The life of Boris Kustodiev was not easy: a serious illness and subsequent spinal cord surgery confined him to a wheelchair. The artist spent about fifteen years in a wheelchair, suffering from constant pain. Perhaps that is why his paintings are imbued with the brightest and most joyful emotions. The Thunderstorm is no exception to […]
Year of painting: 1870. Painting dimensions: no data. Material: oil. Writing technique: canvas. Genre: landscape. Style: realism. Gallery: private collection.
The painting “North” was painted by A. Kuindzhi in 1879. It is part of the great master’s series of northern landscapes. In the picture, the artist glorifies the harsh nature of the northern part of Russia. The viewer seems to be looking from a low hill. On the front canvas of the picture there are […]
Painting “Rainbow” – one of the most remarkable in the work of the late AI Kuindzhi. In the picture, work on which lasted five years (1900-1905), Kuindzhi captured the most spectacular, spectacular moment in nature – the moment when a rainbow flashed over the rain-washed earth in multicolored colors. The painting depicts an unremarkable area […]
Since childhood, Wassily Kandinsky had a talent for seeing the world in a special way. Despite the fact that he studied to be a lawyer, received the title of associate professor, received the right to teach, Vasily makes a strong-willed decision and becomes an artist. The turning point in the life of the future artist […]
Year of painting: 1904. Dimensions of the painting: 24 x 32.6 cm. Material: cardboard. Writing technique: oil. Genre: landscape. Style: post-impressionism. Gallery: City Gallery in Lenbach House, Munich, Germany.