April virtual art tour day 23

Since all museums are closed I decided to start a virtual art tour  ♥ welcome, and enjoy  today's tour with Cristobald, Rudolf  and Valentin ♥ 

Girls

Peaceful Shore

Christobal Moreno-Toledo ( Spanish Mouth painting artist 1941- )

Sent by Jeff in Saginaw, U.S.A.

on 5 May, 2015

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 6,552 km

received on 18 May, 2015 

Girl sitting in tree

Rudolf Koivu ( Finnish, 1890- 1946 )

Sent by Kaisa in Iitti, Finland

 on 24 Jul, 2019

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 303 km

received on 31 Jul, 2019 

Girl with peaches. 1887
Valentin Serov (Russian 1865 – 1911)
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Sent by Evgeniya in Moscow
on 9 Nov, 2018
travel time 16 days
distance travelled 1,171 km
received on 26 Nov, 2018

Today's Colors
Colors of Alsace, France

Sent by Daniela in Reichshoffen, France
Sent by Danielle
 on 5 Apr, 2020
travel time 18 days
distance travelled 1,762 km
23 Apr, 2020 received on

Portraits of Women

"Portrait of My Sister Cristina" 1928

Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) 

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travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,228 km

seny by Angelika from Hamburg

Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacán, Mexico City, and is considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists. She began painting after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active and married fellow communist artist Diego Rivera in 1929.

"Boyarynya"

 Konstantin Makovsky  (1839 —1915)

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travel time 23 days

distance travelled 1,009 km

sent by Tatjana from Tver

Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (1839 — 1915) was an influential Russian painter, affiliated with the "Peredvizhniki (Wanderers)". Many of his historical paintings showed an idealized view of Russian life of prior centuries. He is often considered a representative of Academic art.

Woman Delegate 1927

 G. G. Ryazhsky

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travel time 11 days

distance travelled 1,113 km

sent by Marina fromYaroslav

Georgy Ryazhsky (1895-1952)  was a famous Soviet painter

Major works from 1917 to the 1970s.

Portrait of Princess Zinaida Yusupova, 1902
Valentin Serov (1865-1911)

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travel time 9 days
distance travelled 538 km
sent by Denis from Saint Petersburg

Portrait of Elizabeth Tucher, 1499.
 Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Germany

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travel time 8 days
distance travelled 1,601 km

 Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. Dürer is commemorated by both the Lutheran and Episcopal Churches.

R is for Romanov

 Emperor Peter the Great -  the founder of Saint Petersburg

Portrait by Paul Delaroche, 1838

Pyotr Alexeyevich, Peter the Great, Pietari Suuri

born on May 30. 1672

tsar from April 2. 1682,
 first emperor of Russia from October 22. 1721 

died on January 28. 1725

The Hermitage

 The Wax Effigy of Peter the Great

Sculptor: Rastrelli, Bartolomeo Carlo. 1675-1744

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travel time 10 days
distance travelled 1,148 km

sent by Elena in Moscow

Emperor Nicholas II or Nikolai II, Saint Nicholas II of Russia in the Russian Orthodox Church was the last Emperor of Russia. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. Soviet historians portray Nicholas as a weak and incompetent leader whose decisions ed to military defeats and the deaths of millions of his subjects.

Born 18 May 1868 Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. Shot to death 17 July 1918 (aged 50)  Yekaterinburg, Russia. Burial 17 July 1998

Portrait by V.Serov. 1900

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travel time 8 days

distance travelled 3,416 km

sent by Anna Torremolinos, Spain