Paris in Russian paintings (PICS)

Museum of avant-garde mastery
Museum of avant-garde mastery
It was impossible not to love this city back then – and this is how painters would express their feelings for it.

Vasily Perov. ‘Songbook Seller in Paris’, 1863-1864

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Ilya Repin. ‘News Seller in Paris’, 1873

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Ilya Repin. ‘Parisian Cafe’, 1875

Museum of avant-garde mastery
Museum of avant-garde mastery

Nikolai Tarkhov. ‘Carnival Day in Paris’, 1900

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Konstantin Korovin. ‘Paris. Saint-Denis’, 1910

Yaroslavl art museum
Yaroslavl art museum

Aristarkh Lentulov. ‘Paris’, 1911

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Alexandra Exter. ‘Paris’, 1912

Public domain
Public domain

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. ‘Paris. Notre Dame’, 1924

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Zinaida Serebryakova. ‘Paris. Luxembourg Gardens’, 1930

Kaluga art muserum
Kaluga art muserum

Konstantin Korovin. ‘Paris’, 1933

National gallery of Armenia
National gallery of Armenia

Robert Falk. ‘Bridge at Saint-Cloud. On the Outskirts of Paris’, 1934

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

Alexander Gerasimov. ‘Paris at Night’, 1934

Russian museum
Russian museum

Alexander Deyneka. ‘Paris. In a Café’, 1935

Russian museum
Russian museum

Alexander Serebryakov. ‘Paris. Quai Henri IV’, 1948

Archive photo
Archive photo

Marc Chagall. ‘The Artist and His Bride’, 1980

Museum of fine arts
Museum of fine arts