Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Mountain stream in Kashmir”

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1. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Suppression of the Indian uprising by the British”Vasily Vereshchagin was remembered in Russian culture as a famous historical painter who tried to preserve significant events, people’s lives, interesting facts in his paintings. The artist traveled a lot and a trip to India made an indelible impression on him. Inspired by a trip to a country unfamiliar to the Russian people, he painted […]...
2. Description paintings Vasily Vereshchagin “At the door of the mosque”Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin is a famous Russian artist who painted his paintings in the battle genre with unsurpassed realism of the image. Trained in the Naval Cadet Corps, Vereshchagin knew military affairs and national history well, and also studied literature in detail. This opened for him the depth of knowledge on the topic, which he […]...
3. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Under Plevna”The painting was painted in 1878. Vereshchagin devoted it to a significant event: the assault on Pleven, in which a huge number of Russian soldiers were killed. The artist deeply empathized with the sufferings and heroism of the soldiers. The canvas refers to the Balkan series of paintings, which the author created from 1878 to […]...
4. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Forgotten”Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin – a career officer, a graduate of the Marine Corps, preferred the artist’s path to military service. In his work, again, the main theme was military. Vereshchagin can safely be called the predecessor of today’s photojournalists. Knowing the war well, he strove without embellishment and certainly transferred military action to the canvas […]...
5. Description paintings Vasily Vereshchagin “The Lost. Requiem ““The vanquished. Memorial service “refers to the Balkan series of works by the artist Vereshchagin. It depicts the devastating effects of the famous assault on the Bulgarian city of Pleven. For the Russian army, these consequences were expressed in enormous human losses. By the time the picture was created in Russia, there was a tendency […]...
6. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Winners”Vereshchagin merciless in the image of losses and victories. Vereshchagin, perhaps, is the only artist who was not subject to narcissism, and he could fairly truthfully display on his canvases the truth of military life. And if Aivazovsky often depicted sea battles, then Vereshchagin on his canvases portrayed land battles and mostly Asian ones. He […]...
7. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Do not Zaman, Let come”Patriotism was and will always be in vogue among artists. At least, because you can vividly express your attitude towards the Motherland. All Russian artists were quite loyal to Russia. Yes, there was a fashion to paint overseas landscapes. But rather quickly, many artists returned to their native spaces. As for Vereshchagin, there is a […]...
8. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “The Apotheosis of War”The painting “The Apotheosis of War” by the Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin is widely known both in Russia and around the world. Indeed, very few of the artists who specialize in creating canvases about war managed so succinctly and precisely to state the essence of military actions: death, blood and suffering of people. Vereshchagin […]...
9. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “After failure”Vasily Vereshchagin loved to travel, and almost all the time he was traveling. During his life he managed to visit several dozen countries. Among them are the USA, and China, and many regions of the Caucasus and Transcaucasia. However, 2 trips to Turkestan played a special role in his work. It was the memories of […]...
10. Description paintings Vasily Vereshchagin “Before the attack. Under Plevna “Creativity Vereshchagin would be incomplete if it did not have a series of Balkan works. It includes the painting “Before the attack. Under Plevna “, which dates from the year 1881. It is an illustration of the attack of Russian soldiers on the Turkish. The viewer is presented with a whole line of fighters, which […]...
11. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Mortally wounded”Vasily Vereshchagin is a famous Russian artist, whose talented genius was revealed in the second half of the XIX century after writing a series of paintings devoted to his journey as an assistant to the Turkestan governor in Central Asia. The world political situation of that time left much to be desired, endless wars were […]...
12. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “On the Shipka everything is calm…”This picture is part of a large triptych of Vereshchagin about the war under Shipka. But this, as always with this artist, is not an easy part of a triptych. And in general, the very idea of a triptych is not entirely about the war. More precisely, about the war, but not about that combat […]...
13. Description paintings Vasily Vereshchagin “triumphant”Middle Asia. Ancient Samarkand, Registan Square. Now it is a national treasure, but on the canvas it’s just a square where people have always flown to learn something new, or to celebrate an event. On the canvas of the Russian artist Vereshchagin is just a celebration associated with the victory over the enemy. It really […]...
14. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Timur’s Doors” (Tamerlan)The picture is painted in oil on canvas in 1873. Vasily Vereshchagin is an artist who wrote many canvases on the theme of the East, which made him very popular among artists. His paintings help us to return to that difficult time. Exquisite clothes, heavy and durable doors, arms in the form of arrows and […]...
15. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Bayonets! Cheers cheers!”The picture is painted in oil on canvas. Vereshchagin left an invaluable cultural contribution to our state. His work includes dozens of paintings devoted to Russia and the events in it. The painting “In bayonets! Hooray! Hurray! “Is one of the paintings of Vereshchagin’s masterpiece cycle dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812 with Napoleon. […]...
16. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Himalayan pony”Vasily Vereshchagin once roared not only to the whole of Russia, but also to the west. His paintings admired in America and England. In Sweden and Poland. In his works depicting seemingly ordinary scenes from life, something more was hidden. However, having such popularity, the artist did not attend any meetings, did not independently exhibit […]...
17. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Shipka-Sheinovo (Skobelev under Shipka)”Cloth “Skobelev over Shipka” is considered a historical picture, which carries a deep meaning. Vereshchagin created a whole cycle dedicated to the battles of the Balkan campaign. It was one of the most violent wars in the entire history between the Russian and Turkish army in the mountains of Bulgaria. The bloodshed was based on […]...
18. Description of the painting by Basil Vereshchagin “After good luck”Vereshchagin was twice in Central Asia, which inspired him to write the Turkestan series of paintings. The artist in the East was struck and shocked by everything: from the beauty of human hearts and the amazing things created by the hands of people to the cruelty and indifference of the surrounding world. In many paintings […]...
19. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Napoleon at the Borodino Heights”Vereshchagin executed a picture called “Napoleon on the Borodino Heights” where he wrote Napoleon and his retinue. All officers are dressed in full dress uniform, and this is not without reason, much can be explained by the historical background of this battle. Napoleon understood that this battle would be decisive, based on the fact that […]...
20. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Attack by surprise”The painting “Attack by surprise” was painted by the artist in 1871. This work is included in seven etudes about the unequal battles of the Russian squad with enemies. This is a real battle painting, conveying an atmosphere of fear and pain. The author tried to show the resilience of the Russian soldier. Despite the […]...
21. Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “The siege of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra”Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin’s canvas “The Siege of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra,” written in 1891, depicts one of the most bitter periods in the history of our Motherland. It makes no sense to talk about the events that took place at that time, called “Vague”. The painting depicts an episode of the storming of the monastery, although […]...
22. Description of the painting by Peter Vereshchagin “Market in Nizhny Novgorod”Petr Petrovich Vereshchagin, being a researcher of painting, an academician and an artist, was interested in such areas of visual art as realism, and his favorite genre was, of course, the landscape. The artwork of Vereshchagin is full of photographic, as if the viewer is looking at the photo just taken on the camera, which […]...
23. Description of the painting by Peter Vereshchagin “View of the Moscow Kremlin”Petr Petrovich Vereshchagin (1834-1886) was a Russian landscape painter of the nineteenth century, the author of numerous panoramic views and everyday sketches. Born in the city of Perm, traveled a lot. His brushes belong to landscape images of various places in the Urals, Central Russia, Volga region, the Baltic Sea, Transcaucasia and other regions of […]...
24. Description of the painting by Konstantin Korovin “Stream”Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin always loved Russian nature and very often painted it. He saw the beautiful even in the smallest detail. The artist praised the natural perfection and sought to convey its original appearance. His paintings convey the true beauty of the Russian land. In 1898, Konstantin Alekseevich wrote the canvas “Stream”. Remotely, the picture […]...
25. Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “Stream in the forest”Shishkin is famous for the fact that he can very realistically depict all small and at first glance insignificant tracts of his native land. By the slightest brushstrokes of the master, it becomes immediately clear that the artist is not able to imagine himself without his native Russia. “The stream in the forest” seems to […]...
26. Description of the painting by Alexander Ivanov “Trees at the stream”This picture has an inexplicable attraction for most viewers. It is extremely bright, sunny and lively, which explains such beauty. When viewing creates the impression of their own presence in the middle of sunny trees. This is a genre scene, and the artist, it should be noted, coped well with such subjects. In addition to […]...
27. Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “Suvorov’s Crossing the Alps”As a matter of fact, the very idea of ​​the painting arose from the famous Russian artist V. Surikov in honor of the centenary of the Alpine passage of the great commander of the Russian Empire Suvorov, who made this transition at the head of his army in 1799. The picture itself was written entirely […]...
28. Description of the painting by Svyatoslav Roerich “Brahmaputra”From early childhood, Roerich was fond of painting, history, and archeology. He was attracted by Eastern culture. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. The artist was engaged in painting and sketching mosaics for temples in Russia. Acquaintance with Elena Ivanovna Shaposhnikova and gave birth to his love for the East. She […]...
29. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Self-portrait”Nicholas Roerich is known in the world not only as a talented and original artist, but also as a major public figure. After the October Revolution of the seventeenth year, the artist emigrated, but he did not stop working abroad for the benefit of the Fatherland abroad. Being the son of a well-known notary, Nicholas […]...
30. Description of the painting by Vasily Polenov “Winter”The famous Russian artist Vasily Polenov belongs to the era of Russian painting of the second half of the 19th century. He gave the world a large number of works that reflect the beautiful landscapes of immense Russia. One of the most significant pictures in the artist’s biography is the work with the simple and […]...
31. Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “Cossack”Vasily Surikov was born in Siberia, in Krasnoyarsk, in a family of hereditary Cossacks. Among the founders of this city are his ancestors, the Don Cossacks. Repeatedly, he spoke of his origin with the greatest pride; scenes from the Cossack life and colorful images of the Cossacks go through all his work. The artist was […]...
32. Description of the painting by Vasily Polenov “Dream”The painting by Vasily Polenov is one of a series of canvases dedicated to the life of Jesus Christ. The series was created over several years, from 1884 to 1909. Russian paintings of that time show great interest in the history of the Gospel. Looking at the picture, we see Christ sitting on the rocks […]...
33. Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “The Feast of Valtasar”Vasily Surikov was born in Krasnoyarsk in 1848 into a family of hereditary Don Cossacks, who came along with Yermak back in the 16th century when conquering Siberia. The talent for painting manifested itself quite early, but due to the early death of his father, the family did not have the means for a decent […]...
34. Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Himalayas. Pink MountainsThe painting belongs to the mature work of the great Russian artist Nicholas Roerich. Being a man with diverse interests, the master traveled a lot around the world, studying philosophy and religion. One place he loved the most. This place has become a colorful India. Roerich lived there for many years until his death. During […]...
35. Description of the painting by Vasily Tropinin “Goldshaw”For a start, it is worth noting that Vasily Andreyevich Tropinin performed a number of genre-portrait works. In these paintings, he found something subtle and unusual among ordinary people, inconspicuous, which are the main segment of any city. In this case, the eye of the artist drew ordinary seamstress. The work titled “Goldshaw” is a […]...
36. Description of the painting by Vasily Polenov “Golden Autumn”Along with Repin, he received the gold medal of the Academy of Fine Arts, the teacher of Levitan and Ostroukhov and lived to be recognized as “People’s Artist of the RSFSR”, Vasily Polenov, among a number of works that brought him worldwide fame (they made him a member and French Academy) and wrote a relatively […]...
37. Description of the painting by Vasily Andreevich Tropinin “Beggar Old Man (1823)”For this picture Vasily Andreyevich Tropinin received the title of academician. The artist was an incredibly talented portrait painter who lived and worked in Moscow. He painted portraits of the most noble people of the capital, and he captured the heroes who took part in the war that took place in 1812. The Creator created […]...
38. Description of the painting by Vasily Tropinin “Woman in the window”The great Russian artist Tropinin differs from other masters of painting in that it complements each picture of a certain direction with its characteristic detail and technique. Heroes, which were embodied in the paintings of the artist, are depicted in luxury and parade. The biography of the Russian artist had a strong influence on the […]...
39. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “The arrival of the policeman for the investigation”Far from everyone thought about which of the Russian artists is still popular today? Whose works are discussed most of all because they reflect the hopelessness, hopelessness and infamy of today’s Russian life? We are talking about a Russian artist named Vasily Perov. It was in his work that the depression, the life and the […]...
40. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Last tavern at the outpost”The visual activity of Vasily Grigorievich Perov has undergone a lot of changes associated with stylistic features: the master abandoned a large number of areas that are associated with characters, a grotesque diversity of color. The gamma of the picture becomes complex, and the plot is revealed with the help of a coloristic conclusion, figurative […]...