Vrubel Michael

Having finished work on the “Demon sitting,” Vrubel did not part with Lermontov; fate would have liked to continue the dialogue of the two great masters. In the role of

Pastel Pearl “- a small miracle of art, an amazing game of overflows in a pearl shell. Who ever held in the hands and examined the natural sea shell, could

One of the first works of Vrubel. This is a huge fresco “The Descent of the Holy Spirit…”, written by the artist on the boxed roof of the Church of

Pencil drawings of 1904 are extremely interesting. This is the only surviving series of full-scale sketches in Vrubel’s legacy. Returning to artistic work, Vrubel felt the need, again, as during

Vrubel was married to one of the most outstanding Russian singers, Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabele. She was the favorite singer of Rimsky-Korsakov, for her he wrote soprano roles in operas, beginning

Originally, the painting was called “Ilya Muromets”, written by M. A. Vrubel incredibly fast, for a couple of weeks, with almost no preliminary sketches and sketches. In form, the picture

Mikhail Vrubel, who knew classical art and literature and spoke several languages, was open and easy to communicate. But for all that, a hypnotic force emanated from him, as if

The desire to truly reproduce the nature, characteristic of most landscape painters of the second half of the XIX century, Vrubel gives way to the perception of the natural motive

The painting “Pan” unanimously recognizes almost the apex of Vrubel’s entire work. Surprisingly, but wrote her artist for two or three days! They say that the impetus was the reading

Vrubel loved to travel around the country. He visited: Rome, Milan, Athens and other cities, but the heart is forever left in the Russian capital – Moscow. Such wanderings had

The painting was the result of the artist’s serious work on the scenery for the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan. At this time, the life of the whole family

Vrubel traveled a lot – together with the family of Mamontovs went to Italy, France, Greece. On his return he wrote two panels – “Venice” and “Spain”. These are not

At one time Vrubel was captured by the theme of the “Prophet” – full of high significance, inspired by Pushkin’s famous poem: I languish with spiritual thirst, In the desolate

Vrubel was an excellent draftsman. He appreciated the ability to paint unusually high and often blamed modern artists for their disdainful attitude towards the drawing. Draw Vrubel always – drew

Vrubel often painted his wife. And he always walked away a little from reality, slightly elongating his face, widening his eyes, thereby making the image more mysterious. And the most

The artist’s wife, Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela, was a famous singer. Vrubel said that many singers sing like birds, but his Nadia sings like a man. Nature generously endowed Nadezhda Ivanovna

The last work Vrubel was a portrait of the poet Valery Bryusov. Her “dvoemirie” was subtly felt by Nina Petrovskaya: “A slightly inclined forward figure of the poet is separated

Painfully lonely artist, stretching to the beyond, finds the joy of creativity, when in S. Mamontov’s Abramtsev through his friends and comrades comes in contact with the work of folk

The widely known great Russian post-impressionist Mikhail Vrubel used a special technique for writing paintings that amazes researchers and connoisseurs of his works. Careful selection of colors, intense color, fantastic

Vrubel from his youth was an inveterate theatergoer. But he began to arrange performances only in 1891 – this artist attracted S. Mamontov, inviting him to create sketches of the

This picture Vrubel depicts the night in the deaf, rusty-red tones. Visible are the dark silhouettes of horses and the swarthy, half-naked shepherd-gypsy. Thistle thickets like living red torches: they