Italy as depicted in Russian art (PICS)
Many painters sought inspiration in the Mediterranean country. And this is how they saw it.
Sylvester Shchedrin. ‘New Rome. Castel Sant'Angelo’, 1823
Karl Bryullov. ‘A girl picking grapes in the environs of Naples’, 1827
Sylvester Shchedrin. ‘Terrace on the Seashore’, 1828
Karl Bryullov. ‘The Last Day of Pompeii’, 1833
Alexander Myasoedov. ‘Carnival in Rome’, 1839
Alexander Ivanov. ‘October festival in Rome’, 1842
Pavel Chistyakov. ‘Giovannina, seated on a windowsill’, 1864
Nikolai Ge. ‘La Spezia. San Terenzo’, 1867
Isaac Levitan. ‘Riva degli Schiavoni’, 1890
Isaac Levitan. ‘Spring in Italy’, 1890
Mikhail Vrubel. ‘Italy. Neapolitan Night’, 1891
Isaac Brodsky. ‘Italy’, 1911
Boris Anisfeld. ‘Venice. Rialto Bridge’, 1914
Ilya Mashkov. ‘Italy. Nervi. Landscape with an Aqueduct’, 1913
Lyubov Popova. ‘Italian Still Life. Violins and Cannons’, 1914
Pyotr Konchalovsky. ‘Sorrento. Grave of Sylvester Shchedrin’, 1924
Konstantin Gorbatov. ‘The Italian Gardener’, 1926
Alexander Deineka. ‘Stadium in Rome’, 1935
Sergey Gerasimov. ‘Morning in Venice’, 1956
