Pictures of artists about the new year for children. Christmas in the paintings of artists from different countries and eras

Nativity. The Patriarch hails the Sovereign in the Golden Chamber.
Buchholz Fedor (Theodor Alexander Ferdinand) Fedorovich (Gustavovich) (1857-1942).
Illustration for the Niva magazine. Engraved by Schübler

Christmas market.
Genrikh Matveevich Manizer. Canvas, oil.
Omsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts. M. A. Vrubel

Christmas market.
Buchkuri Alexander Alekseevich (1870 -1942). 1906

Preparatory drawing for the painting "Christmas Market". 1918
Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich

Christmas market.
Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. 1918 Oil on canvas. 98x98.
Krasnodar Regional Art Museum. F. Kovalenko, Krasnodar

Canvases on the themes of festive provincial life are distinguished by a special, only for Kustodiev, characteristic brightness, multicolor and vitality of the smallest details. Folk holidays and festivities are reflected in many works of the artist of different years. While still a student of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Kustodiev chose a painting on a similar plot as the theme of his thesis work. He traveled through the villages, wrote sketches - portraits of peasants, landscape sketches, genre scenes. The Christmas Tree Market, a work created by the artist in 1918, also belongs to the same topic.

Singing the life and customs of the Russian provinces, Kustodiev surprisingly combined painting with verbal and musical folklore - with a song and a fairy tale. An attentive, thoughtful viewer not only sees, but also "hears" the artist's work. Painted, most likely from memory, the picture does not have an exact geographical address - this is Russia in general, and not the Astrakhan or Kostroma Christmas tree market. The action on the canvas takes place as if "in a certain kingdom, in a certain state." The spacious sky and the gilded domes of the church above the fussy anthill of people - who is there among this motley crowd! The real is wonderfully combined with the fantastic: a colorful fairy tale, full of vivid details, appears before us. And the artist, like a real storyteller, emphasized all the funny, toy that is in this simple story, hiding all the serious that can be hidden in it. The Christmas tree market is depicted by the artist as a festive spectacle. The space of the picture resembles a stage. The arrangement of the figures, at first glance, is given chaotically: the image can be continued both to the right and to the left. The openness of the composition, its peculiar fluidity further enhance this overall impression.

A large place is given to the landscape in this genre scene - church domes seem fabulous against the backdrop of a snowy sky, spruce trees are removed in elegant winter clothes - the main subject of bargaining at the fair. The artist made the brushstroke on the canvas easily, smoothly, even somehow delicately. Kustodiev attached great importance to line, drawing, and the play of color spots. Chiaroscuro in this case is not of great importance, the light becomes very conditional. Local color spots form a harmonious decorative whole. The sky covered with clouds has no depth, the domes of the church are intense in color, due to which the difference in plans is reduced to almost nothing.

On the one hand, Kustodiev noticed and transferred to the canvas the true types of the Russian provinces, conveyed the real atmosphere of New Year's fuss, and on the other hand, the artist himself plays a festive performance, a costume performance with beautiful scenery. A joyful, incomparable feeling of fullness of life and movement permeates the canvas. Life in this work is visible everywhere: people are bustling, rejoicing and fussing, snowy winter draws its intricate patterns in the sky, and all this action is enveloped in the fresh coniferous aroma of spruce-beauty.

The world in Kustodiev's picture is like a magic lantern with ever-changing pictures - you can endlessly watch his diverse, so simple, uncomplicated and at the same time full of deep meaning life. The blue and pale white colors of the picture pacify, delight, as if lull, creating a gentle and poetic atmosphere of expectation of a miracle on the eve of the holiday - timeless, always modern. They remind us, always busy and in a hurry somewhere, that everything in this world is beautiful, that life is amazing just because it is life.

From the book: T. Kondratenko, Y. Solodovnikov "Krasnodar Regional Art Museum named after F.A. Kovalenko". White City, 2003.

Behind the trees

Return from the Christmas market.
MM. Germashev (Bubello). Card

Preparing for Christmas.
Sergei Vasilyevich Dosekin (1869-1916). 1896

Christmas tree.
Korin Alexey Mikhailovich.1910

Christmas tree.
Nikolai Ivanovich Feshin (1881-1955). 1917

Christmas tree.
Alexander Moravov. 1921

New Year's Eve meal.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova (sister of Emperor Nicholas II). 1935

Christmas Day. In the monastery.
Ivan Silych Goryushkin-Sorokopudov. Illustration in the magazine "Niva"

Slavilshchiki-city.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich 1867 Oil on canvas

Glorifiers.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich 1868 Oil on canvas.
State Russian Museum

Slavilshchiki.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich Canvas, oil.
State Vladimir-Suzdal Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve

Slavilshchiki.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich Canvas, oil.
Odessa Art Museum

Slavilshchiki.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich 1872 Oil on canvas. 40.3?51.5.
Ulyanovsk Art Museum

City-Christoslavs.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich (1837-1883). 1872 Oil on canvas.
Perm State Art Gallery

Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich (1837 - 1883) attended the classes of the Imperial Academy of Arts and received a small silver medal for the paintings "Name Day of the Deacon" (1862) and "Slavers-City" (1864), which V. V. Stasov welcomed as "a wonderful fresh offspring of the Fedotov schools." The last plot was subsequently repeated several times, at least 18 author's replicas are known, although the first version has not been preserved. Art catalog

In the cellar during Holy Week.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich (1837-1883). 1878 Oil on canvas. 26.5x21.5.
Art Gallery of the Generations Fund of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug of Ugra
Admission: 2003

In the painting "In the Cellar at Christmas Week" Solomatkin depicts his favorite characters - itinerant musicians. Is talent a burden or a gift, a blessing or a curse? Talent is destiny. Talent did not make the artist and his heroes happy, but they fulfill their mission with dignity. The musicians depicted in the picture have known better days. The cello played by the old man is a professional instrument that allows the musician to claim some kind of specialness, testifying to a certain level of life left in the past. The old man is accompanied by a boy who plays along with him on the pipe. Apparently, for the sake of this little boy, carefully covered with a warm scarf, the old man has to wander with a heavy tool from tavern to tavern, earning a living. There is a Christmas tree decorated with toys in the room, and masks and masquerade costumes hang on a hanger, giving everything that happens a phantasmagoric shade. Art Gallery of the Generations Fund of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Yugra

Waits. (Children of the old village).
Fedot Vasilyevich Sychkov (1870 - 1958). 1935. Oil on canvas. 63x83 cm
Mordovian Republican Museum of Fine Arts named after S. D. Erzya

With a star
Reproduction from a painting by M. Germashev, published by the company "Richard", printed in the printing house of the partnership "R. Golike and A. Vilborg". Petrograd, 1916

Christmas card based on a drawing by Boris Zworykin

Carols in Little Russia.
Trutovsky Konstantin Alexandrovich (1826-1893). Not later than 1864
Russian painting

Carols.
Nikolai Kornilovich Pimenko. Deut. floor. 1880s. Canvas, oil. 170x130.
Donetsk Regional Art Museum
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Holiday riding.
Buchkuri Alexander Alekseevich (1870 -1942). Canvas, oil.

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has implemented another significant project. The halls of the Moscow Museum housed an exhibition dedicated to the work of the outstanding artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio. The exhibition is part of the Year of Italy in Russia.
The exposition includes 11 works by the master from the collections of Italy and the Vatican. The exhibition is small, but rare in its content. Among the presented works are such masterpieces of European painting as "Boy with a Basket of Fruit" from the Borghese Gallery, "The Entombment" that almost never leaves the walls of the Vatican Palace, "The Supper at Emmaus" from the Brera Gallery in Milan, "The Conversion of Saul" from the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo and other paintings.

The selection dedicated to Christmas includes the following pictures:

4. Giorgione. Adoration of the Magi.

5. Rogier van der Weyden. Adoration of the Magi.

6. Rembrandt, Harmens van Rijn. Escape to Egypt.

7. Hugo van der Goes. Christmas.

10. Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov. Nativity.

12. Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin. Christmas.

Giorgio Vasari(1511-1574) - Italian painter, architect and writer.

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky(1757-1825) - Russian artist, portrait master.

Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, better known as Giorgione(1476/1477 - 1510)) - Italian artist, representative of the Venetian school of painting; one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance.

Rogier van der Weyden(1399/1400 - 1464) - van Eyck's rival for the title of the most influential master of early Netherlandish painting.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn(16-6-1669) - Dutch artist, draftsman and engraver, great master of chiaroscuro, the largest representative of the golden age of Dutch painting.

Hugo van der Goes(c. 1420-25 - 1482) - Flemish artist. Albrecht Dürer considered him the greatest representative of early Netherlandish painting along with Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden.

Sandro Botticelli(1445-1510) - the nickname of the Florentine artist Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, who brought the art of the Quattrocento to the threshold of the High Renaissance.

Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio(1573-1610), Italian artist, reformer of European painting of the 17th century, one of the greatest masters of the Baroque. One of the first to use the style of writing "chiaroscuro" - a sharp opposition of light and shadow.

Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov(1862-1942) - Russian and Soviet painter. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1942). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the first degree (1941).

Shebuev, Vasily Kozmich- (* April 2 (13), 1777 in Kronstadt - † June 16 (28), 1855, St. Petersburg) - Russian painter, actual state councilor, academician, honored rector of painting and sculpture of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1832), one of leading masters of late classicism and academism.

Eugene HenriPaul Gauguin(1848-1903) - French painter, ceramic sculptor and graphic artist. Along with Cezanne and Van Gogh, he was the largest representative of post-impressionism.

Nativity is one of the most beautiful and solemn Christian holidays. Throughout the Christian world, including in Russia, Christmas has always been celebrated with special reverence. On this day, decorated Christmas trees are everywhere, symbolizing the gospel tree, candles are burning, like those that burned in the Bethlehem barn. In many countries, on Christmas night, children take to the streets singing carols. Christmas Eve is called "Christmas Eve".
Christmas Eve in the Christian world is considered exclusively a family dinner. On this day peace, love and harmony reign in the house.
The selection dedicated to Christmas includes the following pictures:

1. Giorgio Vasari. Christmas.
Giorgio Vasari (Giorgio Vasari; nicknamed Aretino, July 30, 1511, Arezzo - June 27, 1574, Florence) - architect and painter, author of the first history and theory of arts, "Biographies of the most famous painters, sculptors and architects."

2. Borovikovsky Vladimir Lukich. Nativity. Canvas, oil
Historical, architectural and art museum "New Jerusalem", Istra, Moscow region
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1757-1825) - Russian artist, portrait master.

3. Jacob de Becker. Nativity.

Backer, Jacob, Dutch painter (1608-1657), Rembrandt school, portrait painter.

4. Giorgione. Adoration of the Magi.
Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, better known as Giorgione (Italian: Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, Giorgione; 1477/1478-1510) - Italian artist, representative of the Venetian school of painting; one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance.

5. Rogier van der Weyden. Adoration of the Magi.

Rogier van der Weyden (Dutch. Rogier van der Weyden, 1399/1400, Tournai - June 18, 1464, Brussels) - Dutch painter, along with Jan van Eyck, is considered one of the founders and most influential masters of early Netherlandish painting. Van der Weyden's work is focused on understanding the individuality of the human person in all its depth.

6. Rembrandt, Harmens van Rijn. Escape to Egypt.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)soːn vɑn ˈrɛin], 1606-1669) was a Dutch artist, draftsman and engraver, a great master of chiaroscuro, the largest representative of the Golden Age of Dutch painting. He managed to embody in his works the whole range of human experiences with such emotional richness, which fine art did not know before him. Rembrandt's works, extremely diverse in genre, open to the viewer the timeless spiritual world of human experiences and feelings.

7. Hugo van der Goes. Christmas.
Hugo van der Goes (Dutch. Hugo van der Goes) (c. 1420-25, Ghent - 1482, Audergem) - Flemish artist, whom Albrecht Durer considered the largest representative of early Netherlandish painting, along with Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden.

8. Sandro Botticelli. Mystical Christmas.

“Mystical Christmas” (Italian: Natività mistica) is one of the last paintings by the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli, created in a period marked in his work by the breakdown of Quattrocento optimism, the growth of religiosity and an acutely tragic perception of the world.
The canvas was practically unknown until the Englishman Otley saw it at Aldobrandini's villa and acquired it. Botticelli was "rediscovered" by art critics with the beginning of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, it was then that John Ruskin gave the canvas its current name. In 1878, the London National Gallery bought the painting for £1,500.

9. Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio. Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence.

Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio (1573-1610), Italian artist, reformer of European painting of the 17th century, one of the greatest masters of the Baroque. One of the first to use the style of writing "chiaroscuro" - a sharp opposition of light and shadow.

10. Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov. Nativity.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862-1942) - Russian and Soviet painter. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1942). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the first degree (1941).

New Year and Christmas is one of the most popular themes in world art. For most people, it evokes only positive emotions, so artists are happy to depict snow-covered houses, fluffy Christmas trees and heroes in anticipation of the holiday.

AiF.ru presents a selection of paintings dedicated to the New Year and Christmas.

Boris Kustodiev. "Christmas Market" (1918)

Boris Kustodiev. "Christmas tree auction", 1918. Krasnodar Regional Art Museum. F.A. Kovalenko.

Folk holidays and festivities were one of the artist's favorite themes. And Christmas, of course, occupied a special place in his work.

Viggo Johansen "Merry Christmas" (1891)

Viggo Johansen. "Merry Christmas", 1891. HIRSCHSPRUNG Museum.

Could not resist the temptation to depict Christmas and the Dane Viggo Johansen- Representative of the Skagen Artists group and director of the Danish Academy of Arts.

Henriette Ronner-Kniep "Under the Tree" ("Kittens with a Doll")

Henriette Ronner-Kniep. "Under the tree".

The Danish animal artist became famous for her paintings of cats and dogs. Her kittens also became Christmas heroes.

Konstantin Trutovsky "Carols in Little Russia" (no later than 1864)

Konstantin Trutovsky. "Carols in Little Russia", no later than 1864, oil on canvas. State Russian Museum.

The Russian painter became famous for his illustrations for Gogol's works. And he studied the history and traditions of Little Russia with particular predilection.

Grand Duchess Olga Romanova. "New Year's Treat" (1935)

Grand Duchess Olga Romanova. "New Year's treat", 1935.

In the imperial family, all children were taught painting, but only Grand Duchess Olga(youngest daughter of the emperor Alexander III) became a well-known artist.

Fedor Reshetnikov. "Arrived for the Holidays" (1948)

Fedor Reshetnikov. "Arrived for the holidays", 1948. State Tretyakov Gallery.

Jenny Nystrom. Christmas cards

Christmas card by Jenny Nystrom.

In general, the Swedish artist became famous for her images of nissi - it was she who came up with what this gnome and brownie looks like. She often drew her nissi on Christmas cards - on them the gnomes feed livestock and street birds, carry Christmas trees and gifts, sing songs.

Sergey Dosekin. "Preparing for Christmas" (1896)

Sergey Dosekin. "Preparing for Christmas", 1896.

The picture does not show a Christmas tree and gifts, but the family (grandfather and grandchildren) gathered to make garlands and decorations for the house.

Norman Rockwell. "Very Good Boys and Girls" (1939)

Norman Rockwell. "Very good boys and girls", 1939.

Now collectors from all over the world are hunting for the paintings of the famous American artist and illustrator. For the image of Santa Claus, who reads the list of "very good" children and develops his route for Christmas night, at Christie's auction in 2007 they raised $ 2.5 million (the illustration graced the cover of The Saturday Evening Post magazine).

Stuart Sherwood. Untitled

Artwork by Stuart Sherwood.

The self-taught Canadian painter is especially fond of depicting Christmas: in his paintings you can meet Santa, snow-covered houses, and Teddy bears. Sherwood also creates more “serious” works - for example, he painted portraits Pope and .

In these bright days, when one believes in a miracle in a special way, when hope for the best lives in the heart, we bring to your attention a selection of paintings on the plot of the Nativity of Christ. These are paintings by artists from different countries, different periods and trends in art, but they all recreate the unique atmosphere of a winter fairy tale, expectation of a miracle, family comfort.

It is believed that for the first time Christmas was celebrated in Rome in the second quarter of the 4th century, and the origins of the iconography of the Nativity of Christ go back to images in the catacombs and on sarcophagi. The images that have come down to us are much later.

Painting of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua by Giotto di Bondone (1305-1313)

Giotto di Bondone, "Christmas"

Sandro Botticelli

One of the last paintings of the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli "Mystical Christmas" is interesting. At the top of the canvas, a Greek inscription has been preserved, which reads:

It was written at the end of the year 1500, during the turmoil in Italy, by me, Alexander, in the middle of that period at the beginning of which the chapter IX of St. John and the second revelation of the Apocalypse were fulfilled, when Satan reigned on earth for three and a half years. At the end of this period, the devil will again be chained, and we will see him cast down, as in this picture.

Painter Master Francke (c. 1380-1436)

Master Franke, "The Birth of Jesus"

Fra Filippo Lippi

An artist's depiction of Christmas Fra Filippo Lippi(1406-1469) - Florentine painter, one of the most prominent masters of the early Italian Renaissance.

Fra Filippo Lippi, The Nativity

Konrad von Soest

Christmas story from a Westphalian artist Conrad von Soest (1370-1422)

Konrad von Soest, "Christmas"

El Greco

El Greco, "Christmas"

Boris Kustodiev

One of the favorite themes of the Russian artist Boris Kustodiev there were festivities during the winter holidays. The plots of his paintings are always fabulous, here is one of them.

Vladimir Borovikovsky

Master of Portraiture Vladimir Borovikovsky also wrote on the famous biblical story:

Vladimir Borovikovsky, "Christmas"

Nicky Boehmy

The works of the American artist Nicky Boehmu are always amazingly gentle and warm, full of goodness and magic.

Viggo Johansen

One of the most magical works of the Danish artist Viggo Johansen The painting is often referred to as "Merry Christmas".

Thomas Kinkade

One of the most popular contemporary American artists - Thomas Kinkade(1958-2012) created such beautiful paintings filled with light and hope.

Henry Mosler

American artist Henry Mosler in his painting "Christmas Morning" he depicted a moment of anticipation of the pleasure of the holiday.