At the first traveling exhibition, which opened in 1871 in the halls of the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Kramskoy declared himself an original group of works, the center of which was the romantic canvas “Mermaids” on the plot of Gogol’s story “May Night” The painting was conceived in Ukraine, in the village of […]
Researchers of the work of the famous Russian and Soviet impressionist artist Konstantin Korovin distinguish a special, “flower” period of his work, which falls on the beginning of the twentieth century. At this time, the painter especially often turned to you flower still lifes. It is to this period of Korovin’s work that this painting […]
AI Kuindzhi was called “Artist of Light” by IE Repin. Indeed, Kuindzhi had no equal in the depiction of the play of light and shadow. His famous painting “Birch Grove”, painted in 1879, is a confirmation of this. In the painting “Birch Grove” Kuindzhi managed to create the image of a radiant, sparkling day. It […]
What is beauty, how beauty and morality correlate, how to merge ethical and aesthetic in art are the subject of constant reflections of Kramskoy. And it is in the context of these reflections that one can understand the meaning of both famous and mysterious “Unknown”. In the legacy of Kramskoy, “Unknown” was destined to become […]
Oscar Claude Monet is perhaps the most famous French painter, who left behind a huge artistic legacy, which is admired by many connoisseurs of pictorial art around the world. One of the most unusual and controversial of his works is the painting “Morning by the Sea”, which he painted in 1881. A great lover of […]
Year of painting: 1883. Dimensions of the painting: 37.2 x 117.5 cm. Material: canvas. Writing technique: oil. Genre: floral still life. Style: impressionism. Gallery: private collection.