This gorgeous postcard was sent to me by Mapache from Moscow, by
WIll you send me... tag.
This is one of the most famous paintings by Mikhail Vrubel, the large painting of
Seated Demon (1890) that brought notoriety to Vrubel. Most conservative critics accused him of "wild ugliness", whereas the art patron Savva Mamontov praised the Demon series as "fascinating symphonies of a genius" and commissioned Vrubel to paint decorations for his private opera and mansions of his friends. Unfortunately the
Demon, like other Vrubel's works, doesn't look as it did when it was painted, as the artist added bronze powder to his oils in order to achieve particularly luminous, glistening effects. Now it is kept in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
This gorgeous postcard was sent to me by Mapache from Moscow, by WIll you send me... tag.
This is one of the most famous paintings by Mikhail Vrubel, the large painting of Seated Demon (1890) that brought notoriety to Vrubel. Most conservative critics accused him of "wild ugliness", whereas the art patron Savva Mamontov praised the Demon series as "fascinating symphonies of a genius" and commissioned Vrubel to paint decorations for his private opera and mansions of his friends. Unfortunately the Demon, like other Vrubel's works, doesn't look as it did when it was painted, as the artist added bronze powder to his oils in order to achieve particularly luminous, glistening effects. Now it is kept in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
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