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


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

Like many of the master’s works, the picture remained unfinished. The master worked well the background, which is a typical Caucasian landscape. As for the very figure of the demon,

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 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

In the mid-1890s, Vrubel received an order for a series of works for the cabinet in the Gothic style. The customer was one of the representatives of the famous Morozov

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

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

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

A girl on the background of the Persian carpet – one of the beautiful works of the famous artist Mikhail Vrubel. Before the spectator there is a colorful, bright picture.

Vrubel has long conceived the canvas “Demon defeated.” He wanted to shock the viewer, create a grandiose work, but, it seems, he did not clearly represent the idea of the

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

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

Behind the noisy carnival, full of colors, dances and songs, the master saw a kind of emptiness and sadness. It is only necessary to throw a fleeting glance at the

All the paintings of M. Vrubel were created in a mysterious and fabulous atmosphere. Especially his demons. In 1891, M. Vrubel painted 30 illustrations for the new anniversary edition of

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 period of 1890-ies was noted in the work of the master and the execution of large-scale custom-made works on interior design. The collection of the Omsk Museum contains a

The decorative panel is a picture intended for permanent or temporary decoration of a section of the wall or ceiling, that is, it definitely builds up the living space, influences

Triptych was created to decorate the interior of the house of one of the patrons of the Morozovs. The plot is well known not only as the basis of numerous

In the complex, multifaceted fate of Vrubel, there was no serene prosperity since the year of birth: he lost his mother early, wandered a lot, moving with his family from

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