Victor Vasnetsov

Vasnetsov is called a great artist. And his paintings are a bold confirmation of this. One of the bright paintings, which, probably, is familiar from childhood to all – “Three

Above the famous canvas “Kashchei the Immortal” “storyteller” in painting, Victor Vasnetsov, worked since 1917, and finished his artist in 1926. This picture became chronologically the last of his creation.

Repeatedly VM Vasnetsov resorted to religious themes in his works. The painting “Only Begotten Son The Word of God” is presented in the form of a fresco in the Vladimir

One of Vasnetsov’s first paintings was a picture from the epic cycle “After the Battle of Igor Svyatoslavovich with the Polovtsians.” The reason for creating this work was the legend

The picture of Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov “Ivan Tsarevich on Gray Wolf” is nothing more than an illustration of the ancient story “Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf.” The idea itself

Snow Maiden is a favorite fairy-tale character of Christmas holidays. Vasnetsov creates his picture clearly under the influence of Ostrovsky’s fairy tale and Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera. Fabulously beautiful night: snow-covered forest,

The canvas “The Last Judgment” was created in 1896-1904 among other works for St. George’s Cathedral in the city of Gus-Khrustalny, Vladimir Region, commissioned by the largest breeder and philanthropist

Victor Vasnetsov – one of the most famous and recognizable masters of painting, on the canvases of which come to life the heroes of fairy tales, epics and legends of

Victor Vasnetsov throughout his life was interested and studied the mythology and folklore of Ancient Rus. All his works are imbued with the spirit of antiquity. At a glance at

Victor Vasnetsov is known primarily as an artist whose pictures brought to life the characters of Russian folk tales, parables and epics. Famous “Bogatyri” and “Alenushka”, “Carpet-plane”, “Sadko”, “Knight at

The northern regions are boundless expanses, wild nature and clean rivers. This place is untouched by people. Such places can not but cause delight, a storm of emotions and impressions.

Vasnetsov was an outstanding portraitist, although the genre of the portrait can not be called the main one in his work. In this genre, the artist never worked to order,

Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov possessed a profound knowledge of complex Orthodox symbols. How many generations of Vasnetsov he studied at a theological seminary. Later acquired knowledge used in monumental painting and

Vasnetsov got interested in genre painting in his youth, remember that he went to the Academy of Arts in 1867, rescuing 60 rubles for the pictures “Milkmaid” and “Znitsa” that

This topic – the most important for Vasnetsov, he did not leave her all his life. He himself, playing with his adherence to “heroic” images, was called “the true hero

In his painting “From an apartment to an apartment” VM Vasnetsov depicts people who are forced to wander through a rented apartment. The sight of this married couple is very

Vasnetsov managed to portray the life of ancient people very realistically. He shows their daily activities such as: hunting, feasting, ritual actions. The artist painted a bunch of people, all

Before us, the Russian hero on a battle horse. The outfit of the hero, his clothes are deprived of all luxury, beauty. It’s very simple, nothing superfluous. Dark blue caftan,

Among the works of VM Vasnetsov devoted to the religious theme, I want to mention the painting “The Baptism of Prince Vladimir”. Before writing this picture, the author studied the

For more than ten years Vasnetsov gave his paintings to the Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev, dedicated to the 900th anniversary of the baptism of Rus. The painter called this work

The portrait of the great autocrat of All Russia was shown by Vasnetsov at the jubilee XXV exhibition of the works of the Peredvizhnik Association. The artist believed that this