The most famous pictures of the world. The most famous Russian paintings

Let's remember with you now the most famous pictures of the world. This topic is very simple on the one hand, and insanely difficult on the other. After all, in the history of mankind on Mother Earth in many centuries and in different countries, many brilliant painters were born who left their immortal masterpieces to the world.

It would not be desirable to undeservedly ignore the attention of any great artist. But within the framework of this article, we will try to speak only about those works that are known not only to the true connoisseurs of the beautiful, to artists and art critics, but also to the absolute majority of the simplest inhabitants of our planet.

For example, there are some paintings by da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, Van Gogh, Salvador Dali, Karl Bryullov, Aivazovsky, Kustodiev, etc. Their works are printed on calendars, in magazines, books and textbooks, they are published in huge editions in the form of reproductions, Constantly flashed on the TV screens. In fact, they have known us since childhood.

Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci

Talk about the most famous paintings of the world is inconceivable without mention of such world masterpieces of painting as the famous "Gioconda", "Last Supper", "Madonna Litta", "The Lady with Ermine", written by the great Leonardo da Vinci. From this list two first names are especially distinguished. Beautiful and mysterious "Mona Lisa" for many centuries, with a unique smile on her lips, calmly looking at the bustle of this world - is there among civilized people at least one who has never seen this picture?

It is believed that the canvas depicts Lisa Gerardini - the humble wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. Now you understand, where did this unusual name of the portrait come from - the "Gioconda"? And the picture was painted about 1503-1505. Today, her priceless script can be seen firsthand at the Louvre. There the portrait hangs, protected by a thick bulletproof glass and about him there is always a lot of people crowding around. And this is not surprising, because people still could not solve the secret of the smile of this lady.

Da Vinci's paintings are priceless all to one, they can not be bought even for very big money. But there is among his works a special work - this is a picturesque fresco "The Last Supper". The time of its creation: 1495-1498, and it was written by a master commissioned by the church in the refectory of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazia, which is located in the famous Italian city of Milan. The plot depicts one of the most important events in the history of mankind - the last evening meal of Christ with his twelve disciples. It is a great success that the restorers succeeded in preserving the fresco up to our times, because It is widely known that, while working on it, Leonardo was engaged in experiments with paints and priming the walls, which subsequently led to the rapid destruction of the paint layer.

Raphael Santi's works

The next artist, who can be no exaggeration to say that he left behind the most famous paintings of the world - this, of course, Rafael Santi - a painter who lived in Italy from 1483 to 1520. One of his most famous and popular works is the "Sistine Madonna", considered one of the most perfect and amazing picturesque creations ever created by a person's hand.

Another famous work of the master is a huge (770 by 500 cm) fresco "Athenian School", decorating one of the main halls of the Vatican Palace. Among the numerous figures of the picture you can see such great thinkers of mankind as Pythagoras, Epicurus, Socrates, Diogenes, Aristotle, Plato. Among the philosophers Raphael depicted himself, as well as his beautiful beloved Marguerite.

Unsurpassed Botticelli

What do you think, what works do we have in the list of "Pictures of the world's most famous artists"? This is a terrific and unearthly work by Sandro Botticelli. Let's name just two of his creations, which are familiar to everyone: "Birth of Venus" and a canvas depicting the famous three graces - "Spring". Both pictures are a hymn to women's beauty. No other master was able to capture in the paints so fascinating and poetic female images.

The artist's muse was a young beautiful Florentine, Giuliano Medici's beloved Simonetta Vespucci. It is her gentle perfect features that look at us from the depths of centuries.

Cloths of the Impressionists

Well, now it's time to remember Impressionism. This artistic direction originated in France in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Artists working in this manner, a lot and the work of each of them deserves a separate conversation. In the same article, we will talk about the most famous paintings by Monet, who stood at the origins of impressionism and is considered one of its founders. The works of this master are in the collection of the largest museums in Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg and other cities of the world.

The general public is familiar with such paintings by Claude Monet as "Pond with water lilies" and "Water lilies". The artist has written a lot of work options for these reasons.

Van Gogh is an artist whose paintings are the most expensive in the world

Van Gogh was perhaps the most efficient artist in the history of mankind. His legacy is about 800 paintings and countless drawings. The most famous painting by Van Gogh is, perhaps, "Sunflowers." It is for certain known that 7 still-lifes from this series were written by the master. But, to the present day only 5 have survived, and each picture is estimated as the most expensive diamond. Just think: during his lifetime, Van Gogh managed to sell just one of his work, and that for a pittance, and now the cost of his paintings at auctions beats all records.

Another of Van Gogh's most famous paintings is the exquisite, fantastic canvas "Starry Night." This work is so popular that today it is possible to find even its animated version on the Internet. Painting of Van Gogh is so talented and original that even in the form of reproductions it can be viewed endlessly.

Dreams captured on canvas

Speaking about the most famous paintings of the world, it is impossible not to mention the creativity of the founder of surrealism, Salvador Dali. It is believed that the most popular painterly work of the artist is "The memory permanence", which depicts a clock in the form of symbols of an infinite flow of time. Deserted shore in the distance symbolizes emptiness, which, according to Daly, he often felt inside.

However, this is not the only popular work of the surrealist. No less famous can be considered the paintings "Atomic Leda", "Presentiment of the Civil War", "Burning Giraffe", "Dream".

The most famous Russian paintings

Until now, our article mentioned paintings by foreign masters. Meanwhile, there are a lot of pictures written by our great compatriots, who are very popular all over the world. In Russia there have always been many talented artists. And if many masterpieces of world painting are to be seen personally personally, because they are abroad, then the originals of Russian painters can be seen in many museums of our country, for example, in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

Here are the paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery, the most famous ones, both in our country and abroad: "Three Heroes" (V. Vasnetsov), "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" (I. Repin), "The Demon Sitting" (M. Vrubel), "The Appearance of Christ to the People (A. Ivanov)," The Girl with Peaches "(I. Repin)," Morning in the Pine Forest "(I. Shishkin)," Moscow Court "(V. Polenov)," The Rooks Arrived " (A. Savrasov) and others.

Custodian beauties

Separately, I want to talk about the works of the famous Russian painter Boris Kustodiev - no one else could tell so deliciously and beautifully the means of painting about Russian life, about the mysterious Russian soul. Who among us did not admire the corpulent beauty for the samovar ("The Merchant for Tea") or the full-blooded young lady in the village bathhouse ("Russian Venus"), full of health and youth.

Here are the names of some popular works of the original painter: "Winter", "The Shakes of Fyodor Chaliapin", "Hay mowing", "Merchant Shopping", "Fair", "Bather", "Pancake Day".

"Malevich's black square

We briefly talked about some of the most famous Russian paintings, but it would be wrong to finish the article without writing about one of the most controversial and ambiguous works that came to light from the brush of one of the outstanding Russian artists. It is about the "Black Square" by Kazimir Malevich - the founder of the direction in painting called "Suprematism". And although Malevich has painted many pictures for his long creative life, but this is his work most memorable to the whole world.

There are several options for the "Black Square". They can be seen in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Hermitage and the Russian Museum. The price of these works is huge, according to experts, today it can reach up to 80 million dollars.

Conclusion

It is unfortunate that this short review failed to tell about the world masterpieces of Rembrandt, Rubens, Karl Bryullov, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin and other beautiful creators. Their work is worthy of no less.