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.
Wassily Kandinsky loved Moscow very much. He said that Moscow is a complex and mobile city. He called it a confusion, where events, destinies and people are intertwined. But at the same time, for him, Moscow is the most beautiful city on the planet Earth. Therefore, it is not surprising that his source of inspiration […]
Year of painting: 1895. Dimensions of the painting: 176.5 x 106.5 cm. Material: canvas. Writing technique: oil. Genre: urban landscape. Style: impressionism. Gallery: State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.