Great Russian Artists

Russian painting is a unique phenomenon in world art. It differs from European art not only in national motifs, patriotism, and "Russian-ness". The vision of the world and the perspective of our artists are quite special; their works are characterized... by strong emotionality and sentimentality, depth, perception, and boundless imagination. Russian painting reflects the entire richness of Russian culture, all significant events in Russian history, and the beauty of the native nature. Russian painting of the 17th-19th centuries astonishes and delights with its diversity of genres, techniques, and styles. These include grand portraits of the nobility, as well as intimate, private female images by Vladimir Borovikovsky, the beautiful and enchanting landscapes of the native land by Ivan Shishkin and Alexei Savrasov, monumental historical canvases by Karl Bryullov, Vasily Surikov, and Ilya Repin, realistic battle scenes by Vasily Vereshchagin, majestic and emotional marines by Ivan Aivazovsky, acute plot domestic scenes by Konstantin Makovsky, and bright genre paintings by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. This colorful album with numerous magnificent illustrations on coated paper will allow you to get acquainted with all the diversity of Russian painting.