Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov really wanted to collect in his gallery as many portraits of outstanding people in Russia. He was very fond of and appreciated the work of Alexei Nikolaevich Nekrasov. Upon learning of his illness, he asked Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoy more than once to carry out similar orders to draw a portrait of the … Read more
The picture shows a large woman in a rich apparel. The interior provides an opportunity to imagine the device of a rich cell for a noble person: on the walls of the icon, on the tablecloth tablecloth. The girl sitting in the back of the princess in monastic robes looks timidly at her from under … Read more
There are several variants of Perov’s painting “Pugachev’s Court” or “Pugachev’s revolt”. In 1879, a version of the picture appeared, where the image of Pugachev appears more significant – in the pseudo-Petra III one feels a man of great will, mind and temperament. Pugachev sits on the porch of the landlord’s house, surrounded by a … Read more
KF Yuon is a wonderful landscape painter. In his paintings he showed his love for nature, he created a generalized image of the Motherland. In his autobiographical essay, Yuon wrote: “In these pictures I tried to convey the majestic and monumental and poetic sound of Russian nature. I was looking for solemn notes, which were … Read more
Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich – a famous Russian landscape painter of the second half of the 19th century, perhaps one of his most popular paintings is “Morning in a Pine Forest.” The peculiarity of the image of nature in Shishkin’s works characterizes him as a talented draftsman, because no detail is deprived of attention, and if … Read more
Negative nineties successfully passed into the picture of Ilya Glazunov “The market of our democracy.” A great Russian artist, combines in his work realism and symbolism. His paintings impress the viewer with the large size and straightforwardness of the plot. “The market of our democracy” is a very large picture. The spectator will be surprised … Read more
Painting by IK Aivazovsky “Moonlit Night: Bathing in Feodosia” Under the name of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, one immediately recalls one of the artist’s most famous works – the painting “The Ninth Wave”. The master of battle scenes, the “painter of the Main Naval Staff”, Aivazovsky is considered the best in creating a stormy sea, played … Read more
In the painting by S. Yu. Zhukovsky, “Before the terrace” is depicted a bright summer landscape. Immediately striking incredible combination of colors and shades, which the author filled his work. In the foreground of the picture we see a large table covered with a white tablecloth and two carved chairs. The shawls thrown on the … Read more
1823, shortly after his arrival in Italy, Bryullov wrote “Italian Morning”. The painting is exhibited at the exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. “Morning” brought him wide fame. The picture won everybody – the Italian, and then the Russian audience, members of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists and, finally, … Read more
The painting “The Permanence of Memory,” written by the great Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali in 1931, differs, like many of his works, with a special style and profound subtext, which is filled with a multitude of incredible meanings. “Consistency of memory” – one of the most famous and replicable works of Salvador Dali. Because of … Read more
Makovsky was particularly occupied with the ancient Russian men’s and women’s costume of the prince’s nobility. The female costume in the XV – XVII centuries was extremely colorful. The top shirts were sewed from colored fabrics. Such a shirt was called red, that is, beautiful. The sleeves of the shirt were slipped in the slits … Read more
In 1884, the artist went to Syria and Palestine. Impressions of this trip caused a desire to create a series of paintings on the completely unusual for Vereshchagin plots of the Gospel. They are interpreted in a very original way, quite different from the traditions accepted in the European fine arts. In the paintings of … Read more
The painting was written in 1642, and was originally called “Speech by the infantry company of Captain Frans Banning Kok and Lieutenant Willem van Rietenbürg.” The customers were the same rifle company – a detachment of civilian militia – at that time the organization consisted entirely of the bourgeois and wealthy citizens. They wanted to … Read more
The picture tells the viewer that everything in life is a choice, but there are moments when there is not, what to choose, when there is no choice, and will have to go where fate tells. Maybe because that way you can become either a winner in life or a loser to death. Often VM … Read more
The painting “Sunrise” is a piece of beautiful nature, it’s a small piece of paradise on earth. Looking at the majestic, sunlit mountains and the blue, bottomless sky, we want to stroll along the soft path, pralavshey morning dust, breathe fragrant mountain air and listen to the romantic tunes of birds. How beautiful is the … Read more
As far as I know, this picture was written by Vereshchagin in 1872, after a trip to Central Asia. This picture reflects not only the war, since it depicts Muslims who celebrate the victory. This picture showed me the Nazism of the Muslim people to the Russian people. To show the population the severed heads … Read more
Sultry summer day. All people are tormented by heat. Where to hide? Where to go? Of course, most people prefer to go to ponds: swim, sunbathe, fish. One of these moments impressed on his canvas “On a Hot Day” an unrivaled master of everyday painting of the late XIX – early XX century, the successor … Read more
This painting was written in 1859. The artist devoted most of his paintings to the fall. I think it was autumn that was Levitan’s favorite time of the year. This picture differs from others in its brightness, uncharacteristic for paintings by this artist. It turns out that the artist was not satisfied with his creation … Read more
Before me is a reproduction of a painting by the remarkable artist V. V. Meshkov “Golden Autumn in Karelia”. The canvas is full of bright colors autumn, beautiful in its simplicity. I think the artist fully managed to convey the autumn atmosphere that reigned in Karelia on the canvas, while at the same time giving … Read more
Most literary critics, researchers of Lev Nikolaevich’s writings write that the classic distorted many historical facts for artistic purposes. This concerns, in the main, military scenes, and, in particular, the battle in the Borodino field. An indisputable fact – the events taking place on the field of Borodin were a radical change in the war … Read more
The richness of the world of painting in this work is revealed to us by Pyotr Konchalovsky. Painting “Lilacs in the basket” causes a mute delight, amazing with the violence and brightness of colors. Petro Petrovich devoted a lot of his paintings to lilacs. By the way, he was an excellent gardener and liked to … Read more
Mikhail Nesterov wrote in 1940 in the preface to his memoirs: “I avoided portraying strong passions, preferring to our quiet landscape, a person living in inner life, and in my portraits written in recent years, I was attracted to those people whose path was a reflection of thoughts, feelings, their deeds. “ Throughout his life … Read more
Painter Bryullov found his true vocation in portrait painting, reaching in his portraits and paintings of the highest pictorial class. The heroes of Bryullov’s portraits are almost always attractive. This is explained by the fact that most often these are people of extraordinary, bright personalities, and the fact that Bryullov avoided writing portraits of those … Read more
Joseph Moiseevich Chaikov is a famous sculptor who tried to solve unusual, uncharacteristic tasks for her in sculpture – to transfer the flight. Over its decision, he worked all his life, creating unusual compositions. One of such compositions is his “Footballers”. Athletes are captured at the time of the fight for the ball. One of … Read more
Victor Mihajlovich Vasnetsov – the artist-painter, whose pictures invariably left the trace in my heart. But most of all I was affected by his picture “Northern Territory”. This picture simultaneously scares, and admires the beauty of nature and its grandeur. The painting depicts the nature of the northern edge in all its glory. Such a … Read more
The painting “Family” by SV Ivanov depicts a winter landscape. The country road, along which people go, was covered with snow. In the foreground works of the landlord family. Their outfits are very harmoniously combined with each other. All members of the family are dressed very brightly and festively. It can be assumed that Christmas … Read more
Victor Vasnetsov throughout his life was interested and studied the mythology and folklore of Ancient Rus. All his works are imbued with the spirit of antiquity. At a glance at any of his paintings with a mythological or fairy story, there is no doubt that this was exactly what the heroes of antiquity looked like. … Read more
One of my favorite works of this artist is the painting After the Rain, which was written in 1879. Historians refer it to the late period in the work of Kuindzhi. It seems to me that the artist was fascinated by the theme of thunder, storms and storms. In my opinion, this picture also conveys … Read more
“The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl” of VS Gerasimov is an unusually bright, light and wide-ranging picture. Looking at this creation, the whole soul solemnly rejoices and sings! Here is the flowering of Orthodox Russia, the light of our Motherland, Mother! The picture has a clear beneficial effect on us. Looking at the … Read more
The painting “The Great Experiment” is a cruel and ruthless sentence to those who conducted a ruthless experience of building a “new world”, according to the Marxist-Leninist theory, which made the bloody specter of communism long roaming Europe. It is no mere chance that in Glazunov’s “Great Experiment” a five-pointed Masonic star occupies such a … Read more
When the beloved wife of the artist Shishkin died, the author for a long time came to himself, and his work in many ways became sad and sad, thoughtful and dull. Writing in 1882, the painting “Among the valley is flat…”, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin dedicated it to his despondency and sorrow. The tragedy struck his … Read more
The picture by Ye. V. Syromyatnikova under the title “First Spectators” is, at first glance, a usual everyday sketch: curious boys peek through an open window into the artist’s studio. But, having looked closely, we notice an interesting feature of this painting: a combination of several genres. So, here there is a landscape (he is … Read more
We look at the wonderful picture of the talented artist Popovich – “We did not take a fishing trip.” This plot is very sweet, but at the same time it’s a pity for this little boy in the foreground. How much emotion in his face, how sorry he is, because he was so prepared, even … Read more
In my opinion, Isaak Levitan is an unsurpassed landscape painter. Each of his paintings is interesting and significant, reviewing the works of the artist, amazed at his talent. The unique combination of simplicity and depth of its “Wooded shore” does not cease to amaze the viewer. This picture is close to every Russian who has … Read more
“Still Life” is a French word, literally it means “dead nature”, but it is more true when they speak of such a genre as a “quiet life of things”, because in every such picture one can feel the presence of a person, and objects bear the warmth of him hands. Before starting to write a … Read more
Everyone who has at least once seen the pictures of the remarkable Russian artist VM Vasnetsov, will forever be fascinated by his skill and ability to create in his works a special magical world of Russian fairy tales, songs, epics. The painting “The Sleeping Princess” takes us to a real fairy tale. Bright juicy colors … Read more
Alexander Mikhailovich Gerasimov is the most talented Russian artist. His role in Russian art is very great. Alexander Mikhailovich throughout his life with special love depicted nature during the rain or after the rain. The painting “Noon, Warm Rain” is amazing and beautiful. The viewer gets the impression that he is standing in front of … Read more
Savrasov tried to find in the simplest and most ordinary those intimate, deeply touching, often sad traits that are so strongly felt in our native landscape and so irresistibly act on the soul. With Savrasov appeared lyricism in a picturesque landscape and boundless love for his native land. AK Savrasov – the famous Russian landscape … Read more
In 1901, wishing to deepen his acquaintance with the spiritual world of Russian monasteries, the artist went on a journey to the Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea. The brothers of the monastery – peasants of the northern provinces and Siberia struck him with intelligence, strength, and efficiency. “With an ax and a saw in … Read more
The outstanding Russian painter Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov for his creative life has created many works, many of which have rightly entered the treasury of Russian art. Whatever depicts this wonderful artist, whatever the themes he discovers in his work – be it portraits, historical painting, plots from ancient mythology, everywhere the author shows the depth … Read more
Always rejoicing in someone else’s luck, in 1877 Kramskoy turns to Repin with an enthusiastic letter about the portrait of AI Kuindzhi written by him. After a passionate, professionally profound analysis of Repin’s painting, Kramskoy writes: “For the first time in my life I envied a living person, but not the unworthy envy that distorts … Read more
In 1932 NK Roerich painted the painting “Saint Sergius of Radonezh”, the great ascetic and intercessor of the Russian Land, especially revered in the Roerich family, is depicted standing on a gentle hill with a model of the temple in his hands. At the foot of the hill are Russian regiments that march under scarlet … Read more
The painting “The Dilettante” is written in a satirical style. But satire is also different. This picture, I think, shows the good side of this genre. The work turned out a little even mocking. The picture shows the artist who finished work on his work and now evaluates it. Most likely, the artist is a … Read more
Kramskoy, painted a portrait of Suvorin in 1881. Suvorin was the publisher of the newspaper Novoye Vremya, and personally asked his friend Kramskoy to draw it. According to historians, this picture caused delight, but provoked a scandal. They said that in the portrait there are repulsive features of the protagonist. Kramskoy had to prove to … Read more
Picture M. Finogenova “Skating rink for beginners” refers to the genre paintings. It depicts in the artistic form the scene of everyday life of people and the reality surrounding them. We see a modern city with high-rise buildings. The action takes place in winter. Everything is covered with snow. Bare trees stick out dark branches … Read more
Alexei Venetsianov is a famous Russian painter. Amazing is the fact that without having received an art education, he managed to become an influential artist and even create his own direction in painting. Peasant life was of interest to artists before, but it was Venetsianov who began to portray the peasants with love and affection. … Read more
When you look at the portraits made by Perov, you can much better know those who are depicted on them. Here is the image of the great playwright Dostoevsky, whose mysterious story is evident from his works, becomes more understandable and open to his admirers. And the whole secret is that Perov does not seek … Read more
The presented picture is one of the last in the work of Fedor Vasiliev. Crimea at first did not attract the young artist, which he did not fail to notice in one of the letters to Kramskoy. Vasilyev was desperately bored in Russia. In the Crimea, he was urgently sent by doctors – the boy … Read more
IE Repin, who was very fond of music, painted portraits of many outstanding musicians. The portrait of the composer and conductor Anton Grigorievich Rubinstein, who was a friend of the artist, Repin wrote many times. The last portrait was written from 1909 to 1915 after the death of the composer. This portrait is solemn, monumental. … Read more
As far as I know, Kramskoy and Tretyakov were friends who met in 1869. In addition to the paintings bought by Tretyakov for his gallery from Kramskoy, and there were not a few of them (only about 12 were ordered for portraits), they were joined by friendly meetings and correspondence on the themes of political … Read more