Description of the painting by Vasily Vereshchagin “Under Plevna”

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1. 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 […]...
2. 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 […]...
3. 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 […]...
4. 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 […]...
5. 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 […]...
6. 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 […]...
7. 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. […]...
8. 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 […]...
9. 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 […]...
10. 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 […]...
11. 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 […]...
12. 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 […]...
13. 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 […]...
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 “Mountain stream in Kashmir”Vasily Vereshchagin was one of the most famous Russian artists describing military hardships. Many of his works were never exhibited in Russia due to the realistic scenes. After the Russian-Turkish war, Vereshchagin lived and worked in Munich, writing a large number of works on military subjects. All of them had a common motive for presenting […]...
16. 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 […]...
17. 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 […]...
18. 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 […]...
19. 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 […]...
20. 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 […]...
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 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 […]...
23. 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 […]...
24. 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 […]...
25. Description of the painting by Franz Roubaud “Defense of Sevastopol”Separately, I want to talk about the history of the panorama of the “Defense of Sevastopol”, which is in fact no less dramatic than the history of this war itself, where the army of the Russian empire lost even in spite of unquestioned heroism and dedication of the soldiers. In 1899, on the eve of […]...
26. Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “Cossacks in a boat”The great artist Vasily Surikov loved his native Siberian lands very much. This was the reason for the creation of his works in historical genre. The struggle of Ermak with the Tatars was a very interesting topic for the painter. The etude “Cossacks in a boat” was created in 1892 in Krasnoyarsk. Later it became […]...
27. Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak”This picture was given to the author is not easy, he wrote her four years. He finished work on it only in 1895. After all, he did not accidentally decide to write this particular picture, because the release from the Tatar Khan turned out to be very significant for Russia. In addition, the author himself […]...
28. Description of the painting by Konstantin Yuon “Parade on Red Square”Konstantin Yuon is a famous Soviet artist who painted his painting Parade on Red Square in 1941. It was a terrible time for Russia. That November, the Germans were already on their way to Moscow, and it seemed to everyone that time was not suitable for holding a solemn military parade. But the traditions were […]...
29. Description of the painting by Michelangelo Buanarroti “Battle of Kashin”Michelangelo worked on a huge cardboard. For this, he was allocated the premises of the dyer hospital. He fills the canvas with naked soldiers who decide to swim in the heat in the Arno River. But at that time, anxiety was heard in the camp calling for a fight. Michelangelo depicted the soldiers who hastily […]...
30. Description of the painting by Vasily Khudyakov “An encounter with the Finnish smugglers”The work “An Encounter with Finnish Smugglers” by Vasily Khudyakov is of interest, first of all, because along with the painting “The Temptation” by artist Nikolai Gustavovich Schilder, it laid the foundation for the famous Tretyakov Gallery. May 10, 1856 – the day of the acquisition of these works by Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov is considered […]...
31. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “Bayan”One of the last masterpieces of the artist, who worked on in an alarming situation – at this time, the time of the “Balkan Wars”, where the descendants of the Vasnetsov warriors-Slavs fought against each other, it became obvious that Russia would soon have a big war. Hence the plot and multicolor, disturbing color combinations […]...
32. Description of the painting by Peter Krivonogov “Defenders of the Brest Fortress”Pyotr Alexandrovich Krivonogov is a battle painter whose paintings have become classics of battle paintings and the graphic chronicle of the Patriotic War. Cloths are included in the collection of Russian realistic art. PA Krivonogov was a member of the art studio of military artists, specialized in military subjects and agitation-military graphics. A year after […]...
33. Description of the painting by Mikhail Lomonosov “Poltava battle”Mikhail Lomonosov is an inquisitive naturalist, a gifted writer and the wisest philosopher did not bypass such an important area of ​​creative work as the visual arts. He studied the properties of glass and, struck by the extraordinary beauty of smalt – colored glass, became interested in making mosaic canvases. One of such a way […]...
34. Description of the painting by Alexei Danilovich Kivshenko “Military Council in Fili (1812)”This picture represents an extremely important event that played an important role in the history of the Russian Empire. The plot reflects the collection of commanders, which took place in the early nineteenth century. Its initiator was Michael Illarionovich Kutuzov. After the recent battle, known as Borodino, the Russian army suffered heavy losses. The ranks […]...
35. Description of the painting by Yuri Raksha “Field Kulikovo”This picture is the most famous work of the popular Soviet artist Yuri Raksha. Triptych consists of three separate pictures, united by one theme. The first is the “Blessing on the Battle”, the second is the “Exposure”, and the third is the “Seeing off the militia”. Instead of depicting scenes on the battlefield, the artist […]...
36. Description of the painting by Pavel Krivonogov “Duel”The painting “Duel” evokes the most patriotic feelings of anyone who sees it, and it does not matter whether you are Russian or of a different nationality. It is imbued with the power of spirit and will, because not every person will be able to part with life for the idea, for the country! Peter […]...
37. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Battle with the Amazons”The painting was painted by Rubens in 1618. Who are the Amazons? This is a tribe of women who are known to us from the mythology of antiquity. They constantly hunted and fought. Their main armament was a spear, an ax and a bow, as well as a shield. Most often, the Amazons were depicted […]...
38. Description of the painting by Yuri Neprintsev “Rest after the battleThe picture Neprintsev “Rest after the battle” was the result of the painstaking and long work of the author on the characters of the characters. The artist has a great sense of respect for his characters and seeks to bring it to the viewer. A simple pictorial solution does not obscure the main idea of […]...
39. Description of the painting by Vasily Surikov “Morning Strelets penalty”Painting by the famous artist V. I. Surikov “Morning Streltsy Penalty” is a recognized masterpiece of the author, written in the genre of historical painting. The picture tells about the terrible and bloody event in the history of our country: about the punishment of Tsar Peter over the archers, which formed the basis of military […]...
40. Description of the painting by Mitrofan Grekov “Trumpeters of the first cavalry army”MB Grekov is the founder of Russian battle painting. According to his works, one can study the history of the Soviet state and visually see everyday events. One of the clearest examples of work in this area is the painting “Trumpeters of the First Cavalry Army”. The artist was called up for military service and […]...