Being in constant search of sources of inspiration for writing his paintings, Aivazovsky very often made trips to the Black Sea. Accordingly, after these trips, there were such famous paintings as “St. George’s Monastery”, “Storm on the Black Sea” and many others. Once Aivazovsky decided to get out of Russia and went on a trip … Read more
In the work of IK Aivazovsky a lot of works on different topics. Most of all I was amazed by the pictures depicting the nature of Ukraine. Especially I liked the work “The Chumak’s Wagon”, which Aivazovsky wrote in 1862. The canvas depicts steppes, endless fields and a road that leads beyond the horizon. The … Read more
The canvas of MV Nesterov’s “The Vision of the Youth of Warfalome” is considered one of the artist’s significant works. Nesterov himself in his memoirs writes that the idea to paint a painting was born at a time when he admired the opening landscape, standing on the terrace of the Abramtsevo house, captured by the … Read more
Shishkin has two canvases with the same name “Foggy morning”. But both canvases are so beautiful that I want to talk about them. On the first canvas we see a full-flowing river, on the banks of which the forest grows. Somewhere in the distance the forest is covered with fog, but here the fog is … Read more
Vittoria Caldoni – the daughter of a poor winemaker from Albano, had a rare beauty. She became a favorite model for many famous painters and sculptors who lived in the first decades of the XIX century in Italy. Her beauty was inspired by NV Gogol, immortalizing her in her novel “Rome” under the name Annunziata. … Read more
This picture of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was written in 1846. The work is done with oil on canvas. The work is in the Higher Military Engineering School. F. E. Dzerzhinsky, St. Petersburg. Naval battle in Navarino Bay (on the south-western coast of the Peloponnese Peninsula) between the Turkish-Egyptian fleet and the United Russia, Great Britain … Read more
Cloth “Everything is calm on Shipka!” Vereshchagin – one of the most expressive works of the Balkan cycle – was created in 1878. The canvases of this triptych are not battle scenes, but episodes telling about the terrible everyday life of the war and the heroism of an ordinary soldier. The name of the triptych … Read more
Nicholas Roerich differs in a favorable light from other contemporary artists. The colors of his paintings retain their juiciness even on reproductions. This is an indicator of a high level of skill. Pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, having first appeared in space in the Earth’s orbit, admiringly looked at our planet and enthusiastically said: “I see paints … Read more
The great master, whose brush and eyes are focused on such things that show the variety of colors of life, noticed the moments, the plot of which lay at the base of his merry and multifaceted canvases. What P. Fedotov painted on the canvas “Breakfast aristocrat”? Why is this work so interesting for me? Until … Read more
Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) – one of the most prominent painters of the Venetian school. The canvas “Marriage in Cana of Galilee” depicts Christ at a marriage feast in the Galilean settlement of Caen at the time of his first miracle: when the wine was finished, He at the request of the Mother turned water into … Read more