This is the virtual dormitory for the front page illustrations
Autumn. An allegory by David Teniers the Yonger, David Teniers de Jonge, (1610-1690)June. July, August, Summer by Sergei Vinogradov (1869-1938)
May. A 1944 illustration from the children’s Murzilka magazine.
April. The Battle of the Ice by Valentin Serov
March. The Russian Triumph, the Battle of Poltava by Alexander Kotzebue (1862, The Hermitage Museum)
February – the Army of Don
Happy New Year. Regardless if you celebrate the New Year’s Eve according to the Julian or Gregorian Calendar or perhaps both
The magic Pegasi of Odilon Redon (Odilon Redon; 1840, Bordeaux – 1916) – all were on the site’s screen saver and its home page. Odilon Redon is one of the first symbolist artists. His pegasi are incomparable, and here is only a small sampler.
