The Glory of Russian Painting

I think I'll make Monday my Aivazovsky day.   Brig 'Mercury' Attacked by Two Turkish Ships (1892)   Byron in Venice ...

Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky (1858-1911) was a Russian landscape painter. A Swamp   Autumn   Before the Rain (1880)...

Andrei Ryabushkin (1861-1904) was a Russian painter who specialized in historical scenes.   Esther Before Ahasuerus (1887)   Re...

  Portrait of Vera Nikolayevna Tretyakova (1876)   Portrait of singer Elizabeth Andreevny Lavrovsky, on stage at the Assembly of N...

Ivan Kramskoy (1837-1887) was a prominent Russian painter who specialized in portraits.   Christ in the Wilderness (1872)   Moo...

Some more Aivazovsky to start the week:   American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar (1873)   Azure Grotto, Naples (1841) ...