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Description of the painting by Henri Matisse "Still Life"

In 1909, the founder and devoted follower of Fauvism, Henri Matisse painted one of his best paintings. “Still life with a blue tablecloth” is an original, finished, harmonious panel. The composition of the still life does not differ in subject variety. A colorful fabric descends from a wall onto a horizontal hard surface.
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Description of the painting Sandro Botticelli "The Birth of Venus"

This painting is in the Uffizi Gallery, in Florence. The painting was painted in oil on canvas around 1484. The famous painting by the painter from Florence, Sandro Botticelli, “The Birth of Venus”, is a masterpiece of the Renaissance. Open viewers, the sea and the sky appear before the audience, the artist portrayed an early morning when the darkness of the night had already dissipated and the world saw the beautiful Venus that has just been born from sea foam.
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Description of the painting Alexei Savrasov "The Storm"

Famous artist Alexei Savrasov has always loved to depict nature paintings during a thunderstorm. This interest in romantic landscapes was instilled in him by a painting teacher Rabus. Savrasov conveyed the lighting effects, color scheme in the image of a thunderstorm very masterfully. The artist painted a picture entitled "Thunderstorm" in 1856.
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Description of the painting by Ilya Repin "Barge Haulers on the Volga"

One of the most famous creations of I.E. Before writing this canvas, the artist traveled first along the Neva, and then along the Volga. The birth of a masterpiece was preceded by the writing of sketches dedicated to the barge haulers, and their portraits. The painter met the people of this difficult profession in 1870, and three years later the painting in its final form was born.
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Description of the painting by Nicholas Roerich “Crowns”

Roerich and then true to himself. Again soft paints, as on other canvases and again a little historical plot, as well as on some of his canvases. But here is a completely different story. Here there is a place for mythology and history and for a natural phenomenon, and of course more attention is paid to nature. Look carefully and you will not immediately understand where the crowns are.
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Description of the painting by Alexei Savrasov "Landscape with a Rainbow"

The unusual creative fate of Aleksey Savrasov began already at the time when the young man was twenty-four years old. After becoming an academician, he continued to work hard in order to finish writing the painting “Rooks Have Arrived” for presentation at the 1st Traveling Exhibition. Undoubtedly, she was rated by critics and the jury as one of the best paintings of our time.
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