The Nativity of Christ in paintings by artists from different countries and eras. New Year in painting: holiday in paintings Paintings by artists on a New Year theme
Nativity is one of the most beautiful and solemn Christian holidays. Throughout the Christian world, including Rus', Christmas has always been celebrated with special reverence. On this day, decorated Christmas trees are everywhere, symbolizing the gospel tree, candles are burning, like those that burned in the Bethlehem stable. In many countries, on Christmas night, children take to the streets singing carols. Christmas Eve is called "Christmas Eve".
Christmas Eve in the Christian world is considered exclusively a family dinner. On this day, peace, love and harmony reign in the house.
The selection dedicated to Christmas includes the following paintings:
1. Giorgio Vasari. Christmas.
Giorgio Vasari (Giorgio Vasari; nicknamed Aretino, July 30, 1511, Arezzo - June 27, 1574, Florence) - architect and painter, author of the first history and theory of art, “Lives of the most famous painters, sculptors and architects.”
2. Borovikovsky Vladimir Lukich. Nativity. Canvas, oil
Historical, Architectural and Art Museum “New Jerusalem”, Istra, Moscow region
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1757-1825) - Russian artist, master of portraiture.
3. Jacob de Bakker. Nativity.
Backer, Jacob, Dutch painter (1608-1657), Rembrandt school, portrait painter.
4. Giorgione. Adoration of the Magi.
Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, better known as Giorgione (Italian: Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, Giorgione; 1477/1478-1510) - Italian artist, representative of the Venetian school of painting; one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance.
5. Rogier van der Weyden. Adoration of the Magi.
Rogier van der Weyden (Dutch. Rogier van der Weyden, 1399/1400, Tournai - June 18, 1464, Brussels) - a Dutch painter, along with Jan van Eyck, is considered one of the founders and most influential masters of early Netherlandish painting. Van der Weyden's work is focused on understanding the individuality of the human person in all its depth.
6. Rembrandt, Harmens van Rijn. Flight to Egypt.
Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn (Dutch: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)soːn vɑn ˈrɛin], 1606-1669) - Dutch artist, draftsman and engraver, great master of chiaroscuro, the largest representative of the golden age of Dutch painting. He managed to embody in his works the entire spectrum of human experiences with such emotional richness that fine art had never known before. Rembrandt's works, extremely diverse in genre, reveal to the viewer the timeless spiritual world of human experiences and feelings.
7. Hugo van der Goes. Christmas.
Hugo van der Goes (Dutch: Hugo van der Goes) (c. 1420-25, Ghent - 1482, Oderghem) is a Flemish artist, whom Albrecht Dürer considered the largest representative of early Netherlandish painting, along with Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden.
8. Sandro Botticelli. Mystical Christmas.
“The Mystical Christmas” (Italian Natività mistica) is one of the last paintings by the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli, created during a period marked in his work by the breakdown of Quattrocento optimism, the growth of religiosity and an acutely tragic perception of the world.
The painting was practically unknown until the Englishman Otley saw it at the Villa Aldobrandini and acquired it. Botticelli was "rediscovered" by art critics with the beginning of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which is when John Ruskin gave the canvas its current name. In 1878, the London National Gallery purchased the painting for 1,500 pounds.
9. Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio. Christmas with Saints Francis and Lawrence.
Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio (1573-1610), Italian artist, reformer of European painting of the 17th century, one of the greatest masters of the Baroque. One of the first to use the “chiaroscuro” style of painting - a sharp contrast of light and shadow.
10. Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov. Nativity.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862-1942) - Russian and Soviet painter. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1942). Winner of the Stalin Prize, first degree (1941).
Natasha Villon. "New Year's metro"
The 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 interested in 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 region, studied at the Tashkent Art School, and then moved to Leningrad, where he graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Repina. Known for his historical, military, portrait and landscape works. The artist's paintings are in particular demand among Western collectors.
Tatiana Eremina. "Pre-New Year's chores"
Tatiana Eremina. "Pre-New Year's chores"
Famous Soviet artist, illustrator and poster artist Tatyana Eremina is Deineka’s favorite student and a native Muscovite. Her childhood was spent in the Arbat alleys, then she studied at the 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 painted posters on military themes, depicted children, and illustrated many children’s books and magazines, including “30 Days,” “Smena,” and “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 a temple. The touching and in its own way poignant painting “The Christmas Tree” (1996) is presented in the exhibition of the Institute of Russian Realistic Art.
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Boris Kustodiev. "Christmas tree auction"
Artist Boris Kustodiev needs no introduction. Everyone has seen his “Merchant’s Wife”, “Portrait of Chaliapin” or “Maslenitsa” at least once in their life. 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 works as bright as a patchwork quilt. Festive bustle, fabulous winter, deliberate toyness - the painting “Christmas Tree Sale” (1918) is in the collection of the Krasnodar Regional Art Museum named after F. A. Kovalenko.
Inge Leek. "Cheerful old ladies"
Inga Leek. "Cheerful 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 for the cheerful “old ladies” Fifi and Anni - Inga invented them in 2003. A series of postcards and calendars with grandmothers, divided by season, 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 “New Year’s Morning” 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 interested in 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 artist’s most famous works.
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Irina Rybakova. "New Year tree in the village"
The works of artist Irina Rybakova, a native of Vyshny Volochok (Tver region), were exhibited in galleries in Mexico, France, Great Britain, Germany, China, and Russia. Irina spent her childhood and youth in the village of Novoye Kotchische, not far from the artists’ creative house “Academic Dachas,” created at one time by Repin. The girl's first teachers were Leningrad artists Liya Ostrov and Pyotr Strakhov - their dacha was located next to her grandmother's house. She continued her education in Kostroma, where she later worked as a restoration artist at the local branch of the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after. Grabar.
Valentin Gubarev. "New Year's"
Valentin Gubarev. "New Year's"
A graduate of the Moscow Printing Institute, Valentin Gubarev is a famous Belarusian artist, whose track record includes work in a publishing house, personal 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, and Vienna. - Member of the Belarusian Union of Artists and the German art association “Masterpiece”. Gubarev calls the characters in his paintings “ordinary people who have not read Hegel and Kant, but are selfless and pure in heart.”
In these bright days, when one especially believes in a miracle, 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 movements in art, but they all recreate the unique atmosphere of a winter fairy tale, the expectation of a miracle, and family comfort.
It is believed that the Nativity of Christ was first 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 reached us are much later.
Painting of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, artist Giotto di Bondone (1305-1313)
Giotto di Bondone, "The Nativity"
Sandro Botticelli
One of the last paintings by the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli, “The Mystical Nativity,” is interesting. At the top of the canvas there is a Greek inscription that reads:
It was written at the end of the year 1500, during the unrest in Italy, by me, Alexander, during the half of the period at the beginning of which 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. After this period has passed, the devil will be chained again, and we will see him cast down, as in this picture.
Painter Master Franke (c. 1380-1436)
Master Franke, "The Birth of Jesus"
Fra Filippo Lippi
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"
Conrad von Sost
Christmas story from a Westphalian artist Conrad von Soest (1370-1422)
Conrad von Soest, "The Nativity"
El Greco
El Greco, "The Nativity"
Boris Kustodiev
One of the favorite themes of the Russian artist Boris Kustodiev there were public festivities during the winter holidays. The subjects of his paintings are always fabulous, here is one of them.
Vladimir Borovikovsky
Master of Portraiture Vladimir Borovikovsky also wrote on a famous biblical story:
Vladimir Borovikovsky, "The Nativity of Christ"
Nicky Boehm
The works of the American artist Nicky Boehmу are always surprisingly tender 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 called "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 the moment of anticipation of the pleasures of the holiday.
New Year and Christmas are 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 Tree Sale" (1918)
Boris Kustodiev. “Christmas tree auction”, 1918. Krasnodar Regional Art Museum named after. F.A.Kovalenko.
Folk holidays and celebrations 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.
The Dane could not resist the temptation to depict Christmas Viggo Johansen- representative of the group "Skagen Artists" and director of the Danish Academy of Arts.
Henriette Ronner-Kniep “Under the Christmas Tree” (“Kittens with a Doll”)
Henrietta Ronner-Kniep. "Under the tree".
The Danish animal artist became famous for her paintings of cats and dogs. Kittens also became her 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 of Gogol’s works. And he studied the history and traditions of Little Russia with particular passion.
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(Emperor's youngest daughter Alexandra III) became a fairly famous artist.
Fedor Reshetnikov. "Arrived for Vacation" (1948)
Fedor Reshetnikov. "Arrived for Vacation", 1948. State Tretyakov Gallery.
Jenny Nyström. Christmas cards
Christmas card by Jenny Nyström.
In general, the Swedish artist became famous for her images of nissi - it was she who came up with what this gnome and brownie look like. She often drew her nissi on Christmas cards - on them the gnomes feed livestock and street birds, bring Christmas trees and gifts, and 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 paintings by the famous American artist and illustrator. An image of Santa Claus reading a list of “very good” children and planning his route for Christmas night fetched $2.5 million at a Christie’s auction in 2007 (the illustration graced the cover of The Saturday Evening Post magazine).
Stuart Sherwood. Untitled
Artwork by Stuart Sherwood.
The self-taught Canadian painter especially loves to depict Christmas: in his paintings you can find Santa, snow-covered houses, and Teddy bears. Sherwood also creates more “serious” works - for example, he painted portraits Popes And .
The State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin has implemented another significant project. The halls of the Moscow museum housed an exhibition dedicated to the work of the outstanding artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio. The exhibition takes place as part of the Year of Italy in Russia.
The exhibition includes 11 works by the master from the collections of Italy and the Vatican. The exhibition is small, but rare in its content. Among the presented works are such masterpieces of European painting as “Boy with a Basket of Fruit” from the Borghese Gallery, “Entombment”, which almost never leaves the walls of the Vatican Palace, “Supper at Emmaus” from Milan’s Brera Gallery, “Conversion of Saul” from the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo and other paintings.
The selection dedicated to Christmas includes the following paintings:
4. Giorgione. Adoration of the Magi.
5. Rogier van der Weyden. Adoration of the Magi.
6. Rembrandt, Harmens van Rijn. Flight to Egypt.
7. Hugo van der Goes. Christmas.
10. Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov. Nativity.
12. Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin. Christmas.
Giorgio Vasari(1511-1574) - Italian painter, architect and writer.
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky(1757-1825) - Russian artist, master of portraiture.
Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, better known as Giorgione(1476/1477 – 1510)) - Italian artist, representative of the Venetian school of painting; one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance.
Rogier van der Weyden(1399/1400 – 1464) – van Eyck’s rival for the title of the most influential master of early Netherlandish painting.
Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn(16-6-1669) - Dutch artist, draftsman and engraver, great master of chiaroscuro, the largest representative of the golden age of Dutch painting.
Hugo van der Goes(c. 1420-25 – 1482) – Flemish artist. Albrecht Dürer considered him the largest representative of early Netherlandish painting, along with Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden.
Sandro Botticelli(1445-1510) is the nickname of the Florentine artist Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, who brought the art of the Quattrocento to the threshold of the High Renaissance.
Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio(1573-1610), Italian artist, reformer of European painting of the 17th century, one of the greatest masters of the Baroque. One of the first to use the “chiaroscuro” style of painting - a sharp contrast of light and shadow.
Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov(1862-1942) - Russian and Soviet painter. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1942). Winner of the Stalin Prize, first degree (1941).
Shebuev, Vasily Kozmich- (* 2 (13) April 1777 in Kronstadt - † 16 (28) June 1855, St. Petersburg) - Russian painter, actual state councilor, academician, honored rector of painting and sculpture of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1832), one of leading masters of late classicism and academicism.
Eugene Henri-Paul Gauguin(1848-1903) - French painter, sculptor, ceramicist and graphic artist. Along with Cezanne and Van Gogh, he was the largest representative of post-impressionism.