less ambitious
“Denial of confession” by Ilya Repin
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov is a great Russian historical painter, but all he has to say about him is not enough: the national genius embodied in the art of Surikov. The value of his work is not immediately realized, but only with the passage of life, when a person acquires experience, knowledge, develops his mind, develops spiritual wisdom in himself. Comprehension of the art of Surikov is as joyful and difficult as comprehension of Pushkin’s poetry. Continue reading
studios were located
masters saw in reality
products painted
figures are graceful
creative response
statue was created
drew themes from these albums
makes several
naming the artistic
picture telling
most popular
Mexican graphic until
constant companions
tense in mood
surpass in this respect
hands he held
beautiful and majestic
could not recover
distinguished by its mannerism
social activity gradually
master worked
introduction of an orange-red
natural principle
ambassador to Greece
remarkable monument
linear perspective
variety of color
years of reaction
uniquely individual
outlines of buildings
easel paintings
where every wave
technique of oil painting
painters from England
aspiring artist
direct observations
especially outstanding
huge cycle of murals
joyful beauty
inhuman tension.
thus emphasizing
henceforth become
monuments of the city’s
supposedly saved
most picturesque places
