Spring

Monet – “Impression. Sunrise”

Claude Monet, the most famous representative of French impressionism, painted the canvas “Impression. Sunrise “in 1872. The exposure of this painting and the subsequent negative criticism of it gave the name to a whole trend in art. It all started with an exhibition in 1874 “Salon of the Outcast”. This exhibition featured works by artists […]

Spring

Kiprensky – “Portrait of A. A. Chelishchev”

The masterpiece among the early portraits of 1808-1809 is the portrait of Alexander Chelishchev. In August 1812, fourteen-year-old Chelishchev was released with the rank of warrant officer from the Corps of Pages into the active army and received his baptism of fire in a fierce battle near Maloyaroslavets, when the city passed from hand to […]