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Savrasov – “Volga in the vicinity of Yuryevets”

“Volga in the vicinity of Yuryevets” was exhibited anonymously in 1871 at the annual competition of the Moscow Society of Art Connoisseurs. The picture made a splash. “Volga” Savrasov got the first place in the section of landscape images. Here is how it was described by contemporaries: “This picture is rather large in size (more…

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Savrasov – “Rainbow”

The rainbow is one of the favorite images of the artist Alexei Savrasov. His rainbows are not a decoration; in their depiction, it is not only masterly mastery of light and color, like Kuindzhi’s, is important. Savrasov’s rainbows are a window into the inexpressible, a symbol of the inexpressible. Before us is a post-lightning landscape,…