Above the Clouds at Sunrise
Frederic Edwin Church · Above the Clouds at Sunrise 1849 – Oil on canvas – The Warner Collection (formerly) Frederic Edwin Church was the most… Read More »Above the Clouds at Sunrise
Masterworks
Max Beckmann · self-portrait, 1919
Max Beckmann · self-portrait with a glass of champagne 1919. Oil on canvas, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum… Read More »Max Beckmann · self-portrait, 1919
10 Self-portraits
10 great Self-portraits A review of the history of the self-portrait through the works of 10 masters. The genre of the self-portrait was born, of… Read More »10 Self-portraits
Fyodor Vasilyev
Fyodor Vasilyev · Wet Meadow 1872 – oil on canvas – The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia Died at the age of 23, victim of a… Read More »Fyodor Vasilyev
Ivan Shishkin
Ivan Shishkin (and Konstantin Savitsky) · Morning in a pine forest 1886 – oil on canvas – Tetryakov Gallery, Russia Ivan Shishkin (1832-1898) was one… Read More »Ivan Shishkin
Alexei Savrasov
Alexei K. Savrasov · The rooks have returned 1871 – oil on canvas – Tetryakov Gallery, Russia Savrasov was one of the most important -arguably… Read More »Alexei Savrasov
Isaac Levitan
Isaac Levitan · Lake 1900 – oil on canvas “Lake” is Levitan’s last painting, an unfinished masterpiece by the Russian painter (born in Kaunas, Lithuania)… Read More »Isaac Levitan
Ivan Aivazovsky
Ivan Aivazovsky · The Ninth Wave 1850 – oil on canvas – Saint Petersburg, State Museum Born in Crimea in 1817 to an Armenian family,… Read More »Ivan Aivazovsky
Arkhip Kuindzhi
Arkhip Kuindzhi · Dnepr in the morning 1881 – oil on canvas – The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia The son of a Greek shoemaker who… Read More »Arkhip Kuindzhi
50 Famous Paintings · Masterworks of Painting
50 Famous Paintings · Masterworks of Painting Whether for symbolic, aesthetic, practical or economic reasons, the truth is that Painting has always been humanity’s favourite… Read More »50 Famous Paintings · Masterworks of Painting