Late 19th Century

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  • Escape of Maryna Mniszech

    This is a rare example of an historical theme in the art of Leon Wyczółkowski. The painting depicts Maryna Mniszech and her two-year-old son, Tsarevich Ivan, hiding in the snow from the army of the newly elected Tsar Michael Romanov. Ivan was the son of False Dmitry II and was nicknamed “Ivashka the Little Thief”. Wyczółkowski painted the first version of this subject (now lost) in 1877, when he ...

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  • Portrait of Arkhip Kuinji

    An outstanding Russian portraitist, Ilya Repin generally confined himself to images of relatives and friends in the 1870s. One of the most outstanding works from this period is his portrait of the fa...

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  • Evening in the Ukraine

    This is one of Arkhip Kuinji ’s most famous paintings, well-known to Russian viewers and often included in publications on the history of Russian art in the second half of the nineteenth century. The...

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  • Birch Grove

    In the 1870s, Arkhip Kuinji passed through a period of interest in Impressionism, especially the questions of light and recording rare states of nature. However, this particular canvas, which depicts...

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  • Twilight

    This painting belongs to the “reclusive” period in the art of Arkhip Kuinji, who stopped contributing to exhibitions after 1882. The artist did not show any new works to the public, preferring instea...

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  • Autumn Quagmire

    Arkhip Kuinji ’s painting sums up the development of the motif of the road and the landscape in the age of Critical Realism. In such works, a large portion of the canvas was traditionally occupied by...

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  • Lake Ladoga

    Arkhip Kuinji ’s canvas opens a series of north Russian landscapes painted in the direct aftermath of visits to Balaam. This picturesque island in the north of Lake Ladoga is home to the Balaam Monas...

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  • Portrait of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin

    Ilya Repin claimed that this portrait of fellow Realist artist Ivan Shishkin was painted in St Petersburg “in two sittings, with intervals”. This explains why there are two inscriptions in the bottom...

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  • Portrait of Ivan Shishkin

    This portrait of Ivan Shishkin occupies a prominent place in the famous gallery of Russian artists, composers and writers painted by Ivan Kramskoi. The two men were good friends and their closeness i...

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  • Goutweed, Pargolovo

    Ivan Shishkin ’s principle was no approximation in the representation of nature. This particular study demonstrates his ability to depict life with almost photographic precision, revealing the beauty...

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