Ivan Kramskoy, ctd

 Portrait of Vera Nikolayevna Tretyakova (1876)

 Portrait of singer Elizabeth Andreevny Lavrovsky, on stage at the Assembly of Nobility (1879)

 Portrait of the Painter Ivan Shishkin (1880)

 Portrait of the artist Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko (1878)

[about Litovchenko] [his works have been featured on this blog]

 Prayer of Moses after the Israelites go through the Red Sea (1861)

 The Actor Vasily Samoilov (1881)

 The Beekeeper (1872)

 Whilst Reading. A Portrait of Sofia Kramskoya, the Artist's Wife (1866)

Woodsman (1874)

Ivan Kramskoy

Ivan Kramskoy (1837-1887) was a prominent Russian painter who specialized in portraits.

 Christ in the Wilderness (1872)

 Moonlit Night (1880)

 Outraged Jewish Boy (1874)

 Peasant with a Bridle (1883)

 Portrait of Empress Maria Fiodorovna in a Head Dress Decorated with Pearls (1880s)

 Portrait of Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov (1874)

[Goncharov was a Russian novelist]

 Portrait of Ivan Shishkin (1873)

[Shishkin was probably the greatest Russian painter of nature]

 Portrait of Leo Tolstoy (1873)

 Portrait of Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1878)

[Akaskov was another Russian writer]

Portrait of a Woman (1883)

Ivan Aivazovsky, ctd

Some more Aivazovsky to start the week:

 American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar (1873)

 Azure Grotto, Naples (1841)

 Battle of Çesme at Night (1848)

 Battle of Navarino (1846)

 Battle of Sinop (1853)

 Battle of Vyborg Bay (1846)

 Between the Waves (1898)

 Black Sea Fleet in the Bay of Theodosia (1890)

 Boat Ride by Kumkapi in Constantinople (1846)

Bosphorus, the Golden Horn

Alexei Stepanovich Stepanov

Alexei Stepanovich Stepanov (1858-1923) was a Russian painter.

After the Hunt (1894)

 

 Arrival of the Teacher

 Laundresses in Vichy 

 Manor in the Summer

 Morning Greetings

 On the Volga

 Roundelay

 The Cranes Fly (1891)

To Pasture

Karl Briullov

Karl Briullov (1799-1852) was a Russian painter in the Neoclassic tradition.

 Bahchisaraiskiy Fountain (1849)

 Bathsheba (1832)

Countess Samoilova Leaves the Ball with the Adoptive Daughter of A. Paccini (1841)

 Italian Midday (1827)

 Italian Morning (1823)

 The Last Day of Pompeii (1833)

[about this painting] [more about this painting]

 Portrait of Maria Arkadyevna Bek

 Portrait of Mariya Arkadyevna Bek with her Daughter (1839)

 Portrait of Princess Z.A. Volkonskaya (1842)

 Portrait of the Shishmariov Sisters (1839)

 Siege of Pskov by Poland King Stefan Batory in 1581 (1843)

Portrait of the Brightest Princess Elezabeta Pavlovna Saltykova (1841)