Karl Bryullov writes another masterpiece for his viewer. This time, the picture "Narcissus looking into the water." The background to this picture is the story of a young guy named Narcissus. It was still a young son of one of the river gods, according to legend, it was said that the young man had the opportunity to live a long and happy life, but, only on one condition: he should not see his reflection.
Rembrandt wrote the elderly with hardly the greatest pleasure. The past life seemed to him something that leaves an indelible mark on a person, according to which, with a certain talent, one can read it as if it were an open book. He wrote both young people and children, but the old people were always the best sitters for him.
Deineka is a Soviet painter who preferred a genre scene to all other genres, and socialist realism, which is characterized by great accuracy, some angularity, the absence of unnecessary details and the obvious singing of the socialist system, to styles. He was a party, at one time he participated in the defense of Kursk from the whites.
“Beach in Purville” is a picture of one of the most talented French artists - Claude Monet, painted in 1882. It is part of a series of paintings that were painted during the period when the artist lived in the small resort town of Purville, located in northern France. The artist was very fond of depicting the water element, which once again confirms this picture.
After the death of his first wife in 1626, Rubens marries a second time, his wife becomes the daughter of his friend, young Elena Faurment, with whom he lived a happy 10 years of life until his death. During this period, she very often posed for her husband's portraits, helping her to create world masterpieces.
Isaac Levitan is a famous Russian landscape painter. Contemporaries rightly called the artist the master of the “landscape of mood”. Levitan lived a short, tormented life. He left behind a rich collection of Russian landscapes, which are popular abroad as well. The artist's work is permeated with a reverent love for his native land, and also personify the true Russian beauty in all its splendor.
