Portraits

The artist is Ryanggina The main character of this genre scene is the famous Soviet sculptor and. M. Tchaikov working on the high relief in. AND. Lenin. At the same time, Ryanggina shows that the range of those and the heroes that Tchaikov addresses goes beyond the framework of the official. Here in the workshop…

The artist – cats Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich (1896–1974) – Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), four times Hero of the Soviet Union (1939, 1944, 1945, 1956). Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR and Deputy Supreme Commander (since 1942). The Commander -in -Chief of the Group of Soviet Troops in Germany…

The artist is Modorov Fedor Modorov writes in the victorious year of Partizan-a ceremonial portrait of twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Sidor Artemyevich Kovpak. Dressed in a ceremonial tunic and during awards, he is still in suspense: his eyebrows are shifted, the gaze of an experienced warrior is harsh. The victory took…

The artist is Ivanov Benois Alexander Nikolaevich (1870–1960) – painter, graphic artist, theater artist and critic, art historian, museum figure, one of the organizers and ideologists of the association „World of Art”. Artistic director „Russian seasons “(1908–1911), director at the Moscow Art Theater (1913–1915). Since 1926 he constantly lived in Paris. Benois is depicted against…

The artist is silver Ilya Minovich Shishkan (1918-1943) – pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). "In air battles on the Leningrad Front, a young 22-year-old fighter Ilya Shishkan acquired professional maturity and glory. During the Great Patriotic War, he made more than 400 sorties, 36 times he flew…

The artist is silver This portrait is organically included in the portrait gallery of the painter, the period of heroic defense of Leningrad. The artist repeatedly traveled to the front, where he created portraits of partisans, snipers, and in a blocked city – posters that affirmed the courage of his defenders. In early February 1943,…

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…

The artist is neph Evdokia Lukyanovna Romanova (1608 – 1645) – nee Streshneva, daughter of the Mashchovsky nobleman, then Rolniki and boyar Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev (? – 1650) and Anna Konstantinovna. Since February 1626 – the second wife of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. Mother of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich (1629 – 1676).

The artist is unknown Elizabeth I Petrovna (December 18/29, 1709–25 December 1761/5) – Russian Empress (since 1741). The illegitimate daughter of Peter I and Martha Skavronskaya, therefore, when official consideration of the issue of succession in 1725-1730, was never considered as one of the applicants. With the support of the guard, a coup d’etat was…

The artist is Romanchev Leningrad painter Alexander Romanchev considered this portrait as a monument to his parents – Dmitry Isaevich (1895–1974) and Anastasia Dmitrievna (1896–1974), who lived during the revolution in the village of Great Gorenks of the Simbirsk province. The portrait is stylized for a provincial wedding photo of 1918, when the artist’s father,…