This painting is one of the most expensive paintings in the world, which were sold in the XX-XXI centuries. The work was sold for fifty-five million dollars in two thousand and five. The presence of decorative in color, as well as plane and monumental in composition tones are very close to the popular at that time style called "modern" and played a special role for most of the artists of the group Nabis ”and other cultural figures of the early twentieth century.

David is the founder of French neoclassicism, artistically rethinking the standards of classicism and updating them in accordance with the era. A fiery revolutionary, a supporter of the French Revolution, devoted to Napoleon and who believed that he was able to give the world what he needed so much. "Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass" - a complete production picture.

The famous Russian artist Arkady Rylov painted in 1916 a unique painting, Flowery Meadow. He depicted the early summer, when nature only wakes up and reborn after a long "hibernation". The picture allows you to relax not only with your body, but also with your soul. Looking at the beauty of the meadow, which is surrounded by flowers, I want to plunge into this action with my head and forget myself in the time in which you are.

"Continuation" is not only the name of one of the paintings by Yuri Mikhailovich Raksha. The theme of the sequel runs through the whole thread of this artist. Like many other paintings by Raksha, “Continuation” does not differ in complexity of composition. A young woman and a young girl are standing in profile to the viewer and facing each other.

1744 A painting on the subject of genre scenes from life, painted in oil on canvas. Like many other works of the artist in this genre, the picture turned out to be very kind and tender. A deep and clear look at the family life of ordinary people, families. In the foreground is a dining table, at which two girls and their mother gathered for dinner.

Kustodiev always wrote richly. That is, his canvases were always bright, colorful, juicy. Open to the maximum, with pure Russian expanse. He often noticed the subtleties of Russian life, which sometimes no one had previously noticed. The artist rarely turned to portraiture. But if he did, then masterfully precisely executed faces were obtained.