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The artist is unknown Matvey Filimonovich Naryshkin (16 (?) –1692) – relative of Queen Natalia Kirillovna. In 1674–1676 – governor in Veliky Ustyug. From 1678 – Moscow nobleman, from 1686 – a stolnik, from 1688 – the Okolnichy, from 1690 – boyar. He wore the San San “Patriarch” of the “all-otorous cathedral of the all-illegal…
The artist is Nalbandan On February 4–11, 1945, a meeting of the heads of the three countries of the anti -Hitler coalition – Great Britain, the USSR and the USA was held in Crimea. It took place in the Livadian Palace of the city of Yalta and was called the Crimean (Yalta) conference. It took…
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 Deineka The picture was an emotional response of the artist to win the Soviet troops, won in the winter of 1943 in the Battle of Stalingrad. The feeling of the inevitable collapse of Hitler Germany in the war with Russia owned all the Soviet people, and the artist conveyed this in an…
The artist is Kholuev The artist, reflecting on the plan of the picture, said: “Gradually, the memory of the past becomes as if a document. And I, as, probably, everyone wanted to penetrate the living tense life of the glorious era himself. To see people for whom the revolution was the same everyday work as…
The artist is Roerich A special place among Roerich’s theatrical works is the ballet to the music of Stravinsky “Spring Spring”, whose idea dates back to the beginning of 1910. In the “Chronicle of My Life”, Stravinsky says: “Once, … in my imagination completely unexpectedly, for I thought about then completely different, a picture of…
The artist is unknown Andrey Matveevich Apraksin (1663-1732)-brother of Queen Martha Matveevna, Admiral General F. M. Apraxine and senator p. M. Apraksina. Tsar’s stolnik John Alekseevich. Chief Schell of Peter I, from 1724-Count. He wore the Shutovsky rank of a member of the collegium of the cardinals of the “all-navigable cathedral of the most all-odd…
The artist is Deineka In the last year of the war, joyful colors appear in the harsh palette of Deineki. In the summer of 1944, he completed the panel he had begun even before the war "Expanse". The Great Patriotic War is not over yet. The country from the Baltic to the Black Sea shakes…
The artist is Arnautov From 1925 to 1963, Arnautov lived in San Francisco. In the early 1930s he taught at the California Art School, since 1936 for 25 years-at the Faculty of Art and Architecture of Stanford University. In the 1930s he took part in the painting of the Bashni. The picture with the view…
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…