“Dull time! Oche charm!” – so wrote about the fall of AS Pushkin. Autumn inspired poets and painters to create masterpieces. Especially sharply the nature singers felt the beauty of this time of the year far from the city – in the forest, on the bank of the river, among the boundless fields. Autumn has … Read more
Portrait of a diligent and diligent lace maker VA Tropinin – the brightest example of a characteristic portrait. The image of a young pretty girl, bent over her handiwork, amazes with the truthfulness and vividness of colors. The artist’s skill breathes life into the eyes and gestures of his heroine, written with incredible accuracy and … Read more
The famous Russian artist Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev was keenly interested in the history of his homeland. And not just interested, but in his paintings recreated the way of life and customs of Rusich. Its historical portraits are known. No less famous is the painting “The Zemstvo School in Moscow Rus,” written by the artist in … Read more
The paintings of V. V. Vereshchagin from his cycle “1812-th year” are a real chronicle of the Napoleonic era. The painting “At the Stage – Bad News from France” (1887-1895) tells of an episode from the life of Napoleon during his disgraceful escape from Russia. The retreat of the Napoleonic army was in full swing. … Read more
V. Vereschagin presented his vision of war with the help of the famous canvas “Mortally wounded”. There is nothing attractive about the fact that a person was wounded, and there is no hope that he will not survive. Therefore, anyone who thinks that military actions leads to solving problems is deeply mistaken. I think that … Read more
We look at the painting “The End of Winter, Noon”, written by the famous artist KF Yuon, and many embrace the feeling of joy. It is joyful to look at the awakening of nature (as yet, timidly, almost imperceptibly). Glad of sunlight and light; they seem to be filling the landscape to the brim. The … Read more
The portrait of Briusov was made by order of Ryabushinsky, the publisher of the magazine “Golden Fleece”, who planned to put in the magazine a series of graphic portraits of poets and artists made by outstanding masters. Despite the fact that Vrubel had been living in Usoltsev’s psychiatric hospital for about a year, the enterprising … Read more
The artist-battleship Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin reveals many of his paintings to us in the war-time. It would seem that we know a lot from history, heard the stories of old people, but have never seen separate episodes from which it’s just goose bumps. It is this opportunity that gives us Vasily Vereshchagin. His painting “At … Read more
A sample of expressionism, the picture “Scream”. as well as its numerous variants, is still one of the most mysterious masterpieces of world painting. Many critics believe that the plot of the picture is the fruit of a sick fantasy of a mentally unhealthy person. Someone sees a premonition of an ecological catastrophe in the … Read more
This surrealistic self-portrait was written in 1939. It was executed with the help of oil on canvas 5’9 “x 5’9”. Now he is in the Museum of Modern Art. Mexico City. This image of her “reality” painfully portrayed in one of the most famous paintings of Kalo “The Two Frida” (THE TWO FRIDAS). Frida Kahlo … Read more