Respect the History
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…
The artist is Efanov For the first time, Efanov turned to this topic in 1939, having performed the drawing of the same name. “The idea of the picture,” wrote the artist in memoirs, “arose on my eve of the 60th anniversary of Comrade Stalin. In the newspaper, I read a large article by Comrade Poskrebyshev….
The artist is unknown Menshikov Alexander Danilovich (November 6, 1673 – November 12, 1729). State and military leader, associate of Peter I. The son of the court groom. He began his career in the “Fierce Company”, the batman Peter I (1693). Took part in the Azov campaign. Together with Peter, “Incognito” traveled as part of…
The artist is silver Ilya Minovich Shishkan (1918-1943) – pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). "In air battles on the Leningrad Front, a young 22-year-old fighter Ilya Shishkan acquired professional maturity and glory. During the Great Patriotic War, he made more than 400 sorties, 36 times he flew…
The artist is Serov The picture captures the climax of the operation called „Iskra “when at 9 hours 30 minutes on January 18, 1943, in the area of workers’ villages No. 1 and No. 5 off the southern coast of Lake Ladoga, breaking through the enemy’s defense, the I, a separate rifle battalion of the…