Year of painting: 1868. Painting dimensions: no data. Material: canvas. Writing technique: oil. Genre: genre painting. Style: romanticism. Gallery: State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Fedotov – “Major’s matchmaking”
Even before he wrote The Major’s Matchmaking, Fedotov composed a poetic foreword to the future picture: “Correction of circumstances, or the marriage of a major.” So the picture turned out to be like an illustration to this poem. And during an exhibition of his works in Moscow in 1850, he composed a long “race”, or […]
Escher Maurits – “Relativity”
In his very famous work “Relativity”, Maurits Escher uses a special technique called tessellation. With its help, one graphic plane is divided into several parts. In the picture, the artist arranged the composition in three planes perpendicular to each other. Such works by Escher continue to amaze the audience with the intricacies of shapes and […]
Ivanov Alexander – “The Appearance of Christ to the People”
Ivanov Alexander Andreevich is a famous Russian artist of works on biblical and mythological subjects. He is the author of the world famous painting “The Appearance of Christ to the People”. Ivanov has been working on this painting for about twenty years. And he did not just work, he studied the topic, was in constant […]
Ivanov Alexander – “The Appearance of Christ to the People”
Ivanov Alexander Andreevich is a famous Russian artist of works on biblical and mythological subjects. He is the author of the world famous painting “The Appearance of Christ to the People”. Ivanov has been working on this painting for about twenty years. And he did not just work, he studied the topic, was in constant […]
Ivanov – “Bathsheba”
Bathsheba is a beautiful name, and this woman was just as captivatingly beautiful. It is mentioned in the pages of the Bible. The second Jewish king David was walking around the territory of his palace, going to the roof, his gaze was attracted by Bathsheba bathing in the neighboring garden. The man was fascinated by […]
Grigoriev – “Admission to the Komsomol”
One of the rare works, which is rarely mentioned in our time, is the painting “Admission to the Komsomol”, quite clearly and expressively reflects the course of the Soviet period and the formation of the socialist system at this stage. In the picture of Sergei Grigoriev, written by him in 1949, a solemn action takes […]
Ge Nikolay – “The Last Supper”
Nicholas Ge’s painting The Last Supper is a strong, powerful work depicting a famous biblical scene that has been referenced by many artists: classics like Rubens and Leonardo da Vinci, and avant-garde artists like Salvador Dali. The painting by Nikolai Ge depicts a very small room in which Jesus Christ and the apostles are. Jesus […]
Burliuk David – “The Peasant Woman and the Horse”
Year of painting: 1910. Painting dimensions: no data. Material: canvas. Writing technique: oil. Genre: genre painting. Style: primitivism. Gallery: State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Goya Francisco – “Madhouse”
Year of painting: 1814. Dimensions of the painting: 45 x 72 cm. Material: canvas. Writing technique: oil. Genre: genre painting. Style: romanticism. Gallery: Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain.