Mikhail Vrubel

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “The Swan Princess”

This picture is currently posted in the Tretyakov Gallery. For its writing was used the stage image of the heroine of the opera Rimsky-Korsakov “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” set for the plot of

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Bogatyr”

Originally the picture was called “Ilya Muromets”, written by MA Vrubel is incredibly fast, within a couple of weeks, with almost no preliminary sketches and drafts. The shape of the picture was the usual

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “The Tsar of the Sea”

In his work, Mikhail Vrubel paid much attention to the embodiment of fairy-tale characters. He painted magic birds, painted dishes with images of sea princesses, sculpted leshih and mermaids. His work is extraordinary, strange

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “The Head of the Demon”

In the year when Vrubel moved to Moscow, he became acquainted with the then famous writer Konchalovsky, who was working on publishing Lermontov’s works. He ordered from the artist several illustrations to the works

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Pan”

Before us is the famous painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Pan”, written by him in 1899 in the Orlovschina in the estate of M. Tenisheva, a famous Russian philanthropist. What do you see when looking

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Self-portrait”

Self-portrait is the most interesting genre, as each artist somewhat deviates from his own creative features when writing himself. In addition, often the real appearance of the artist may strikingly differ from the self-portrait.

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Catania. Sicily”

The picture was created in 1894 in oil on the tree. The style in painting is realism. Genre – urban landscape. Vrubel became for our country one of those whose creative heritage became the

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “The Virgin and Child”

The icon, written back in 1885 by Vrubel, on the one hand corresponds to all the Orthodox canons of iconography, which strictly enough limit the space available to the artist for fantasy, on the

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Hamlet and Ophelia”

The picture of the famous artist Mikhail Vrubel “Hamlet and Ophelia” was written in 1884 during his student days. Now the canvas is stored in the Russian Museum in the city of St. Petersburg.

Description of the painting by Mikhail Vrubel “Demon Prostrate”

The Demon Outcast is a 1901 painting, painted on canvas with oil. The demon is thrown into the gorge. His hands and body became helpless, his wings spread. Wings demon surrounded, like a fire.
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