The talented artist Konstantin Yuon created the picture “The Sorceress-Winter” in 1912, when he, a young, energetic painter, was looking for his own ways of expressing the splendor of his native land. This picture of a joyful winter mood tells of the wonders and fun of the winter, of a snow-white fairy tale that adorned … Read more
This painting was written in 1878, it can be attributed to the Balkan cycle of written paintings. In it, the artist shows us the value of the victory of the Russian army over the enemy in the Russian-Turkish war in the mountains of Bulgaria. The painting depicts a parade at the settlements of Sheinovo and … Read more
This picture, we can refer to the cycle of Balkan paintings, which the artist dedicated to the Russian-Turkish war of 1878-1879, where he himself took part. This is one of the famous paintings was written in the same period. His work, Vereshchagin dedicated the tragedy. Telish is a settlement, it was under this settlement that … Read more
Ostroukhov Ilya Semenovich is a real master in writing landscapes. He painted a lot of pictures about nature, but his best work is “Golden Autumn”. I myself love summer more, but looking at this picture, I understand that every season is beautiful in its own way, one has only to be able to discern this … Read more
Painting is inexhaustible in its ability to recreate the world of nature. Before us is the picture “View of the Volga. Barges.” A high mast stands against the background of light, swirling clouds, and its point almost merges with the damp blue of the air. A half-sail is stationary. With long, dense strokes, the artist … Read more
There is this painter has two wonderful landscapes and both of them are dedicated to Italy, and to be precise, spring in Italy. Actually, spring is a wonderful time of the year everywhere. But Levitan reveals to us the Italian spring, which means that there is something in it. Two landscapes created in one year … Read more
Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon was originally a recognized master of landscape. But in 1921, in an impressionistic manner, he painted an unusual picture of the “New Planet”, which became one of the artist’s most vivid works. This picture is not only about how a new planet is born in the universe, here through allegory, Yoon portrayed … Read more
In front of me is Maximov’s painting titled “All in the Past,” in the foreground we see two elderly women: the lady and her assistant. In the street a warm and clear spring day, the lady decided to enjoy the rays of the tender sun. She sits on a soft armchair, behind her is a … Read more
The painting “Moon Night” was written by I. Kramskoy in 1880. Night landscapes are not uncommon in the artist’s work (we recall his “May Night”, “Evening at the Dacha”, “Divine Divination”). And in “Moonlit Night” – one of his most famous paintings – Kramskoy again takes up the solution of a complex coloristic task. He … Read more
Leonardo da Vinci “Madonna and Child” (Madonna Litta), 1490 – 1491g, canvas, tempera. 42×33 cm, The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg The painting is executed, obviously, in Milan, where the artist moved in 1482. It belongs to the number of works, the appearance of which marked a new stage in Renaissance art – the approval of … Read more