Dreams (on the mountain)

Artist – Polenov From the series "From the life of Christ". The artist considered the paintings of the Gospel series the main work of his…

Apollo, Hyacinth and Cyparis, engaging in music and singing

The artist is Ivanov Sketch of the picture stored in the State Tretyakov Gallery. The image of the characters of ancient myths – Apollo, Hyacinth…

Textilers

The artist is Deineka Painting "Textilers" was the result of Dyneki’s trip on the instructions of the magazine "Atheist", with whom the artist collaborated. At…

Aleksandrovskaya column during a thunderstorm

The artist is Raev Vasily Raev depicted a real event, a famous thunderstorm, which erupted in St. Petersburg on the night before the opening of…

Susanna and the elders

The artist is Lapchenko The painting "Susanna and the Elders" is the peak of the work of Grigory Ignatievich Lapchenko. It depicts Susanna – a…

Vorogoi with a candle

The artist is Kiprensky Kiprensky painted a picture in Naples as a kind of preparatory study for the picture of the same year "Sivilla Tiburtin".…

Flowers of world prosperity

The artist is Filonov One of the discoverers of the new language in the art of the twentieth century p. Filonov created a cycle of…

Two ovals

The artist is Kandinsky In the late 1910s, Kandinsky wrote several compositions with ovals. All of them are absolutely abstract, although they read associations with…

Peasant

The artist is the Venetian Perhaps this is precisely this picture of Venice, entitled “The Old Man with Bread,” was mentioned in the reports of…

They go! (Moskovsky people during the entry of a foreign embassy to Moscow at the end of the 17th century)

The artist is Ryabushkin All the work of the painter testifies to the inextricable continuity of modern artistic culture with ancient national traditions. Emphasizing his…