Art has been for centuries considered one of the most valuable assets of human culture. The paintings of famous artists become a state treasure, followed closely by thousands of specialists, and they cost hundreds of millions of dollars. In our country, art is appreciated much less, but everyone knows the following 's most famous paintings by Russian artists .It is about them that any educated person knows.
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The Appearance of Christ to the People Alexander Ivanov
"The Appearance of Christ to the People" is worthily opening the top most famous paintings of Russian artists. Russian artist Alexander Ivanov became famous for his painting "The Appearance of Christ to the People," which he painted for twenty years. The size of the picture is amazing, as is its detail. Inspired by the author, of course, the subjects of the Bible, and she was not the first work of the artist on religious subjects - Ivanov knew that everyone liked the first picture and embodied again - for the last time. The picture was called by contemporaries not just an amazing, but the most important event in their life. Ironically, Ivanov himself died the same day, and the king bought the painting right after the author's death.
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Unequal Marriage Vasily Pukirev
One of the most famous paintings by Russian artists is the incredibly deep Vasily Pukirev's canvas "Unequal Marriage" .Pukirev - an unremarkable villager who became famous for only one painting - all other works of the author remained forgotten. Why "Unequal marriage"?The picture describes the story of the life of Pukirev himself - he even depicted in the picture itself. The young Pukirev stands in the background with his arms crossed, unable to do anything, because his bride is getting married to an old general. Kostomarov himself, seeing the canvas, took a young girl as wife.
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Rooks flew Alexei Savrasov
Rooks arrived - the most famous painting by Russian artist Alexei Savrasov. The picture gained popularity at the time of its first exhibition, where it was appreciated for its realism and sincerity."Such scenery is only in the Grach", - they talked about the picture of Savrasov. It is interesting, but the church that is depicted in the background exists and stands in the same form to this day. In the same village the famous Susanin accomplished his feat.
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Hunters at halt Vasily Perov
The author of the painting "Hunters at halt" is the famous author Vasily Perov. Everyone knows this one of the most famous paintings of Russian artists, and in the nineteenth century many people spoke of it as unsuccessful. There were also those who admired the work of Perov. First of all, the work was admired by the great classic Dostoevsky. Some criticized the picture because of unreliability, because Perov drew hunters from his friends, who were unfamiliar with this type of occupation.
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Three heroes Victor Vasnetsov
Victor Vasnetsov created one of the most famous paintings among Russian authors - "Three Bogatyrs" .Vasnetsov said that he was inspired by fast-moving oak trees - he was amazed at their power, and the heroes later just appeared to him in a dream. The painting depicts famous characters of Russian folk tales. In the center is painted Ilya Muromets, in whose hand the spear is, to the left - Dobrynya Nikitich, pulling out the sword from the scabbard, and on the right - Alyosha Popovich with the bow and arrows. It is known that the artist painted Alyosha from his son Mamontov, in whose estate the painting hung. And the other bogatyrs are similar to the members of the Vasnetsov family.
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Girl with Peaches Valentin Serov
Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov, unlike previous authors, after writing the painting "Girl with Peaches" , became one of the most important artists in the empire. The picture so amazed the public and even the royal family that she turned to the author with the order for a few more pictures obligated to decorate the royal palaces."Girl with peaches" deserved is included in the Top of the most famous paintings of Russian artists due to the joy that radiates the girl. Critics call the painting "alive."But imagine how there was a girl who had to pose for Serov, and he is not the only one who embodied this young person in his canvases.
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Burlaki on the Volga Ilya Efimovich
Ilya Efimovich - a native of Ukraine, never saw big ships, barge haulers and even more so the Volga. For the first time Efimovich saw barge haulers on the Neva, where he had a plot for the future masterpiece. Now "Burlaki on the Volga" is one of the most illustrative paintings of Russian artists, which is deservedly included in the top 10.The picture was not once described by great literary figures, including Dostoevsky himself. To write the picture "Burlaki on the Volga", the author needed only 200 rubles for the journey. Then she was sold for only 3,000 rubles to Vladimir Aleksandrovich, the great Russian prince. Now the picture is a legacy of Russian culture and its value can not be estimated.
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Boyarynya Morozova Vasily Surikov
"Boyarynya Morozova" of the Russian author Vasily Surikov is one of the most important exhibits of the Tretyakov Gallery and, in combination, one of the most famous paintings of Russian artists. The picture is large, and visitors are amazed at how well detailed life is on such a rather large canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery acquired a picture for only 25 thousand rubles - money, of course, great for the XIX century, but now its value can not be overestimated. Interestingly, buying a painting was a risk to the gallery, because most did not take the canvas.
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Stranger Ivan Kramskoy
The second most famous painting by Russian artists is by right the mysterious "Stranger" by Ivan Kramskoy. On a small canvas depicts a young woman who is dressed in expensive and most fashionable clothes of the late XIX century. Someone argues that the picture shows Anna Karenina, and some generally believe that "Stranger" brings great misfortune to all who look into her eyes."Unknown" is the most famous painting from all the works of Kramskoy, and the world still does not know with whom the artist drew the picture. The author himself did not mention anything.
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Morning in the Pine Forest Ivan Shishkin
"Morning in the Pine Forest". Ivan Shishkin is an artist who, at the academy, replied that he would be a landscape painter, painted the famous painting "Morning in a Pine Forest".Even small children know about the canvas, although they call it "bears", as they are depicted on chocolate sweets with the same name. Among Russian artists, the painting "Morning in the Pine Forest" by Shishkin is the most recognizable and often criticized in the lack of realism. The most intemperate object, why bear cubs are exactly three, because a bear rarely has such offspring. The popularity of the picture gained thanks to the fabulously beautiful forest landscape with the addition of the plot animalism, that is, the bear family.
