The painter Ivanov painted the famous painting “Walking on Waters” in white, combined with watercolors on brown paper in 1850. The brush master decided to illustrate an episode from the Bible (Matthew), in which the Apostle Peter watches with great surprise how the water moves Jesus.
The famous Venetian painter Titian Vecellio always admired the world and appreciated its beauty. In a special and reverent manner, the masters of the brush worried about antiquity. Ancient characters seemed alive to the artist, so he boldly moved mythological heroes into his era. So, his famous painting “Venus” is identified with the goddess Venus.
Alexey Venetsianov is a famous Russian painter. Surprising is the fact that not having received an art education, he managed to become an influential artist and even create his own direction in painting. Peasant life was of interest to artists before, but it was Venetsianov who began to portray peasants with love and tenderness.
The painting by N.P. Krymov “Toward Evening” is one of those paintings by great artists who are undeservedly deprived of attention. But this picture reveals very fine lines of life in the village, the beauty of rural nature. Of course, in his work Krymov wanted to reveal the essence of the so-called remote places. The painting depicts rural bleached huts with thatched roofs, a cellar, a quiet conversation between the two girls pictured in the foreground.
Victor Epildiforovich Borisov-Musatov - Russian painter, artist and master of images of the symbolism of the noble nests. There are not so many landscapes in the creator’s heritage, but nature will play a big role in his spectacular works of art. Like the great painters of the 18th century, the artist very often depicted the park and garden nature in which a person was supposed to be.
The picture of the famous artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries Arkady Rylov “A house with a red roof” is incredibly festive and emotional. Rylov's canvases are distinguished by their brightness and originality. His landscapes, including “Green Noise”, “Autumn Landscape” and others, convey the pristine beauty of nature in Central Russia.
