The exhibition by Svetlana Konegen "Nome. Cose. Citta" (Names. Things. Cities) follows several Italian towns where the lnguist travelled...
Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood. Alexander Herzen, a Russian writer and politician....
Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life. Anna Akhmatova, a Russian poet....
Alexander Ivanov, The Bay of Naples near Castellmare (1846) Alexander Ivanov, On the Shore of the Bay of Naples (1850s) The Bay of Naples has traditionally been a favourite with painters. Peter...
Alexander Ivanov, the contemporary of Nikolai Gogol and Karl Brullov, spent a large part of his life in Italy where he also did many sketches for his masterpiece, The Appearance of Christ to the Peopl...
Alexey Tyranov was born in 1801. Prior to going to the Academy of Arts in St Petersburg he worked alongside his brother as an icon painter. At the Academy he studied under Alexey Venetsianov, and from...
Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva lived all her life in St Petersburg where she was born in 1871. She was born into a family of a high official who eventually became a senator, and later married a renowned Rus...
Prince Grigory Gagarin was born in St Petersburg in 1811. Having spent his youth with his parents in Paris and Rome where his father served as an ambassador, Gagarin went on to study in Siena, at the ...
Alexander Brullov was born on November 29, 1798 in St Petersburg in the family of Pavel Brullo, a sculptor and ornamental artist of French origin. With his brother, Karl, Alexander received a special ...