The collection of works by Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky in the Samara Art Museum is one of the most interesting among provincial museums. A large collection of paintings by Russian artists of the XIX-early XX century, which formed the basis of the picturesque collection of the museum, previously belonged to the family of Samara patrons Shikhobalov. … Read more
Only in 1905 Nesterov finished the third “chapter” – the painting “Beyond the Volga” (Astrakhan Picture Gallery), which tells about the moment of parting of the main characters. This work was, perhaps, the only one in the pre-revolutionary stunt creativity of the artist, where he decided to show a sharp dramatic conflict. The motive of … Read more
Description of the topic: Man and nature, the enchanting beauty of a multicolored forest, the noise of falling leaves and the imminent onset of cold weather after the Indian summer season. Artistic description of Levitan’s painting “Autumn day. Sokolniki”. Autumn day. Sokolniki. Levitan painted paintings exclusively about nature, not one of his paintings had a … Read more
The corner of the Doge’s Palace, the Bridge of Sighs, the visible perspective of the street are authentic to the details and even written using photographs (Vrubel generally willingly resorted to photographs of the localities, believing that it would be foolish not to utilize such excellent auxiliary material). But when there is a carnival depicted … Read more
Tropinin Vasiliy Andreevich was born in 1776. From his earliest childhood Tropinin was fond of drawing. This occupation he had to liking. He came from a simple serf family, they did not have enough money to live. It is for this reason that Vasily Andreevich, when he was forced to earn money by his labor … Read more
The picture is devoid of uniqueness of the heroic and pathetic pathos of traditional academic programs. The artist treats the ideal image multifaceted, endowing it with purely human traits: inner struggle, a sense of eternity and a firm determination to accomplish the feat. The plot for the picture was the ancient Greek legend of the … Read more
In the famous picture of VE Makovsky’s “Rendezvous”, created in the second half of the 19th century, we see a boy of about ten and his mother. Their figures are clearly written out in the foreground. The woman came on a date to her son, whom she probably had not seen for a very long … Read more
The artist VG Tsyplakov wrote a lot from nature, trying to show on his canvases an endless natural cycle, different seasons. His landscapes are very Russian, they well convey the beauty and originality of our nature. Looking at the picture “Frost and the sun”, we seem to fall into a snowy kingdom – magical, solemn … Read more
The picture shows a girl in a bath in the middle of the garden. The action takes place on a sunny day, as the arbor with the statue of Cupid in the background is illuminated by the rays of the sun. The bathhouse itself is hidden from prying eyes by a high hedge and lush … Read more
One of the most famous paintings of Fyodor Pavlovich Reshetnikov is “Again the Deuce.” And this is not accidental, because until now what is painted there is quite relevant, even though this picture was written more than 50 years ago. In this picture I see a little boy who came home. He pulled off his … Read more