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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 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 […]...
3. 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 […]...
4. 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 […]...
5. 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 […]...
6. 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 […]...
7. 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 […]...
8. 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 […]...
9. 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 […]...
10. 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 […]...
11. 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 […]...
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 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. […]...
14. 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 […]...
15. 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 […]...
16. 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 […]...
17. 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 […]...
18. 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 […]...
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 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 […]...
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 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 […]...
25. Description of the painting by Victor Borisov-Musatov “Requiem”Another painting by Borisov-Musatov, Requiem, continues the ideas begun in the Emerald Necklace. The huge easel watercolor worked out to the finest details was devoted to the tragic death of the artist’s close friend N. Yu. Stanyukovich. The artist is incredibly grieving for the person who is beautiful and close to him. The grief caused […]...
26. Description paintings Vasily Polenov “On the boat. Abramtsevo “Abramtsevo is a wonderful place for artists and writers. Since the 1870s, many famous painters have visited it, including Vasnetsov, Repin, Serov, Korovin. Been there and Polenov. Abramtsevo manor was not a place of balls and meetings of notable people. This place was intended for creativity. It preserved the beauty and originality of rural nature, […]...
27. Description paintings Tatiana Yablonskoy “Flax”TN Yablonskaya is a prominent representative of household painting. The uneasy fate of the artist was reflected in her works. Her paintings are often devoted to ordinary working professions, so undeservedly underestimated by others. Work “Flax” extols heavy female labor. The canvas depicts a woman who harvests flax. Her massive figure speaks of rustic health […]...
28. Description paintings by Vincent van Gogh “Irises”This famous painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh was created by him in 1889. “Irises” were one of the last works of the great master. A year later, Van Gogh died. At the time of work on the painting the painter was already incurably ill. He was constantly under the supervision of doctors […]...
29. Description paintings Alexei Savrasov “Country Road”The painting of the great Russian impressionist artist of the XIX century Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov “Country Road” was written in 1873. The canvas depicts a simple and charming Russian land, the grass washed by the rain and a blurred road. In the foreground of the picture, the viewer sees only a marshland, while in the […]...
30. Description of the painting by Vasily Polenova “Old Mill”Vasily Polenov became famous as a master of landscape genre. The painting “The Old Mill” is a vivid example of the creative genius of the artist. The mill is the compositional center of the picture. It is to her, first of all, that the viewers direct their eyes. It creates the impression of fatigue and […]...
31. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Seeing the dead”This picture has received universal recognition not only from the artist’s contemporaries, but also from other “artists”. For example, V. Stasov spoke in a positive tone about the “Wires of the Dead”. For the first time in his life, Perov received a special award for his canvas, which was issued by the central exhibition hall […]...
32. Description of the painting by Yuri Volkov “Wounded”Yuri V. Volkov – an outstanding Soviet artist. He participated in the Great Patriotic War and created realistic paintings with battle scenes. Volkov philosophically approached his works, portrayed military events with particular depth, revealed in them the meaninglessness and insanity of racial ideas. In 1951, the artist created a large-scale two-meter canvas called “Chersonese dead […]...
33. Description paintings Nikolay Krymov “Tarusa”Tarusa occupied a really special place in the artist’s work. He came here every summer. Krymov perceived this landscape exactly as it should have been perceived. Round crowns of trees, woods and fields, a small town with narrow streets. These paintings were traditional for central Russia. Before us is one of the living avatars of […]...
34. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “drowned”Written in 1867, the picture shows the everyday urban scene of royal times: a drowned girl caught from a river and a policeman guarding her dead body. A middle-aged man smokes a pipe and seems immersed in his own thoughts, absolutely indifferent to what happened to the girl. However, there is something in this picture […]...
35. Description paintings Constantine Korovin “Spring”Konstantin Korovin is a Russian artist who is considered one of the fathers of impressionism in Russia. He, like Nesterov and Levitan, created bright, colorful landscapes that easily competed with ordinary everyday scenes and gloomy portraits. His works are still considered masterpieces. After all, it was not for nothing that at the School of Painting […]...
36. 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 […]...
37. Description paintings by Natalia Goncharova “Peacock under the bright sun”Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova, as is known, is a relative of Natalia Nikolaevna Goncharova, the wife of the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. A talented artist studied at the Moscow School of Art and Painting, Architecture and Sculpture. Being formed in the creative direction under the influence of Trubetskoy, Korovin, Volnkhina and Larionov, whom she […]...
38. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Girl”Perov – one of the artists of the Wanderers, who were something akin to the Decembrists, only if the Decembrists wanted to change the world with a kind word and a gun, before the Wanderers believed (and this may have been naive) that they can reach the ruling layers of the power of art. More […]...
39. 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 […]...
40. Description of the painting by Vasily Perov “Rural religious procession at Easter”“The village religious procession at Easter” was Vasily Grigorievich Perov written in 1861. At this time of reforms and transformations, in the year of the abolition of serfdom, the artist sought, through a realistic plot, to convey subtle criticism of modern Russian society. He took it upon himself to dare to denounce some of the […]...