Irish artist Francis Bacon, a direct descendant of the famous philosopher and full of his namesake. In the works of Bacon clearly seen the influence of Picasso, and such areas as surrealism and expressionism. The artist himself called himself a realist, and said: “Nothing can be more terrible than life itself”. His paintings already in … Read more
To the philosophical cycle of Svyatoslav Roerich should be attributed and those created almost simultaneously with the triptych. paintings like: “As in the old days,” “When the yogis converge,” “Jacob with the Angel.” “As in the old days” (1938) – a widely known and widely used gospel story: the flight of Joseph and Mary with … Read more
Canvas, oil. 31.5 x 44.5. The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Kazan Such an extraordinary vision of nature, such power in its image was not at anyone. Fyodor Alexandrovich Vasiliev was able to convey not only the transparency and warmth of the air, the trembling of leaves, but the very … Read more
In the picture by Vasnetsov “Koshchei the Immortal” we see Koshchei himself and the beautiful princess, imprisoned. Obviously, the old man stole the girl and invited her to marry him. As you can see, the princess does not give him consent, Koshchei is disgusted with her, because she does not even look at him. The … Read more
Grigory G. Myasoedov original artist, depicting in his paintings the peasant life. The painting “A painful season, Kosci” was bought personally by the Russian Emperor Alexander the Third, who was a true connoisseur of Russian folk traditions. The painting depicts a summer day in which the peasants are busy mowing rye. The boundless field breathes … Read more
The painting “Boyarina Morozova” – one of the masterpieces of V. Surikov – was written in 1887. It is known that the image of the famous old-believer schismatics was familiar to the artist from childhood. Surikova admired the dedication of a woman who refused to carefree and full luxury of boyar life and embarked on … Read more
Creating his painting, Mikhail Vrubel was inspired by the ancient Greek mythology in the story of Anatole France “The Holy Satyr” and her imagination was captured by the main character of this story. In ancient Greece satyrs were considered forest gods of fertility, spending time in amusements and hunting, and composed the retinue of Dionysus. … Read more
I would like to take this opportunity to send greetings to our Ministry of Education, which compels children to write descriptions of paintings, as well as a separate greetings to my Russian schoolteachers Alle Nikolaevna, and also write specifically for them according to GOST standards, the composition-description of the painting “Black Square”. In front of … Read more
This is the first significant picture that revealed the originality of Nesterov’s work. Its theme was not so new, many artists of academic and peredvizhnichnogo direction addressed to it. But in the first, the image of the desert-bearer turned out to be a kindly, semi-official, while the latter were inclined to take a critical view … Read more
Serov deeply understood the spiritual world of children. For his life, Valentin Alexandrovich performed many children’s portraits. The best of them belong to the year 1899-1901. They are imbued with a feeling of severe tenderness. In 1899 the artist painted a small picture Children. on which Serov depicts his sons Sasha and Yura. Two boys … Read more