Silver Age

Silver Age – the name given to the specific Russian modernism and Russian culture during the late 19th and early 20th century in general. Modernism characterized by the “polyphony” of art movements. Silver Аge, in addition to this, can also be defined as the time of paradoxical alloys.

Nineteenth-century Europe was a time of constructing national histories. On the territory of the Russian Empire, the process was a tad late and fell mainly on the late 19th and early 20th century. The widespread sense of disunity, a search for their national identity based on the study of history, set the essential vector for the art of the Silver Age. Thus, historical and genre painting strengthened their positions. This may explain one of the main paradoxes of fine arts of the period: realism in it had no less part than symbolism, acmeism, avant-garde, etc. Because it was the realism that relied on historical painting. Russian modernism did not deny realism, but rather reformatted it into “symbolic realism” and placed it in the ranks of its currents. From “documenting” the existing reality, artists switched to designing it and developing a new value system. And the desire for unity added to this combination the religious motives.

Among the most famous representatives: Ilya Repin, Mikhail Nesterov, Vladimir Makovsky, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, Mykola Pymonenko (or Nikolai Pimonenko), Zinaida Serebriakova and others.

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Alisov Mikhail (1) Arkhipov Abram (1)
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Benois Alexandre (1) Bogdanov-Belsky Nikolai (1) Braz Ossip (1) Brovar Yakov (1)
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Dunin-Markevich Kazimir (1)
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Eisman Semenovsky Emile (1)
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Fedorovich Vladimir (1)
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Gorbatov Konstantin (2)
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Hanzen Alexei (1)
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Isupov Aleksei (1)
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Klodt Petro (1) Kolesnikov Stepan (2) Korovin Konstantin (4)
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Makovsky Volodymyr (3) Makushenko Ivan (1) Malyavin Filipp (1)
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Nesterov Mykhail (1) Nilus Petr (2)
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Paolo Troubetzkoy (1) Pasternak Leonid (1) Pimonenko Nikolai (2) Pyrin Mikhailo (1)
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Repin Ilya (1)
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Samokish Nikolay (1) Schultze Ivan (1) Serebriakova Zinaida (3) Sorin Savely (1) Svetoslavsky Sergei (2) Sychkov Fedot (2)
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Turzhansky Leonid (1)
V
Vasylkivskiy Serhiy (1)
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Widhopff David (1)
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Yakovlev Alexander (3)
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Zaitsev Mikhail (1) Zommer Rikhard (1)
Alisov Mikhail
Sea Gulf in the Morning
69х114,7 сm, oil on canvas, beginning of the XXth century Arkhipov Abram
Guests
62х93,5 cm, oil on canvas, 1915 Benois Alexandre
Untitled
paper, ink, 1889 Bogdanov-Belsky Nikolai
Portrait of a Girl
68х48 cm, oil on canvas Braz Ossip
Still life with apples
38х55 сm, oil on canvas Brovar Yakov
Landscape
25x53 cm, oil on canvas Vasylkivskiy Serhiy
Landscape with oxen
35.5x23 cm, oil on canvas Widhopff David
Girl with a Purple Flower
40х32 сm, oil on canvas, 1894 Hanzen Alexei
Morning Sea Landscape
45x65 сm, oil on canvas Gorbatov Konstantin
Hot day in Anacapri
89,5x109 cm, oil on canvas, 1926 Gorbatov Konstantin
Monastery on the Pskov River
35x54 cm, oil on cardboard, 1914 Dunin-Markevich Kazimir
Untitled
oil on canvas Eisman Semenovsky Emile
Oriental beauty
23x31 cm, oil on canvas Zaitsev Mikhail
Mordvinian near the threshold
140х68 сm, oil on canvas, 1909 Zommer Rikhard
Crossing a river on an ox
40х66 сm, oil on canvas, 1922 Isupov Aleksei
A boy with a kitten
143х88 сm, oil on canvas Klodt Petro
Two paired bronze figures
H-55 cm, bronze Kolesnikov Stepan
Still Life
60х40 сm, oil on canvas, 1909 Kolesnikov Stepan
Apple Feast of the Saviour
38х52 сm, oil on canvas Korovin Konstantin
House in Gurzuf, interior with a candle
105х3,5х82 cm, canvas, oil Korovin Konstantin
The village dancers
28,3х41 сm, tempera, watercolor and gouache on cardboard, 1934 Korovin Konstantin
Gurzuf Landscape
65х54 сm, oil on canvas Korovin Konstantin
Paris at night
22х17 сm, oil on canvas, 1934 Makovsky Volodymyr
Contemplation
75х51 сm, oil on canvas, 1907 Makovsky Volodymyr
Portrait of a man
20х21 сm, oil on card, 1881 Makovsky Volodymyr
The violinist
64х48 сm, oil on canvas, 1916 Makushenko Ivan
The Daughter
142,8х118,2 сm, oil on canvas Malyavin Filipp
Peasant Woman, Covering Her Mouth With A Shawl
153х104 сm, oil on canvas Nesterov Mykhail
Two Nuns
19,5х12 cm, oil on canvas, 1900 Nilus Petr
Exam
37x63 cm, oil on cardboard Nilus Petr
The portrait of unknown woman
44х37 сm, oil on board Pasternak Leonid
Simonov Monastery
55x45 cm, oil on board, 1914 Pimonenko Nikolai
Portrait of Brodsky
15,5x21,5 cm, canvas, oil Pimonenko Nikolai
At the well
78x58 cm, oil on canvas Pyrin Mikhailo
Female portrait
61x67 cm, oil on canvas Repin Ilya
Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Vera Repin
101,6x82,5 cm, oil on canvas, 1878 Samokish Nikolay
Hostelry
50x80 cm, oil on canvas Svetoslavsky Sergei
View from the Kreml on Zamoskvorechye
56x90 cm, oil on canvas, 1881 Svetoslavsky Sergei
Landscape with a mill
86x69 cm, oil on canvas Serebriakova Zinaida
Portrait of Mrs. Beilitz
61x45,7 cm, pastel, paper, cardboard, 1941 Serebriakova Zinaida
Basket with apples
60x73,5 cm, oil on canvas Serebriakova Zinaida
Reclining nude
paper, pastel, 1930 Sychkov Fedot
Girl in the window
39,5x35 cm, oil on canvas, 1910 Sychkov Fedot
Portrait of a girl in a blue shawl
43x31 cm, oil on canvas, 1925 Sorin Savely
Female portrait
134x75,5 cm, oil on canvas, 1900-1910 Paolo Troubetzkoy
Horse tamer
H-36 cm, bronze Turzhansky Leonid
Rural landscape
57,2x118,1 cm, oil on canvas, 1917 Fedorovich Vladimir
On a steep bank
70x89 cm, oil on canvas, 1924 Schultze Ivan
Winter sunset
54x64,8 cm, oil on canvas, 1919 Yakovlev Alexander
Mongols
100,5x247,5 cm, canvas, tempera, 1933 Yakovlev Alexander
Ladies at the fountain
44x61 cm, gouache, ink, pen on paper, 1930 Yakovlev Alexander
In the Kyrgyz yurt
103,5x199,5 cm, oil on canvas, 1932