The largest representative of landscape painting of the beginning of the XIX century, F. Ya. Alekseeva called “Russian Canaletto” in honor of the Italian artist, master of the urban landscape

The largest representative of landscape painting of the beginning of the XIX century, F. Ya. Alekseeva called “Russian Canaletto” in honor of the Italian artist, master of the urban landscape
Landscape, painted by the artist oil on canvas during his “business trip” in Moscow, organized for him by Paul I. The task before the artist was the following: carefully familiarize
Alekseev is a Russian landscape painter, the most famous Russian master of the urban landscape, in fact the first among Russian painters. Prior to this, the artists sang of nature
Perspective painting, according to which Alexeyev specialized in the Academy of Arts, was considered an applied field of art, closely associated with theatrical and decorative works. It was in this
St. Petersburg, its magnificent panoramas and palaces are the main theme of the works of F. Ya. Alekseev. The Exchange building, erected in the year of writing this picture, completed