
Russian History through the Eyes of Vasily Surikov

Painting of the Week: Valentin Serov, Princess Olga Orlova
Wagnerism in Art: Painting Music or Listening to Pictures
January 14, 2021What is Wagnerism? There are perhaps no other cultural movements in the world that we have named after one person. Wagnerism was admiration for Wagner’s musical oeuvre, which originated in the second half of the 19th century. The...
The Musician, the Faun, and the Sunrise—Impressionism in Three Arts
January 13, 2021What do you get when you add some light, some inspiration, and some musical color? You get the recipe for cutting-edge content that will change how the world thinks about art. Read on for an illustration—an impression, if...
The State Russian Museum Highlights
January 11, 2021The State Russian Museum is the country’s first museum of Russian fine art. It represents the history of Russian culture for more than a thousand years and contains a collection of more than 400,000 objects. We collected the...
Painting of the Week: John William Waterhouse, Miranda
January 10, 2021Miranda, from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is the subject of a painting by John William Waterhouse. She has been detained on an island, together with her father, Prospero, for almost twelve years. This happened as a result of...
The Story of Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom and Its Three Versions
January 9, 2021The Bedroom(s) are among the most famous paintings of Vincent van Gogh. Why the plural? There are three similar paintings of the same title. All three versions are described in his letters, easily discernible from one another by the pictures...
The Mysterious Road From Edvard Munch’s The Scream
January 8, 2021The Scream by Edvard Munch is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It’s pretty obvious why – its expression and the way the pain and the anxiety of the man are depicted is universal for...
Claude Monet and the Masterpieces Painted in Series
January 7, 2021
