Peter Powell Rubens began painting early. He studied on the creations of Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio. However, even the early paintings are innovative, combining Italian Renaissance painting with realistic national art. Rubens chose to celebrate life and religious themes as the main content of his works.
“Flaming Giraffe” or “Giraffe on Fire” - a painting by Salvador Dali in the late 30s is one of the most significant works of the great artist. This painting was painted in a surreal style. IR This painting is directly related to another work by Dali, “The invention of monsters.”
This sculptural work was the last work of the master. Almost until his death, he actively worked on its creation. The composition is two-figured. We see Mary and Christ merged into one. The proportions of the figures are deliberately lengthened. The impression of their fragility and weightlessness. Involuntarily recall the statues of antiquity.
Nikolay Krymov vividly demonstrates his style and his vision of a seemingly ordinary and unremarkable village and rural life. In fact, this is due solely to the fact that, by himself, the artist is a vivid representative of the city dweller, so he could see that natural beauty of nature that his predecessors could not notice.
In fact, Kustodiev was quite interested in the image of merchants. He painted their portraits in all kinds of perspectives, under the strangest interiors and in various poses, naked and dressed up. Of course, it should be noted that there are a lot of paintings with merchants, but the most successful, and unique in its harmony and completeness of the image undoubtedly is the "Tea Party."
Before us is a rather bold decision of the artist to depict autumn in the forest, almost through a plexus of branches — there are no rivers, clouds, or rain (the usual signs of autumn) in the picture — they are only barely distinguishable, among the golden leaf fall, blackening tree trunks. The sun, obviously, has not risen not so long ago, in the picture, judging by the shadows and the animation of two forty on a forest path, it is already close to noon, but still - the first half of the day.
