The Tolstoy portrait of Leo Tolstoy – the greatest work of Russian painting

The Greatest Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, who was called the conscience of the nation, drew several famous artists. The most famous portraits of the classics belong to the brush of I. E. Repin, I. N. Kramskoy, Nesterov. From domestic painters to L. N. Tolstoy asked by L. O. Pasternak (father of the writer Boris Pasternak) and N. N. GE.

Global recognition

But there is a portrait of Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy, the author of which is Pablo Picasso (written in 1956). In addition, drawing of the author of the novel "War and peace" of the famous Polish painter Jan Joints. He has a few classic portraits and two paintings. The one depicts the last departure of the writer with a knapsack on his back from Yasnaya Polyana. The painting is called “On the road to infinity”. The second depicted the great Russian novelist embracing Jesus Christ.

In a somewhat unusual manner made the Tolstoy portrait of Leo Tolstoy American schedule Mauricio Lasansky. Probably, and this canvas has its fans.

Famous artists

Our country is rich in images of the great compatriot. Especially well known for paintings of the brush above Russian artists. Some of them referred to that way many times. In M. V. Nesterov – two works, dated 1907 and 1918. Leonid Pasternak drew a lot of the writer. In 1901 he founded the Tolstoy portrait of Leo Tolstoy amid the storm and in the light of a table lamp. And 1906 he painted a portrait with charcoal. Very famous work of N. N. GE 1884, which depicts a classic selflessly contributing: he's not posing, it works. The portrait was painted in Moscow apartment classic in a time when Tolstoy worked on the treatise “what is my faith?”. The painting is distinguished by conciseness and simplicity, not in the least diminish his greatness.

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Great archaeology

From childhood every Russian school textbooks know the painting, which depicts a forty year old Leo Tolstoy, portrait of the artist-peredvizhnika I. N. Kramskoy. A painter, a psychologist, a great master of portrait painting written in Yasnaya Polyana one of his best paintings.

History is as follows. Leo Tolstoy for a long time refused, despite the entreaties Tretyakov, pose recommended artists. But archaeology managed to convince the writer. This canvas is so popular because the artist was able to reveal the complex world of genius and analyst of the human soul, which was Leo Tolstoy. The portrait captured for the ages it seems rare, transmitting and simplicity, and wisdom at the same time. I. N. Kramskoy painted two portraits of the – to Tretyakov's gallery and the family of the writer. The artist was so fascinated by the work that finished the first painting for three sessions, the second one managed to finish even faster. This painter have the strength to see and to capture hidden movements of the soul and character traits of the depicted person. The artist himself said that a portrait should first and foremost show that in man, for that he loves all of Russia. Repin about this job Kramskoy wrote that the author was able “to Express the essence of the "great Lion"”. This wonderful portrait of Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy is in the Tretyakov gallery.

Brilliant Repin

Itself Ilya Repin, a great master of portrait painting, drawing “the great Lion" not once. He has the largest series of portraits of the writer. There's a photograph of Leo Tolstoy, posing Repin. He drew Tolstoy plowing and playing the piano and one together with my daughter A. L. Tolstaya. Very popular pattern, in which the writer is depicted lying under a tree in the woods reading a book. There is the web, where in the working room (the room under the arches) the table depicts the writer Leo Tolstoy. Portrait of the pink sofa also extraordinarily good.

A lot of sketches of all the pictures. Extremely popular painting by Ilya Efimovich, which shows Tolstoy standing barefoot on the grass. It is always referenced, speaking about the simplicity of the graph: walked barefoot, plowed land. The latter fact the writer also captures the great Repin, the picture is called “Farmer”. By the way, the family is not all the figures liked, especially barefoot and plowing a classic. She thought this behavior graph is intimate, not subject to the posting side of life. There is a family portrait where the writer pictured with his wife, there are sketches of the writing and reading writer in different angles. Works very much.

Genius picture genius

The Most well known is the work of Repin, 1887, depicting the great writer sitting in a chair with a book in hand. The ingenious author of the portrait of Tolstoy portrayed the "master mind", calmly leaning back in his dark chair. In the same colours and clothing of the writer. The movie tells about the genius is very simple. Very modest colors that do not detract from the greatness of the picture, the image of her “man at all times”.