France in the paintings of Russian artists

Samara Regional Art Museum
Samara Regional Art Museum
Seascapes, majestic palaces and bustling city streets – that's how painters saw the European nation.

1 Alexey Bogolyubov. ‘Yport’. Fisherman's Dwelling, 1858

North Ossetian State Art Museum named after M.S. Tuganov
North Ossetian State Art Museum named after M.S. Tuganov

2 Lev Lagorio. ‘Normandy Coast’, 1859

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

3 Vasily Polenov. ‘Old Gate in Veulle. Normandy’, 1874

Russsian museum
Russsian museum

4 Ivan Kramskoy. ‘Village Courtyard in France’, 1876

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

5 Alexey Bogolyubov. ‘In the Environs of Paris. Ecouen’, 1880

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

6 Isaac Levitan. ‘Corniche. South of France’, 1895

Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts named after P.S. Gamzatov
Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts named after P.S. Gamzatov

7 Alexander Benois. ‘Masquerade under Louis XIV’, 1898

Russian museum
Russian museum

8 Konstantin Kuznetsov. ‘Breton Fishermen. Concarneau’, 1900-1902

Private collection
Private collection

9 Konstantin Makovsky. ‘Breton Women (Fisherwomen)’, 1904

Samara Regional Art Museum
Samara Regional Art Museum

10 Alexander Benois. ‘Seashore’. Primel, 1905

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

11 Alexandre Benois. ‘Breton Dances’, 1906

Russian museum
Russian museum

12 Konstantin Kuznetsov. ‘Near Saint-Lunaire’, 1906-1907

Private collection
Private collection

13 Nikolai Tarkhov. ‘End of the Market’, 1907

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

14 Konstantin Korovin. ‘In the South of France’, 1908

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

15 Boris Kustodiev. ‘In the Bois de Boulogne’, 1909

Private collection
Private collection

16 Konstantin Korovin. ‘Parisian Morning’, 1927

Private collection
Private collection

17 Zinaida Serebryakova. ‘Brittany’. Pont l'Abbe, 1934

A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

18 Robert Falk. The Bridge at Saint-Cloud, 1934

Tretyakov gallery
Tretyakov gallery

19 Marc Chagall. The Artist and His Bride, 1980 

A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts