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Arthur Rimbaud in his bed after Paul Verlaine shot him with a revolver

Arthur Rimbaud in his bed after Paul Verlaine shot him with a revolver. A painting by Jef Rosman. And the very revolver with which Verlaine tried to shoot his lover was sold in 2016 for €430,000.

Aristocracy · Archive · Art · Moscow · Mores

Pyotr and Varvara Sheremetev raised two Kalmyk girls in the 18th century

In the eighteenth century Russian aristocrats took to a new fashion: adopting orphans from the poorest classes. Many families took into their homes the children of non-Russian peoples and brought them up as their own. Pyotr Borisovich and Varvara Alexeyevna Sheremetev raised two Kalmyk girls, the cousins Annushka and

Wooden carved frieze with large fruit and leaves on a darkened board, mounted on a museum gallery wall.

NB! · Architecture · Art · Observations

Carved Frieze of the Early 17th Century with Life-Size Fruit

An early seventeenth-century carved frieze with life-size fruit. Russian architecture, what's not to love? ❤️

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An Evening in Simach, Ferdinand van Kessel, 17th century

Aristocracy · Archive · Art · Moscow · Museums

The Museum of the Defence of Moscow holds a Group Portrait of the Descendants of A.S. Pushkin Who Took Part in the Great Patriotic War, 1957, by the retired lieutenant colonel Vladimir Pereyaslavets

The Museum of the Defence of Moscow holds a Group Portrait of the Descendants of A.S. Pushkin Who Took Part in the Great Patriotic War, 1957, by the retired lieutenant colonel Vladimir Pereyaslavets. Not all of Pushkin's descendants who served in the war are gathered in the

Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations

Exhibition “Masterpieces from Kazan” for Tatarstan’s centenary at the Tretyakov Gallery until 1 November

I suggest a visit to the exhibition marking the centenary of the Republic of Tatarstan, "Masterpieces from Kazan. From Roerich to Kandinsky", at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, which runs until 1 November and presents works by artists of the Silver Age and the Russian avant-garde

Geography · Art · Nature · Ethnography

The Susitna mountain image was made by a digital artist, and Nancy Lash invented its legend

An image of the "Sleeping Lady" mountain, photographed by drone in Canada, 30 km north-west of Anchorage, is gaining popularity online. The story of Mount Susitna is bound up with an Indian legend about a girl who suffered from unhappy love: her beloved did not return from

Aristocracy · Art · Books · Observations

The most interesting thing about this child's portrait, in my view, is that the child is reading a primer, and he is three years old

The most interesting thing about this child's portrait, in my view, is that the child is reading a primer, and he is three years old. The count's son Ivan Alexeyevich Musin-Pushkin was painted by an unknown artist of the Yaroslavl school around 1786. The boy&

Art · Museums · Observations

While, on the unenlightened fringes of the art world, voices are heard insisting that photography is not art because it can be produced in any edition size, major galleries and established artists are turning in their work to…

While, on the unenlightened fringes of the art world, voices are heard insisting that photography is not art because it can be produced in any edition size, major galleries and established artists are turning in their work to editioned techniques, without in the least diminishing the value of works of

The East · Art · Museums · Observations

Portrait of General Yermolov by Pyotr Zakharov in a hall of an art project about memory

I should like to draw attention to the portrait of General Yermolov in the secret hall. The work is of interest because it is from the brush of Pyotr Zakharov, carried off as a child from a village destroyed by the war, baptised and adopted by the general's

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Second Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art Opens at Garage

Yesterday saw the opening at Garage of what is arguably the main event in the art world: the Second Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art. I am sure that colleagues on other channels will say more about the format: this time the artists were chosen on the personal recommendations of participants

A hand holds a white fabric bag with blue lettering in front of a table with ceramic vases and a plate.

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The author bought art and says that doing so has become easy

I have already done my shopping, and I wish the same for you. Buying art has never been so easy