RUSSIAN REALISM AND REALIST PAINTERS - BUY REALISTIC PAINTINGS AT ARTRUSSIA GALLERY

Realism is all about a credible and objective translation of life on canvas. Artists, beginning with the representatives of the Renaissance, tried to find out how the nature worked, what its connection with humans’ existenceand art was. They studied monuments of ancient art, applied to science – especially optics, mathematics and anatomy to learn how to reflect reality on their canvases like in a mirror. Their paintings are filled with harmonic clarity and worship for the beauty of the world. Until our days the art of the Renaissance has been seen as a spring for wisdom and high level of mastery. What is important, the power of distributed effect does not depend on the level of resemblance, a fact very well-understood by modern realist painters. Quite often naturalistic pictures seem less credible than any other type created with deep thinking about the true nature of things, with the desire to reflect not only physical likeness, but also the very essence of the object. Thus primitive art can seem much closer to reality than academic painting just as impressionism and the naturalism of Dutch masters can seem equally realistic. And paintings created by modern realist artists are characterized by the search of new connections with the universe, new artistic forms of expression.

REALISM PAINTINGS

Wordly temptations
Wordly temptations
2009, canvas, mixed media, 170x110 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Noon shadows. Venice
Noon shadows. Venice
2007, canvas, mixed media, 100x70 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Little ship named "You"
Little ship named "You"
2007, canvas, mixed media, 100x140 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Venice. Boats sleep
Venice. Boats sleep
2007, canvas, mixed media, 100x70 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
From the window
From the window
2009, canvas, mixed media, 100x75 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
The storyteller tall story
The storyteller tall story
2008, canvas, mixed media, 95x130 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
The girl in the red sari
The girl in the red sari
2005300, canvas, mixed media, 80x50 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Almost love
Almost love
2008, canvas, mixed media, watercolor, 150x90 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
City of birds
City of birds
2009, canvas, mixed media, 110x140 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Cockfight
Cockfight
2006, canvas, mixed media, 100x150 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Before thunderstorm
Before thunderstorm
2008, canvas, mixed media, 60x110 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Three sages
Three sages
2009, canvas, mixed media, 100x809 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Horsemen Essuejry
Horsemen Essuejry
2006, canvas, mixed media, 70x100 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Assol, or girl meeting dirigible balloons
Assol, or girl meeting dirigible balloons
2009, canvas, mixed media, 120x90 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Morning. Dance
Morning. Dance
2010, canvas, mixed media, 120x80 cm
Stanislav Plutenko
Maple
Maple
2003, canvas, oil, 70x65 cm
Sergey Shampanov
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Dogrose
Dogrose
2002, canvas, oil, 45x65 cm
Sergey Shampanov
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Hop
Hop
2005, canvas, oil, 70x65 cm
Sergey Shampanov
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MASTERPIECES OF REALISM

Apotheosis of war
Apotheosis of war
1871, canvas, oil, 127x197 cm
Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Portrait of Princess Aurora Demidova
Portrait of Princess Aurora Demidova
1837, canvas, oil, 90x71 cm
Karl Bryullov
Konstantinovsky Palace, Strelna, St. Petersburg
Fair
Fair
1906, canvas, oil, 66.5x88.5 cm
Boris Kustodiev
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Judith Slaying Holofernes
Judith Slaying Holofernes
1614-1620, canvas, oil, 199x162 cm
Artemisia Gentileschi
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Saviour of the World
Saviour of the World
canvas, oil, 64.5x44.7 cm
Leonardo da Vinci
Private collection
Christ Appearing to the People (the Coming of the Messiah)
Christ Appearing to the People (the Coming of the Messiah)
1857, canvas, oil, 540x750 cm
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow