New Year and Christmas is one of the most popular themes in world art. For most people, it evokes only positive emotions, so artists are happy to depict snow-covered houses, fluffy Christmas trees and heroes in anticipation of the holiday.
AiF.ru presents a selection of paintings dedicated to the New Year and Christmas.
Boris Kustodiev. "Christmas Market" (1918)
Boris Kustodiev. "Christmas tree auction", 1918. Krasnodar Regional Art Museum. F.A. Kovalenko.
Folk holidays and festivities were one of the artist's favorite themes. And Christmas, of course, occupied a special place in his work.
Viggo Johansen "Merry Christmas" (1891)
Viggo Johansen. "Merry Christmas", 1891. HIRSCHSPRUNG Museum.
Could not resist the temptation to depict Christmas and the Dane Viggo Johansen- Representative of the Skagen Artists group and director of the Danish Academy of Arts.
Henrietta Ronner-Kniep "Under the Tree" ("Kittens with a Doll")
Henriette Ronner-Kniep. "Under the tree".
The Danish animal artist became famous for her paintings of cats and dogs. Her kittens also became Christmas heroes.
Konstantin Trutovsky "Carols in Little Russia" (no later than 1864)
Konstantin Trutovsky. "Carols in Little Russia", no later than 1864, oil on canvas. State Russian Museum.
The Russian painter became famous for his illustrations for Gogol's works. And he studied the history and traditions of Little Russia with particular predilection.
Grand Duchess Olga Romanova. "New Year's Treat" (1935)
Grand Duchess Olga Romanova. "New Year's treat", 1935.
In the imperial family, all children were taught painting, but only Grand Duchess Olga(youngest daughter of the emperor Alexander III) became a well-known artist.
Fedor Reshetnikov. "Arrived for the Holidays" (1948)
Fedor Reshetnikov. "Arrived for the holidays", 1948. State Tretyakov Gallery.
Jenny Nystrom. Christmas cards
Christmas card by Jenny Nystrom.
In general, the Swedish artist became famous for her images of nissi - it was she who came up with what this gnome and brownie looks like. She often drew her nissi on Christmas cards - on them the gnomes feed livestock and street birds, carry Christmas trees and gifts, sing songs.
Sergey Dosekin. "Preparing for Christmas" (1896)
Sergey Dosekin. "Preparing for Christmas", 1896.
The picture does not show a Christmas tree and gifts, but the family (grandfather and grandchildren) gathered to make garlands and decorations for the house.
Norman Rockwell. "Very Good Boys and Girls" (1939)
Norman Rockwell. "Very good boys and girls", 1939.
Now collectors from all over the world are hunting for the paintings of the famous American artist and illustrator. For the image of Santa Claus, who reads the list of "very good" children and develops his route for Christmas night, at Christie's auction in 2007, they raised $ 2.5 million (the illustration graced the cover of The Saturday Evening Post magazine).
Stuart Sherwood. Untitled
Artwork by Stuart Sherwood.
The self-taught Canadian painter is especially fond of depicting Christmas: in his paintings you can meet Santa, snow-covered houses, and Teddy bears. Sherwood also creates more “serious” works - for example, he painted portraits Pope And .
Natasha Willon. New Year's Eve Metro
Artist Natasha Villon is from Orel. She studied theater design at the Oryol Art School, worked at the Zhostovo factory, and in 2001 emigrated to Seattle (USA). Since then, she has been fond of Russian subjects, often depicting her rural childhood, animals and children, whom she began to feel in a new way with the birth of her daughter.
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Alexander Gulyaev. "New Year"
Soviet artist Alexander Gulyaev was born in the Altai Territory, studied at the Tashkent Art School, and then moved to Leningrad, where he graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Repin. Known for his historical, military, portrait and landscape works. The artist's paintings are in particular demand among Western collectors.
Tatyana Eremina. "New Year's Eve Trouble"
Tatyana Eremina. "New Year's Eve Trouble"
The famous Soviet artist, illustrator and poster artist Tatyana Eremina is Deineka's favorite student and native Muscovite. Her childhood was spent in the Arbat lanes, then she studied at a school (now the Moscow Academic Art School - Gazeta.Ru), from which the future artist was expelled for smoking under the article "bad behavior". But she graduated from the Surikov Institute with honors. She drew posters on military themes, portrayed children, illustrated many children's books and magazines, including 30 Days, Smena, Murzilka.
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Egor Zaitsev. "Christmas tree"
Another talented artist from Orel. Egor Zaitsev was born in 1967, studied at the Moscow Academic School in Memory of 1905, after which he graduated from the Surikov Institute. He worked in a workshop and at the Russian Academy of Arts and even participated in the painting of the temple. A touching and in its own way poignant painting "Christmas Tree" (1996) is presented in the exposition of the Institute of Russian Realistic Art.
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Boris Kustodiev. "Christmas market"
Artist Boris Kustodiev needs no introduction. Everyone at least once in his life saw his "Merchant", "Portrait of Chaliapin" or "Shrovetide". He was born in the empire and died in the USSR. He became famous for his portraits, traveled a lot - not only in European countries, but also in ordinary distant villages - he carefully studied the Russian province, depicting it in bright, like a patchwork quilt, works. Festive fuss, fabulous winter, deliberate toy - the painting "Christmas Market" (1918) is in the collection of the Krasnodar Regional Art Museum named after F. A. Kovalenko.
Inge Leek. "Funny old ladies"
Inga Leek. "Funny old ladies"
Inge Leek is an artist, illustrator and part-time gardener from Finland. The artist spent her childhood in Helsinki. Two elderly women lived next door, who became the prototype of the cheerful "old women" Fifi and Annie - Inga invented them in 2003. A series of postcards and calendars with grandmothers, broken down by seasons, is popular in many countries around the world.
Alexander Levchenkov. "New Year's Morning"
Alexander Levchenkov. "New Year's Morning"
Alexander Levchenkov is a contemporary artist from Elektrostal near Moscow. After graduating from the Fedoskino School of Miniature Painting, he studied at the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. It is in the collection of this Academy that the painting "Morning of the New Year" is located.
Viggo Johansen. "Merry Christmas"
Viggo Johansen. "Merry Christmas"
Danish artist, professor of painting, director of the Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen Viggo Johansen was fond of the ideas of Claude Monet, exhibited in Paris, painted scenes from family life, experimented with chiaroscuro and was, among other things, a gifted musician. "Merry Christmas" (1891) is one of the most famous works of the artist.
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Irina Rybakova. "Christmas tree in the village"
The works of the artist Irina Rybakova, a native of Vyshny Volochek (Tver region), were exhibited in galleries in Mexico, France, Great Britain, Germany, China, and Russia. Irina's childhood and youth were spent in the village of Novoe Kotchische, not far from the house of artists' creativity "Academic Dachas", created at one time by Repin. The first teachers of the girl were the Leningrad artists Liya Ostrov and Petr Strakhov - their dacha was next to their grandmother's house. She continued her education in Kostroma, where she later worked as an artist-restorer at the local branch of the All-Russian Art Research and Restoration Center named after V.I. Grabar.
Valentin Gubarev. "New Year's"
Valentin Gubarev. "New Year's"
A graduate of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, Valentin Gubarev is a well-known Belarusian artist whose track record includes work in a publishing house, solo exhibitions in France and contracts with international galleries.
His paintings are in museums and private collections in different countries and are exhibited at auctions in Paris, London, Vienna. - Member of the Belarusian Union of Artists and the German Art Association "Masterpiece". Gubarev calls the characters of his paintings "ordinary people who have not read Hegel and Kant, but who are disinterested and pure in heart."
In these bright days, when one believes in a miracle in a special way, when hope for the best lives in the heart, we bring to your attention a selection of paintings on the plot of the Nativity of Christ. These are paintings by artists from different countries, different periods and trends in art, but they all recreate the unique atmosphere of a winter fairy tale, expectation of a miracle, family comfort.
It is believed that for the first time Christmas was celebrated in Rome in the second quarter of the 4th century, and the origins of the iconography of the Nativity of Christ go back to images in the catacombs and on sarcophagi. The images that have come down to us are much later.
Painting of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua by Giotto di Bondone (1305-1313)
Giotto di Bondone, "Christmas"
Sandro Botticelli
One of the last paintings of the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli "Mystical Christmas" is interesting. At the top of the canvas, a Greek inscription has been preserved, which reads:
It was written at the end of the year 1500 during the turmoil in Italy, by me, Alexander, in the middle of that period at the beginning of which the chapter IX of St. John and the second revelation of the Apocalypse were fulfilled, when Satan reigned on earth for three and a half years. At the end of this period, the devil will again be chained, and we will see him cast down, as in this picture.
Painter Master Francke (c. 1380-1436)
Master Franke, "The Birth of Jesus"
Fra Filippo Lippi
An artist's depiction of Christmas Fra Filippo Lippi(1406-1469) - Florentine painter, one of the most prominent masters of the early Italian Renaissance.
Fra Filippo Lippi, The Nativity
Konrad von Soest
Christmas story from a Westphalian artist Conrad von Soest (1370-1422)
Konrad von Soest, "Christmas"
El Greco
El Greco, "Christmas"
Boris Kustodiev
One of the favorite themes of the Russian artist Boris Kustodiev there were festivities during the winter holidays. The plots of his paintings are always fabulous, here is one of them.
Vladimir Borovikovsky
Master of Portraiture Vladimir Borovikovsky also wrote on the famous biblical story:
Vladimir Borovikovsky, "Christmas"
Nicky Boehmy
The works of the American artist Nicky Boehmu are always amazingly gentle and warm, full of goodness and magic.
Viggo Johansen
One of the most magical works of the Danish artist Viggo Johansen The painting is often referred to as "Merry Christmas".
Thomas Kinkade
One of the most popular contemporary American artists - Thomas Kinkade(1958-2012) created such beautiful paintings filled with light and hope.
Henry Mosler
American artist Henry Mosler in his painting "Christmas Morning" he depicted a moment of anticipation of the pleasure of the holiday.
New Year and Christmas holidays- one of the most popular themes in world art. The unique atmosphere of a winter fairy tale, expectation of a miracle, family comfort, recreated in painting to. XIX - early. XX centuries, takes us back to an era of great change, so similar to the beginning of the 21st century.
One of the favorite themes of the Russian artist Boris Kustodiev was festivities during the winter holidays. He often depicts snow-covered villages and provincial towns, merchants and peasants on the streets, fairs and booths. Kustodiev created a nostalgic artistic world, permeated with the sun, joy and festive mood. The plots of his paintings are always fabulous, this is the Russian province of the early twentieth century, and fabulous Rus' without specific temporal and spatial coordinates.
Danish artist Viggo Johansen, professor of painting, director of the Danish Academy of Arts, often painted scenes from family life. One of his most magical works can be called the painting "Merry Christmas". The artist willingly resorted to lighting effects in paintings painted in dark colors. And in this work, against the background of dark silhouettes of people and shadows in the corners of the room, the Christmas tree sparkling with festive lights looks even brighter and more contrasting. This is the center of the composition, which is highlighted with the help of both color and light. Glare from the lights illuminate the bewitched children's faces, which creates a magical atmosphere of a cozy family holiday.
Even Grand Duchess Olga Romanova, the youngest daughter of Alexander III, painted pictures dedicated to the winter holidays. In the imperial family, all children studied painting, but only Olga did it professionally. In 1920 she had to emigrate first to Yugoslavia, then to Denmark. The painting "New Year's Treat" was created in 1935, far from home, but it recreates the traditional Russian atmosphere of a festive tea party with a pie, jam and a samovar.
The family atmosphere of anticipation of the holiday is also captured in the painting by Sergei Dosekin “Preparing for Christmas”. It does not show a Christmas tree and gifts, but in the center of the composition there are grandfather and grandchildren who are preparing garlands and decorations for the house.
Nativity. The Patriarch hails the Sovereign in the Golden Chamber.
Buchholz Fedor (Theodor Alexander Ferdinand) Fedorovich (Gustavovich) (1857-1942).
Illustration for the Niva magazine. Engraved by Schübler
Christmas market.
Genrikh Matveevich Manizer. Canvas, oil.
Omsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts. M. A. Vrubel
Christmas market.
Buchkuri Alexander Alekseevich (1870 -1942). 1906
Preparatory drawing for the painting "Christmas Market". 1918
Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich
Christmas market.
Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. 1918 Oil on canvas. 98x98.
Krasnodar Regional Art Museum. F. Kovalenko, Krasnodar
Canvases on the themes of festive provincial life are distinguished by a special, only for Kustodiev, characteristic brightness, multicolor and vitality of the smallest details. Folk holidays and festivities are reflected in many works of the artist of different years. While still a student of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Kustodiev chose a painting on a similar plot as the theme of his thesis work. He traveled through the villages, wrote sketches - portraits of peasants, landscape sketches, genre scenes. The Christmas Tree Market, a work created by the artist in 1918, also belongs to the same topic.
Singing the life and customs of the Russian provinces, Kustodiev surprisingly combined painting with verbal and musical folklore - with a song and a fairy tale. An attentive, thoughtful viewer not only sees, but also "hears" the artist's work. Painted, most likely from memory, the picture does not have an exact geographical address - this is Rus' in general, and not the Astrakhan or Kostroma Christmas tree market. The action on the canvas takes place as if "in a certain kingdom, in a certain state." The spacious sky and the gilded domes of the church above the fussy anthill of people - who is there among this motley crowd! The real is wonderfully combined with the fantastic: a colorful fairy tale, full of vivid details, appears before us. And the artist, like a real storyteller, emphasized all the funny, toy that is in this simple story, hiding all the serious that can be hidden in it. The Christmas tree market is depicted by the artist as a festive spectacle. The space of the picture resembles a stage. The arrangement of the figures, at first glance, is given chaotically: the image can be continued both to the right and to the left. The openness of the composition, its peculiar fluidity further enhance this overall impression.
A large place is given to the landscape in this genre scene - church domes seem fabulous against the backdrop of a snowy sky, spruce trees - the main subject of bargaining at the fair - are removed in elegant winter clothes. The artist made the brushstroke on the canvas easily, smoothly, even somehow delicately. Kustodiev attached great importance to line, drawing, and the play of color spots. Chiaroscuro in this case is not of great importance, the light becomes very conditional. Local color spots form a harmonious decorative whole. The sky covered with clouds has no depth, the domes of the church are intense in color, due to which the difference in plans is reduced to almost nothing.
On the one hand, Kustodiev noticed and transferred to the canvas the true types of the Russian provinces, conveyed the real atmosphere of New Year's fuss, and on the other hand, the artist himself plays a festive performance, a costume performance with beautiful scenery. A joyful, incomparable feeling of fullness of life and movement permeates the canvas. Life in this work is visible everywhere: people are bustling, rejoicing and fussing, snowy winter draws its intricate patterns in the sky, and all this action is enveloped in the fresh coniferous aroma of beauty spruce.
The world in Kustodiev's picture is like a magic lantern with ever-changing pictures - you can endlessly watch his diverse, so simple, uncomplicated and at the same time full of deep meaning life. The blue and pale white colors of the painting pacify, delight, as if lulling, creating a gentle and poetic atmosphere of waiting for a miracle on the eve of the holiday - timeless, always modern. They remind us, always busy and in a hurry somewhere, that everything in this world is beautiful, that life is amazing just because it is life.
From the book: T. Kondratenko, Y. Solodovnikov "Krasnodar Regional Art Museum named after F.A. Kovalenko". White city, 2003.
Behind the trees
Return from the Christmas market.
MM. Germashev (Bubello). Postcard
Preparing for Christmas.
Sergei Vasilyevich Dosekin (1869-1916). 1896
Christmas tree.
Korin Alexey Mikhailovich.1910
Christmas tree.
Nikolai Ivanovich Feshin (1881-1955). 1917
Christmas tree.
Alexander Moravov. 1921
New Year's Eve meal.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova (sister of Emperor Nicholas II). 1935
Christmas day. In the monastery.
Ivan Silych Goryushkin-Sorokopudov. Illustration in the magazine "Niva"
Slavilshchiki-city.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich 1867 Oil on canvas
Glorifiers.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich 1868 Oil on canvas.
State Russian Museum
Slavilshchiki.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich Canvas, oil.
State Vladimir-Suzdal Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve
Slavilshchiki.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich Canvas, oil.
Odessa Art Museum
Slavilshchiki.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich 1872 Oil on canvas. 40.3?51.5.
Ulyanovsk Art Museum
City-Christoslavs.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich (1837-1883). 1872 Oil on canvas.
Perm State Art Gallery
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich (1837 - 1883) attended the classes of the Imperial Academy of Arts and received a small silver medal for the paintings "Name Day of the Deacon" (1862) and "Slavers-City" (1864), which V. V. Stasov welcomed as "a wonderful fresh offspring of the Fedotov schools." The last plot was subsequently repeated several times, at least 18 author's replicas are known, although the first version has not been preserved. Art catalog
In the cellar during Holy Week.
Solomatkin Leonid Ivanovich (1837-1883). 1878 Oil on canvas. 26.5x21.5.
Art Gallery of the Generations Fund of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug of Ugra
Admission: 2003
In the painting "In the Cellar at Christmas Week" Solomatkin depicts his favorite characters - itinerant musicians. Is talent a burden or a gift, a blessing or a curse? Talent is destiny. Talent did not make the artist and his heroes happy, but they fulfill their mission with dignity. The musicians depicted in the picture have known better days. The cello played by the old man is a professional instrument that allows the musician to claim some kind of specialness, testifying to a certain level of life left in the past. The old man is accompanied by a boy who plays along with him on the pipe. Apparently, for the sake of this boy, carefully covered with a warm scarf, the old man has to wander with a heavy tool from the tavern to the tavern, earning a living. There is a Christmas tree decorated with toys in the room, and masks and masquerade costumes hang on a hanger, giving everything that happens a phantasmagoric shade. Art Gallery of the Generations Fund of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Yugra
Waits. (Children of the old village).
Fedot Vasilyevich Sychkov (1870 - 1958). 1935. Oil on canvas. 63x83 cm
Mordovian Republican Museum of Fine Arts named after S. D. Erzya
With a star
Reproduction from a painting by M. Germashev, published by the company "Richard", printed in the printing house of the partnership "R. Golike and A. Vilborg". Petrograd, 1916
Christmas card based on a drawing by Boris Zworykin
Carols in Little Russia.
Trutovsky Konstantin Alexandrovich (1826-1893). Not later than 1864
Russian painting
Carols.
Nikolai Kornilovich Pimenko. Deut. floor. 1880s. Canvas, oil. 170x130.
Donetsk Regional Art Museum
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Holiday riding.
Buchkuri Alexander Alekseevich (1870 -1942). Canvas, oil.
