Sick Husband (Больной муж) -Vassily Maximov When people express themselves or what they think, sometimes they may hold back on some of the darker sides of things. Some artist do not like creating a negative, uncomfortable feeling for their audiences. But during the time of Russian Realism, Russian artists and writers broke down all the […]
Peredvizhniki, or The Wanderers, was an artistic movement of Russian Realism that focused on illustrating the realities of humanity through the exposure of daily life in the mid to late 19th century. The above painting is Isaac Il’ich Levitan’s Above the Eternal Peace…
Read moreThe Peredvizhniki (Передвижники), or “The Wanderers” were a group of young Russian painters who decided that the traditional methodologies taught by the Imperial Academy of the time were a hindrance and didn’t allow them to adequately reflect the feelings and experience of the… Continue Reading →
Illarion Pryanishnikov, a Russian painter from Timashovo, was a member of the Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers) artist group and eventually trained and mentored other members of the Wanderers such as Mikhail Nesterov and Konstantin Korovin. As a member of the Wanderers, Pryanishnikov eventually became disenchanted with the Imperial Regime in Russia and took his art around the country with […]
In the late 19th century, a famous group of Russian painters, later known as “The Wanderers”, rebelled against their masters who were embedded in the European views of art, that it was designed to be viewed by the upper class … Continue reading →
Read moreIlya Repin, Barge Haulers on the Volga 1870–187 The painting that I have decided to talk about is the painting of the men who are alongside the shore pulling a boat with ropes and straps. The title of the painting is noted above. I find this piece of art very interesting because of how the […]
A self portrait allows an artist to craft his defining image, memorializing himself for generations to come. It encompasses not only how he views himself but more importantly his values. In his self portrait, Viktor Vasnetsov did just that. He chose a very neutral pallet and an unassuming outfit. Everything about the portrait is modest, so […]
“The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”, written by Nikolai Leskov, features a merchants wife–Katerina Lvovna Izmailova–who is unhappy with the life she lives with her unappreciative husband. She falls in love with a house hand by the name of Sergei, who has…
The above painting is titled At the School Door. It was painted by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, who was a member of the Peredvizhnik movement. The Peredvizhnik movement, or “wanderers” when translated, were a group of Russian artists that strived to depict the dichotomy of class and struggle that plagued Russia in the latter half of the […]
The Peredvizhniki (Передвижники), or “The Wanderers” were a group of young Russian painters who decided that the traditional methodologies taught by the Imperial Academy of the time were a hindrance and didn’t allow them to adequately reflect the feelings and experience of the Russian people. In order break their chains and be able to fully express their creative… More Wandering Thoughts about The Wanderers
