
35. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Polyhedron”Salvador Dali’s painting “polyhedron” is painted in a surrealistic style. Many art critics attribute this work to the style of cubism. But with confidence we can say that the surrealism of this picture just rolls over. Anyone who is familiar with the work of Salvador Dali, immediately recognizes in the film “polyhedron” the hand of […]...
36. Description of the painting by Kazimir Malevich “Red Cavalry”“Red cavalry gallops” – one of the most famous abstract works of Kazimir Malevich. The exact date of writing is unknown. Approximate dating – 1928-1932 years. Difficulties with dating arise from the fact that Malevich, in most of his later works, affixed early dates. For many years, this was the only painting by Malevich, made […]...
37. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Holy Island”1917; canvas, tempera; 49 x 77; The Russian Museum. The picture of Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich “Holy Island” depicts the steep, inaccessible rocky coast of a lonely standing island. On the summit, on the side of the majestic cliff far from the viewer, stands several individual trees. These are tall thin-barred pines stretching towards the sky, […]...
38. Description of the painting by Wassily Kandinsky “Picture with a green center”The picture is painted in oil on canvas in 1913. The work with the green center of Vasily Kandinsky has a traditional compositional construction. The artist builds the depicted composition from the center. This is the way the image of many works of the master is written. In the present work, the centerpiece is a […]...
39. Description of the painting by Vincent Willem Van Gogh “Walk prisoners”The picture was painted by the artist in oil on canvas. Very deep, reflecting the entire tragedy of the life of the author himself. The essence of the image is reduced to the figures of prisoners who roam in a circle, carrying out a day walk. It passes under the watchful and vigilant supervision, which […]...
40. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Thunderstorm”Written in oil on canvas in 1889. Size: 144.5 by 109.5 cm. Stored in the Feodosia Picture Gallery. IK Aivazovsky, Theodosius, Crimea. This work, like many in the work of this artist, is devoted to the elements of the sea. At this time, he pays special attention to the outbreak of bad weather, which took […]...