A contemporary and friend of Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Viktor Vasnetsov, Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov entered Russian painting as the creator of landscapes filled with “true, subtle musical lyricism and the
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The patient by Vasily Polenov
The picture was conceived by Polenov in 1873 under the impression of being acquainted in Rome with Elizaveta Boguslavskaya, a Russian student who had come abroad to study, who was
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Baalbek. Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter and the Temple of the Sun by Vasily Polenov
Oriental etudes are entertaining interpretations of architectural motifs. Depicting the great monuments of antiquity, Christian shrines, the ruins of ancient temples, Polenov chose such angles that represent the building from
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Early snow by Vasily Polenov
The picture gives a wide, generalized image of the landscape of Oka. The first cover of fluffy snow lay down on the ground, smoothing its outlines, making the vast expanses
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Among the teachers by Vasily Polenov
For Russian artists of the second half of the 19th century, there is a characteristic interest in the Gospel history: let’s call at least the names of Kramskoy, Perov, and
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Village Turgenevo by Vasily Polenov
“Village Turgenevo” recognized by art historians one of the best landscapes in the work Polenova. The canvas clearly feels the emotional and technical relationship with the other three, the most
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Old Mill by Vasily Polenov
Landscapes created by the brush of a talented painter V. Polenov, do not leave indifferent and sophisticated art lovers and ordinary viewers. An honorable place among his works is taken
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Pond in the park. Olshanka by Vasily Polenov
Polenov, by the very fact of birth, had the opportunity to become closely acquainted with the “noble nests” of the 19th century. So, unforgettable for him were trips to Olshanka
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Haram Ash-Sheriff by the area where the ancient temple of Jerusalem was located – Vasily Polenov
Trips to the East were often undertaken by Russian artists. If the masters of the middle of the XIX century were closer to the ethnographers according to the interpretation of
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Christ and the sinner by Vasily Polenov
The famous canvas of Alexander Ivanov “The Appearance of Christ to the People” made a huge impression on all who had seen it with their own eyes. Everyone who was
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Monastery over the river by Vasily Polenov
Vasily Polenov began to write this magnificent picture, after he visited Kiev and remained impressed by this trip. On the canvas one can see the beautiful Vydubetsky monastery, which is
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On the Lake of Tiberias (Genisaret) by Vasily Polenov
There is a certain irony of fate in this: Polenov is a generally recognized genius of landscape painting, he himself considered the most important paintings in his work, paintings on
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