Tolstoy’s portrait was written by Repin in Yasnaya Polyana in August 1887. While worshiping the genius of the great writer, Repin at the same time disagreed with him on many convictions. Despite this, the writer and the artist linked a warm friendship over the years. The portrait, written in 1887, is one of a series … Read more
Before us is the usual steppe landscape. Modest beauty of Russian nature. Late summer. Dry grass. Low clouds. Soon the autumn… The artist seems to be walking along this road, running off the horizon; the impression that it stretches endlessly, like the endless Russian expanses. In the middle of the road there is a stony … Read more
An excellent master of landscape, Isaak Levitan mainly appealed to the discreet, simple types of Russian nature. It is this kind of impression on the canvas, called “Spring., Great Water.” Here we see a spring, just awakened nature. It became warm, and a wide flood of the river began. The image of the river is … Read more
Winter again, and again the French army, captured in the picture Vereshchagin. What did these once brave soldiers lack that they came to die on Russian soil? An artist loyal to himself showed that, even with a very small detachment, the Russians rush into battle, defending their homeland. They have nowhere to retreat, for their … Read more
If you look at the artist’s biography, you can trace the incredible facts. Savrasov was born, as at that time was considered in the merchant family. At an early age, a small Savrasov began to show genuine interest in painting, but his father was not happy and even opposed to his child was fond of … Read more
“Breakfast on the grass” – a picture of the great French artist-impressionist Edward Manet (1832-1883). The original title of the painting is “Bathing”. The picture became really scandalous and was subjected to great criticism, but now occupies an honorable place among the masterpieces of world painting. The picture “Breakfast on the grass” was written in … Read more
In A. Plastov’s painting “Haymaking” we see people of different generations who work on a hot summer day. They are simple country people, they mow the grass for hay blanks for the winter. All of them, from the old man to the young boy, are absorbed in their work, because they know how important it … Read more
Russian painter Evgeny Nikolaevich Shirokov created many expressive and recognizable images of people. One of these images we see in his picture “Friends.” It shows a boy and his faithful friend – a dog. Their figures are in the very center of the canvas, they are both equally important for understanding the plot (this is … Read more
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin is a master in describing the nature of his native land. From his paintings, my breath catches, and my heart freezes with delight. What is it worth only his latest painting in life under the title “Ship Grove”, which the artist wrote in 1898 and put in it all his skills and … Read more
The canvas of Russian artist Mikhail Vrubel “Lilac”. as well as “Pan” and “Swan Princess”, refers to the “Fairytale cycle” of the famous painter’s works and reflects the mystical forces of nature that so impressed him and his constant search for the national soul of the Russian people. Vrubel’s picturesque gift in colorism stood out … Read more