Cutting of Wood, Ivan Shishkin, 1867 - Description of the Painting
The "Wood Cutting" is one of the very first works created by Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin's during his trip to Valaam....
Forest Distance, Ivan Shishkin - Description of the Painting
The picture titled "Forest Distance" (1884) is full of the master's deep poetic love for the beauty of the Russian forest and also for his small homeland....
The Sunlit Willows, Ivan Shishkin - Description of the Painting
Each and every time, when turning to nature, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin sought and found novelty in the forms that would seem usual, at first glance....
Winter forest, Ivan Shishkin - Description of the Painting
The pictures by Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin fascinate people with the depth of perspective and the scrupulous elaboration of details. Contemporaries used to refer to him as "King of the forest" and "Forest hero-artist"....
Gurzuf, 1859, Ivan Aivazovsky - Description of the Painting
The painting titled "Gurzuf" was written by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky in 1859....
Arrival into Sevastopol Bay, Aivazovsky - Description of the Painting
Aivazovsky painted his "Arrival into Sevastopol Bay" in 1852, depicting the Alexandrovskaya and Konstantinovskaya batteries on the right and left hand of the picture, respectively....
Moonlit night. The Bathhouse in Feodosia, Aivazovsky - Description of the Painting
The "Moonlit Night. The Bathhouse in Feodosia” was painted by Aivazovsky back in 1853. And the very first thing attracting the viewers’ attention is the bright lunar disk, breaking the thick and dense darkness of the southern night with its light....
"The Italian landscape. The Evening", Aivazovsky - Description of the Painting
In 1857 Aivazovsky wrote the painting “The Italian landscape. The Evening" based on his memories of a trip to Italy in youth. The picture shows the master's walk on Lago Maggiore Lake at the foot of the Alps....
"The sea shore at night. At the lighthouse", Aivazovsky - Description of the Painting
"The seashore at night. At the lighthouse" titled painting was written by Aivazovsky in 1837, in the early period of time when the artist was studying at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts....
Sailing off the coast of Crimea in the moonlit night, Aivazovsky - Description of the Painting
Date of creation – 1858, written by I. K. Aivazovsky in Feodosia where, by that time he had lived for more than ten years....