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Petrov-Vodkin – “Bathing the Red Horse”

This work of Petrov-Vodkin in Soviet times was super popular and familiar to everyone, despite the dominance of socialist realism. The canvas is striking in color, brightness, scale. The color of the picture is built on the contrast of blue and red colors, a strong influence of symbolism is visible – simplicity of forms, monophonic…

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Petrov-Vodkin Kuzma – “1918 in Petrograd”

The canvas “1918 in Petrograd” by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin has an unspoken second name: “Petrograd Madonna”. In the work, you can very clearly see the features of icon painting, but clearly in a new reading and rethinking of the artist. In the picture we see a woman feeding a child. Since the cityscape is depicted in…