WATERCOLOR, ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTUREa Series of watercolors of Gatchina Palace is a special value, because the Palace was completely burned by the retreating Germans during the great Patriotic war. Paintings were used by the specialists for the restoration of the Palace.paintings of interiors, so-called perspective views depicting the splendor of palaces, enjoyed a great success in the nineteenth century. The audience could see and admire not only the Hermitage, but also distributed postcards and...

Benjamin N. Elk — honored artist of Russia. 1950-м graduated from the Moscow secondary art school in 1956-м — graphic faculty of the Moscow state art Institute named after V. I. Surikov. Since 1952, working as a painter-иллюстратора in publishing" Детская literature"," Малыш"," Советская Russia"," Молодая guard" and others. for many years illustrated the works of A. S. Pushkin, M. Y. Lermontov, N. And.Nekrasov, V. Y. Dragoons, etc. All artist illustrated...

ACADEMIC PAINTINGAlexei Ivanovich Korzukhin born on Uktusskaya factory (now Yekaterinburg) on 11 March 1835 in the family of serfs promyvalschika gold.
Artistic ability of the painter manifested itself at a young age.
Already In the 1840-е years he wrote the icons for the local Church of the Transfiguration and portraits of family members.