The order for the portrait of the Russian classic Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov came to Kramskoy from Pavel Tretyakov – the great philanthropist wanted to collect portraits of all the outstanding people of his time, and, of course, did not pass by the famous poet, editor, publicist. In 1875, Nekrasov was diagnosed with an incurable disease […]
Year of painting: 1528. Dimensions of the painting: 172 x 124 cm. Material: wood. Writing technique: oil. Genre: religious painting. Style: Northern Renaissance. Gallery: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
Even in his youth, Ivan Kramskoy was greatly influenced by the personality and work of Alexander Ivanov, his ascetic path in art. Shocked by the painting “The Appearance of Christ to the People”, Kramskoy defined the highest task of art for himself: “A real artist has a tremendous work to do … to put a […]
Year of painting: 1544. The dimensions of the painting are 114 x 175 cm. Material: panel. Writing technique: oil. Genre: genre painting. Style: Northern Renaissance. Gallery: Prado, Madrid, Spain.
Painting by the remarkable Russian impressionist Konstantin Korovin “Crimea. Gurzuf “refers to the so-called” Crimean “period of the artist’s work. He loved to visit his dacha in the Crimea, where he felt extraordinary inspiration. It is known that the artist has several paintings dedicated to a small resort town called Gurzuf. In the painting “Crimea. […]
Year of painting: 1905. The dimensions of the painting: 180 x 180 cm. Material: canvas. Writing technique: oil. Genre: symbolic painting. Style: modern. Gallery: National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, Italy.