In this famous painting the great power of the artist, his special perception of the surrounding world and the unique individual manner of writing are demonstrated. No artist painted the night sky with such enthusiasm and trepidation before the incomprehensibility of the universe. The sky, the stars, the moon move in a certain undulating rhythm. … Read more
In the 70-ies. the work of the remarkable Russian artist AK Savrasov reached its peak. The painting “Rainbow”, written in 1875, is a real pearl in the artist’s work. The work is deeply symbolic. Savrasov not only depicts the amazing phenomenon of nature, but invests in the canvas a deep meaning. We see a village … Read more
“February Azure” – this is perhaps the most famous picture of IE Grabar. It is very accurate and at the same time very emotionally portrayed a quiet fine day at the end of winter. The edge of the birch grove is permeated with sunlight. The whiteness of the trunks and snow, the blinding blue sky, … Read more
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin is an academician, professor, painter, landscape painter and this is not all his merits. One of his earliest works is the painting “A View on the Island of Valaam”. It was written in 1858 and simply plunged contemporaries into ecstasy. Thanks to this canvas, the Petersburg Academy of Arts awarded the author … Read more
Perov Vasily Grigorievich – an outstanding Russian artist, each painting is distinguished by the brightness of colors, an interesting story and unusual characters of ordinary people. Most of all I like his painting “Hunters at halt,” at the sight of which I always want to smile. This picture depicts three brave hunters, who all day … Read more
Remarkable is “Portrait of NI Petrunkevich” by artist N. Ge. A young woman is reading a book by the open window in the garden. Peace, silence, but this calm is only apparent. In the deep shadows, in the silence of the old house, in the heavy folds of the dress, in the silhouette of the … Read more
This small canvas is imbued with an atmosphere of fascinated contemplation. Breathlessly, admiringly and carefully, the village boy looks at two beautiful butterflies that have crouched in the hands of his mother. And she slightly tilted her head toward her son, looking away wearily and calmly. On this canvas depicts Zakharka, the hero of several … Read more
Another master of the portrait and a Russian artist of Ukrainian origin is Borovikovsky Vladimir Lukich. His pen belongs to a lot of portraits, but our attention was riveted to a portrait of Catherine Nikolayevna Arsenyeva. It was written in 1796. The author’s great talent was not only his ability to accurately convey facial features, … Read more
One of the best paintings of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin is the work “Winter in the Woods (Hoarfrost)”. In his creative gallery unusually many wonderful works, however, it is this work that is filled with extraordinary beauty and mystery. The artist liked to depict beautiful landscapes of Russian land on his canvases. Peering into the picture … Read more
Kuzma Petrovich Petrov-Vodkin – an artist who wrote in a very peculiar manner. His paintings are simple, ordinary, but if you think about it, you can see a deep meaning in each of them, imperceptible at first sight. One of these paintings is “Morning Still Life”, written in 1918. This picture won me over with … Read more