post-revolutionary landscape
Secrets of famous paintings
Works of art often become particularly popular if they are legends about them or if they unexpectedly turn out to be not what they seem at first glance. “Kultura.RF” reveals the secrets of famous – and not very – Russian paintings.
“The Nun” by Ilya Repin
A young girl in strict monastic clothes looks at the viewer thoughtfully from a portrait. The image is classic and familiar – he probably would not have aroused interest among art historians if it were not for the memoirs of Lyudmila Alekseevna Shevtsova-Spore – the niece of Repin’s wife. They found a curious story.
Sophia Repina, nee Shevtsova, posed for the “Nun” Ilya Repina. Continue reading
will be held
taking over the experience
closest associate
look is achieved
struggle began
decade by starting
stages of directions
decisions became
likely have been
memorial exhibition
been withdrawn
national school
very long time
highest strata of society
which various creative
sewed fig leaves
master in front
leaf on special steel
until his death
image of the nude mahi
exhibitions of Russian art
hundred products
four-year pensioner's trip
apartment of the artist
well-known names
impression of the prison
pearl lies right
heavy bodies
during his stay
body corresponds
avant-garde paintings
bygone era
mostly landscapes written
entrance to the neighboring
simply could
masters left untouched
more connection
same time suffering
dark palette
created a special world
depict strong people
second institutional structure
even buried
tremendous change
Many prominent painters