The richness of the world of painting in this work is revealed to us by Pyotr Konchalovsky. Painting “Lilacs in the basket” causes a mute delight, amazing with the violence and brightness of colors. Petro Petrovich devoted a lot of his paintings to lilacs. By the way, he was an excellent gardener and liked to … Read more
Mikhail Nesterov wrote in 1940 in the preface to his memoirs: “I avoided portraying strong passions, preferring to our quiet landscape, a person living in inner life, and in my portraits written in recent years, I was attracted to those people whose path was a reflection of thoughts, feelings, their deeds. “ Throughout his life … Read more
Painter Bryullov found his true vocation in portrait painting, reaching in his portraits and paintings of the highest pictorial class. The heroes of Bryullov’s portraits are almost always attractive. This is explained by the fact that most often these are people of extraordinary, bright personalities, and the fact that Bryullov avoided writing portraits of those … Read more
Joseph Moiseevich Chaikov is a famous sculptor who tried to solve unusual, uncharacteristic tasks for her in sculpture – to transfer the flight. Over its decision, he worked all his life, creating unusual compositions. One of such compositions is his “Footballers”. Athletes are captured at the time of the fight for the ball. One of … Read more
Victor Mihajlovich Vasnetsov – the artist-painter, whose pictures invariably left the trace in my heart. But most of all I was affected by his picture “Northern Territory”. This picture simultaneously scares, and admires the beauty of nature and its grandeur. The painting depicts the nature of the northern edge in all its glory. Such a … Read more
The painting “Family” by SV Ivanov depicts a winter landscape. The country road, along which people go, was covered with snow. In the foreground works of the landlord family. Their outfits are very harmoniously combined with each other. All members of the family are dressed very brightly and festively. It can be assumed that Christmas … Read more
Victor Vasnetsov throughout his life was interested and studied the mythology and folklore of Ancient Rus. All his works are imbued with the spirit of antiquity. At a glance at any of his paintings with a mythological or fairy story, there is no doubt that this was exactly what the heroes of antiquity looked like. … Read more
One of my favorite works of this artist is the painting After the Rain, which was written in 1879. Historians refer it to the late period in the work of Kuindzhi. It seems to me that the artist was fascinated by the theme of thunder, storms and storms. In my opinion, this picture also conveys … Read more
“The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl” of VS Gerasimov is an unusually bright, light and wide-ranging picture. Looking at this creation, the whole soul solemnly rejoices and sings! Here is the flowering of Orthodox Russia, the light of our Motherland, Mother! The picture has a clear beneficial effect on us. Looking at the … Read more
The painting “The Great Experiment” is a cruel and ruthless sentence to those who conducted a ruthless experience of building a “new world”, according to the Marxist-Leninist theory, which made the bloody specter of communism long roaming Europe. It is no mere chance that in Glazunov’s “Great Experiment” a five-pointed Masonic star occupies such a … Read more