At one of the stages of his development, a man threw off his goal to act only for the sake of functionality, convenience and began to pay attention to beauty. So art appeared - that which brightens up the everyday life, evokes emotions and keeps for centuries. Art is a way to transmit history through generations.
Among a large number of branches, each genre is distinguished by its features and nuances, ways to evoke impressions, originality and independence. Such is the painting, which for many centuries has been pleasing to the human eye. It covers many styles and directions, which allows us to talk about painting as a limitless source of inspiration and deep emotions. Looking at the picture, everyone finds something of their own in it, notices little things in which, perhaps, the author did not lay any meaning. This is the value of visual art.
The paintings of the 19th century, along with the modern ones, are capable of evoking the most diverse, often conflicting emotions that strike the brain and overturn the ordinary meaning of things.
19th century painting
The end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century is reflected in history as the predominance of high classicism in all forms of art, including painting. This period is filled with the desire of artists to convey in their creations the romance, originality, and individuality of the beautiful. The paintings of the 19th century - this is what makes you rive your eyes to every brushstroke and admire him as part of a large, living canvas. This time again revealed to the world the beauty of the portrait, its ability to show not only the individual qualities of the depicted person and new techniques in painting, but also part of the artist himself, the way he sees the world.
Also, paintings of the 19th century are filled with a gradation of two colors that are close in shade, which added to the paintings life and reality. Later, in the 50s, the elevation and romance of paintings changed to reflect life without exaggeration and embellishment - to realism. But nevertheless, despite the general tendencies, the artists wrote what they saw, felt and wanted to convey. The time frames of the popular genre or priority technology did not affect them, because it is difficult to squeeze a creative person, a master of his craft into a specific format.
Pictures of Ivan Aivazovsky
If you say only two words - “sea” and “painting”, then the first who comes to mind will be Ivan Aivazovsky. The way he transmitted the water element cannot be compared with anything. In his paintings, water, like a man, is filled with thoughts, emotions and experiences. Each of his paintings is a picture of the world of the 19th century, where ships struggle with the elements, where light and darkness find their contrast in every corner of life, where feelings pour over the edge, as if the last day had already arrived.
His works, such as “Battles”, “Storm and Shipwreck”, “Crimea and Surroundings” - is a portal through which you can get into the place shown on the canvas and become its integral part. Giving a lot of time and energy to landscapes, Ivan Aivazovsky also created portraits. One of them is “Portrait of Vice Admiral M. P. Lazarev”, “Portrait of A. I. Kaznacheev” and others.
Karl Bryullov and his creations
Russian paintings of the 19th century are a collection of the most beautiful works of a large number of masters, among which Karl Bryullov stands out with a special love for art. Having received the ability to appreciate beauty from his father, Karl from childhood far outstripped many of his classmates in the skill. In his work, he operated on a large list of techniques. Oil, watercolor, sepia or drawing - his paintings reflected the author's unquenchable interest in all facets of art.
Bryullov, inspired by the works of the best masters of all time, was able to convey plasticity, a special sense of form and an individual understanding of painting. The most significant work of this artist is the monumental historical canvas “The Last Day of Pompeii”, which took six years to create. Bryullov’s entire creative heritage is included in the “golden fund” of not only Russian, but also world painting.
Viktor Vasnetsov and his paintings of the 19th century
With many works of Viktor Vasnetsov get acquainted at school. This artist was noted for his passion for folklore, historical and fairy tales, the significance of national history. “The Heroes”, “The Knight at the Crossroads”, “Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible” - all these works, like places of concentration of figurative energy, cause a strong internal impulse.
In Vasnetsov’s paintings, the scene and the plot are important, while color plays a secondary, but extraordinarily important role, because it is thanks to the accurate selection of colors and sweet trepidation, the inspired beauty of the paintings depicted, that can fill the soul with pleasant warmth and admiration.
Arkhip Kuindzhi Painting
Simple but exciting; It seemed undemanding, but impressive - this is the art of the 19th century. Arkhip Kuindzhi's paintings fit perfectly into the atmosphere of that time. The lack of a plot in his works was supposed to reduce their value and take away the enthusiastic interest with which they are looked at, but still these pictures catch and carry to distant depths of consciousness.
It's all about color. The fact with which fullness Arkhip Kuindzhi conveys the simplicity of the environment does not allow not to admire his work. “Snow peaks”, “Sunrise”, “Forest” - all these are vivid examples of high skill of Arkhip Ivanovich, thanks to which you can see the beauty and harmony of the world.
The world through the eyes of Isaac Levitan
All the paintings of 19th century artists are exciting and touching in their own way, and the work of Isaac Levitan occupies their place among them. Within the framework of one canvas, the artist displayed many shades, thanks to which the special sensuality of his paintings was achieved.
The artist passionately loved life and all its facets. His works are simple and, at first glance, unpretentious landscapes, such as "Above Eternal Peace", "Wooded Coast", but it is precisely in their laconicism that emotional expressiveness is hidden.