Tretyakov Gallery: paintings with names. The most famous paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery

In this article you will be presented with the Tretyakov Gallery. Pictures with the names “Athletes”, “Morning in a pine forest”, “Rooks have arrived” are known not only in Russia, but also in many other states.

Today we will take a short tour of the museum and look at the seven most famous paintings of this exhibition.

Tretyakov Gallery

Tretyakov Gallery. Pictures with the names “Morning in a pine forest”, “Girl with peaches” and others from childhood are known to many. This museum stores the canvases of the best masters of Russian fine art.

It was created by the merchant Tretyakov in 1856. It houses icons, paintings from the time of Tsarist Russia, paintings of the Soviet era.

Next, we will examine in more detail the exposition, which the Tretyakov Gallery boasts. Pictures with a description and a few photos will help you take a short tour of its halls.

"Demon sitting"

So, the place of our excursion is the Tretyakov Gallery.

The pictures with the names “Athletes”, “Rooks have arrived” speak for themselves. But our next exhibit is perceived differently, depending on whether you know its name or not.

If a person who is little versed in painting approaches the canvas, he will see an athletically built young man sitting near the rock. But when the viewer learns that this is a demon, perception changes dramatically.

Although Mikhail Vrubel himself said that the image of his hero does not imply anything evil. It is a suffering, mournful and at the same time majestic spirit.

It is noteworthy that the writing technique was used by the mastichion when creating it. This is the application of paint using a thin metal plate. Such manipulations create a mosaic effect.

"Ivan groznyj"

The Tretyakov Gallery holds many surprises for beginners. Pictures with names of peaceful and joyful landscapes are suddenly interrupted by a cruel and bloody scene. Now we will talk about the tragic canvas of Ilya Repin.

When analyzing the work of an artist, art critics often think about the motives that prompted the master to write a picture. If, not knowing the real story, to ask such a question regarding the canvas “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan, November 16, 1581,” many things can be thought out.

In fact, Ilya Repin wrote it, being impressed by the symphonic suite “Antar” by Rimsky-Korsakov. The sounds of this melody became a catalyst for the former impulses that arose during the artist's journey through Western Europe. There he was struck by the spectacle of bullfighting in Spain. Such a "bloody" mood was expressed in this tragic scene.

In the picture, the king is gradually moving away from anger and realizes that he has just mortally wounded his child.

"Girl with Peaches"

Many famous paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery are landscapes or epic images of mythical heroes. Our next exhibit is just a portrait.

It shows a part of the room, a table, chairs, windows, a girl and peaches. Yes, this is one of Valentin Serov’s most famous compositions “Girl with Peaches”. I must say that this masterpiece was given to the author quite difficult. The difficulty lay in a question not related to painting.

The child in the picture is the daughter of the famous Moscow philanthropist Savva Mamontov, Vera. The main problem was to persuade the restless girl to sit for several hours a day. Work on the masterpiece lasted almost a month.

The second feature is peaches. These are not imported fruits. They were brought from the garden where the gardener worked. This man sought that the first time the trees in the estate near Moscow bloomed in February, and the early harvest was harvested in June.

"Heroes"

In this article, we consider the famous paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery. But if we talk about our next masterpiece, then it is impossible not to mention the "fabulousness" of the work of Viktor Vasnetsov.

The artist devoted most of his life to work on epic images of Russian folklore. His brushes belong to Alyonushka, Bogatyrsky Skok, Knight at the Crossroads and other masterpieces.

But the most ambitious of all is the canvas "Athletes". The author himself describes his plot as follows. The knights rode out into the open field and watched if they were offending anyone, was there an enemy nearby?

The picture shows Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovich and Dobrynya Nikitich. An interesting story goes about who became the prototype of the heroes' faces for Vasnetsov.

For a long time, the author could not find a suitable person to reflect the kindness and strength of the hero of Ilya Muromets. Once he saw a peasant who came to work on the streets of Moscow. The man’s name was Ivan Petrov. So, thanks to a fluke, the peasant remained sealed for centuries.

In the image of Dobrynia, Vasnetsov showed himself. To confirm, it is enough to compare the “Bogatyrs” with any of his self-portraits.

Thus, the paintings of artists in the Tretyakov Gallery reflect the various facets of the Russian soul. From sadness and despair (“The Apotheosis of War”) to joyful lightness (“Morning in a pine forest”) and the nagging feelings of a bygone childhood (“Rooks have arrived”).

The Apotheosis of War

If we talk about the most famous paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery, it is impossible to ignore the canvas of Vasily Vereshchagin.

It depicts a lifeless wasteland with a dead and ruined city on the horizon. In the foreground is a mountain of human skulls, on which the crow feasts. In this way, Vasily showed society all the horror and tragedy of battles.

The painting "The Apotheosis of War", unlike other battle canvases, depicts not gallant warriors, brave military leaders and beautiful horses. There are no volleys of weapons, staring eyes and ostentatious joy of victory.

Being next to a masterpiece, the viewer finds himself in a completely different reality. As if the veil falls from the eyes, and the true face of the battles is revealed to the eye. Only devastation and despair.

Such a masterpiece became a reflection of the artist’s life experience, since he spent more than one month in military campaigns.

Morning in a pine forest

In this article, we briefly discuss the most famous paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery. Without a doubt, Ivan Shishkin’s painting belongs to such. Previously, carpets and reproductions of “Morning in a Pine Forest” were especially popular.

An interesting story is connected with this canvas. Shishkin was a master at portraying the smallest details of flora. That is, he was particularly successful in a variety of landscapes.

He painted the representatives of the animal world with difficulty. Therefore, two craftsmen Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky (portrayed bears) worked on “Morning in a Pine Forest”.

Subsequently, when the painting was sold, Ivan suggested that Konstantin also put an autograph on it. But the collector said that he had acquired the canvas from Shishkin, but Savitsky did not know anything. Therefore, today there is only one signature on the masterpiece.

Rooks

If we talk about the most famous paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery, it is impossible not to mention the painting "Rooks Have Arrived." In Russia, probably, there is not a single student who would not write an essay about him.

The painting by Alexei Savrasov impresses with its cheerfulness, a foreshadow of spring. She is filled with some kind of pangs of lost childhood happiness.

The story of the artist is impressive. The boy reluctantly let the boy go to school, but soon he had to leave school for family problems. Savrasov’s teacher asked Moscow Chief Police Officer Luzhin to help him.

Only thanks to this, Aleksey was able to continue his studies and become a famous artist.

Thus, in this article we talked about what paintings in the Tretyakov Gallery are, considered the most famous canvases of some Russian artists.

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