An amazingly beautiful painting, created using technique using a tempera palette of colors, was created by the artist in 1924. Subsequently, in 1925, in Adyar, he presented it to the Theosophical Society in the person of its founder - a unique Russian woman - Blavatsky Elena Petrovna. She possessed an unusually high degree of cultural and moral education, and the refined beauty of the ideals of the Renaissance.

Claude Monet in the early 90's acquired part of the meadow, measuring 7,500 m2, near his house in Giverny. This site, with the help of a small canal, he turned into a wonderful water garden. Later, an arched bridge was built in the garden. The artist acquired peace and a place for reflection there. In October 1890, Monet had a desire to write his favorite place in a series of poppy field species.

The Demon Downed is a 1901 painting, painted on canvas with oil. The demon is cast down into the gorge. His arms and body became helpless, his wings spread. The demon is surrounded by wings like a bonfire. They sparkle and shimmer. The artist’s thought here was eternity and imperishability of the peacock. Not only the beauty of this bird attracted the artist.

Isaac Ilyich Levitan is a Russian artist, who is not without reason called the master of landscape. Despite his difficult life and difficult childhood with the early loss of his mother, Levitan did not stop seeing the beauty around and, moreover, he learned to convey his vision of beauty to others through painting.

The painting "Eagle on a Pine" containing elements of calligraphy, which belongs to the brush of Chinese artist Qi Baishi, was sold at a Beijing auction for 425.5 million yuan, which in terms of dollars is 65.4 million. The auction at which this painting was sold was held on May 22 by the China Guardian auction house.

The artist specialized in mythological and historical objects. Often painted in folklore and romantic painting styles. He believed that a true work conveys the past, present, and possibly even the future. Vasnetsov borrowed the plot of the picture from Russian folk legends, ballads, and fairy tales.