15 Paintings by Russian Artists about FEASTING
A feast to the fullest – that's how one could describe the subject of these works. In them, people are gathered around tables for a variety of occasions: from bride shows and family celebrations to coronations and harvest festivities.
16th century
1. Unknown artist. ‘Feast at the Aged Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich’, 1560-1570
17th century
2. Unknown artist. ‘The Tsar’s Feast in the Faceted Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin’, 1673
18th century
3. Alexander Vishnyakov. ‘Peasant Feast’, late 1760s – early 1770s
4. Unknown artist. ‘Wedding in Toropets (The Arrival of the Gentlemen at the Peasant Wedding)’, late 18th century
19th century
5. Leonid Solomatkin. ‘Feast’
6. Unknown artist. ‘Ceremonial Dinner in Honor of Moscow Governor-General Prince D.V. Golitsyn’, 1830s
7. Konstantin Savitsky. ‘Celebration in Sokolniki’, 1883
8. Konstantin Makovsky. ‘The Imperial Dinner Table in the Faceted Chamber’, 1885
20th century
9. Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. ‘Housewarming (Workers' Petrograd)’, 1937
10. Pavel Filonov. ‘Feast of Kings’, 1912-1913
11. Boris Kustodiev. ‘Moscow Tavern’, 1916
12. Natalia Goncharova. ‘Feast’, 1920-1930
13. Akhmed Kitaev. ‘For Our Party. Golden Wedding’, 1959-1960
14. Arkady Plastov. ‘Collective Farm Festival’, 1937
15. Yuri Pimenov. ‘New Year’, 1949
