Picasso

Picasso Pablo – “The girls of Avignon”

The canvas was written in 1907 and marked a new creative stage in the life of Picasso – cubism. The story of the creation of the painting says that the plot was inspired by the Avignon quarter in Barcelona, ​​in which the brothel was located. While conceiving the work, the artist made several sketches, the…

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Petrov-Vodkin – “Bathing the Red Horse”

This work of Petrov-Vodkin in Soviet times was super popular and familiar to everyone, despite the dominance of socialist realism. The canvas is striking in color, brightness, scale. The color of the picture is built on the contrast of blue and red colors, a strong influence of symbolism is visible – simplicity of forms, monophonic…

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Petrov-Vodkin Kuzma – “1918 in Petrograd”

The canvas “1918 in Petrograd” by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin has an unspoken second name: “Petrograd Madonna”. In the work, you can very clearly see the features of icon painting, but clearly in a new reading and rethinking of the artist. In the picture we see a woman feeding a child. Since the cityscape is depicted in…

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Serebryakova

Serebryakova Zinaida – “At Breakfast”

Perhaps the most famous painting by the remarkable Russian-French artist Zinaida Serebryakova is “At Breakfast”, or, as it is also called, “At Lunch”. The confusion in the name stems from changing habits and daily routines. The fact is that before the revolution, many families had two breakfasts: one early, very light, and then, at noon,…

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Perov

Perov Vasily – “Troika”

Painting by Vasily Perov “Troika” has a trivial plot for its time and a difficult history of writing. It was difficult for the artist to find models for the heroes of his painting: children who are forced to pull a huge barrel of water. The easiest thing was with the side characters – models for…

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