Художники Виктор и Аполлинарий Васнецовы. Повесть

This book tells about the wonderful Russian artists Viktor and Apollinary Vasnetsov. Their life was so rich and interesting that more than one large book could be written about each of them. The author chose a different path. Lydia Kudryavtseva wrote a story about how two brothers, born and raised in the remote region of Russia, became original artists - very different, but united in the main thing. They loved Russia, their people, their native nature, the history of their Fatherland. Their work was poetically sublime. But each of the brothers sought to express this in their own way. You will learn that for Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, epics, fairy tales, and myths became his native element and that he, like his great contemporaries V.I. Surikov and I.E. Repin, strove for a great monumental style. Vasnetsov wanted to continue the painting traditions of ancient Russian masters. He created not only paintings, but also architectural projects, monumental wall paintings, worked on theatrical scenery, and illustrated books. Victor Mikhailovich believed in the possibility of unity of different types of art. His younger brother Apollinariy Mikhailovich, without receiving an artistic education, educated himself. He became not only a famous landscape artist, but also a scientist. Apollinary Vasnetsov studied archeology and astronomy, and entered the history of Russian painting as a singer of old Moscow and a master of poetic landscape. The author writes fascinatingly about all this, often expressing a new view of the artists’ work. Subtly woven into the story about their fate is an analysis of paintings and a description of the favorite creative techniques of each of the Vasnetsov brothers. Lydia Kudryavtseva's book reveals the secret that always lives in a true work of art. For primary school age.