Portrait m. A. Rumyantseva

The artist is anthropov Maria Andreevna Rumyantseva, nee Countess Matveeva (1698-1788), one of the most prominent women of Russia of the 18th century. Wife General-Anthef count a. AND. Rumyantseva. Occupied a prominent position at court: since 1744-the state-date of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, from 1775-the cavalier lady of the Order of St. Catherine of the…

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Peter I in the Battle of Poltava

The artist is Tannauer Peter I the Great (Petr Alekseevich; May 30 / June 9, 1672, Moscow − January 28 /8 February, 1725, St. Petersburg) − The last king of all Rus’ from the Romanov dynasty (from 1682) and the first Emperor All -Russian (since 1721). He was the fourteenth child of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich,…

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Portrait of the floor hetman

The artist is Nikitin In the 19th century, the portrait was considered the image of the hetmans: and. WITH. Mazepa, p. L. Half -cut, and. AND. Skoropadsky, d. P. Apostle. Researchers suggested that the Portrait was presented by the Lithuanian hetman Count Casimir Yang Sapga, Marshaklek Polish, Field Marshal of the Russian Army, located in…

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The parish of spring and summer

The artist is Burliuk The art of avant -garde is always a sentence of classics. Sometimes it can be accompanied by a sarcastic, critical, ironic commentary. David Burliuk creates his version of seasonal allegories (spring, summer, winter, autumn). Instead of captivating naked bodies of beautiful girls inhabiting European painting and a sculpture of revival and…

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Portrait of Empress Catherine II

The artist is Peskorsky Ekaterina II (Great; 1729-1796)-nee Princess Sofia Augustus Frederick the Angalt-Tserbst. Born in the German city of Stetin. In 1744, she arrived in Russia as the bride of Grand Duke Peter Fedorovich, the future Emperor Peter III. In the same year she accepted Orthodoxy with the name of Ekaterina Alekseevna and was…

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Ice drift

The artist is Ivanov In the picture "Ice drift" The organic combination of life-concrete and deep eternal topics that have always been characteristic of the works of the artist is revealed. Plastic and compositionally Viktor Ivanov denotes acute social problems: choosing the path to the country as a whole and each person individually in the…

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Father’s house

The artist is Romanchev The topic of return is one of the most piercing and tragic in post -war art. The painter-Frontovik Alexander Romanchev creates in 1964 the “Father’s House”-a soldier who has just returned from the front, stands on the threshold of an empty native house. We do not see his faces, but in…

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Song about the fallen

The artist is Khetagurov The theme of the Great Patriotic War was an infinite pain of the Ossetian artist Kazbek Khetagurov, whose father did not return from the front, his non -healing wound. Therefore, his canvases about the war are so piercingly tragic. Heroes of the picture "Song about the fallen", written on the eve…

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“Great Stalin Glory!””

The artist is Kugach The compositional-caloric system of the picture created by the team of authors to the All-Union Artistic Exhibition of 1950 is completely and completely subordinate to the idea of ​​representing the leader of the state as the inspirer and organizer of the greatest victories. The front staircase leading up, the hands of…

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