Description of the sketch of Leon Bakst “Sleeping Beauty”

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1. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “The Firebird”Artist Leon Bakst became famous as a theater graphic artist. The premiere of the famous Russian ballet called “The Firebird” took place thanks to the solid work of art masters, including Bakst. He created costumes for the main characters – for the female roles of the Firebird and the Princess. Sketches “Firebird” was carried out […]...
2. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Portrait of Zinaida Hippius”Leon (or “The Lion”) Samoilovich Bakst was one of the most talented set designers and artists of the turn of the century. First revealed himself in the art world association, where he worked side by side with his friend Alexander Benois, Bakst was rapidly gaining popularity in painting circles with his successful graphic sketches, book […]...
3. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Self-portrait”The painting, written by Leon Samoylovich Bakst in 1893, is now kept in the State Russian Museum, in St. Petersburg. It is known that Leon Bakst was recognized as a real trendsetter in painting, such as Orientalism of the early twentieth century – the desire for exotic, “unusual”. After studying at the Imperial Academy of […]...
4. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Dinner”Once two artists, united by friendly feelings and proximity to the group “World of Art”, Leon Bakst and Valentin Serov, enjoying the view of the streets of night Paris, decided to go to a cafe. In the farthest corner sat a woman, whose portrait Bakst did not fail to draw on a napkin. She was […]...
5. Description of the painting by Leon (Lev) Bakst “Portrait of Alexei Tolstoy”The portrait of the writer Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy was made using lithography and graphics techniques in 1909. The following materials were used for the work: gray paper, pencil, watercolor, ink, whitewash, gold, silver. In portrait painting, Leon Bakst showed himself as a magnificent portrait painter, able to convey the characteristics and mood of a model. […]...
6. Description of the painting by Leon (Lev) Bakst “Young Booth”Leon Bakst created a sketch of the costume “A Young Beetian” for N. N. Cherepnin’s ballet performance “Narcissus” in 1911. The work was done in pencil and watercolor on paper. In the dance movement, a young dancer bursts into the canvas, filling the whole space with his energy and with his energy. Flexible lines, soft […]...
7. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Rain”Year of creation – 1906, materials – paper, ink, gouache, dimensions – 15.9 by 13.3 cm. Stored in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Leon Bakst is a magnificent graphic artist, set designer and decorator, originally from the Belarusian city of Grodno, which is not so widely known now. Nevertheless, his work deserves special attention. […]...
8. Description of Leon Bakst’s painting “Ancient Horror”The artist collected the picture in parts for several long years, fixing every moment of his stay in Greece and acquaintance with the era of Antiquity. Because on the canvas, defying the spatial and temporal framework, coexist and monuments dating back to the ancient Aegean culture of the XIII century BC. e., and architectural ensembles […]...
9. Description of the painting by Georges Seurat “Sleeping”The Parisian artist Georges Seurat belongs to the representatives of post-impressionism. During his short life, Seurat managed to get a good art education, write a series of original paintings and even create a new direction in art. The invented branch of painting was called “pointillism”, or “divisionism” in another way. Later, the rest of the […]...
10. Description of the painting by Konstantin Somov “Sleeping young woman in the park”Somov is a Russian artist of the late 19th century, who preferred portraits and landscapes. He usually worked in the style of “modern”, which is characterized by attention to detail, the absence of sharp straight lines in favor of naturalness and smoothness, as well as the desire to bring art into all spheres of human […]...
11. Description of the painting by Alexei Venetsianov “Sleeping Shepherd”Venetsianov Alexey Gavrilovich is a sign figure in the history of Russian painting. Amazingly, he, who had never studied at the Academy of Arts, managed not only to occupy a prominent place in the pleiad of artists, but also to create a new direction in his art form. Venetsianov was one of the first to […]...
12. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Sleeping Girl”One of the famous works of the period of surrealism by Pablo Picasso, is a portrait of “Sleeping Girl” in 1935. The painting depicts Maria Theresa Walter – the model, muse and mistress of the famous Spanish artist. Picasso met Maria when she was 17 years old, at that time she was already married to […]...
13. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Sleeping Children”Russian artist Perov was able to find beautiful features in the ordinary, and in the best light to show them in his paintings. The work “Sleeping Children” was created in 1870. On the canvas, we see an unpretentious genre scene. Two children lie in an old barn, immersed in a serene deep sleep. The poverty […]...
14. Description of the painting by Giorgione “Sleeping Venus”This painting was created by the Venetian artist Giorgione, who is known throughout the world. Shortly after the start of work on the Sleeping Venus, the artist left this light. And it turned out that the picture remained unfinished. It is known that Giorgione independently managed to write Venus. But the authorship of the rock, […]...
15. Description of the painting by Nikolay Krymov “Sketch”1917 1918 Nikolai Krymov is a Russian artist who for a long time tried to form his own creative style, and with time he succeeded. He became a true expert in the field of landscapes. Krymov loved to depict nature, and also always vehemently defended it, the works of IA Kuindzhi strongly influenced the artist’s […]...
16. Description of the painting by Victor Vasnetsov “The Sleeping Princess”Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov painted the painting “The Sleeping Princess” in 1926. Currently it belongs to the Moscow House of Vasnetsov. This is one of the works illustrating a fairy tale. The artist caught the moment when the beautiful princess pricked her finger on a sharp spindle and froze in deep oblivion. A magical spell was […]...
17. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Sleep” (“Sleeping”)Before us is one of the most famous and controversial paintings by Dali, which entered the cycle “Paranoia and War.” A gigantic, almost amorphous head, an unpleasant bluish (if not “bluish”) shade, a head that is only a thin, unnaturally elongated thread of the “neck” associated with the body remaining on the ground seems to […]...
18. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of P. P. Dyagilev”In this picture, Serov V. A. depicts an outstanding figure of Russian culture, the organizer of many exhibitions and operas, including in Paris, the creator of the literary journal “World of Art” Sergey P. Dyagilev. This portrait of Serov began to paint in 1904, but the artist quickly lost interest in the painting. That is […]...
19. Description of the painting by Vladimir Makovsky “Russian Beauty”Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky – one of the greatest artistic figures of his time. He was born in 1846 in the family of the founder of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. From childhood, the future artist was surrounded by art in all its manifestations: thematic evenings were organized in the family, to which […]...
20. Description of the painting by Boris Kustodiev “Beauty”Boris Kustodiev painted this picture in 1915. A magnificent Russian beauty, a well-known artist of the theater of that time, agreed to pose for the artist. In the center of the picture is a real Russian beauty in the body. She is full of strength and energy, her body radiates health, and her delicate white […]...
21. Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Sketch of the fireplace”“Mikula Selyaninovich and Volga” – the author’s name of the ceramic fireplace, which Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel created for two years. However, the full cycle of its creation dates back to much earlier times. By order of Mamontov, a prominent artist and collector of the late nineteenth century, Mikhail Vrubel created pictorial panels depicting historical, epic […]...
22. Description of the painting by Vasily Ivanovich Surikov “Siberian Beauty (1891)”The first thoughts that arise when seeing this picture, once again convince us that the true female beauty does not need any decorations. This opinion was shared by the artist himself, who was from Siberia and loved his native country very much. He often used images of his countrymen for writing canvases. It depicts a […]...
23. Description of the painting by Edgar Degas “Blue Dancers”Want to look into the world of theater backstage? Out of the corner of my eye to notice the pre-premiere bustle, try to feel the excitement of the artists before going on stage? The best expert in ballet among artists Edgar Degas with his works will help the viewer in this. As you know, Degas […]...
24. Description of the painting by Kitagawa Utamaro “Beauty”Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro perfectly mastered the famous ukiyo-e technique. He especially liked to draw women. First, the artist began with portraits to the chest, but after that he began to devote time to the details of clothing and some surrounding things. He spent a lot of time in Yoshiwara’s Chinatown. There, a young talented […]...
25. Description of the painting by Titian Vecellio “Beauty”Among the master’s works, portraits occupy a special place. In the early period, when the artist only observed the beauty of the earth and people, learned to see the beauty of the external and internal, a whole series of female portraits appeared. For each portrait lay an imprint of the high Renaissance style, where each […]...
26. Description of the painting by Caravaggio “Sleeping Cupid”In the days when Caravaggio began to write this picture, most people firmly believed that the very immersion in sleep can serve as a symbol of liberation from such qualities as sensuality. Knights aspired to him, who in their time gave a vow of celibacy and chastity. The cupid in the picture, too, is immersed […]...
27. Description of the painting by Edgar Degas “Prima Ballerina”The end of the ballet performance. All the artists are behind the scenes, and only the prima ballerina goes out alone. The audience is raging, the audience is not exiting. And she gracefully bows as if to every applauding person separately. It is her duty to thank the audience in this way for the fact […]...
28. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Anna Pavlova”Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov was born and grew up in a creative environment. His parents formed a famous musical tandem: father is a composer and mother is a pianist. In their house people of art of the most different directions gathered. Noticing her son’s interest in the visual arts, his mother sent him to study in […]...
29. Description of the painting by Edgar Degas “Dancers in Pink”This picture is written in the genre of impressionism and is one of the most famous works of Edgar Degas, who was interested in the image of “ballet stories.” It is characterized by an unusual composition and a complex internal system of images. The artist captured the moment of preparing the ballerinas for their performance. […]...
30. Description of the painting by Isaac Levitan “Winter road in the forest”Any artist has a sketchbook – this is such a folder where sketches, sketches or just sketches of details for the future canvas are put together. Many museums keep such sketches from da Vinci or from Monet. There are such sketches or sketches and Levitan. Before us is one of such works, made in pencil […]...
31. Description of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci “The head of a woman”Leonardo Da Vinci – the great artist of the Renaissance. The most important feature of his work is that he with incredible accuracy and expressiveness conveyed the emotions of a person in his paintings, carefully drawing absolutely everything, even the smallest details. In order to complete the work, the great artist repeatedly made multiple sketches […]...
32. Description of the painting by Edgar Degas “Dance Lesson”Grace, beauty and sophistication – that’s what comes through in all the paintings of Edgar Degas, dedicated to ballet. The master of painting painted ballet dancers in different techniques, and everything can be seen – he was always fascinated by the plasticity of young dancers. And at the same time, I understood very well how […]...
33. Description of the painting by Edgar Degas “Dance Class”“Dance Class” – one of the most famous works of Edgar Degas. The artist wrote a lot of the artistic world, depicting actors, opera singers and dancers in his paintings. Backstage inspired the author; He often visited the Paris Opera, looking for scenes for future paintings. In the end, he became behind the scenes “his” […]...
34. Description of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci “Self-portrait”“Self-portrait” by Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most famous works of the artist, which, perhaps, gives viewers an idea of what the famous Renaissance artist looked like. However, some experts believe that this is a completely different person. However, this picture was painted at about the time when Leonardo was about 60 years […]...
35. Description of the painting by Edgar Degas “Star”“Brilliant, semi-aerial…”. Ballet has always inspired the great geniuses of art to create unfading masterpieces. And just like Pushkin in a few lines conveyed all his admiration for the grace and beauty of the ballerina, so Degas managed to capture a moment of ballerina hovering on a wave of glory and applause from the public […]...
36. 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 […]...
37. Description of the painting by Alexei Stepanov “Bear”Alexey Stepanovich Stepanov – Russian and animal painter. He acted as an illustrator for the book “Pictures from Russian nature and life.” This artist does not have such mass fame, such as Levitan or Shishkin, but it is one of the best realistic authors of the beginning of the 20th century. It is considered one […]...
38. Description paintings by Philip Malyavina “Baba”Philip Malyavin is one of the brightest nuggets of distinctive Russian culture. He was born and grew up in the village of Kazanka of the Samara province and from childhood was immersed in the specific atmosphere of peasant life, surrounded by all the warmth and originality of the Russian national order and Orthodox traditions. From […]...
39. Description of the painting by Francesco Parmigianino “Madonna with a long neck”“Madonna with a long neck” is far from both academic and iconographic canons. In fact, she opposes all canons. On it, Maria holds in her arms the baBy A sleeping baby, Christ, but the color of his body and how relaxed it bends looks as if the baby is dead or is sleeping in a […]...
40. Description of the painting by Konstantin Yuon “Winter Forest”Winter is a great time of the year. The snow covers everything with white veil, the trees stand black and bare, the sky is cloudy and looms above the ground. Nature is sleeping. Many animals went into hibernation, birds flew away to the warm edges, people hid in a hut. Everything is saved from the […]...