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Kramskoy – “Herodias”

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Kramskoy’s painting Herodias (1884-1886) completes Kramskoy’s biblical trilogy. Like Laughter, the painting remained unfinished. Nevertheless, her pictorial qualities were highly appreciated by Repin, who advised Tretyakov to purchase Herodias from Kramskoy’s posthumous exhibition. The artist turned to one of the most dramatic stories in biblical history. But at the same time he chose not the […]

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Inspiration

Kramskoy – “Christ in the Desert”

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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 […]

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Joy

Kramskoy Ivan – “Laughter”

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The continuation of the theme of Christ was the monumental painting Laughter. As Kramskoy’s letters to Fyodor Vasiliev testify, it was conceived back in 1872, after the end of Christ in the Wilderness: “We must also write Christ; not his own, but the crowd that laughs with all the might of their huge animal lungs. […]

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Art

Konchalovsky Peter – “Dry paints”

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Pyotr Konchalovsky is rightfully considered one of the strongest masters of still life and one of his best works is the very famous painting “Dry Paints”. The unsurpassed liveliness of color and technique puts this work of Konchalovsky on a par with recognized world masterpieces. At the beginning of his career, Pyotr Konchalovsky was an […]

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