Painting Serov “Portrait of Dragomirova”

Among the portraits painted at the end of the 1880s, the portrait of Sophia Dragomirova is a kind of evidence of the growth of Serov’s glory. C Sophia Drahomirova Serov met in the workshop of Repin. Sofya Mikhailovna Dragomirova (in the marriage of Lukomskaya) wrote to I. Grabar. “I remember that when I arrived in … Read more

Painting Baksheev “Blue Spring”

And on reading I was preparing here is such an essay on the theme “What do you feel if you get into the picture Baksheev” Blue Spring. “ I went once to the picture gallery and saw there a picture of VN Baksheev “Blue Spring”. I really liked her. I sat down in front of … Read more

Painting by Kramskoy “Unknown”

Kramskoy Ivan Nikolaevich was born in 1837 and died in 1887. He was born in a middle-class family in the provincial town of Ostrogozhsk. He liked to draw from childhood, discovered outstanding abilities and studied at the Academy of Arts, but after receiving the Small Gold Medal for the program picture “Moses exudes water from … Read more

Painting by Kiprensky “A. S. Pushkin”

Orest Kiprensky – one of the best portraitists in Russia in the early 19 th century. He was famous for his ability to reflect in his paintings the inner peace of man. His work, in which he showed outstanding people of his era, fully reveals their characters. That very famous portrait of Pushkin, decorating virtually … Read more

The Painting by Brueghel “The Tower of Babel”

“The Tower of Babel” – one of the most famous paintings of the great Dutch artist Peter Brueghel the Elder (1525-1569). The canvas was written in 1563 (wood, oil). Currently he is in the Museum of Art History in Vienna. In the art of this painter there is a large number of masterpieces of world … Read more

The composition of the picture Trutovsky “Shevchenko with a kobza over the Dnieper”

The work of Konstantin Aleksandrovich Trutovsky was always connected with Ukraine. Most of his paintings are written on Ukrainian subjects: “Wedding ransom,” “Rendezvous,” “In a month’s night,” and others. This is not surprising considering that the childhood of the future artist was held in the Kharkiv region. He received his primary education in one of … Read more

Painting by Aivazovsky “The Battle of Chesme”

By the early period of creativity of the great painter-seascape, the painting “Chesme battle”. This is a very important episode in the history of the Russo-Turkish war. For one night, Russian ships were able to destroy a significant part of the Turkish fleet in the Chesme Bay. The author did not participate in this battle, … Read more