France in the paintings of Russian artists
Seascapes, majestic palaces and bustling city streets – that's how painters saw the European nation.
1 Alexey Bogolyubov. ‘Yport’. Fisherman's Dwelling, 1858
2 Lev Lagorio. ‘Normandy Coast’, 1859
3 Vasily Polenov. ‘Old Gate in Veulle. Normandy’, 1874
4 Ivan Kramskoy. ‘Village Courtyard in France’, 1876
5 Alexey Bogolyubov. ‘In the Environs of Paris. Ecouen’, 1880
6 Isaac Levitan. ‘Corniche. South of France’, 1895
7 Alexander Benois. ‘Masquerade under Louis XIV’, 1898
8 Konstantin Kuznetsov. ‘Breton Fishermen. Concarneau’, 1900-1902
9 Konstantin Makovsky. ‘Breton Women (Fisherwomen)’, 1904
10 Alexander Benois. ‘Seashore’. Primel, 1905
11 Alexandre Benois. ‘Breton Dances’, 1906
12 Konstantin Kuznetsov. ‘Near Saint-Lunaire’, 1906-1907
13 Nikolai Tarkhov. ‘End of the Market’, 1907
14 Konstantin Korovin. ‘In the South of France’, 1908
15 Boris Kustodiev. ‘In the Bois de Boulogne’, 1909
16 Konstantin Korovin. ‘Parisian Morning’, 1927
17 Zinaida Serebryakova. ‘Brittany’. Pont l'Abbe, 1934
18 Robert Falk. The Bridge at Saint-Cloud, 1934
19 Marc Chagall. The Artist and His Bride, 1980