Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Portrait of Lopukhina”

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1. Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Portrait of Gavrila Derzhavin”There is nothing more difficult in pictorial art as the work on the portrait. It is not easy to convey the emotions of a living person to your canvas with colors and your skill. Borovikovsky is perhaps the only Russian painter who knew how to paint portraits. Before us are two portraits of the same […]...
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3. Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Portrait of D. A. Derzhavinoy”Daria Alekseevna Derzhavina – the wife of the poet Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin, a Russian poet of the late eighteenth century. Daughter of Petersburg State Councilor Alexei Dyakov and Princess Myshetskaya. Derzhavin devoted many of his poems to her, in which he called her Milena. In the portrait of 1813, made by artist Vladimir Borovikovsky, Daria […]...
4. Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Portrait of Arsenyeva”Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky outstanding portraitist of the 18th century. His most famous paintings are portraits of young and beautiful girls. “Portrait of Arsenyev” is just such. The painting depicts a girl of about sixteen. She has blond curly hair long below the shoulders. Ruddy puffy cheeks, but rather white skin. According to the girl alongside, […]...
5. Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Portrait of E. A. Naryshkina”The divine beauty of the daughter of Ober Chamberlain A. L. Naryshkin, could not leave indifferent the icon painter Vladimir Borovikovsky. The formation of his work happened in childhood, when his father and brothers, being icon painters, taught the future artist all the basics of craftsmanship. After serving in the Cossack regiment from 1774-1780, he […]...
6. Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Annunciation”The Annunciation – a painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky, presumably written in 1810-1820, represents one of two types characteristic of his work – religious motifs and secular portraits. The picture is in the Russian Museum of St. Petersburg. Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky was a Russian artist, who was considered the main portraitist of Russia at the turn […]...
7. Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Christ blessing a kneeling man”Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky was born into a noble, but poor family. At the time of Vladimir’s birth, the Borovikovskys owned only a house in Mirgorod and a couple of land plots. The father and brothers of the future artist were engaged in icon painting, and Vladimir was going to choose this same type of painting […]...
8. Description of the painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky “Children with a lamb”The picture is painted in oil on canvas in 1790. Borovikovsky – is one of the great and last artists of the Enlightenment. He was born in Ukraine, created many canvases on the historical and church theme. He was a master of portraiture. The beginning of his work was in childhood. He was born in […]...
9. Description of the painting by Vladimir Lebedev “Portrait of S. D. Lebedeva”Portrait of S. Lebedeva, written in 1936, the artist dedicated to his first wife, Sarah Dmitrievna Lebedeva (Darmolatova). The picture shows a pretty woman with an intelligent face and a friendly look, such as her contemporaries knew. The portrait remained with the artist until his death. Sarah Dmitrievna is known as an outstanding Soviet sculptor, […]...
10. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Portrait of Vladimir Dahl”A magnificent portrait of the famous Russian writer and ethnographer Vladimir Dahl was written by Vasily Perov in 1872. This was the last year of Dahl’s life, we see an elderly person sitting in a chair with many wrinkles and a gray beard. The artist portrayed him in such a way that in this fading […]...
11. Description of the painting by Vladimir Tatlin “Sailor”The work of Vladimir Tatlin “Sailor” in fact – this is an autobiographical portrait. At the age of 14, Vladimir ran away from home and got a job working as cabin boy on a ship. Year young man sailed in the Black Sea. In the portrait we see a young man. In the background, the […]...
12. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of V. V. Stasov”Repin, talking in high artistic circles, met a famous art critic, art critic Stasov, who over time became a good friend to him. They often travel together. One day, together with Stasov, Repin arrives in Dresden, where they stay at a local hotel. Here, in the room, the artist writes a masterpiece “Portrait of V. […]...
13. Description of the painting by Claude Monet “Self-portrait”Claude Monet is a heritage of world culture, whose works are made in the style of impressionism. The French artist not only created this trend, but also used this trend in all his works. And one of his works, which are of particular interest to the viewer, is a self-portrait. In this picture, the viewer […]...
14. Description of the painting by Vladimir Zhukovsky “Interior room”The picture was painted by the great artist of the past epoch Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky in 1920. In creating the masterpiece, the author used canvas and oil, size 86×103. Russian artist, representative of historical modernity. One of the famous and popular landscape painters in the country. In the paintings of the artist dominated the theme […]...
15. Description of the painting by Sandro Botticelli “Portrait of a young man”The painting “Portrait of a Young Man” was made by Sandro Botticelli with tempera and oil paints on a tree approximately in 1483. Genre – portrait. The full-face portrait depicts a young youth with a pleasant, dreamy face, large, expressive brown eyes. Direct and open look attracts attention. There is not a shadow of doubt, […]...
16. Description of the painting by Anthony Van Dyck “Family Portrait”This picture is one of the brightest in the works of the painter. But she harbors a mystery. It is difficult enough to resist the charm of this wonderful portrait. His power is really intriguing. It helps to awaken the imagination, the desire to speculate characters. The viewer wants to come up with a story […]...
17. Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “Self-portrait”Self-portrait Shishkin wrote more than once. The younger work of the artist dates back to 1854. At the time when the first portrait of himself was painted, young Shukshin, being a student of the Moscow School of Architecture, Painting and Sculpture. At that time, he, full of success and in anticipation of fame, presented his […]...
18. Description of the painting by Dmitry Levitsky “Portrait of N. A. Lvov” (1789)The artist’s skill was manifested in portrait art, and he is known not only for ceremonial, but also for chamber images, in which all the details were of great importance: clothing, location in space, posture, setting, facial expression, glance, even background. However, the portrait painter was not a formalist and often departed from the rules […]...
19. Description of the painting by Vladimir Makovsky “On a hot day”Vladimir Makovsky was always perfectly able to convey everyday scenes from the life of ordinary people. Certain features of his artistic style make it possible to find a common concept and technique from the pictures of different subjects, with the help of which the author allows us to easily enter the Russian soul. One of […]...
20. Description of the painting by Vladimir Makovsky “On the boulevard”Vladimir Makovsky touched upon one of the most acute problems in Russia of that time in the film “On the Boulevard”, written in 1877, which now may seem distant and irrelevant, but to contemporaries it should have seemed quite typical. The main problem of the painting is the departure of the peasants in the city […]...
21. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn “Self-portrait”Rembrandt is a 17th century Dutch artist. He painted over 90 of his portraits. And his most famous self-portrait was written in 1640, already being a well-known and recognized artist. Rembrandt became famous as a portrait painter. Among other famous self-portraits, the work of 1640 stands out. Pictured here is a confident man dressed in […]...
22. Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Self-portrait 1928”The painting, painted in 1928, is a canvas depicting the great Russian artist Nesterov himself. Interestingly, the painter depicted himself in restrained colors, paying more and more attention to facial expressions, facial expressions, and gaze. Nesterov is considered a skillful master of his craft and the greatest portrait painter, however, it is much more difficult […]...
23. Description of the icon by Andrei Rublev “Our Lady of Vladimir”The well-known painting “The Virgin of Vladimir” was created by Rev. Andrei Rublev in 1406. The painting depicts the Mother of God, which holds the child tightly to her. The baby is sitting on the mother’s right hand. The son, loving, hugged the mother for the neck. This is jesus. His right hand stretches forward […]...
24. Description of the painting by Vladimir Makovsky “Shepherd”The painting “Shepherd” – a vivid example of Russian realistic painting. The work is obviously textbook in nature and seeks to show the life of the simple Russian people as accurately and clearly as possible. So deep into the world of childhood artist helps the birth of their own sons. In the center of the […]...
25. Description of the painting by Vladimir Makovsky “I will not publish”V. Ye. Makovsky wrote wonderful genre scenes, which at times were incriminating in relation to the evils of society. Russian artist imbued with sympathy for these ulcers of public life, brought into the world a lot of tears, pain and death. The picture “I will not let you go” tells us about the harmful burden […]...
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28. Description of the painting by Ivan Kramsky “Portrait of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin”For the Tretyakov Gallery, Ivan Kramskoy commissioned a series of works in the portrait genre. It was necessary to depict on canvases figures of Russian culture. It is no coincidence that M. Saltykov-Shchedrin, a man of great intelligence, a writer of multi-genre literature, in particular satirical accusatory works about events in Russian society, made this […]...
29. Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Portrait of Rostopchinoy”“Portrait of Rostopchina” – doubles with a portrait of her husband, and shows him a kind of opposite. Mrs. Rastopchina’s husband was a fussy, talkative, noisy man. He was a collector and a writer, for some time was elected as the Moscow governor, and was the soul of the company, easy-going and fun. His wife, […]...
30. Description of the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto “Self-portrait”Before us is a grandiose self-portrait, which the artist wrote at the age of 70 years. Creation is really impressive to the depths of the soul. As for the flowers, the impression is monochrome. It is no coincidence. That is how the artist affects us on a psychological level. The background is very gloomy and […]...
31. Description of the painting by Nicholas Ge “Self-portrait”During his life, the famous artist Nikolai Nikolayevich Ge painted a great many works. Among them were paintings on religious themes, works describing historical events, beautiful landscapes. Some of his works were considered the heights of Russian creativity, some were completely unrecognized, but absolutely everything was impressed by the ability of the artist to truly […]...
32. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Self-portrait” (June 30, 1972)Pablo Picasso – a great painter who wrote many paintings. The artist created the best canvases after his 70s. He wrote quite a few images and, most interestingly in this, more of them were in different styles of drawing. In the African period, Picasso presented a self-portrait, created June 30, 1972, and this work of […]...
33. Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Portrait of the daughter of O. M. Nesterova”The portrait of Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov’s daughter, Olga Nesterova, was written by her father in 1906, becoming one of the first works of the artist in portrait genre. The painting is also known as “Amazon”; it shows a slender young girl in a black Amazon and a small red cap standing on the bank of […]...
34. Description of the painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Self-portrait”The canvas was created in 1915 in oil on a tree. Nesterov is a great Russian artist who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His paintings are known throughout our country. He was a master of portrait. But even more significant are his canvases on religious themes, paintings of temples. Nesterov, the […]...
35. Description of the painting by Viktor Vasnetsov “Self-portrait”Vasnetsov created his first “Self-portrait” in 1873. The master of the brush was very serious about writing any portrait image, he was sure that there was no need to invent anything in the portrait, you just need to fully see the person. So he created a self-portrait in his vision of himself. The canvas was […]...
36. Description of the icon by Simon Ushakov “Mother of God of Vladimir”The famous Russian icon painter Ushakov created a huge variety of skillful icons. His works are made in the classical church style. The iconographic paintings of Simon Ushakov sparkle with gold and precious stones. The master knew how to choose the right colors to convey the splendor of biblical characters and scenes. One of his […]...
37. Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Portrait of Davydov”Orest Adamovich Kiprensky painted a portrait of Davydov in 1809, when the war with Napoleon was just beginning. This picture is a reflection of the poetic cult of the brave and strong hero that prevailed at that time, ready to give a soul for the Motherland. The portrait is associated with Denis Davydov because of […]...
38. Description of the painting by Orest Kiprensky “Portrait of Avdulin”In 1823, the Russian artist Kiprensky completed the work on a portrait of a woman who later became recognized as one of the best in the genre of romanticism. He wrote in Paris to Catherine Avdulin, the spouse of a major general who was a big fan of secular balls and acquaintances with people of […]...
39. Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Portrait of Turgenev”It is no coincidence that portrait is the most complex genre. The task of the painter is not as simple as it may first seem. It is necessary not only to accurately convey facial features and a lot of other important details. It is necessary that the creation become a true masterpiece. A portrait becomes […]...
40. Description of the painting by Yuri Annenkov “Portrait of Akhmatova”Anna Akhmatova is a great poetess and just a woman with an interesting and sad fate. Her poems are still very popular, moreover, and despite the fact that they were written in the period of the strictest law on the press, and in the 20s they reflected the whole essence of that modernity – which […]...