The portrait of “The Girl on the Ball” tells everyone that Picasso is a good form master. The canvas depicts a small, fragile girl – an acrobat. It is light and flexible, carefully holds the balance on the ball, as if it is hovering in the air, and next to it, on a massive, rough … Read more
Portrait of NI Pirogov was written in May 1881, a few months before the death of the great Russian surgeon and scientist. In these in Moscow, solemnly celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Pirogov’s professional activity. The ingenious surgeon agreed to pose Repin, despite the tight schedule of events. Subsequently, Repin recalled how he captured his … Read more
The portrait was in the study of the house of Prince FF Yusupov Count Sumarokov-Elston in Bolshoy Kharitonievsky Lane in Moscow, reconstructed and decorated in the late XIX century, designed by architect N. V. Sultanov. Princess, daughter of Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov and Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna, born Countess Ribopier, the last in the Yusupov family. … Read more
The summer of 1872, Kuindzhi spent on Lake Ladoga, on the island of Valaam. As a result, pictures appeared: “Ladoga Lake” (1872), “On the Island of Valaam” (1873). These landscapes stand at the crossroads of the realistic mastery of nature and the residual influence of romantic-academic stylistics. According to Konstantin Kavelin, ethics is a “hygiene … Read more
“Morning in the Pine Forest” – one of the most famous paintings of the great Russian artist Ivan Shishkin, which he wrote in 1889. The canvas depicts a dense forest thicket at dawn, awakening from sleep. The sun has only gilded the tops of old pines, and the fog still hangs in the ravine. The … Read more
In front of me is a picture of the Russian artist P. P. Konchalovsky “Peaches”. At first glance it seems that there is nothing special in the picture – several fruits lie in the basket and on the table. But it is not so. It is only necessary to take a closer look at the … Read more
This painting is one of those masterpieces written by Isaac Levitan in a quiet place on the bank of the Volga – Ples. A single glance at her is enough to love all that is imprinted on the canvas, and that the author himself loved so much. However, when you peer into the image, the … Read more
Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky – a recognized master of interiors and landscapes. Most of his artistic heritage is occupied by paintings of beautiful halls and nature outside the window, open terraces and species opening from them. Painting “Autumn. Veranda” refers to their number. It was written in 1911, but it seems that it was created literally … Read more
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi differed from most artists with his technique. He brought in the interior light, air, space. In his paintings at first glance everything seems obvious, but in reality everything is not so simple. This may be due to the very life of the author of many paintings. His life was a complete mystery … Read more
The magnificent picture of Salvador Dali is filled with deep mystery. The picture shows 3 pairs of hours, the clock is a kind of temporary space, through which the flow of our life flows. Namely this past, future and of course the present. Constantly in our memory will be our past and our present, the … Read more