Thursday, July 26, 2012

A Bunch of Sergeis

 Sergei Ivanovich Fungi: In the Shop

 Sergei Konstantinovich Zaryanko: Interior of the Winter Palace, The Fieldmarshals Hall (1836)

 Sergei Svetoslavsky: Autumn, Towards the End of the Day

 Sergei Vinogradov: Workers at Lunch (1890)

 Sergey Gribkov: Hide and Seek (1893)

 Sergey Gribkov: The Water Carrier (1873)

 Sergey Miloradovich: Journey to Siberia

Sergey Miloradovich: Solovetsky Monastery Uprising Against New Sacred Books in 1666 (1885)

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

A Bunch of Ivans

 Ivan Andreevich Pelevin: Children in a Sleigh (1870)

 Ivan Bogdanov: For Payment (1890)

 Ivan Bogdanov: The Apprentice (1893)

 Ivan Endogurov: Early Spring (1885)

 Ivan Endogurov: Rain

 Ivan Gorokhov Lavrentevich: At the Bedside of a Convalescent (1886)

 Ivan Khrutsky: Portrait of an Unknown Woman with Flowers and Fruit (1838)

 Ivan Khrutsky: Still Life with Candle (1830s)

 Ivan Khrutsky: Young Woman with Basket of Grapes (1838)

 Ivan Petrovich Trutnev: Procession at Vodoosvyaschenie Village

Ivan Seleznev: The Last Chord

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

A Bunch of Alexeis

Paintings by Russian artists named Alexei (really reaching for a theme, here).

 Aleksey Tyranov: Portrait of Ivan Aivazovsky (1841)

 Alexei Denisov Kuzmich: Wildfire (1897)

 Alexei Mikhailovich Kolesov: Peasant Offering a Soldier a Drink

 Alexey Avakumovich Naumov: Tea Party (1886)

 Alexey Korin: Barge Haulers (1897)

Alexey Lukic Yushan: Farewell to the Chief

Monday, July 23, 2012

Ivan Aivazovsky, ctd

I think I'll make Monday my Aivazovsky day.

 Brig 'Mercury' Attacked by Two Turkish Ships (1892)

 Byron in Venice

 Calm Morning Near Vico, detail (1841)

 Caravan Oasis, Egypt (1871)

 Chumaks at Leisure (1885)
[what are chumaks?]

 Chumaks in Little Russia (ca. 1880)

 Clash of Soldiers on Gunib (1869)

 Coffee-house by the Ortaköy Mosque in Constantinople (1846)

 Constantinople, detail

Constantinople Sunset

Friday, July 20, 2012

Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky

Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky (1858-1911) was a Russian landscape painter.

A Swamp

 Autumn

 Before the Rain (1880)

 Early Snow (1895)

 Early Spring (1905)

 Forest, Dali (1886)

 Forest in Winter (1906)

Lake in the Mountains

Lake (1896)

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Andrei Ryabushkin

Andrei Ryabushkin (1861-1904) was a Russian painter who specialized in historical scenes.

 Esther Before Ahasuerus (1887)

 Return from the Fair (1886)

 Russian Women of the XVII Century in Church (1899)

 Street in Moscow, XVII Century Holiday (1895)

 Sunday (1889)

Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich with the Boyars in his Throne Room (1893)