Descriptions of pictures

The talented artist Konstantin Yuon created the picture “The Sorceress-Winter” in 1912, when he, a young, energetic painter, was looking for his own ways of expressing the splendor of his native land. This picture of a joyful winter mood tells of the wonders and fun of the winter, of a snow-white fairy tale that adorned … Read more

This painting was written in 1878, it can be attributed to the Balkan cycle of written paintings. In it, the artist shows us the value of the victory of the Russian army over the enemy in the Russian-Turkish war in the mountains of Bulgaria. The painting depicts a parade at the settlements of Sheinovo and … Read more

This picture, we can refer to the cycle of Balkan paintings, which the artist dedicated to the Russian-Turkish war of 1878-1879, where he himself took part. This is one of the famous paintings was written in the same period. His work, Vereshchagin dedicated the tragedy. Telish is a settlement, it was under this settlement that … Read more

Ostroukhov Ilya Semenovich is a real master in writing landscapes. He painted a lot of pictures about nature, but his best work is “Golden Autumn”. I myself love summer more, but looking at this picture, I understand that every season is beautiful in its own way, one has only to be able to discern this … Read more

Painting is inexhaustible in its ability to recreate the world of nature. Before us is the picture “View of the Volga. Barges.” A high mast stands against the background of light, swirling clouds, and its point almost merges with the damp blue of the air. A half-sail is stationary. With long, dense strokes, the artist … Read more

There is this painter has two wonderful landscapes and both of them are dedicated to Italy, and to be precise, spring in Italy. Actually, spring is a wonderful time of the year everywhere. But Levitan reveals to us the Italian spring, which means that there is something in it. Two landscapes created in one year … Read more

Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon was originally a recognized master of landscape. But in 1921, in an impressionistic manner, he painted an unusual picture of the “New Planet”, which became one of the artist’s most vivid works. This picture is not only about how a new planet is born in the universe, here through allegory, Yoon portrayed … Read more

In front of me is Maximov’s painting titled “All in the Past,” in the foreground we see two elderly women: the lady and her assistant. In the street a warm and clear spring day, the lady decided to enjoy the rays of the tender sun. She sits on a soft armchair, behind her is a … Read more

The painting “Moon Night” was written by I. Kramskoy in 1880. Night landscapes are not uncommon in the artist’s work (we recall his “May Night”, “Evening at the Dacha”, “Divine Divination”). And in “Moonlit Night” – one of his most famous paintings – Kramskoy again takes up the solution of a complex coloristic task. He … Read more

Leonardo da Vinci “Madonna and Child” (Madonna Litta), 1490 – 1491g, canvas, tempera. 42×33 cm, The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg The painting is executed, obviously, in Milan, where the artist moved in 1482. It belongs to the number of works, the appearance of which marked a new stage in Renaissance art – the approval of … Read more

The painting “Dream” was written during the period of Picasso’s fascination with surrealism – a direction in painting that sought to depict the irrational and unidentified, liberating the mind of the creator from the usual logical structures, a combination of disparate elements. The work is dedicated to the next love of the master – Marie-Thérèse … Read more

Kuindzhi was called the singer of space and light. He restored the landscape to an ecstatic sense of beauty and extraordinaryness of the world. “The illusion of light was his god, and there was no artist equal to him in achieving this miracle of painting.” Kuinji is an artist of light, “Repin wrote in 1913. … Read more

The painting “Fresh Chevalier (The Morning of an Official Who Received the First Cross)” by PA Fedotov – the first work of a domestic genre in Russian painting – was written in 1847. The canvas was highly appreciated by critics and among progressive intelligentsia. The plot and Painting clearly traced the influence of English artists … Read more

Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov is a Russian painter who created works on the themes of national history, Russian epic novels and folk tales. In the choice of the plot of the paintings, Vasnetsov was completely free, his fantasy turned to rich images of folklore. Vasnetsov painted a magic carpet of our fairy tales in the form … Read more

The collection of paintings by the famous artist Peter Paul Rubens, which is considered the world heritage, was replenished with one more work. The canvas “The Abduction of the Leucippus’ Daughters”, which for a long time was considered a forgery, after research turned out to be a real original, and was written by the hand … Read more

Vrubel Mikhail Alexandrovich became famous for writing paintings depicting heroes of Russian fairy tales, epics and legends. Most of all I like his painting “The Swan Princess”, which is a brilliant illustration of my favorite Pushkin fairy tale about Tsar Saltan. This picture is beautiful and amazing. When I look at her, I just can … Read more

Title The composition of the picture of Gauguin Where we came Who we are Where we are going When Paul Gauguin first came to Polynesia, all creative questions were decided, as if by themselves, the soul came in harmony with the world, and the working method was balanced with ideas. Therefore, the Tahitian paintings have … Read more

Georgy Grigorevich Nyssky – a bright painter, painter, who created in the Soviet era. His pen belongs to many paintings, most of which glorify the beauty of the modern urban landscape. The artist was always attracted by the poetry of “iron and concrete” – tall buildings, large bridges, railways, planes, ships created by human hands. … Read more

The cup in the representation of all nations is a landmark subject. The symbol of the cup passed through many teachings and religions. On the images, from the most ancient, we see the flaming Cups. In the cults of Zoroaster, a bowl of flame is depicted. The same flaming cup was minted on the Hebrew … Read more

This picture Vereshchagin painted in the period from 1899 to 1900. The name itself, tells us about the content of this work. The Battle of Borodino is over. The artist, without fear and doubt, strives to recreate the battle picture with maximum realism. To do this, he even had to study military maps, engravings, drawings, … Read more

Vasily Nikolayevich Baksheev is known for his landscapes. All his works are beautiful in their own way. Depth, shades and hidden meaning – the dignity of all the works of Vasily Baksheev. One of them is the picture “Hoarfrost”. The picture is made in light colors. She seems to be shining. In the picture, most … Read more

The “Trinity” of Andrei Rublev was the fruit of a genuine and happy inspiration – the inspiration of the artist who, with all his impulses, embodied all the heat of his heart in beautiful colors and lines. All that the learned of the Byzantines were so hard to express in their works, stood before his … Read more

I was greatly impressed by the picture of the painter-painter Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, “The Defeated, Memorial Service.” It is completely unlike any of the military cycle. It is attributed to the Balkan period, dedicated to the Russian-Turkish war. In it, the author showed all the most terrible and tragic that war brings. He knew this … Read more

IA Tikhii gave us a magnificent, gentle, incredible and soulful work – “Storks”. The picture depicts a yellowing field, over which a small flock of storks flies by. He quite accurately conveyed the mesmerizing flight of birds and the amazing landscape of the area. In my opinion, all this forms unity and harmony, which casts … Read more

Beginning to paint Aivazovsky’s painting, depicting the sky, or as he called it after his teacher at the Academy of Arts, M. N. Vorobyov – air. Whatever the size of the canvas, Aivazovsky wrote “air” in one session, even if it stretched to 12 hours in a row. It was by such a titanic effort … Read more

Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich is a famous Russian landscape painter, whose pictures appear before me as if they were alive. One of my favorite paintings of this artist is “The Creek in the Woods. Siverskaya”, which depicts a Russian forest, fairy, magical and majestic. I liked this picture in that every detail, every needle on a … Read more

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts for seven years. All his student works show that the years have not passed for the artist for nothing. In addition to creating the Old Testament stories, he stood out as a portraitist. Particularly good were his works related to mythological subjects. The gorgeous program work of … Read more

Before us is a picture of the famous Russian artist NN Ge “AS Pushkin in Mikhailovskoye.” It depicts Pushkin’s meeting with Pushchin, who visited the poet in his exile. In Mikhailovskoye Pushkin was exiled for his freedom-loving poems. Near him there were no friends, no relatives. Only nurse Arina Rodionovna spent long evenings sitting with … Read more

Fedor Vasilyev wrote his famous painting Thaw in 1871. This work of the young artist caused tremendous success among the public, which was acquired by PM Tretyakov, the painting received the artist’s awarding prize, and received positive reviews at the World Exhibition in London. minor mood of the canvas, copies were ordered by famous people, … Read more

Synonyms (linguistic and contextual) to avoid repetition. About SA Vinogradov: artist, painter, creator, the creator of the painting, the master of the brush, the landscape painter. About a picture: a canvas, a canvas, a painting, a work of art, a work of art. artistic creation. On the process of creating a picture: write, create, portray … Read more

Plastov is my favorite artist. His work, as it were, returns us many years ago, showing the era in which the artist lived. One of my favorite paintings of Plastov is “Spring”, written in 1952. On the canvas, a girl with a rocker and two buckets is sealed, she picks up water from the spring … Read more

The work of Nicholas Roerich “Saint Francis” is a steam room to the canvas of 1932 “Saint Sergius of Radonezh”. The painting was painted in the same year of 1932 and is currently located in the collections of the Museum of Nicholas Roerich in New York. In the painting, St. Francis is depicted in “great … Read more

Among the most famous Russian artists is a talented man Serov Valentin Alexandrovich. He belonged to the artists of the Wanderers, who drew their inspiration in folk life and traditions. But many art connoisseurs know this artist precisely from his portraits. There is in his arsenal of work “Portrait of Kasyanov.” Kasyanov Alexander Vasilievich was … Read more

In the works of Svyatoslav Roerich, religious motives gradually appear. Beginning was the work of “The Head of the Franciscan Monk” (1923, Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York), according to the artist himself “very expressive and full of life.” Initially, the canvas was for Ruth Page, but when it was finished, the artist refused to send … Read more

“Pond with water lilies” – a picture that abounds in green colors and various derivatives of this color shades, truly magical and mesmerizing. Looking at her, you can penetrate the mysterious, fairy-tale world full of inspiration and tranquility. In front of us we see a bridge that merges with the surrounding nature, experiences its influence … Read more

In 1876, Repin returned from France to Russia. The first winter Repin spend in the parents’ house in Chuguevo. “I did not make a mistake that I came here for the winter,” he writes to Stasov, “Only in winter the people live freely with all interests, urban, political and family… And Chuguev himself is a … Read more

Description of the topic: Touching feelings that arise in the soul of each person – loss of the first snow. Even in the city from noise and vanity can be distracted by a suddenly changed picture of the street, covered with the first snow. The first snow always carries a fleeting joy of a long, … Read more

Many who have studied or even heard about the Patriotic War of 1812 know how many calamities and misfortunes the Napoleonic army brought to the Russian people. The largest and most painful was the seizure of the capital and subsequent fires that broke out. All this was accompanied by looting and looting by French soldiers … Read more

This portrait was painted by the famous Russian painter Ilya Repin, in a new, more realistic style. Life is presented as it really is, without unnecessary details and ornaments. There is an opinion that the heroine of this portrait is the sister-in-law of the great artist. In the middle of the canvas depicts a young … Read more

The painting was written in 1879 on the canvas is the scene of the execution of a young woman. The Roman patricians loved to amuse themselves with cruel games. This picture reflects the mores of that time. The plot of the picture is very tragic: a young woman in a torn dress is leaning against … Read more

Sensation of audacity, youth, faith in life penetrate the canvas “What a spacious space” written in “Penates”. The girl and the student found a tide on the shore, which turned into a squall, and they gaily choose from the waves. The girl laughs, holding a hat from a strong wind, and the student, having opened … Read more

The painting by I. E. Grabar “Winter Landscape” was written in 1954. on it the painter depicted a winter landscape in all its beauty and charm. The canvas depicts a winter landscape. we see a forest winter glade covered with snow. In the clearing grow birches covered with hoarfrost, and small fir-trees. You look at … Read more

In this picture, there is a theme of loneliness. On a bare, impregnable rock, at dusk, in the midst of snow and ice, stands a lone pine. We see a gloomy canyon illuminated by the moon and an endless, snow-covered distance. It seems that in this cold kingdom there is nothing alive. But against the … Read more

The hardest of all Surikov was given his last work – “Stepan Razin”. Razin – the leader of the peasant movement, mighty, courageous, a man of great will, uniting numerous detachments of the insurgent Cossacks and peasants who made bold hikes to the lower reaches of the Volga, along the Caspian Sea. It is interesting … Read more

Probably everyone has their favorite season. First of all, we recall a warm summer or a joyful spring. But in the picture of the famous Russian artist Popov, one of the first days of winter is depicted so lightly and with love that he begins to want this cold time to come soon. A simple … Read more

“November 1919. The Red Messenger is on the pillars of light, I stand on the balcony of the London house that we occupy, from where we can see the square and the side streets, the leaden, gloomy sky in the whole atmosphere is something extraordinarily heavy, ominous: people dark and gray scurry along the streets … Read more

Ilya Efimovich Repin is a great Russian artist. He became famous for his genre paintings and portraits, full of severe drama. The more interesting to see his picture, filled with other emotions and feelings – love and cheerfulness. This is the “Autumn Bouquet”. It would seem that this name should have a still life or … Read more

Due to his special sensitivity and nervous penetration, Levitan was able to absorb all the thoughts and feelings that burned his peers and comrades. Having made them in his individual, to him one inherent lyricism, he poured it all out in a long series of paintings that reflected the aspirations of a whole generation. Levitanov’s … Read more

Portraits of his daughter in Mylnikov’s work have a special place. He constantly returns to this image, admiring purity, spontaneity, girlish grace. And, perhaps, few of contemporary artists have managed to convey so intimately the complexity and immediacy of the child’s world. In the works “Verochka is sick” (1955), “Verochka” (1955), “Portrait of a daughter” … Read more

In 1885, Kramskoy takes care of Repin, defends his “Ivan the Terrible,” which reminded the Russians of the fate of the heroes of the Narodnaya Volya. And in the same year he painted a portrait of Vladimir Solovyov, who bravely opposed the death penalty of the First Martovites. The philosopher and poet Vladimir Sergeevich Soloviev … Read more