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Mikhail Vrubel
The virtual exhibition was created in addition to the virtual tour "Mikhail Vrubel. To the 165th anniversary of his birth" and is an electronic catalog of the artist's works, combining more than 250 works by Mikhail Vrubel from the collections of the Russian Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery. These are exhibits of the 2022 exhibition at the Russian Museum, as well as Vrubel's works from the collections of both museums that were not included in the exposition – educational drawings, watercolors, sketches of monumental compositions, large-scale decorative panels and ceramic products made in the majolica technique.
The works are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest (pre-academic) drawings to the most recent works created in the mid-1900s. The catalog has rubricators by periods of the artist's life and work, by image themes and types of art (painting, graphics, monumental panels, ceramics) and allows you to comprehensively present the artistic heritage of the master.
Among the exhibits of the virtual exhibition are virtuoso watercolor portraits of the early period, drawings for the tragedy of A. S. Pushkin "Mozart and Salieri" created by Vrubel during his studies at the Academy of Arts, cycles of illustrations for the poem by M. Y. Lermontov "The Demon" and the novel "Hero of Our Time", all three pictorial "Demons" and sketches for them. The exhibition also includes one of the main masterpieces of Russian symbolism ‒ a grandiose sixteen‒meter panel "Princess of Dreams", made by Vrubel by order of Savva Mamontov for the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod, a portrait of Mamontov himself, as well as monumental paintings painted for Moscow mansions - "The Court of Paris", "Faust", "Venice", "Morning".
In the Abramtsevo ceramic workshop, Vrubel became interested in the idea of reviving national art and creating a new Russian style. Using folk tales, epics, folklore images as subjects, he embodied a number of significant works in majolica, which were also included in the virtual exhibition. These are a series of ceramic sculptures on the themes of the fairy tale operas "Sadko" and "Snow Maiden" and the fireplace "Volga and Mikula", assembled from 130 tiles painted with colored glazes.
Among Vrubel's numerous drawings are self‒portraits, portraits of N. I. Zabela-Vrubel and V. Bryusov, works from the latest graphic series "Insomnia" and "Shells", as well as the famous "Pearl".
Works, most of which can be seen in high resolution, are accompanied by annotations prepared by Vladimir Kruglov, a leading researcher in the Painting Department of the Russian Museum, and Yulia Solonovich, a senior researcher and curator of the Drawing Department of the Russian Museum. Additional materials for the virtual exhibition include video resources of the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery and the materials of the website of the State Tretyakov Gallery "LAVRUS", dedicated to various aspects of the artist's work, which left a big mark in the art of the XX century.
The State Russian Museum expresses its gratitude to the State Tretyakov Gallery, which provided about 100 images of the artist's works from its collection for a virtual exhibition.
Chronicle of the life and work of Mikhail Vrubel | ||
Свидание с сыном
- Ink, sepia, nib. 39,5 х 33
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 4397
Чтение сказки
- Paper, , nib. 20,4 x 30 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-507
Крестьянин-лирник
- 1881
- Paper, , nib. 21,4 x 13,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13471
Собака
- 1881–1882
- Paper, , graphite pencil. 45,8 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-524
Античное панно
- 1881–1882
- Paper, watercolours, , nib, graphite pencil. 49 x 34,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13476
Betrothal of the Virgin Mary to Joseph
- Study for an academic programme
- 1881
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, ink, sepia, nib, graphite pencil. 69,7 x 61,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13464
Обручение Святой Девы Марии с Иосифом
- 1881
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 23,3 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55057
Head of a Girl
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 22,8 х 13,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5731
Italy. A Scene from Ancient Life
- Curtain design for Savva Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera
- 1882
- Watercolours, graphite pencil. 28,5 х 49,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5648
Male Artist’s Model
- 1882–1883
- Canvas, oil. 67 x 52
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1842
Male Head
- 1882–1883
- Canvas, oil, graphite. 29 x 24,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1845
Portrait of Zinaida Stuckenberg
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 16,4 x 12,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13474
Self-Portrait
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 12,5 x 8,6 (верхние углы срезаны)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56520
Женский портрет
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 26,2 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13475
Женский портрет (правая половина лица)
- 1882–1883
- Paper, sepia, nib. Дм — 14,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2443
Натурщик в саамском костюме
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 16,8 x 8,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-498
Натурщица в черной мантилье
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours, сharcoal . 9,8 x 6,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-496
Портрет неизвестной
- 1882–1883
- Paper, ink, nib. 9,2 x 9,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2444
Портрет студента
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 21,5 x 14,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13479
Старик-крестьянин в шляпе
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 10 x 8,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13460
Моцарт и Сальери слушают игру слепого скрипача (Сцена I)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 25,5 x 34 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55056
Сальери (Сцена I)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 28,3 x 25,8 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55054
Сальери всыпает яд в бокал Моцарта (Сцена II)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 25,7 x 33,9 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55055
Автопортрет
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 13,3 x 10,1 (полуовал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-500
Аллегорическая фигура для панно «Земля и воздух». Воздух
- 1883
- Paper, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 68 x 49
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8024
Аллегорическая фигура для панно «Земля и воздух». Земля
- 1883
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 71 x 53
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8023
Аллегория плодородия
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 33,2 x 55,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5401
За кружкой пива
- Paper, watercolours. 20 х 19,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 8948
Задумавшаяся Ася
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 9,7 x 11,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12147
Любовь и Голод
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 22,4 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-479
Молчание
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 27,6 x 24
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-481
Мужской портрет
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 10,6 x 8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-501
Натурщик в карельском костюме
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 11 x 5,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-497
Пирующие римляне (Сцены из римской жизни)
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, , graphite pencil. 44,7 x 53,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13455
Портрет Валентина Серова
- Бумага, наклеенная на картон, итальянский карандаш. 17,8 х 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5743
Портрет старушки Кнорре за вязанием
- Paper, watercolours, lacquer. 18,5 х 12,2 (углы срезаны)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 27367
Автопортрет
- Paper, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 31,8 x 21,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-477
Hamlet and Ophelia
- First study for the painting of the same name (1884, State Russian Museum)
- Late 1883 – early 1884
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours. 24,4 x 16,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13463
Hamlet and Ophelia
- Unfinished
- 1884
- Canvas, oil. 120 x 89
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1839
Женская голова (Эмилия Прахова)
- Graphite pencil, oil. 43 х 32,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 26589
Male Artist’s Model with a Garland Holding a Thyrsus (Bacchus)
- 1884
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours. 20 x 16,8 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13468
The Virgin and Child
- Study for a life-size icon for the iconostasis of St Cyril’s Church in Kiev
- 1884–1885
- Paper, сharcoal , whiting. 193,2 х 73
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5286
Натюрморт. Ткани
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, lacquer. 24,3 х 16
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 21161
Портрет неизвестной (Елены Праховой?)
- 1884
- Paper, сharcoal . 28,9 x 19,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55668
Церковь
- 1884
- Paper, watercolours. 6,5 x 8,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2425
Male Artist’s Model in White Drapery
- Study for the icon of St Cyril of Alexandria painted in Venice for St Cyril’s Church in Kiev
- 1885
- Cardboard, watercolours, lacquer. 24 x 19,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13457
Portrait of Sergei Kostenko
- Mid-1880s
- Paper, watercolours. 14,2 х 11,9
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9137
Итальянский рыбак
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 16,8 x 10,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13470
Лаццарони (Старик-венецианец)
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 34,9 x 18,3 (углы скруглены)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13467
Священник в лиловой рясе
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 10 x 6,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-499
Букет сирени
- 1886–1887
- Cardboard, watercolours. 31,3 x 44,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14998
Мотив росписи наличника окна
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 12,6 x 5,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5412
Мотив росписи панели
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours. 12,6 x 6,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5411
Персидский принц
- Paper, watercolours, lacquer. 24,5 х 16,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3546
Портрет Николая Пимоненко
- Paper, graphite pencil. 32,5 х 24
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15740
Проект росписи церкви церкви в имении А. Н. Терещенко
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours, , lacquer, gouache. 21,4 x 11,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5410
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
- 1887
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal . 140,5 х 52,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-3288
Надгробный плач
- Paper, . 11,5 х 19,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-137
Гамлет и Офелия
- Cardboard, oil. 32,7 x 23,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5292
The Resurrection
- Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, , sauce. 68 х 41 (очерчено; верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10039
Head of an Angel
- Detail of the composition The Resurrection Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 26,1 х 31
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10033
Sleeping Guards
- Detail of the composition. The Resurrection Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 40,8 х 64,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5287
Орнамент с водяными лилиями
- 1889
- Paper, ink, nib, watercolours, . 18,1 x 11,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57830
Орнамент с рыбами
- 1889
- Paper, , nib, watercolours, . 18,1 x 11,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57829
Рождество Христово
- Graphite pencil. 35,8 х 33,5 (изображение переходит с бумаги на картон; очерчено; верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 24357
Розы
- Paper, watercolours. 18,7 х 20,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3762
«А. Мазини, или Коровин навеселе»
- 1890
- Paper, ink, nib. 24,2 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-502
Женщина в красном платье с веером
- Paper, graphite pencil, watercolours. 22,7 х 13,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10438
Portrait of Pyotr Konchalovsky
- 1890–1891
- Canvas, oil. 86 х 69
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Ж-431
Galloping Horseman “Swift as a deer the horse is rushing”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 23,5 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10041
Tamara and the Demon “Don’t weep, my child! No use in steeping…”
- Illustration for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- paper mounted on cardboard, , whiting, . 96 х 65
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10032
Tamara and the Demon “I’ll soar or dive to seek thee treasure – / Oh, love me”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 66,5 х 50
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5330
Tamara in Her Coffin “Like a sweet peri sleeping lightly / She lay inside her coffin now...”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 28 х 19
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10036
The Demon at the Convent Walls “Around the high wall, brooding, pining, / He roamed…”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , sepia, whiting, brush, nib. 42,5 х 31,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10042
Дуэль Печорина с Грушницким
- Paper, , whiting. 50 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10043
Казбич и Азамат
- Cardboard, , whiting, graphite pencil. 31 х 42
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5411
Княжна Мери и Грушницкий
- Paper, , whiting, ink, sepia, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 41,5 х 28
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10028
Прощание Зары с Измаилом
- Paper, , whiting, ink, sepia, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 41 х 30,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5412
Разграбленный караван («Затихло все… Теснясь толпой, / На трупы всадников порой / Верблюды с ужасом глядели…»)
- 1890-1891
- Cardboard, . 22,7 x 31,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2440
Русалка и витязь («Но к страстным лобзаньям, Не знаю зачем, / Остается он хладен и нем…»)
- 1890-1891
- Cardboard, . 22,5 x 35
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13484
Tamara Dancing
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 50 х 34
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3547
Head of the Demon “Was left once more to his inflated / Arrogance, left there isolated / In all the world – no love, no hope!”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 23 х 35,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10035
Демон (сидящий)
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 17 х 27
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5634
Christ Walking on Water
- Study for a mural
- 1890
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, whiting, ink, nib, brush, . 59 х 66
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3549
The Demon (Seated)
- 1890
- Canvas, oil. 116,5 х 213,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5600
Italy. Neapolitan Night
- Curtain design for Savva Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera
- 1891
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 57,5 х 70
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3550
Mask of a Lion
- Майолика, . 45,5 х 47,5 х 28
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1488
The work in the Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop greatly influenced the artist.
Vrubel immersed himself in the atmosphere of Ambramtsevo artistic life and took an interest in the idea of revival of national art and creation of a new Russian style. The foundation of Vrubel’s subjects are folktales, legends, songs and folklore images. The image of a lion became one of the favourites for Vrubel as a symbol of power and might. Having been brought from the East it occupied a worthy place in Russian symbolism. The soft and rounded lines, characteristic of majolica, made the wild animal appear kind and gentle. These depictions were used in the decoration of stove benches and benches in the Abramtsevo estate of the Mamontovs. The work is connected with the decoration of the gate of the Savva Mamontov’s house in Sadovaya-Spasskaya street in Moscow. The depiction of a lion mask figured in the letterhead of the Abramtsevo pottery workshop in the 1910s.
Скамья
- Paper, watercolours. 12,3 x 24,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-533
Сумерки (Римский мотив)
- Wood, oil. 23,9 x 33
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5329
Venice
- Study for the decorative panel Venice for Konstantin and Elizaveta von Dunker’s mansion in Moscow
- 1892–1893
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 36,4 х 19,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11512
Венеция. Мост Вздохов
- Watercolours. 25,7 х 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11265
The Judgement of Paris
- Triptych
- 1893
- Canvas, oil. 317 х 132,5; 317 х 133,8; 317 х 132
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 6126; инв. 6127; инв. 6128
Venice
- Decorative panel
- 1893
- Canvas, oil. 319 x 134 (rectangle with a rounded top part)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1829
The subjects of many of his works were inspired by his own memories of his stay in Italy in 1884–1885. There M.A. Vrubel studied medieval mosaics and stained-glass windows of San Marco and the Church of St. Mary. In this beautiful country he became acquainted with the works of such masters of the early Renaissance as Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Cima de Conegliano.
The panel was created for the house of K.G. and E. D. Duncker in Moscow, but was rejected by the commissioners and purchased by K. D. Artsybushev.
Spain
- 1894
- Canvas, oil. 248 х 89
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 24887
Остров Эльба Тирренское море
- Wood, oil. 9,4 x 21,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11058
Свидание Ромео с Джульеттой. Монтекки и Капулетти. Смерть Ромео и Джульетты
- Watercolours, ink, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 30,5 х 7,3 (каждый; верх скруглен)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 25195/1–4
Демон
- 1894
- Гипс раскрашенный. 50 x 58 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- Ск-565
Antirrhinum
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 22,4 x 5,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5406
Lilies
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 25,1 x 16,2 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-527
Lily. Decorative Motif
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, gouache, charcoal pencil. 45,2 x 43,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5405
The Fortune Teller
- 1895
- Canvas, oil. 135,5 х 86,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1458
Цветок
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 12,1 x 11 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5407
Delphinium
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 30,9 x 18,9 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-526
Hansel and Gretel. Portrait of Actresses Tatyana Lyubatovich and Nadezhda Zabela as Hansel and Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Opera of the Same Name
- Late 1895 – early 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 44,3 x 88
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5858
Портрет Татьяны Любатович в роли Кармен
- Paper, watercolours. 37,1 х 23,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5294
Russia, Volga and Oka
- Study for an unpainted panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, . 21 x 48,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-532
Mikula Selyaninovich
- Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 12,1 х 41,3 (очерчено; нанесена масштабная сетка)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3551
Princess of Dreams
- On the subject of Edmond Rostand’s play of the same name. Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 27,1 x 68,4 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14992
Принцесса Греза
- Canvas, oil. 640 x 1620
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- Ж-434
Фауст и Мефистофель
- 1896 (?)
- Paper, watercolours, , nib. 19,3 x 12,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12152
Фауст в кабинете
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 19,1 x 11,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2415
Фауст и Маргарита
- 1896
- Цветная цинкография. И.: 32,2 х 26,5; л.: 47 х 29,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-12507
Walpurgis Night’s Dream (Young Witch. Faust, Helen and Euphorion. The Witches’ Kitchen)
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, ink, brush, nib. 24,5 х 6,7 (каждый)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15739/1–3
Фауст. Триптих
- Canvas, oil. 19,3 x 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10989; инв. 10990; инв. 10991
The Flight of Faust and Mephistopheles
- 1896
- Canvas, oil. 290 х 240
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв.10992
Morning
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 261 x 447
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1834
Vrubel dreamed about combining art and life in his creative work and searched for a high monumental style and a special national form that was expressed in ornamental and rhythmic patterns characteristic for his works. His style was close to the stylistics of art nouveau that is known for its rapid transitions from statics to movement and from serenity to sudden agitation. The artistic features of art nouveau include flowing lines, oblong figures, expressive contours, and the use of floral motifs. Stems, leaves, and flowers of faded exotic plants intertwine and create a complicated pattern in which one can see female figures or fantastic beasts.
Art nouveau artist were keen on allegories, and this tendency is vivid in the Spring panel. The awakening nature is symbolized by four mermaids. A naked female figure emerges from the mystical entwinement of giant trees, dense grass and fantastic flowers. The woman looks at the light of dawn – the “Beam”, as the artist calls it. It is embodied by another woman’s figure with a strangely bent body. The woman longs from the grass to the sky. The third “Fairy” comes out of the grass and marsh wilds. She represents the awakening – her face is motionless, her big dark eyes have just opened and her first morning thoughts float in them as the remains of her night dreams. The forth figure in the right is depicted only fragmentarily – we see a woman’s face with the expression of fear and despair. When asked about the meaning of this figure, Vrubel answered: “It’s a fairy tale”. Four female figures amplify the general emotional tone of the landscape, its poetry and music. The images created by the artist have multiple meanings and may arise various emotions. The use of various shades of green gives the feeling of early morning freshness when the sun is about to rise above the horizon. This panel is a part of a decorative and monumental triptych called Times of Day that was created by Vrubel for the interior of S.T. Morozov’s house in Moscow (designed by the Moscow art nouveau architect F.O. Schechtel).
Portrait of Konstantin Artsybushev
- 1896–1897
- Canvas, oil. 101,5 х 136,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9121
Portrait of Maria Artsybusheva
- Unfinished
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 124,9 х 80,2
- The State Russian Museum
- инв. 9120
Portrait of Savva Mamontov
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 187 х 142,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5622
Primavera
- 1897
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 104,8 x 57,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14991
Farewell of the Sea King and Princess Volkhova
- 1898
- paper mounted on cardboard, gouache, , pastel, lacquer. 60 х 152
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11056
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1898
- Canvas, oil. 124 х 75,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1459
The Sea Princess. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1898
- Watercolours. 160,1 x 61,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14997
Пророк
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 20,3 х 15
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 26991
The Prophet
- 1898
- Canvas, oil. 145 х 131
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1460
Вещая птица Сирин
- 1915
- Paper, . 9 х 14
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-12493
Игра наяд и тритонов
- Cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 29 х 61 (изображение очерчено)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3552
Bogatyr
- 1898–1899
- Canvas, oil. 321.5 x 222 (rectangle with triangular top)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1837
Mikhail Vrubel was drawn to the mystery, primordial purity and spirituality of the bylina — a traditional Russian heroic poem. The ancient hero in his decorative attire and his trusty horse are inseparable from their environment — a morose forest closely guarding its secrets.This sensation was possibly even stronger before the first owner, Malich, decided to change the original square format of the picture. The canvas was cut on three sides and inserted into a Gothic frame with an angular top. The artist wrote to his sister in January 1899: “The work is almost finished. I am so delighted by it that I want to risk showing it at the Academy exhibition — if it is accepted. After all, I am an attested decadent. This, however, is a misunderstanding; I believe that my new work will set the record straight.” Mikhail Vrubel’s panel was highly rated by the famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov.
Dancer
- Circa 1900
- Гипс окрашенный. 41 х 38 х 29
- The State Russian Museum
- Ск-934
Sadko
- Half-figure
- By model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 41 х 33 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1479
The Tsar of the Sea
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 57 х 44,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-475
In the1890s Mikhail Vrubel met the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and this friendship influenced the creative work of the artist. He produced a number of sets and a series of sculptures in which one can see the motifs from the pieces of the composer. Among them there is the Tsar of the Sea, a character from the opera “Sadko”. The head of the lord of the sea appears as if from the deep.
The expression of the face of “Ancient Poseidon” is full of tenderness and sadness before parting with his daughter Volhova. The lively impressionist modelling enabled Vrubel to find such decorative representation that showed, in the atmosphere of the legendary subject, its musical qualities. Mostly thanks to this, the sculpture fits organically in the interiors of Art Nouveu style. It was exhibited at the World of Art exhibition and at the Lemercier Gallery in Moscow in 1915.
Tsar Berendey
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 46 х 33,2 х 18,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1288
The work in the Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop fascinated Vrubel with the idea of revival of national art and creation of a new Russian style. The foundation of Vrubel’s subjects are folktales, legends, songs and folklore images.
The wise tsar of the land of the Berendeyans from the fairy tale “Snow Maiden” by Alexander Ostrovsky is one the favourite images of the artist. The sorrowful death of the Snow Maiden and the awful death of her beloved Mizgir (he drowned himself in the lake) are sacrifices that makes the anger of Yarilo fade and the mythological Berendeyans would be rewarded with a happy life. The artist depicted Tsar Berendey in that moment when he took an uneasy but the only one right decision in his mind. Art historians suggest that the fairy-tale character bears some resemblance to the composer, the author of the opera “Snow Maiden”, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov with whom the artist was very friendly. “Tsar Berendey” was exhibited at all expositions of Vrubel’s majolica works starting from the exhibition “World of Art” in 1900.
Архитектурный изразец
- 1890-1900s
- Майолика, формовка, цветные глазури, цветные эмали. В.-26,0; Ш.-26,0
- The State Russian Museum
- ДФ-1100
Ваза «Египтянин»
- Майолика, полихромные глазури. 36 x 34 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1497
Ваза «Египтянин»
- Майолика, полихромные глазури. 34,6 x 35,6 x 26
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-479
Ваза «Сирены»
- Майолика, цветные глазури с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 17,3 х 43,1 х 27,1
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-483
Весна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с золотистым отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 34,8 x 47 x 23,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-478
Девушка в венке («Снегурочка»)
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 33,3 х 24,2 х 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1268
Изразец печной «Василек»
- 1896–1900
- Clay, , , . 18 х 18
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1116
Изразец печной с изображением василька
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , . 26,7 х 17,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1107
Изразец-вставка «Богатырь»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , , . 52 x 38,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ДФ-915
Изразец-вставка «Павлин»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , . 41 х 33,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1123
Кресло черного дерева в стиле Ренессанс
- 1899
- Paper, watercolours. 32,9 x 28,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5409
Кронштейн «Ангел»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , . 36,5 x 10,5 x 18,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-512
Морская царевна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 60 x 30 x 24
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1478
Печные изразцы в форме капителей
- Clay, , , . 13,2 х 12,3 (каждый)
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1101, Дф-1108
Volga and Mikula
- Based on the Russian bylina epic Mikula Selyaninovich. Study for a majolica fireplace
- 1899
- Cardboard, watercolours, gouache, ink, nib, . 26 x 31,5 (вырезан по контуру рисунка)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2436
Камин "Вольга и Микула"
- Майолика, . 246 х 295
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1287
Sadko on the Shore of Lake Ilmen
- Majolica plate design on a subject from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1899
- Watercolours, , , graphite pencil. 51,8 х 65,9 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5413
Sadko on the Shore of Lake Ilmen
- Majolica plate design on a subject from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1899
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, gouache, , сharcoal , graphite pencil. 47,7 x 61,9 (овал, в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5414
Декоративное блюдо "Садко"
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, . 66 x 53 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-477
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 88 х 75 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1461
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- 1899
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 61 х 49 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-476
Flying Demon
- 1899
- Canvas, oil. 138,5 x 430,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1846
Like all other works by Mikhail Vrubel, Flying Demon is a profoundly sincere and confessional painting. The young Nietzschean hero cannot do evil, yet is unable to escape the chains of loneliness, the “inner dungeon” of his own making. Proud, melancholy and disdainful, he soars in the lifeless heights. Flying Demon was an extremely topical work. Combining the fin-de-siècle atmosphere with a strong element of autobiography, it expressed the moods of many Russians of that time.
Pan
- 1899
- Canvas, oil. 124 х 106,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1461
Philosophy
- Study for the panel of the same name for Alexei Morozov’s mansion in Moscow
- 1899
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 42,5 х 13,7 (верх листа вырезан в форме стрельчатой арки)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11266
Pine
- Emblem design
- 1899
- Cardboard, watercolours, . 39,4 x 28
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2439
The Prophet
- Illustration for Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name for the three-volume edition The Writings of Alexander Pushkin (Moscow, 1899), vol. 1
- 1899
- Paper, , brush, graphite pencil. 38,2 х 18,5 (верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10037
Программа концерта «Кружка любителей русской музыки». 15 октября 1900 года
- 1900
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting, . 18 x 14 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2416
Into the Night
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 129 х 180
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв.1462
Lilacs
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 160 х 177
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11054
Lilacs
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 18,7 x 23
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1830
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 18,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1836
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 19,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1828
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 142,5 х 93,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Ж-42
Lilacs
- Unfinished
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 214 x 342
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9123
Swan
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 154 х 131
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1463
Thirty-Three Bogatyrs
- Unfinished
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 180,5 x 230
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1832
Фигура сидящей девушки
- Painting. 19,5 х 12 х 13,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1261
The Fallen Demon
- Study variant for the painting of the same name (1902, State Tretyakov Gallery)
- 1901
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, , nib. 14,7 x 28,3 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2437
The Fallen Demon
- Study for the first variant of the painting
- 1901 (?)
- Cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil, , nib. 27,6 х 63,9
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3554
The Fallen Demon
- Photograph of the first variant of the painting tinted by the artist
- 1902
- gouache, ink, , ink, brush, nib. 18 х 44,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-4999
Демон поверженный
- Canvas, oil. 139 × 387
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1464
Portrait of the Artist’s Son
- 1902
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 53 x 69,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14995
Святой Михаил
- 1902
- Graphite pencil, , sanguine. 31,5 x 24,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53939
Голова в шлеме
- 1902
- Graphite pencil, , sanguine. 31,4 x 23,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53941
Голова с нимбом
- 1902
- Cardboard, graphite pencil, , watercolours. 23,6 x 20,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53940
Male Portrait by Evening Light
- 1903–1904
- Paper, . 35,5 x 26,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-260
Portrait of a Boy
- 1903–1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil. 35,3 x 21,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2445
Portrait of a Man with Folded Hands
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 26,9 х 17,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-256
Reading (At the Table)
- 1903–1904
- Paper, . 35,6 х 26,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-237
Tree by a Fence
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,9 х 35,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-262
Дворик зимой
- Paper, graphite pencil. 28 x 37,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-259
Куст под снегом
- 1903–1904
- Graphite pencil, oil, lacquer. 18,8 x 26,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2414
Море. Камни. Крым
- 1903
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 16,7 x 29
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-523
Пепельница
- 1903
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 5 х 13,2 х 13,7
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1259
Пепельница
- 1903 (?)
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 3,9 х 11 х 8,3
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1260
Портрет старика
- Paper, graphite pencil. 35,6 х 22
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-253
Почтовый чиновник
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 35,3 x 21,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13465
A Throw Blanket on a Chair
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 22 х 17,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2422
A Throw Blanket on a Chair
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,5 x 16,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13482
Bed
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 17 x 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2420
Bed
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23 x 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13483
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting. 43 х 35,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5288
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 12,7 x 18,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-529
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,2 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55822
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12145
Decante
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26,8 x 16
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12155
Faceted Drinking Glass
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 25,1 x 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13478
Head of the Prophet
- 1904–1905
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal , graphite pencil, whiting, watercolours. 43,2 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9907
Lady in Lilac. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Unfinished
- 1904–1905
- Canvas, oil. 160 x 130
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1833
Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela-Vrubel (1868–1913): Opera singer, wife of the artist. Graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatoire (1891), performed at Savva Mamontov’s Moscow Private Opera (1897–1902).
This portrait is noted for its philosophical interpretation of life and monumental general resolution, incarnating important aspects of Mikhail Vrubel’s art in the last years of his life and work. The subject of Lady in Lilac is the artist’s wife, an opera singer. Judging by the light reflected in her face, she is resting at a fireplace, though her outer appearance does not express a state of calm. The tones accentuate the tense working of her mind and inner tension.
Unlike the majority of Vrubel’s other portraits of his wife, Lady in Lilac is dominated by the tragic element often encountered in the artist’s later canvases and upheld here by his trademark blue and violet tones. The brushstroke is striking – expressive and nervous, yet simultaneously exact and economic. The light fabric of the dress is masterly painted in separate brushstrokes; Nadezhda’s golden wedding ring is depicted by two white and yellow strokes. Although it is only a quick sketch, the portrait embodies great emotional force. It was begun on a piece of large canvas already containing a composition consisting of two figures – a prophet and seraph (feet and wings can be seen in the lower section of the canvas). Lady in Lilac reflects the outstanding talent of an artist able to unite in colour two images different in character and time.
Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel and Alexander Siloti at the Piano
- 1904
- Cardboard, graphite pencil, сharcoal , chalk. 23,5 x 39,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-522
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, charcoal pencil. 36 х 27
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-4388
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,1 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2399
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in an Armchair with Wallpaper in the Background
- 1904
- Watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting. 21,7 x 30,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2592
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel with Birches in the Background
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, pastel, gouache, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, chalk. 67,6 x 32,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14996
Rose
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 29,8 х 18,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5747
Self-Portrait
- 1904–1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil, , sanguine. 35,5 х 29,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10027
Self-Portrait
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 35,8 х 24
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3556
Self-Portrait
- 1904
- Paper, сharcoal , . 25,2 х 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60767
Self-Portrait with a Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, watercolours, сharcoal , gouache, sanguine, graphite pencil. 58,2 x 53
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13473
Seraph
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil, ink, brush. 39,8 х 31
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 25189
Seraph
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 45 х 35,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5749
Seraph
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 29,1 x 18,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-530
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , . 38 x 43,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-504
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- pastel, watercolours, . 19,7 x 28,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2424
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, сharcoal , , graphite pencil, ink, . 17 x 24,8 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2428
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , graphite pencil, watercolours, whiting. 22,9 x 34,8 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2429
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil, , , whiting. 17,5 x 25,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5399
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , graphite pencil, chalk. 17,6 x 25,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-475
Six-Winged Seraph
- 1904
- Canvas, oil. 131 x 155
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1838
Six-Winged Seraph is linked to the theme of the prophetic mission of the artist, one that greatly occupied Symbolists of various lands and times. From the 1890s onwards, inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s poem The Prophet, Mikhail Vrubel dedicated a series of compositions in painting and graphic art to this theme. The artist seems to paint an inner vision of a “fire-like” messenger of God, an angel with a fiery gaze, the patron and merciless judge of the artist-prophet, reminding artists of their sublime mission and calling them “to burn people’s hearts with a word” and awaken their souls “from the trifles of everyday life with majestic images.” Vrubel’s inner experiences of the time when he was working on Fallen Demon are reflected in the painting’s sublime construction and its assiduity of feeling. The startling tones conjure up associations with the Byzantine mosaics in Venice and Ravenna seen by the artist in his youth.
Still Life (Candlestick, Decanter and Drinking Glass)
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,9 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13477
The Artist’s Left Hand with a Handkerchief
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 13,8 x 22,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12148
Two Sea Princesses. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as the Sea Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- Study
- 1904
- Cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,5 x 27,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2438
Автопортрет
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,3 x 15,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13485
Букет сирени
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23,2 x 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-516
Букет цветов
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 32,8 x 41,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-515; Р-515 (оборот)
Кампанулы
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 3,3 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2433
Кампанулы
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-517
Кресло у стола
- 1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil. 18,8 x 16
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-484
Плед на стуле
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,1 x 17
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2435
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 х 18.5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5943
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 25,8 x 17,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-508
Портрет скульптора Петра Бромирского
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,6 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2432
Раковина
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 17,4 x 25,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2430
Раковина
- Paper, , graphite pencil, , chalk. 17,5 x 25,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-476
Раковина
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 23,8 х 32,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2423
Раковина
- Paper, сharcoal , , graphite pencil. 16,8 x 24,5 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2427
Спящий на кровати
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 11,2 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2421
Спящий на кровати
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 11,1 x 22,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2418
Художественные принадлежности автора
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 14,5 х 17,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12154
Эскиз концертного платья для Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 25,3 x 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-510
Жемчужина
- Cardboard, pastel, gouache, сharcoal , . 35 х 43,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5291
After the Concert. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (in a Dress Designed by the Artist)
- Study for the portrait (1905, State Tretyakov Gallery)
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , сharcoal , chalk. 44,2 x 38,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14994
Phantoms of the Lagoon
- 1905
- Paper, pastel, gouache, сharcoal , graphite pencil. 69,5 х 90,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5746
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 39,5 x 28,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13466
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in a Rocking Chair
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, . 36,6 x 41,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13461
Raven (Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem The Raven)
- 1905
- Cardboard, watercolours, pastel, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 25,5 x 32,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2417
Self-Portrait
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,8 x 24,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13462
Автопортрет
- Paper, сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 40 x 32,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5403
Голова Иоанна Крестителя
- 1905
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 24,3 x 19
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2398
Портрет В. А. Усольцевой
- 1905
- Paper, , pastel, graphite pencil, , сharcoal , sanguine. 42,4 x 34,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5398
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель (спящей)
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23,8 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-509
После концерта. Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель у камина
- Canvas, pastel, сharcoal . 168,5 х 191,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 8944
Portrait of Valery Bryusov
- Early 1906
- Paper, , sanguine, chalk. 102,2 х 69,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15738
The Prophet Ezekiel’s Vision
- Early 1906
- Paper, сharcoal , watercolours, gouache, . 102,3 x 55,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5857
Vrubel Mikhail Alexandrovich
1856, Omsk - 1910, St PetersburgPainter, draughtsman, theatrical designer, applied artist, portraitist, writer of philosophical Symbolist compositions. Studied law at St Petersburg University (1874-79) and art under Pavel Chistyakov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1880-84). Academician of painting (1905). Member of the Abramtsevo circle (from 1889). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1891). Contributed to the exhibitions of the Moscow Fellowship of Artists (1895, 1899, 1904), Exhibition of Russian and Finnish Artists (1898), World of Art (1900-03, 1906; member from 1900, 1911), 36 Artists (1901, 1902), Union of Russian Artists (1903-10; founding member), Exposition Universelle in Paris (1900; gold medal) and the International Exhibitions in Vienna (1901) and Venice (1907). Designed for Sawa Mamontov\'\'s Russian Private Opera (1890-1901).
Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop
Male Artist’s Model
- 1882–1883
- Canvas, oil. 67 x 52
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1842
Male Head
- 1882–1883
- Canvas, oil, graphite. 29 x 24,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1845
Hamlet and Ophelia
- Unfinished
- 1884
- Canvas, oil. 120 x 89
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1839
Гамлет и Офелия
- Cardboard, oil. 32,7 x 23,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5292
Portrait of Pyotr Konchalovsky
- 1890–1891
- Canvas, oil. 86 х 69
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Ж-431
The Demon (Seated)
- 1890
- Canvas, oil. 116,5 х 213,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5600
Сумерки (Римский мотив)
- Wood, oil. 23,9 x 33
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5329
The Judgement of Paris
- Triptych
- 1893
- Canvas, oil. 317 х 132,5; 317 х 133,8; 317 х 132
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 6126; инв. 6127; инв. 6128
Venice
- Decorative panel
- 1893
- Canvas, oil. 319 x 134 (rectangle with a rounded top part)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1829
The subjects of many of his works were inspired by his own memories of his stay in Italy in 1884–1885. There M.A. Vrubel studied medieval mosaics and stained-glass windows of San Marco and the Church of St. Mary. In this beautiful country he became acquainted with the works of such masters of the early Renaissance as Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Cima de Conegliano.
The panel was created for the house of K.G. and E. D. Duncker in Moscow, but was rejected by the commissioners and purchased by K. D. Artsybushev.
Spain
- 1894
- Canvas, oil. 248 х 89
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 24887
Остров Эльба Тирренское море
- Wood, oil. 9,4 x 21,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11058
The Fortune Teller
- 1895
- Canvas, oil. 135,5 х 86,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1458
Принцесса Греза
- Canvas, oil. 640 x 1620
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- Ж-434
Фауст. Триптих
- Canvas, oil. 640 x 1620
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10989; инв. 10990; инв. 10991
The Flight of Faust and Mephistopheles
- 1896
- Canvas, oil. 290 х 240
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв.10992
Morning
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 261 x 447
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1834
Vrubel dreamed about combining art and life in his creative work and searched for a high monumental style and a special national form that was expressed in ornamental and rhythmic patterns characteristic for his works. His style was close to the stylistics of art nouveau that is known for its rapid transitions from statics to movement and from serenity to sudden agitation. The artistic features of art nouveau include flowing lines, oblong figures, expressive contours, and the use of floral motifs. Stems, leaves, and flowers of faded exotic plants intertwine and create a complicated pattern in which one can see female figures or fantastic beasts.
Art nouveau artist were keen on allegories, and this tendency is vivid in the Spring panel. The awakening nature is symbolized by four mermaids. A naked female figure emerges from the mystical entwinement of giant trees, dense grass and fantastic flowers. The woman looks at the light of dawn – the “Beam”, as the artist calls it. It is embodied by another woman’s figure with a strangely bent body. The woman longs from the grass to the sky. The third “Fairy” comes out of the grass and marsh wilds. She represents the awakening – her face is motionless, her big dark eyes have just opened and her first morning thoughts float in them as the remains of her night dreams. The forth figure in the right is depicted only fragmentarily – we see a woman’s face with the expression of fear and despair. When asked about the meaning of this figure, Vrubel answered: “It’s a fairy tale”. Four female figures amplify the general emotional tone of the landscape, its poetry and music. The images created by the artist have multiple meanings and may arise various emotions. The use of various shades of green gives the feeling of early morning freshness when the sun is about to rise above the horizon. This panel is a part of a decorative and monumental triptych called Times of Day that was created by Vrubel for the interior of S.T. Morozov’s house in Moscow (designed by the Moscow art nouveau architect F.O. Schechtel).
Portrait of Konstantin Artsybushev
- 1896–1897
- Canvas, oil. 101,5 х 136,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9121
Portrait of Maria Artsybusheva
- Unfinished
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 124,9 х 80,2
- The State Russian Museum
- инв. 9120
Portrait of Savva Mamontov
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 187 х 142,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5622
Farewell of the Sea King and Princess Volkhova
- 1898
- paper mounted on cardboard, gouache, , pastel, lacquer. 60 х 152
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11056
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1898
- Canvas, oil. 124 х 75,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1459
The Prophet
- 1898
- Canvas, oil. 145 х 131
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1460
Bogatyr
- 1898–1899
- Canvas, oil. 321.5 x 222 (rectangle with triangular top)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1837
Mikhail Vrubel was drawn to the mystery, primordial purity and spirituality of the bylina — a traditional Russian heroic poem. The ancient hero in his decorative attire and his trusty horse are inseparable from their environment — a morose forest closely guarding its secrets.This sensation was possibly even stronger before the first owner, Malich, decided to change the original square format of the picture. The canvas was cut on three sides and inserted into a Gothic frame with an angular top. The artist wrote to his sister in January 1899: “The work is almost finished. I am so delighted by it that I want to risk showing it at the Academy exhibition — if it is accepted. After all, I am an attested decadent. This, however, is a misunderstanding; I believe that my new work will set the record straight.” Mikhail Vrubel’s panel was highly rated by the famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov.
Flying Demon
- 1899
- Canvas, oil. 138,5 x 430,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1846
Like all other works by Mikhail Vrubel, Flying Demon is a profoundly sincere and confessional painting. The young Nietzschean hero cannot do evil, yet is unable to escape the chains of loneliness, the “inner dungeon” of his own making. Proud, melancholy and disdainful, he soars in the lifeless heights. Flying Demon was an extremely topical work. Combining the fin-de-siècle atmosphere with a strong element of autobiography, it expressed the moods of many Russians of that time.
Pan
- 1899
- Canvas, oil. 124 х 106,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1461
Into the Night
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 129 х 180
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв.1462
Lilacs
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 160 х 177
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11054
Lilacs
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 18,7 x 23
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1830
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 18,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1836
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 19,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1828
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 142,5 х 93,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Ж-42
Lilacs
- Unfinished
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 214 x 342
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9123
Swan
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 154 х 131
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1463
Thirty-Three Bogatyrs
- Unfinished
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 180,5 x 230
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1832
Демон поверженный
- Canvas, oil. 139 × 387
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1464
Lady in Lilac. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Unfinished
- 1904–1905
- Canvas, oil. 160 x 130
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1833
Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela-Vrubel (1868–1913): Opera singer, wife of the artist. Graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatoire (1891), performed at Savva Mamontov’s Moscow Private Opera (1897–1902).
This portrait is noted for its philosophical interpretation of life and monumental general resolution, incarnating important aspects of Mikhail Vrubel’s art in the last years of his life and work. The subject of Lady in Lilac is the artist’s wife, an opera singer. Judging by the light reflected in her face, she is resting at a fireplace, though her outer appearance does not express a state of calm. The tones accentuate the tense working of her mind and inner tension.
Unlike the majority of Vrubel’s other portraits of his wife, Lady in Lilac is dominated by the tragic element often encountered in the artist’s later canvases and upheld here by his trademark blue and violet tones. The brushstroke is striking – expressive and nervous, yet simultaneously exact and economic. The light fabric of the dress is masterly painted in separate brushstrokes; Nadezhda’s golden wedding ring is depicted by two white and yellow strokes. Although it is only a quick sketch, the portrait embodies great emotional force. It was begun on a piece of large canvas already containing a composition consisting of two figures – a prophet and seraph (feet and wings can be seen in the lower section of the canvas). Lady in Lilac reflects the outstanding talent of an artist able to unite in colour two images different in character and time.
Six-Winged Seraph
- 1904
- Canvas, oil. 131 x 155
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1838
Six-Winged Seraph is linked to the theme of the prophetic mission of the artist, one that greatly occupied Symbolists of various lands and times. From the 1890s onwards, inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s poem The Prophet, Mikhail Vrubel dedicated a series of compositions in painting and graphic art to this theme. The artist seems to paint an inner vision of a “fire-like” messenger of God, an angel with a fiery gaze, the patron and merciless judge of the artist-prophet, reminding artists of their sublime mission and calling them “to burn people’s hearts with a word” and awaken their souls “from the trifles of everyday life with majestic images.” Vrubel’s inner experiences of the time when he was working on Fallen Demon are reflected in the painting’s sublime construction and its assiduity of feeling. The startling tones conjure up associations with the Byzantine mosaics in Venice and Ravenna seen by the artist in his youth.
Свидание с сыном
- Ink, sepia, nib. 39,5 х 33
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 4397
Чтение сказки
- Paper, , nib. 20,4 x 30 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-507
Крестьянин-лирник
- 1881
- Paper, , nib. 21,4 x 13,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13471
Собака
- 1881–1882
- Paper, , graphite pencil. 45,8 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-524
Античное панно
- 1881–1882
- Paper, watercolours, , nib, graphite pencil. 49 x 34,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13476
Betrothal of the Virgin Mary to Joseph
- Study for an academic programme
- 1881
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, ink, sepia, nib, graphite pencil. 69,7 x 61,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13464
Обручение Святой Девы Марии с Иосифом
- 1881
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 23,3 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55057
Head of a Girl
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 22,8 х 13,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5731
Italy. A Scene from Ancient Life
- Curtain design for Savva Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera
- 1882
- Watercolours, graphite pencil. 28,5 х 49,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5648
Portrait of Zinaida Stuckenberg
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 16,4 x 12,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13474
Self-Portrait
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 12,5 x 8,6 (верхние углы срезаны)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56520
Женский портрет
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 26,2 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13475
Женский портрет (правая половина лица)
- 1882–1883
- Paper, sepia, nib. Дм — 14,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2443
Натурщик в саамском костюме
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 16,8 x 8,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-498
Натурщица в черной мантилье
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours, сharcoal . 9,8 x 6,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-496
Портрет неизвестной
- 1882–1883
- Paper, ink, nib. 9,2 x 9,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2444
Портрет студента
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 21,5 x 14,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13479
Старик-крестьянин в шляпе
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 10 x 8,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13460
Моцарт и Сальери слушают игру слепого скрипача (Сцена I)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 25,5 x 34 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55056
Сальери (Сцена I)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 28,3 x 25,8 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55054
Сальери всыпает яд в бокал Моцарта (Сцена II)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 25,7 x 33,9 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55055
Автопортрет
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 13,3 x 10,1 (полуовал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-500
Аллегорическая фигура для панно «Земля и воздух». Воздух
- 1883
- Paper, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 68 x 49
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8024
Аллегорическая фигура для панно «Земля и воздух». Земля
- 1883
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 71 x 53
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8023
Аллегория плодородия
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 33,2 x 55,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5401
За кружкой пива
- Paper, watercolours. 20 х 19,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 8948
Задумавшаяся Ася
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 9,7 x 11,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12147
Любовь и Голод
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 22,4 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-479
Молчание
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 27,6 x 24
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-481
Мужской портрет
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 10,6 x 8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-501
Натурщик в карельском костюме
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 11 x 5,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-497
Пирующие римляне (Сцены из римской жизни)
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, , graphite pencil. 44,7 x 53,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13455
Портрет Валентина Серова
- Бумага, наклеенная на картон, итальянский карандаш. 17,8 х 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5743
Портрет старушки Кнорре за вязанием
- Paper, watercolours, lacquer. 18,5 х 12,2 (углы срезаны)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 27367
Автопортрет
- Paper, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 31,8 x 21,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-477
Hamlet and Ophelia
- First study for the painting of the same name (1884, State Russian Museum)
- Late 1883 – early 1884
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours. 24,4 x 16,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13463
Женская голова (Эмилия Прахова)
- Graphite pencil, oil. 43 х 32,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 26589
Male Artist’s Model with a Garland Holding a Thyrsus (Bacchus)
- 1884
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours. 20 x 16,8 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13468
The Virgin and Child
- Study for a life-size icon for the iconostasis of St Cyril’s Church in Kiev
- 1884–1885
- Paper, сharcoal , whiting. 193,2 х 73
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5286
Натюрморт. Ткани
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, lacquer. 24,3 х 16
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 21161
Портрет неизвестной (Елены Праховой?)
- 1884
- Paper, сharcoal . 28,9 x 19,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55668
Церковь
- 1884
- Paper, watercolours. 6,5 x 8,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2425
Male Artist’s Model in White Drapery
- Study for the icon of St Cyril of Alexandria painted in Venice for St Cyril’s Church in Kiev
- 1885
- Cardboard, watercolours, lacquer. 24 x 19,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13457
Portrait of Sergei Kostenko
- Mid-1880s
- Paper, watercolours. 14,2 х 11,9
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9137
Итальянский рыбак
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 16,8 x 10,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13470
Лаццарони (Старик-венецианец)
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 34,9 x 18,3 (углы скруглены)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13467
Священник в лиловой рясе
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 10 x 6,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-499
Букет сирени
- 1886–1887
- Cardboard, watercolours. 31,3 x 44,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14998
Мотив росписи наличника окна
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 12,6 x 5,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5412
Мотив росписи панели
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours. 12,6 x 6,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5411
Персидский принц
- Paper, watercolours, lacquer. 24,5 х 16,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3546
Портрет Николая Пимоненко
- Paper, graphite pencil. 32,5 х 24
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15740
Проект росписи церкви церкви в имении А. Н. Терещенко
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours, , lacquer, gouache. 21,4 x 11,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5410
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
- 1887
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal . 140,5 х 52,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-3288
Надгробный плач
- Paper, . 11,5 х 19,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-137
The Resurrection
- Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, , sauce. 68 х 41 (очерчено; верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10039
Head of an Angel
- Detail of the composition The Resurrection Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 26,1 х 31
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10033
Sleeping Guards
- Detail of the composition. The Resurrection Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 40,8 х 64,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5287
Орнамент с водяными лилиями
- 1889
- Paper, ink, nib, watercolours, . 18,1 x 11,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57830
Орнамент с рыбами
- 1889
- Paper, , nib, watercolours, . 18,1 x 11,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57829
Рождество Христово
- Graphite pencil. 35,8 х 33,5 (изображение переходит с бумаги на картон; очерчено; верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 24357
Розы
- Paper, watercolours. 18,7 х 20,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3762
«А. Мазини, или Коровин навеселе»
- 1890
- Paper, ink, nib. 24,2 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-502
Женщина в красном платье с веером
- Paper, graphite pencil, watercolours. 22,7 х 13,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10438
Galloping Horseman “Swift as a deer the horse is rushing”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 23,5 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10041
Tamara and the Demon “Don’t weep, my child! No use in steeping…”
- Illustration for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- paper mounted on cardboard, , whiting, . 96 х 65
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10032
Tamara and the Demon “I’ll soar or dive to seek thee treasure – / Oh, love me”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 66,5 х 50
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5330
Tamara in Her Coffin “Like a sweet peri sleeping lightly / She lay inside her coffin now...”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 28 х 19
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10036
The Demon at the Convent Walls “Around the high wall, brooding, pining, / He roamed…”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , sepia, whiting, brush, nib. 42,5 х 31,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10042
Дуэль Печорина с Грушницким
- Paper, , whiting. 50 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10043
Казбич и Азамат
- Cardboard, , whiting, graphite pencil. 31 х 42
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5411
Княжна Мери и Грушницкий
- Paper, , whiting, ink, sepia, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 41,5 х 28
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10028
Прощание Зары с Измаилом
- Paper, , whiting, ink, sepia, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 41 х 30,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5412
Разграбленный караван («Затихло все… Теснясь толпой, / На трупы всадников порой / Верблюды с ужасом глядели…»)
- 1890-1891
- Cardboard, . 22,7 x 31,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2440
Русалка и витязь («Но к страстным лобзаньям, Не знаю зачем, / Остается он хладен и нем…»)
- 1890-1891
- Cardboard, . 22,5 x 35
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13484
Tamara Dancing
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 50 х 34
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3547
Head of the Demon “Was left once more to his inflated / Arrogance, left there isolated / In all the world – no love, no hope!”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 23 х 35,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10035
Демон (сидящий)
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 17 х 27
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5634
Christ Walking on Water
- Study for a mural
- 1890
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, whiting, ink, nib, brush, . 59 х 66
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3549
Italy. Neapolitan Night
- Curtain design for Savva Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera
- 1891
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 57,5 х 70
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3550
Скамья
- Paper, watercolours. 12,3 x 24,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-533
Venice
- Study for the decorative panel Venice for Konstantin and Elizaveta von Dunker’s mansion in Moscow
- 1892–1893
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 36,4 х 19,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11512
Венеция. Мост Вздохов
- Watercolours. 25,7 х 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11265
Свидание Ромео с Джульеттой. Монтекки и Капулетти. Смерть Ромео и Джульетты
- Watercolours, ink, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 30,5 х 7,3 (каждый; верх скруглен)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 25195/1–4
Antirrhinum
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 22,4 x 5,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5406
Lilies
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 25,1 x 16,2 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-527
Lily. Decorative Motif
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, gouache, charcoal pencil. 45,2 x 43,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5405
Цветок
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 12,1 x 11 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5407
Delphinium
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 30,9 x 18,9 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-526
Hansel and Gretel. Portrait of Actresses Tatyana Lyubatovich and Nadezhda Zabela as Hansel and Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Opera of the Same Name
- Late 1895 – early 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 44,3 x 88
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5858
Портрет Татьяны Любатович в роли Кармен
- Paper, watercolours. 37,1 х 23,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5294
Russia, Volga and Oka
- Study for an unpainted panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, . 21 x 48,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-532
Mikula Selyaninovich
- Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 12,1 х 41,3 (очерчено; нанесена масштабная сетка)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3551
Princess of Dreams
- On the subject of Edmond Rostand’s play of the same name. Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 27,1 x 68,4 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14992
Фауст и Мефистофель
- 1896 (?)
- Paper, watercolours, , nib. 19,3 x 12,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12152
Фауст в кабинете
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 19,1 x 11,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2415
Фауст и Маргарита
- 1896
- Цветная цинкография. И.: 32,2 х 26,5; л.: 47 х 29,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-12507
Walpurgis Night’s Dream (Young Witch. Faust, Helen and Euphorion. The Witches’ Kitchen)
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, ink, brush, nib. 24,5 х 6,7 (каждый)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15739/1–3
Primavera
- 1897
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 104,8 x 57,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14991
The Sea Princess. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1898
- Watercolours. 160,1 x 61,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14997
Пророк
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 20,3 х 15
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 26991
Вещая птица Сирин
- 1915
- Paper, . 9 х 14
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-12493
Игра наяд и тритонов
- Cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 29 х 61 (изображение очерчено)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3552
Кресло черного дерева в стиле Ренессанс
- 1899
- Paper, watercolours. 32,9 x 28,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5409
Volga and Mikula
- Based on the Russian bylina epic Mikula Selyaninovich. Study for a majolica fireplace
- 1899
- Cardboard, watercolours, gouache, ink, nib, . 26 x 31,5 (вырезан по контуру рисунка)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2436
Sadko on the Shore of Lake Ilmen
- Majolica plate design on a subject from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1899
- Watercolours, , , graphite pencil. 51,8 х 65,9 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5413
Sadko on the Shore of Lake Ilmen
- Majolica plate design on a subject from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1899
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, gouache, , сharcoal , graphite pencil. 47,7 x 61,9 (овал, в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5414
Philosophy
- Study for the panel of the same name for Alexei Morozov’s mansion in Moscow
- 1899
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 42,5 х 13,7 (верх листа вырезан в форме стрельчатой арки)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11266
Pine
- Emblem design
- 1899
- Cardboard, watercolours, . 39,4 x 28
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2439
The Prophet
- Illustration for Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name for the three-volume edition The Writings of Alexander Pushkin (Moscow, 1899), vol. 1
- 1899
- Paper, , brush, graphite pencil. 38,2 х 18,5 (верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10037
Программа концерта «Кружка любителей русской музыки». 15 октября 1900 года
- 1900
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting, . 18 x 14 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2416
The Fallen Demon
- Study variant for the painting of the same name (1902, State Tretyakov Gallery)
- 1901
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, , nib. 14,7 x 28,3 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2437
The Fallen Demon
- Study for the first variant of the painting
- 1901 (?)
- Cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil, , nib. 27,6 х 63,9
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3554
The Fallen Demon
- Photograph of the first variant of the painting tinted by the artist
- 1902
- gouache, ink, , ink, brush, nib. 18 х 44,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-4999
Portrait of the Artist’s Son
- 1902
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 53 x 69,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14995
Святой Михаил
- 1902
- Graphite pencil, , sanguine. 31,5 x 24,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53939
Голова в шлеме
- 1902
- Graphite pencil, , sanguine. 31,4 x 23,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53941
Голова с нимбом
- 1902
- Cardboard, graphite pencil, , watercolours. 23,6 x 20,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53940
Male Portrait by Evening Light
- 1903–1904
- Paper, . 35,5 x 26,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-260
Portrait of a Boy
- 1903–1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil. 35,3 x 21,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2445
Portrait of a Man with Folded Hands
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 26,9 х 17,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-256
Reading (At the Table)
- 1903–1904
- Paper, . 35,6 х 26,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-237
Tree by a Fence
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,9 х 35,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-262
Дворик зимой
- Paper, graphite pencil. 28 x 37,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-259
Куст под снегом
- 1903–1904
- Graphite pencil, oil, lacquer. 18,8 x 26,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2414
Море. Камни. Крым
- 1903
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 16,7 x 29
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-523
Портрет старика
- Paper, graphite pencil. 35,6 х 22
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-253
Почтовый чиновник
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 35,3 x 21,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13465
A Throw Blanket on a Chair
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 22 х 17,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2422
A Throw Blanket on a Chair
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,5 x 16,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13482
Bed
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23 x 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13483
Bed
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 17 x 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2420
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting. 43 х 35,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5288
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 12,7 x 18,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-529
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,2 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55822
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12145
Decante
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26,8 x 16
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12155
Faceted Drinking Glass
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 25,1 x 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13478
Head of the Prophet
- 1904–1905
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal , graphite pencil, whiting, watercolours. 43,2 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9907
Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel and Alexander Siloti at the Piano
- 1904
- Cardboard, graphite pencil, сharcoal , chalk. 23,5 x 39,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-522
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, charcoal pencil. 36 х 27
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-4388
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,1 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2399
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in an Armchair with Wallpaper in the Background
- 1904
- Watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting. 21,7 x 30,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2592
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel with Birches in the Background
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, pastel, gouache, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, chalk. 67,6 x 32,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14996
Rose
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 29,8 х 18,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5747
Self-Portrait
- 1904–1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil, , sanguine. 35,5 х 29,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10027
Self-Portrait
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 35,8 х 24
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3556
Self-Portrait
- 1904
- Paper, сharcoal , . 25,2 х 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60767
Self-Portrait with a Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, watercolours, сharcoal , gouache, sanguine, graphite pencil. 58,2 x 53
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13473
Seraph
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil, ink, brush. 39,8 х 31
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 25189
Seraph
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 45 х 35,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5749
Seraph
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 29,1 x 18,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-530
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , . 38 x 43,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-504
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil, , , whiting. 17,5 x 25,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5399
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- pastel, watercolours, . 19,7 x 28,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2424
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, сharcoal , , graphite pencil, ink, . 17 x 24,8 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2428
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , graphite pencil, chalk. 17,6 x 25,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-475
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , graphite pencil, watercolours, whiting. 22,9 x 34,8 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2429
Still Life (Candlestick, Decanter and Drinking Glass)
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,9 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13477
The Artist’s Left Hand with a Handkerchief
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 13,8 x 22,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12148
Two Sea Princesses. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as the Sea Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- Study
- 1904
- Cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,5 x 27,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2438
Автопортрет
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,3 x 15,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13485
Букет сирени
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23,2 x 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-516
Букет цветов
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 32,8 x 41,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-515; Р-515 (оборот)
Кампанулы
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-517
Кампанулы
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 3,3 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2433
Кресло у стола
- 1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil. 18,8 x 16
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-484
Плед на стуле
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,1 x 17
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2435
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 х 18.5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5943
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 25,8 x 17,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-508
Портрет скульптора Петра Бромирского
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,6 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2432
Раковина
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 17,4 x 25,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2430
Раковина
- Paper, сharcoal , , graphite pencil. 16,8 x 24,5 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2427
Раковина
- Paper, , graphite pencil, , chalk. 17,5 x 25,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-476
Раковина
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 23,8 х 32,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2423
Спящий на кровати
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 11,1 x 22,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2418
Спящий на кровати
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 11,2 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2421
Художественные принадлежности автора
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 14,5 х 17,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12154
Эскиз концертного платья для Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 25,3 x 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-510
Жемчужина
- Cardboard, pastel, gouache, сharcoal , . 35 х 43,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5291
After the Concert. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (in a Dress Designed by the Artist)
- Study for the portrait (1905, State Tretyakov Gallery)
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , сharcoal , chalk. 44,2 x 38,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14994
Phantoms of the Lagoon
- 1905
- Paper, pastel, gouache, сharcoal , graphite pencil. 69,5 х 90,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5746
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 39,5 x 28,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13466
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in a Rocking Chair
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, . 36,6 x 41,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13461
Raven (Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem The Raven)
- 1905
- Cardboard, watercolours, pastel, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 25,5 x 32,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2417
Self-Portrait
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,8 x 24,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13462
Автопортрет
- Paper, сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 40 x 32,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5403
Голова Иоанна Крестителя
- 1905
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 24,3 x 19
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2398
Портрет В. А. Усольцевой
- 1905
- Paper, , pastel, graphite pencil, , сharcoal , sanguine. 42,4 x 34,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5398
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель (спящей)
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23,8 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-509
После концерта. Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель у камина
- Canvas, pastel, сharcoal . 168,5 х 191,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 8944
Portrait of Valery Bryusov
- Early 1906
- Paper, , sanguine, chalk. 102,2 х 69,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15738
The Prophet Ezekiel’s Vision
- Early 1906
- Paper, сharcoal , watercolours, gouache, . 102,3 x 55,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5857
Античное панно
- 1881–1882
- Paper, watercolours, , nib, graphite pencil. 49 x 34,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13476
Аллегорическая фигура для панно «Земля и воздух». Воздух
- 1883
- Paper, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 68 x 49
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8024
Аллегорическая фигура для панно «Земля и воздух». Земля
- 1883
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 71 x 53
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8023
The Virgin and Child
- Study for a life-size icon for the iconostasis of St Cyril’s Church in Kiev
- 1884–1885
- Paper, сharcoal , whiting. 193,2 х 73
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5286
Мотив росписи наличника окна
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 12,6 x 5,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5412
Мотив росписи панели
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours. 12,6 x 6,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5411
Проект росписи церкви церкви в имении А. Н. Терещенко
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours, , lacquer, gouache. 21,4 x 11,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5410
Надгробный плач
- Paper, . 11,5 х 19,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-137
The Resurrection
- Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, , sauce. 68 х 41 (очерчено; верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10039
Head of an Angel
- Detail of the composition The Resurrection Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 26,1 х 31
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10033
Sleeping Guards
- Detail of the composition. The Resurrection Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 40,8 х 64,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5287
Орнамент с водяными лилиями
- 1889
- Paper, ink, nib, watercolours, . 18,1 x 11,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57830
Орнамент с рыбами
- 1889
- Paper, , nib, watercolours, . 18,1 x 11,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57829
Рождество Христово
- Graphite pencil. 35,8 х 33,5 (изображение переходит с бумаги на картон; очерчено; верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 24357
Christ Walking on Water
- Study for a mural
- 1890
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, whiting, ink, nib, brush, . 59 х 66
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3549
Venice
- Study for the decorative panel Venice for Konstantin and Elizaveta von Dunker’s mansion in Moscow
- 1892–1893
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 36,4 х 19,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11512
The Judgement of Paris
- Triptych
- 1893
- Canvas, oil. 317 х 132,5; 317 х 133,8; 317 х 132
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 6126; инв. 6127; инв. 6128
Venice
- Decorative panel
- 1893
- Canvas, oil. 319 x 134 (rectangle with a rounded top part)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1829
The subjects of many of his works were inspired by his own memories of his stay in Italy in 1884–1885. There M.A. Vrubel studied medieval mosaics and stained-glass windows of San Marco and the Church of St. Mary. In this beautiful country he became acquainted with the works of such masters of the early Renaissance as Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Cima de Conegliano.
The panel was created for the house of K.G. and E. D. Duncker in Moscow, but was rejected by the commissioners and purchased by K. D. Artsybushev.
Spain
- 1894
- Canvas, oil. 248 х 89
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 24887
Свидание Ромео с Джульеттой. Монтекки и Капулетти. Смерть Ромео и Джульетты
- Watercolours, ink, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 30,5 х 7,3 (каждый; верх скруглен)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 25195/1–4
Mikula Selyaninovich
- Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 12,1 х 41,3 (очерчено; нанесена масштабная сетка)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3551
Princess of Dreams
- On the subject of Edmond Rostand’s play of the same name. Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 27,1 x 68,4 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14992
Принцесса Греза
- Canvas, oil. 640 x 1620
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- Ж-434
Walpurgis Night’s Dream (Young Witch. Faust, Helen and Euphorion. The Witches’ Kitchen)
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, ink, brush, nib. 24,5 х 6,7 (каждый)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15739/1–3
Фауст. Триптих
- Canvas, oil. 24,5 х 6,7 (каждый)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10989; инв. 10990; инв. 10991
The Flight of Faust and Mephistopheles
- 1896
- Canvas, oil. 290 х 240
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв.10992
Morning
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 261 x 447
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1834
Vrubel dreamed about combining art and life in his creative work and searched for a high monumental style and a special national form that was expressed in ornamental and rhythmic patterns characteristic for his works. His style was close to the stylistics of art nouveau that is known for its rapid transitions from statics to movement and from serenity to sudden agitation. The artistic features of art nouveau include flowing lines, oblong figures, expressive contours, and the use of floral motifs. Stems, leaves, and flowers of faded exotic plants intertwine and create a complicated pattern in which one can see female figures or fantastic beasts.
Art nouveau artist were keen on allegories, and this tendency is vivid in the Spring panel. The awakening nature is symbolized by four mermaids. A naked female figure emerges from the mystical entwinement of giant trees, dense grass and fantastic flowers. The woman looks at the light of dawn – the “Beam”, as the artist calls it. It is embodied by another woman’s figure with a strangely bent body. The woman longs from the grass to the sky. The third “Fairy” comes out of the grass and marsh wilds. She represents the awakening – her face is motionless, her big dark eyes have just opened and her first morning thoughts float in them as the remains of her night dreams. The forth figure in the right is depicted only fragmentarily – we see a woman’s face with the expression of fear and despair. When asked about the meaning of this figure, Vrubel answered: “It’s a fairy tale”. Four female figures amplify the general emotional tone of the landscape, its poetry and music. The images created by the artist have multiple meanings and may arise various emotions. The use of various shades of green gives the feeling of early morning freshness when the sun is about to rise above the horizon. This panel is a part of a decorative and monumental triptych called Times of Day that was created by Vrubel for the interior of S.T. Morozov’s house in Moscow (designed by the Moscow art nouveau architect F.O. Schechtel).
Игра наяд и тритонов
- Cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 29 х 61 (изображение очерчено)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3552
Bogatyr
- 1898–1899
- Canvas, oil. 321.5 x 222 (rectangle with triangular top)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1837
Mikhail Vrubel was drawn to the mystery, primordial purity and spirituality of the bylina — a traditional Russian heroic poem. The ancient hero in his decorative attire and his trusty horse are inseparable from their environment — a morose forest closely guarding its secrets.This sensation was possibly even stronger before the first owner, Malich, decided to change the original square format of the picture. The canvas was cut on three sides and inserted into a Gothic frame with an angular top. The artist wrote to his sister in January 1899: “The work is almost finished. I am so delighted by it that I want to risk showing it at the Academy exhibition — if it is accepted. After all, I am an attested decadent. This, however, is a misunderstanding; I believe that my new work will set the record straight.” Mikhail Vrubel’s panel was highly rated by the famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov.
Philosophy
- Study for the panel of the same name for Alexei Morozov’s mansion in Moscow
- 1899
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 42,5 х 13,7 (верх листа вырезан в форме стрельчатой арки)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11266
Mask of a Lion
- Майолика, . 45,5 х 47,5 х 28
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1488
The work in the Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop greatly influenced the artist.
Vrubel immersed himself in the atmosphere of Ambramtsevo artistic life and took an interest in the idea of revival of national art and creation of a new Russian style. The foundation of Vrubel’s subjects are folktales, legends, songs and folklore images. The image of a lion became one of the favourites for Vrubel as a symbol of power and might. Having been brought from the East it occupied a worthy place in Russian symbolism. The soft and rounded lines, characteristic of majolica, made the wild animal appear kind and gentle. These depictions were used in the decoration of stove benches and benches in the Abramtsevo estate of the Mamontovs. The work is connected with the decoration of the gate of the Savva Mamontov’s house in Sadovaya-Spasskaya street in Moscow. The depiction of a lion mask figured in the letterhead of the Abramtsevo pottery workshop in the 1910s.
Sadko
- Half-figure
- By model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 41 х 33 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1479
The Tsar of the Sea
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 57 х 44,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-475
In the1890s Mikhail Vrubel met the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and this friendship influenced the creative work of the artist. He produced a number of sets and a series of sculptures in which one can see the motifs from the pieces of the composer. Among them there is the Tsar of the Sea, a character from the opera “Sadko”. The head of the lord of the sea appears as if from the deep.
The expression of the face of “Ancient Poseidon” is full of tenderness and sadness before parting with his daughter Volhova. The lively impressionist modelling enabled Vrubel to find such decorative representation that showed, in the atmosphere of the legendary subject, its musical qualities. Mostly thanks to this, the sculpture fits organically in the interiors of Art Nouveu style. It was exhibited at the World of Art exhibition and at the Lemercier Gallery in Moscow in 1915.
Tsar Berendey
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 46 х 33,2 х 18,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1288
The work in the Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop fascinated Vrubel with the idea of revival of national art and creation of a new Russian style. The foundation of Vrubel’s subjects are folktales, legends, songs and folklore images.
The wise tsar of the land of the Berendeyans from the fairy tale “Snow Maiden” by Alexander Ostrovsky is one the favourite images of the artist. The sorrowful death of the Snow Maiden and the awful death of her beloved Mizgir (he drowned himself in the lake) are sacrifices that makes the anger of Yarilo fade and the mythological Berendeyans would be rewarded with a happy life. The artist depicted Tsar Berendey in that moment when he took an uneasy but the only one right decision in his mind. Art historians suggest that the fairy-tale character bears some resemblance to the composer, the author of the opera “Snow Maiden”, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov with whom the artist was very friendly. “Tsar Berendey” was exhibited at all expositions of Vrubel’s majolica works starting from the exhibition “World of Art” in 1900.
Архитектурный изразец
- 1890-1900s
- Майолика, формовка, цветные глазури, цветные эмали. В.-26,0; Ш.-26,0
- The State Russian Museum
- ДФ-1100
Ваза «Египтянин»
- Майолика, полихромные глазури. 36 x 34 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1497
Ваза «Египтянин»
- Майолика, полихромные глазури. 34,6 x 35,6 x 26
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-479
Ваза «Сирены»
- Майолика, цветные глазури с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 17,3 х 43,1 х 27,1
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-483
Весна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с золотистым отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 34,8 x 47 x 23,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-478
Девушка в венке («Снегурочка»)
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 33,3 х 24,2 х 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1268
Изразец печной «Василек»
- 1896–1900
- Clay, , , . 18 х 18
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1116
Изразец печной с изображением василька
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , . 26,7 х 17,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1107
Изразец-вставка «Богатырь»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , , . 52 x 38,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ДФ-915
Изразец-вставка «Павлин»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , . 41 х 33,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1123
Кронштейн «Ангел»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , . 36,5 x 10,5 x 18,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-512
Морская царевна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 60 x 30 x 24
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1478
Печные изразцы в форме капителей
- Clay, , , . 13,2 х 12,3 (каждый)
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1101, Дф-1108
Камин "Вольга и Микула"
- Майолика, . 246 х 295
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1287
Декоративное блюдо "Садко"
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, . 66 x 53 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-477
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 88 х 75 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1461
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- 1899
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 61 х 49 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-476
Фигура сидящей девушки
- Painting. 19,5 х 12 х 13,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1261
Пепельница
- 1903 (?)
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 3,9 х 11 х 8,3
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1260
Пепельница
- 1903
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 5 х 13,2 х 13,7
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1259
Свидание с сыном
- Ink, sepia, nib. 39,5 х 33
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 4397
Чтение сказки
- Paper, , nib. 20,4 x 30 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-507
Крестьянин-лирник
- 1881
- Paper, , nib. 21,4 x 13,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13471
Собака
- 1881–1882
- Paper, , graphite pencil. 45,8 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-524
Античное панно
- 1881–1882
- Paper, watercolours, , nib, graphite pencil. 49 x 34,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13476
Betrothal of the Virgin Mary to Joseph
- Study for an academic programme
- 1881
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, ink, sepia, nib, graphite pencil. 69,7 x 61,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13464
Обручение Святой Девы Марии с Иосифом
- 1881
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 23,3 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55057
Head of a Girl
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 22,8 х 13,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5731
Italy. A Scene from Ancient Life
- Curtain design for Savva Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera
- 1882
- Watercolours, graphite pencil. 28,5 х 49,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5648
Male Artist’s Model
- 1882–1883
- Canvas, oil. 67 x 52
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1842
Male Head
- 1882–1883
- Canvas, oil, graphite. 29 x 24,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1845
Portrait of Zinaida Stuckenberg
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 16,4 x 12,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13474
Self-Portrait
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 12,5 x 8,6 (верхние углы срезаны)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56520
Женский портрет
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 26,2 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13475
Женский портрет (правая половина лица)
- 1882–1883
- Paper, sepia, nib. Дм — 14,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2443
Натурщик в саамском костюме
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 16,8 x 8,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-498
Натурщица в черной мантилье
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours, сharcoal . 9,8 x 6,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-496
Портрет неизвестной
- 1882–1883
- Paper, ink, nib. 9,2 x 9,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2444
Портрет студента
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 21,5 x 14,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13479
Старик-крестьянин в шляпе
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 10 x 8,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13460
Моцарт и Сальери слушают игру слепого скрипача (Сцена I)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 25,5 x 34 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55056
Сальери (Сцена I)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 28,3 x 25,8 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55054
Сальери всыпает яд в бокал Моцарта (Сцена II)
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 25,7 x 33,9 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55055
Автопортрет
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 13,3 x 10,1 (полуовал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-500
Аллегорическая фигура для панно «Земля и воздух». Воздух
- 1883
- Paper, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 68 x 49
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8024
Аллегорическая фигура для панно «Земля и воздух». Земля
- 1883
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 71 x 53
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8023
Аллегория плодородия
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 33,2 x 55,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5401
За кружкой пива
- Paper, watercolours. 20 х 19,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 8948
Задумавшаяся Ася
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 9,7 x 11,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12147
Любовь и Голод
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 22,4 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-479
Молчание
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 27,6 x 24
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-481
Мужской портрет
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 10,6 x 8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-501
Натурщик в карельском костюме
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 11 x 5,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-497
Пирующие римляне (Сцены из римской жизни)
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, , graphite pencil. 44,7 x 53,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13455
Портрет Валентина Серова
- Бумага, наклеенная на картон, итальянский карандаш. 17,8 х 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5743
Портрет старушки Кнорре за вязанием
- Paper, watercolours, lacquer. 18,5 х 12,2 (углы срезаны)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 27367
Автопортрет
- Paper, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 31,8 x 21,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-477
Hamlet and Ophelia
- First study for the painting of the same name (1884, State Russian Museum)
- Late 1883 – early 1884
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours. 24,4 x 16,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13463
Hamlet and Ophelia
- Unfinished
- 1884
- Canvas, oil. 120 x 89
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1839
Натюрморт. Ткани
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, lacquer. 24,3 х 16
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 21161
Женская голова (Эмилия Прахова)
- Graphite pencil, oil. 43 х 32,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 26589
Male Artist’s Model with a Garland Holding a Thyrsus (Bacchus)
- 1884
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours. 20 x 16,8 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13468
The Virgin and Child
- Study for a life-size icon for the iconostasis of St Cyril’s Church in Kiev
- 1884–1885
- Paper, сharcoal , whiting. 193,2 х 73
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5286
Портрет неизвестной (Елены Праховой?)
- 1884
- Paper, сharcoal . 28,9 x 19,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55668
Церковь
- 1884
- Paper, watercolours. 6,5 x 8,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2425
Male Artist’s Model in White Drapery
- Study for the icon of St Cyril of Alexandria painted in Venice for St Cyril’s Church in Kiev
- 1885
- Cardboard, watercolours, lacquer. 24 x 19,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13457
Portrait of Sergei Kostenko
- Mid-1880s
- Paper, watercolours. 14,2 х 11,9
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9137
Итальянский рыбак
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 16,8 x 10,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13470
Лаццарони (Старик-венецианец)
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 34,9 x 18,3 (углы скруглены)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13467
Священник в лиловой рясе
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 10 x 6,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-499
Букет сирени
- 1886–1887
- Cardboard, watercolours. 31,3 x 44,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14998
Мотив росписи наличника окна
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 12,6 x 5,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5412
Мотив росписи панели
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours. 12,6 x 6,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5411
Персидский принц
- Paper, watercolours, lacquer. 24,5 х 16,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3546
Портрет Николая Пимоненко
- Paper, graphite pencil. 32,5 х 24
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15740
Проект росписи церкви церкви в имении А. Н. Терещенко
- 1886
- Paper, watercolours, , lacquer, gouache. 21,4 x 11,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5410
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
- 1887
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal . 140,5 х 52,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-3288
Надгробный плач
- Paper, . 11,5 х 19,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-137
Гамлет и Офелия
- Cardboard, oil. 32,7 x 23,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5292
The Resurrection
- Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, , sauce. 68 х 41 (очерчено; верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10039
Head of an Angel
- Detail of the composition The Resurrection Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 26,1 х 31
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10033
Sleeping Guards
- Detail of the composition. The Resurrection Study for an unpainted fresco for St Vladimir’s Cathedral in Kiev
- 1889
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 40,8 х 64,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5287
Орнамент с водяными лилиями
- 1889
- Paper, ink, nib, watercolours, . 18,1 x 11,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57830
Орнамент с рыбами
- 1889
- Paper, , nib, watercolours, . 18,1 x 11,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57829
Рождество Христово
- Graphite pencil. 35,8 х 33,5 (изображение переходит с бумаги на картон; очерчено; верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 24357
Розы
- Paper, watercolours. 18,7 х 20,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3762
«А. Мазини, или Коровин навеселе»
- 1890
- Paper, ink, nib. 24,2 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-502
Женщина в красном платье с веером
- Paper, graphite pencil, watercolours. 22,7 х 13,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10438
Portrait of Pyotr Konchalovsky
- 1890–1891
- Canvas, oil. 86 х 69
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Ж-431
Galloping Horseman “Swift as a deer the horse is rushing”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 23,5 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10041
Tamara and the Demon “Don’t weep, my child! No use in steeping…”
- Illustration for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- paper mounted on cardboard, , whiting, . 96 х 65
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10032
Tamara and the Demon “I’ll soar or dive to seek thee treasure – / Oh, love me”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 66,5 х 50
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5330
Tamara in Her Coffin “Like a sweet peri sleeping lightly / She lay inside her coffin now...”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 28 х 19
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10036
The Demon at the Convent Walls “Around the high wall, brooding, pining, / He roamed…”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , sepia, whiting, brush, nib. 42,5 х 31,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10042
Дуэль Печорина с Грушницким
- Paper, , whiting. 50 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10043
Казбич и Азамат
- Cardboard, , whiting, graphite pencil. 31 х 42
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5411
Княжна Мери и Грушницкий
- Paper, , whiting, ink, sepia, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 41,5 х 28
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10028
Прощание Зары с Измаилом
- Paper, , whiting, ink, sepia, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 41 х 30,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5412
Разграбленный караван («Затихло все… Теснясь толпой, / На трупы всадников порой / Верблюды с ужасом глядели…»)
- 1890-1891
- Cardboard, . 22,7 x 31,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2440
Русалка и витязь («Но к страстным лобзаньям, Не знаю зачем, / Остается он хладен и нем…»)
- 1890-1891
- Cardboard, . 22,5 x 35
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13484
Tamara Dancing
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 50 х 34
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3547
Head of the Demon “Was left once more to his inflated / Arrogance, left there isolated / In all the world – no love, no hope!”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 23 х 35,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10035
Демон (сидящий)
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 17 х 27
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5634
Christ Walking on Water
- Study for a mural
- 1890
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, whiting, ink, nib, brush, . 59 х 66
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3549
The Demon (Seated)
- 1890
- Canvas, oil. 116,5 х 213,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5600
Italy. Neapolitan Night
- Curtain design for Savva Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera
- 1891
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 57,5 х 70
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3550
Mask of a Lion
- Майолика, . 45,5 х 47,5 х 28
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1488
The work in the Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop greatly influenced the artist.
Vrubel immersed himself in the atmosphere of Ambramtsevo artistic life and took an interest in the idea of revival of national art and creation of a new Russian style. The foundation of Vrubel’s subjects are folktales, legends, songs and folklore images. The image of a lion became one of the favourites for Vrubel as a symbol of power and might. Having been brought from the East it occupied a worthy place in Russian symbolism. The soft and rounded lines, characteristic of majolica, made the wild animal appear kind and gentle. These depictions were used in the decoration of stove benches and benches in the Abramtsevo estate of the Mamontovs. The work is connected with the decoration of the gate of the Savva Mamontov’s house in Sadovaya-Spasskaya street in Moscow. The depiction of a lion mask figured in the letterhead of the Abramtsevo pottery workshop in the 1910s.
Скамья
- Paper, watercolours. 12,3 x 24,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-533
Сумерки (Римский мотив)
- Wood, oil. 23,9 x 33
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5329
Venice
- Study for the decorative panel Venice for Konstantin and Elizaveta von Dunker’s mansion in Moscow
- 1892–1893
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 36,4 х 19,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11512
Венеция. Мост Вздохов
- Watercolours. 25,7 х 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11265
The Judgement of Paris
- Triptych
- 1893
- Canvas, oil. 317 х 132,5; 317 х 133,8; 317 х 132
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 6126; инв. 6127; инв. 6128
Spain
- 1894
- Canvas, oil. 248 х 89
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 24887
Остров Эльба Тирренское море
- Wood, oil. 9,4 x 21,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11058
Свидание Ромео с Джульеттой. Монтекки и Капулетти. Смерть Ромео и Джульетты
- Watercolours, ink, brush, nib, graphite pencil. 30,5 х 7,3 (каждый; верх скруглен)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 25195/1–4
Демон
- 1894
- Гипс раскрашенный. 50 x 58 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- Ск-565
Antirrhinum
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 22,4 x 5,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5406
Lilies
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 25,1 x 16,2 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-527
Lily. Decorative Motif
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, gouache, charcoal pencil. 45,2 x 43,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5405
The Fortune Teller
- 1895
- Canvas, oil. 135,5 х 86,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1458
Цветок
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 12,1 x 11 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5407
Delphinium
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 30,9 x 18,9 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-526
Hansel and Gretel. Portrait of Actresses Tatyana Lyubatovich and Nadezhda Zabela as Hansel and Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Opera of the Same Name
- Late 1895 – early 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 44,3 x 88
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5858
Портрет Татьяны Любатович в роли Кармен
- Paper, watercolours. 37,1 х 23,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5294
Russia, Volga and Oka
- Study for an unpainted panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, . 21 x 48,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-532
Mikula Selyaninovich
- Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 12,1 х 41,3 (очерчено; нанесена масштабная сетка)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3551
Princess of Dreams
- On the subject of Edmond Rostand’s play of the same name. Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 27,1 x 68,4 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14992
Принцесса Греза
- Canvas, oil. 640 x 1620
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- Ж-434
Фауст и Мефистофель
- 1896 (?)
- Paper, watercolours, , nib. 19,3 x 12,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12152
Фауст в кабинете
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 19,1 x 11,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2415
Фауст и Маргарита
- 1896
- Цветная цинкография. И.: 32,2 х 26,5; л.: 47 х 29,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-12507
Walpurgis Night’s Dream (Young Witch. Faust, Helen and Euphorion. The Witches’ Kitchen)
- 1896
- Paper, watercolours, ink, brush, nib. 24,5 х 6,7 (каждый)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15739/1–3
Фауст. Триптих
- Canvas, oil. 19,3 x 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10989; инв. 10990; инв. 10991
The Flight of Faust and Mephistopheles
- 1896
- Canvas, oil. 290 х 240
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв.10992
Portrait of Konstantin Artsybushev
- 1896–1897
- Canvas, oil. 101,5 х 136,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9121
Portrait of Maria Artsybusheva
- Unfinished
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 124,9 х 80,2
- The State Russian Museum
- инв. 9120
Portrait of Savva Mamontov
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 187 х 142,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5622
Primavera
- 1897
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 104,8 x 57,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14991
Farewell of the Sea King and Princess Volkhova
- 1898
- paper mounted on cardboard, gouache, , pastel, lacquer. 60 х 152
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11056
The Sea Princess. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1898
- Watercolours. 160,1 x 61,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14997
Пророк
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 20,3 х 15
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 26991
The Prophet
- 1898
- Canvas, oil. 145 х 131
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1460
Вещая птица Сирин
- 1915
- Paper, . 9 х 14
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-12493
Игра наяд и тритонов
- Cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 29 х 61 (изображение очерчено)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3552
Dancer
- Circa 1900
- Гипс окрашенный. 41 х 38 х 29
- The State Russian Museum
- Ск-934
Sadko
- Half-figure
- By model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 41 х 33 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1479
The Tsar of the Sea
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 57 х 44,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-475
In the1890s Mikhail Vrubel met the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and this friendship influenced the creative work of the artist. He produced a number of sets and a series of sculptures in which one can see the motifs from the pieces of the composer. Among them there is the Tsar of the Sea, a character from the opera “Sadko”. The head of the lord of the sea appears as if from the deep.
The expression of the face of “Ancient Poseidon” is full of tenderness and sadness before parting with his daughter Volhova. The lively impressionist modelling enabled Vrubel to find such decorative representation that showed, in the atmosphere of the legendary subject, its musical qualities. Mostly thanks to this, the sculpture fits organically in the interiors of Art Nouveu style. It was exhibited at the World of Art exhibition and at the Lemercier Gallery in Moscow in 1915.
Tsar Berendey
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 46 х 33,2 х 18,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1288
The work in the Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop fascinated Vrubel with the idea of revival of national art and creation of a new Russian style. The foundation of Vrubel’s subjects are folktales, legends, songs and folklore images.
The wise tsar of the land of the Berendeyans from the fairy tale “Snow Maiden” by Alexander Ostrovsky is one the favourite images of the artist. The sorrowful death of the Snow Maiden and the awful death of her beloved Mizgir (he drowned himself in the lake) are sacrifices that makes the anger of Yarilo fade and the mythological Berendeyans would be rewarded with a happy life. The artist depicted Tsar Berendey in that moment when he took an uneasy but the only one right decision in his mind. Art historians suggest that the fairy-tale character bears some resemblance to the composer, the author of the opera “Snow Maiden”, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov with whom the artist was very friendly. “Tsar Berendey” was exhibited at all expositions of Vrubel’s majolica works starting from the exhibition “World of Art” in 1900.
Архитектурный изразец
- 1890-1900s
- Майолика, формовка, цветные глазури, цветные эмали. В.-26,0; Ш.-26,0
- The State Russian Museum
- ДФ-1100
Ваза «Египтянин»
- Майолика, полихромные глазури. 34,6 x 35,6 x 26
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-479
Ваза «Египтянин»
- Майолика, полихромные глазури. 36 x 34 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1497
Ваза «Сирены»
- Майолика, цветные глазури с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 17,3 х 43,1 х 27,1
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-483
Весна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с золотистым отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 34,8 x 47 x 23,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-478
Девушка в венке («Снегурочка»)
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 33,3 х 24,2 х 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1268
Изразец печной «Василек»
- 1896–1900
- Clay, , , . 18 х 18
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1116
Изразец печной с изображением василька
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , . 26,7 х 17,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1107
Изразец-вставка «Богатырь»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , , . 52 x 38,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ДФ-915
Изразец-вставка «Павлин»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , . 41 х 33,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1123
Кресло черного дерева в стиле Ренессанс
- 1899
- Paper, watercolours. 32,9 x 28,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5409
Кронштейн «Ангел»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , . 36,5 x 10,5 x 18,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-512
Морская царевна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 60 x 30 x 24
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1478
Печные изразцы в форме капителей
- Clay, , , . 13,2 х 12,3 (каждый)
- The State Russian Museum
- Дф-1101, Дф-1108
Volga and Mikula
- Based on the Russian bylina epic Mikula Selyaninovich. Study for a majolica fireplace
- 1899
- Cardboard, watercolours, gouache, ink, nib, . 26 x 31,5 (вырезан по контуру рисунка)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2436
Камин "Вольга и Микула"
- Майолика, . 246 х 295
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1287
Sadko on the Shore of Lake Ilmen
- Majolica plate design on a subject from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1899
- Watercolours, , , graphite pencil. 51,8 х 65,9 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5413
Декоративное блюдо "Садко"
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, . 66 x 53 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-477
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 88 х 75 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1461
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- 1899
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 61 х 49 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-476
Pan
- 1899
- Canvas, oil. 124 х 106,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1461
Philosophy
- Study for the panel of the same name for Alexei Morozov’s mansion in Moscow
- 1899
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 42,5 х 13,7 (верх листа вырезан в форме стрельчатой арки)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11266
Pine
- Emblem design
- 1899
- Cardboard, watercolours, . 39,4 x 28
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2439
The Prophet
- Illustration for Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name for the three-volume edition The Writings of Alexander Pushkin (Moscow, 1899), vol. 1
- 1899
- Paper, , brush, graphite pencil. 38,2 х 18,5 (верх — полукруг)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10037
Программа концерта «Кружка любителей русской музыки». 15 октября 1900 года
- 1900
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting, . 18 x 14 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2416
Into the Night
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 129 х 180
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв.1462
Lilacs
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 160 х 177
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11054
Lilacs
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 18,7 x 23
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1830
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 18,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1836
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 19,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1828
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 142,5 х 93,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Ж-42
Lilacs
- Unfinished
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 214 x 342
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9123
Swan
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 154 х 131
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1463
Thirty-Three Bogatyrs
- Unfinished
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 180,5 x 230
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1832
Фигура сидящей девушки
- Painting. 19,5 х 12 х 13,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1261
The Fallen Demon
- Study variant for the painting of the same name (1902, State Tretyakov Gallery)
- 1901
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, , nib. 14,7 x 28,3 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2437
The Fallen Demon
- Study for the first variant of the painting
- 1901 (?)
- Cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil, , nib. 27,6 х 63,9
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3554
The Fallen Demon
- Photograph of the first variant of the painting tinted by the artist
- 1902
- gouache, ink, , ink, brush, nib. 18 х 44,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-4999
Демон поверженный
- Canvas, oil. 139 × 387
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1464
Пепельница
- 1903 (?)
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 3,9 х 11 х 8,3
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1260
Пепельница
- 1903
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 5 х 13,2 х 13,7
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1259
Portrait of the Artist’s Son
- 1902
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 53 x 69,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14995
Святой Михаил
- 1902
- Graphite pencil, , sanguine. 31,5 x 24,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53939
Голова в шлеме
- 1902
- Graphite pencil, , sanguine. 31,4 x 23,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53941
Голова с нимбом
- 1902
- Cardboard, graphite pencil, , watercolours. 23,6 x 20,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53940
Portrait of a Boy
- 1903–1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil. 35,3 x 21,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2445
Portrait of a Man with Folded Hands
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 26,9 х 17,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-256
Tree by a Fence
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,9 х 35,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-262
Дворик зимой
- Paper, graphite pencil. 28 x 37,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-259
Куст под снегом
- 1903–1904
- Graphite pencil, oil, lacquer. 18,8 x 26,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2414
Море. Камни. Крым
- 1903
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 16,7 x 29
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-523
Портрет старика
- Paper, graphite pencil. 35,6 х 22
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-253
Почтовый чиновник
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 35,3 x 21,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13465
A Throw Blanket on a Chair
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 22 х 17,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2422
A Throw Blanket on a Chair
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,5 x 16,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13482
Bed
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23 x 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13483
Bed
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 17 x 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2420
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting. 43 х 35,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5288
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 12,7 x 18,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-529
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12145
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,2 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55822
Decante
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26,8 x 16
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12155
Faceted Drinking Glass
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 25,1 x 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13478
Head of the Prophet
- 1904–1905
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal , graphite pencil, whiting, watercolours. 43,2 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9907
Lady in Lilac. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Unfinished
- 1904–1905
- Canvas, oil. 160 x 130
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1833
Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela-Vrubel (1868–1913): Opera singer, wife of the artist. Graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatoire (1891), performed at Savva Mamontov’s Moscow Private Opera (1897–1902).
This portrait is noted for its philosophical interpretation of life and monumental general resolution, incarnating important aspects of Mikhail Vrubel’s art in the last years of his life and work. The subject of Lady in Lilac is the artist’s wife, an opera singer. Judging by the light reflected in her face, she is resting at a fireplace, though her outer appearance does not express a state of calm. The tones accentuate the tense working of her mind and inner tension.
Unlike the majority of Vrubel’s other portraits of his wife, Lady in Lilac is dominated by the tragic element often encountered in the artist’s later canvases and upheld here by his trademark blue and violet tones. The brushstroke is striking – expressive and nervous, yet simultaneously exact and economic. The light fabric of the dress is masterly painted in separate brushstrokes; Nadezhda’s golden wedding ring is depicted by two white and yellow strokes. Although it is only a quick sketch, the portrait embodies great emotional force. It was begun on a piece of large canvas already containing a composition consisting of two figures – a prophet and seraph (feet and wings can be seen in the lower section of the canvas). Lady in Lilac reflects the outstanding talent of an artist able to unite in colour two images different in character and time.
Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel and Alexander Siloti at the Piano
- 1904
- Cardboard, graphite pencil, сharcoal , chalk. 23,5 x 39,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-522
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,1 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2399
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in an Armchair with Wallpaper in the Background
- 1904
- Watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting. 21,7 x 30,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2592
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel with Birches in the Background
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, pastel, gouache, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, chalk. 67,6 x 32,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14996
Self-Portrait
- 1904–1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil, , sanguine. 35,5 х 29,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10027
Self-Portrait
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 35,8 х 24
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3556
Self-Portrait
- 1904
- Paper, сharcoal , . 25,2 х 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60767
Self-Portrait with a Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, watercolours, сharcoal , gouache, sanguine, graphite pencil. 58,2 x 53
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13473
Seraph
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil, ink, brush. 39,8 х 31
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 25189
Seraph
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 45 х 35,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5749
Seraph
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 29,1 x 18,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-530
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- pastel, watercolours, . 19,7 x 28,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2424
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , graphite pencil, chalk. 17,6 x 25,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-475
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , graphite pencil, watercolours, whiting. 22,9 x 34,8 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2429
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, сharcoal , , graphite pencil, ink, . 17 x 24,8 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2428
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , . 38 x 43,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-504
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil, , , whiting. 17,5 x 25,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5399
Still Life (Candlestick, Decanter and Drinking Glass)
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,9 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13477
The Artist’s Left Hand with a Handkerchief
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 13,8 x 22,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12148
Two Sea Princesses. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as the Sea Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- Study
- 1904
- Cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,5 x 27,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2438
Автопортрет
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,3 x 15,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13485
Букет сирени
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23,2 x 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-516
Букет цветов
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 32,8 x 41,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-515; Р-515 (оборот)
Кампанулы
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-517
Кампанулы
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 3,3 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2433
Кресло у стола
- 1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil. 18,8 x 16
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-484
Плед на стуле
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,1 x 17
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2435
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 х 18.5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5943
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 25,8 x 17,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-508
Портрет скульптора Петра Бромирского
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,6 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2432
Раковина
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 17,4 x 25,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2430
Раковина
- Paper, сharcoal , , graphite pencil. 16,8 x 24,5 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2427
Раковина
- Paper, , graphite pencil, , chalk. 17,5 x 25,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-476
Раковина
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 23,8 х 32,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2423
Спящий на кровати
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 11,1 x 22,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2418
Спящий на кровати
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 11,2 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2421
Художественные принадлежности автора
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 14,5 х 17,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12154
Эскиз концертного платья для Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 25,3 x 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-510
Жемчужина
- Cardboard, pastel, gouache, сharcoal , . 35 х 43,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5291
After the Concert. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (in a Dress Designed by the Artist)
- Study for the portrait (1905, State Tretyakov Gallery)
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , сharcoal , chalk. 44,2 x 38,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14994
Phantoms of the Lagoon
- 1905
- Paper, pastel, gouache, сharcoal , graphite pencil. 69,5 х 90,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5746
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 39,5 x 28,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13466
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in a Rocking Chair
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, . 36,6 x 41,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13461
Raven (Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem The Raven)
- 1905
- Cardboard, watercolours, pastel, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 25,5 x 32,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2417
Self-Portrait
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,8 x 24,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13462
Автопортрет
- Paper, сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 40 x 32,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5403
Голова Иоанна Крестителя
- 1905
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 24,3 x 19
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2398
Портрет В. А. Усольцевой
- 1905
- Paper, , pastel, graphite pencil, , сharcoal , sanguine. 42,4 x 34,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5398
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель (спящей)
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23,8 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-509
После концерта. Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель у камина
- Canvas, pastel, сharcoal . 168,5 х 191,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 8944
Portrait of Valery Bryusov
- Early 1906
- Paper, , sanguine, chalk. 102,2 х 69,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15738
The Prophet Ezekiel’s Vision
- Early 1906
- Paper, сharcoal , watercolours, gouache, . 102,3 x 55,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5857
Крестьянин-лирник
- 1881
- Paper, , nib. 21,4 x 13,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13471
Head of a Girl
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 22,8 х 13,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5731
Male Head
- 1882–1883
- Canvas, oil, graphite. 29 x 24,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1845
Portrait of Zinaida Stuckenberg
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 16,4 x 12,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13474
Self-Portrait
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 12,5 x 8,6 (верхние углы срезаны)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56520
Женский портрет
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 26,2 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13475
Женский портрет (правая половина лица)
- 1882–1883
- Paper, sepia, nib. Дм — 14,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2443
Натурщик в саамском костюме
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours. 16,8 x 8,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-498
Натурщица в черной мантилье
- 1882–1883
- Paper, watercolours, сharcoal . 9,8 x 6,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-496
Портрет неизвестной
- 1882–1883
- Paper, ink, nib. 9,2 x 9,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2444
Портрет студента
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 21,5 x 14,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13479
Старик-крестьянин в шляпе
- 1882
- Paper, watercolours. 10 x 8,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13460
Автопортрет
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 13,3 x 10,1 (полуовал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-500
Задумавшаяся Ася
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 9,7 x 11,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12147
Мужской портрет
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 10,6 x 8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-501
Натурщик в карельском костюме
- 1883
- Paper, watercolours. 11 x 5,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-497
Портрет Валентина Серова
- Бумага, наклеенная на картон, итальянский карандаш. 17,8 х 12,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5743
Портрет старушки Кнорре за вязанием
- Paper, watercolours, lacquer. 18,5 х 12,2 (углы срезаны)
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 27367
Автопортрет
- Paper, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 31,8 x 21,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-477
Женская голова (Эмилия Прахова)
- Graphite pencil, oil. 43 х 32,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 26589
Портрет неизвестной (Елены Праховой?)
- 1884
- Paper, сharcoal . 28,9 x 19,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55668
Male Artist’s Model in White Drapery
- Study for the icon of St Cyril of Alexandria painted in Venice for St Cyril’s Church in Kiev
- 1885
- Cardboard, watercolours, lacquer. 24 x 19,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13457
Portrait of Sergei Kostenko
- Mid-1880s
- Paper, watercolours. 14,2 х 11,9
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9137
Итальянский рыбак
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 16,8 x 10,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13470
Лаццарони (Старик-венецианец)
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 34,9 x 18,3 (углы скруглены)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13467
Священник в лиловой рясе
- 1885
- Paper, watercolours. 10 x 6,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-499
Портрет Николая Пимоненко
- Paper, graphite pencil. 32,5 х 24
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15740
«А. Мазини, или Коровин навеселе»
- 1890
- Paper, ink, nib. 24,2 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-502
Женщина в красном платье с веером
- Paper, graphite pencil, watercolours. 22,7 х 13,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10438
Portrait of Pyotr Konchalovsky
- 1890–1891
- Canvas, oil. 86 х 69
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Ж-431
The Fortune Teller
- 1895
- Canvas, oil. 135,5 х 86,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1458
Hansel and Gretel. Portrait of Actresses Tatyana Lyubatovich and Nadezhda Zabela as Hansel and Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Opera of the Same Name
- Late 1895 – early 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 44,3 x 88
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5858
Портрет Татьяны Любатович в роли Кармен
- Paper, watercolours. 37,1 х 23,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5294
Portrait of Konstantin Artsybushev
- 1896–1897
- Canvas, oil. 101,5 х 136,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9121
Portrait of Maria Artsybusheva
- Unfinished
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 124,9 х 80,2
- The State Russian Museum
- инв. 9120
Portrait of Savva Mamontov
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 187 х 142,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5622
Primavera
- 1897
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 104,8 x 57,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14991
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1898
- Canvas, oil. 124 х 75,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1459
Portrait of the Artist’s Son
- 1902
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 53 x 69,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14995
Male Portrait by Evening Light
- 1903–1904
- Paper, . 35,5 x 26,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-260
Portrait of a Boy
- 1903–1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil. 35,3 x 21,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2445
Portrait of a Man with Folded Hands
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 26,9 х 17,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-256
Reading (At the Table)
- 1903–1904
- Paper, . 35,6 х 26,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-237
Портрет старика
- Paper, graphite pencil. 35,6 х 22
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-253
Почтовый чиновник
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 35,3 x 21,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13465
Head of the Prophet
- 1904–1905
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal , graphite pencil, whiting, watercolours. 43,2 х 33,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9907
Lady in Lilac. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Unfinished
- 1904–1905
- Canvas, oil. 160 x 130
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1833
Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela-Vrubel (1868–1913): Opera singer, wife of the artist. Graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatoire (1891), performed at Savva Mamontov’s Moscow Private Opera (1897–1902).
This portrait is noted for its philosophical interpretation of life and monumental general resolution, incarnating important aspects of Mikhail Vrubel’s art in the last years of his life and work. The subject of Lady in Lilac is the artist’s wife, an opera singer. Judging by the light reflected in her face, she is resting at a fireplace, though her outer appearance does not express a state of calm. The tones accentuate the tense working of her mind and inner tension.
Unlike the majority of Vrubel’s other portraits of his wife, Lady in Lilac is dominated by the tragic element often encountered in the artist’s later canvases and upheld here by his trademark blue and violet tones. The brushstroke is striking – expressive and nervous, yet simultaneously exact and economic. The light fabric of the dress is masterly painted in separate brushstrokes; Nadezhda’s golden wedding ring is depicted by two white and yellow strokes. Although it is only a quick sketch, the portrait embodies great emotional force. It was begun on a piece of large canvas already containing a composition consisting of two figures – a prophet and seraph (feet and wings can be seen in the lower section of the canvas). Lady in Lilac reflects the outstanding talent of an artist able to unite in colour two images different in character and time.
Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel and Alexander Siloti at the Piano
- 1904
- Cardboard, graphite pencil, сharcoal , chalk. 23,5 x 39,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-522
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, charcoal pencil. 36 х 27
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-4388
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,1 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2399
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in an Armchair with Wallpaper in the Background
- 1904
- Watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting. 21,7 x 30,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2592
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel with Birches in the Background
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, pastel, gouache, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, chalk. 67,6 x 32,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14996
Self-Portrait
- 1904–1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil, , sanguine. 35,5 х 29,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10027
Self-Portrait
- 1904–1905
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 35,8 х 24
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3556
Self-Portrait
- 1904
- Paper, сharcoal , . 25,2 х 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60767
Self-Portrait with a Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, watercolours, сharcoal , gouache, sanguine, graphite pencil. 58,2 x 53
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13473
Автопортрет
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,3 x 15,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13485
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 х 18.5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5943
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 25,8 x 17,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-508
Портрет скульптора Петра Бромирского
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,6 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2432
After the Concert. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (in a Dress Designed by the Artist)
- Study for the portrait (1905, State Tretyakov Gallery)
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , сharcoal , chalk. 44,2 x 38,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14994
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 39,5 x 28,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13466
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in a Rocking Chair
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, . 36,6 x 41,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13461
Self-Portrait
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,8 x 24,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13462
Автопортрет
- Paper, сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 40 x 32,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5403
Портрет В. А. Усольцевой
- 1905
- Paper, , pastel, graphite pencil, , сharcoal , sanguine. 42,4 x 34,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5398
Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель (спящей)
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23,8 x 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-509
После концерта. Портрет Надежды Забелы-Врубель у камина
- Canvas, pastel, сharcoal . 168,5 х 191,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 8944
Portrait of Valery Bryusov
- Early 1906
- Paper, , sanguine, chalk. 102,2 х 69,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 15738
Tamara and the Demon “Don’t weep, my child! No use in steeping…”
- Illustration for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- paper mounted on cardboard, , whiting, . 96 х 65
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10032
Tamara and the Demon “I’ll soar or dive to seek thee treasure – / Oh, love me”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 66,5 х 50
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5330
Tamara in Her Coffin “Like a sweet peri sleeping lightly / She lay inside her coffin now...”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 28 х 19
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10036
The Demon at the Convent Walls “Around the high wall, brooding, pining, / He roamed…”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , sepia, whiting, brush, nib. 42,5 х 31,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10042
Разграбленный караван («Затихло все… Теснясь толпой, / На трупы всадников порой / Верблюды с ужасом глядели…»)
- 1890-1891
- Cardboard, . 22,7 x 31,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2440
Tamara Dancing
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, , whiting. 50 х 34
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3547
Head of the Demon “Was left once more to his inflated / Arrogance, left there isolated / In all the world – no love, no hope!”
- Illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov’s Poem The Demon. 1890–1891. For the publication The Writings of Mikhail Lermontov (Moscow, 1891)
- 1890–1891
- Paper, watercolours, , graphite pencil. 23 х 35,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 10035
Демон (сидящий)
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 17 х 27
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5634
The Demon (Seated)
- 1890
- Canvas, oil. 116,5 х 213,8
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5600
Демон
- 1894
- Гипс раскрашенный. 50 x 58 x 22
- The State Russian Museum
- Ск-565
Flying Demon
- 1899
- Canvas, oil. 138,5 x 430,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1846
Like all other works by Mikhail Vrubel, Flying Demon is a profoundly sincere and confessional painting. The young Nietzschean hero cannot do evil, yet is unable to escape the chains of loneliness, the “inner dungeon” of his own making. Proud, melancholy and disdainful, he soars in the lifeless heights. Flying Demon was an extremely topical work. Combining the fin-de-siècle atmosphere with a strong element of autobiography, it expressed the moods of many Russians of that time.
The Fallen Demon
- Study variant for the painting of the same name (1902, State Tretyakov Gallery)
- 1901
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, , nib. 14,7 x 28,3 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2437
The Fallen Demon
- Study for the first variant of the painting
- 1901 (?)
- Cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil, , nib. 27,6 х 63,9
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3554
The Fallen Demon
- Photograph of the first variant of the painting tinted by the artist
- 1902
- gouache, ink, , ink, brush, nib. 18 х 44,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-4999
Демон поверженный
- Canvas, oil. 139 × 387
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1464
Italy. Neapolitan Night
- Curtain design for Savva Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera
- 1891
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 57,5 х 70
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3550
Hansel and Gretel. Portrait of Actresses Tatyana Lyubatovich and Nadezhda Zabela as Hansel and Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Opera of the Same Name
- Late 1895 – early 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 44,3 x 88
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5858
Портрет Татьяны Любатович в роли Кармен
- Paper, watercolours. 37,1 х 23,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5294
Farewell of the Sea King and Princess Volkhova
- 1898
- paper mounted on cardboard, gouache, , pastel, lacquer. 60 х 152
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11056
The Sea Princess. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1898
- Watercolours. 160,1 x 61,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14997
Sadko
- Half-figure
- By model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 41 х 33 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1479
The Tsar of the Sea
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 57 х 44,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-475
In the1890s Mikhail Vrubel met the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and this friendship influenced the creative work of the artist. He produced a number of sets and a series of sculptures in which one can see the motifs from the pieces of the composer. Among them there is the Tsar of the Sea, a character from the opera “Sadko”. The head of the lord of the sea appears as if from the deep.
The expression of the face of “Ancient Poseidon” is full of tenderness and sadness before parting with his daughter Volhova. The lively impressionist modelling enabled Vrubel to find such decorative representation that showed, in the atmosphere of the legendary subject, its musical qualities. Mostly thanks to this, the sculpture fits organically in the interiors of Art Nouveu style. It was exhibited at the World of Art exhibition and at the Lemercier Gallery in Moscow in 1915.
Tsar Berendey
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 46 х 33,2 х 18,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1288
The work in the Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop fascinated Vrubel with the idea of revival of national art and creation of a new Russian style. The foundation of Vrubel’s subjects are folktales, legends, songs and folklore images.
The wise tsar of the land of the Berendeyans from the fairy tale “Snow Maiden” by Alexander Ostrovsky is one the favourite images of the artist. The sorrowful death of the Snow Maiden and the awful death of her beloved Mizgir (he drowned himself in the lake) are sacrifices that makes the anger of Yarilo fade and the mythological Berendeyans would be rewarded with a happy life. The artist depicted Tsar Berendey in that moment when he took an uneasy but the only one right decision in his mind. Art historians suggest that the fairy-tale character bears some resemblance to the composer, the author of the opera “Snow Maiden”, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov with whom the artist was very friendly. “Tsar Berendey” was exhibited at all expositions of Vrubel’s majolica works starting from the exhibition “World of Art” in 1900.
Весна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с золотистым отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 34,8 x 47 x 23,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-478
Девушка в венке («Снегурочка»)
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 33,3 х 24,2 х 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1268
Морская царевна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 60 x 30 x 24
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1478
Sadko on the Shore of Lake Ilmen
- Majolica plate design on a subject from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1899
- Watercolours, , , graphite pencil. 51,8 х 65,9 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5413
Декоративное блюдо "Садко"
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, . 66 x 53 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-477
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 88 х 75 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1461
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- 1899
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 61 х 49 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-476
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 18,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1836
Two Sea Princesses. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as the Sea Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- Study
- 1904
- Cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,5 x 27,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2438
Русалка и витязь («Но к страстным лобзаньям, Не знаю зачем, / Остается он хладен и нем…»)
- 1890-1891
- Cardboard, . 22,5 x 35
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13484
Hansel and Gretel. Portrait of Actresses Tatyana Lyubatovich and Nadezhda Zabela as Hansel and Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Opera of the Same Name
- Late 1895 – early 1896
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil. 44,3 x 88
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5858
Princess of Dreams
- On the subject of Edmond Rostand’s play of the same name. Study-variant for the panel in the art section of the All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896
- 1896
- Watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 27,1 x 68,4 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14992
Farewell of the Sea King and Princess Volkhova
- 1898
- paper mounted on cardboard, gouache, , pastel, lacquer. 60 х 152
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11056
The Sea Princess. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1898
- Watercolours. 160,1 x 61,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14997
Bogatyr
- 1898–1899
- Canvas, oil. 321.5 x 222 (rectangle with triangular top)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1837
Mikhail Vrubel was drawn to the mystery, primordial purity and spirituality of the bylina — a traditional Russian heroic poem. The ancient hero in his decorative attire and his trusty horse are inseparable from their environment — a morose forest closely guarding its secrets.This sensation was possibly even stronger before the first owner, Malich, decided to change the original square format of the picture. The canvas was cut on three sides and inserted into a Gothic frame with an angular top. The artist wrote to his sister in January 1899: “The work is almost finished. I am so delighted by it that I want to risk showing it at the Academy exhibition — if it is accepted. After all, I am an attested decadent. This, however, is a misunderstanding; I believe that my new work will set the record straight.” Mikhail Vrubel’s panel was highly rated by the famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov.
Sadko
- Half-figure
- By model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 41 х 33 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1479
The Tsar of the Sea
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 57 х 44,6 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-475
In the1890s Mikhail Vrubel met the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and this friendship influenced the creative work of the artist. He produced a number of sets and a series of sculptures in which one can see the motifs from the pieces of the composer. Among them there is the Tsar of the Sea, a character from the opera “Sadko”. The head of the lord of the sea appears as if from the deep.
The expression of the face of “Ancient Poseidon” is full of tenderness and sadness before parting with his daughter Volhova. The lively impressionist modelling enabled Vrubel to find such decorative representation that showed, in the atmosphere of the legendary subject, its musical qualities. Mostly thanks to this, the sculpture fits organically in the interiors of Art Nouveu style. It was exhibited at the World of Art exhibition and at the Lemercier Gallery in Moscow in 1915.
Tsar Berendey
- Model 1899-1900
- Майолика, . 46 х 33,2 х 18,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1288
The work in the Abramtsevo Pottery Workshop fascinated Vrubel with the idea of revival of national art and creation of a new Russian style. The foundation of Vrubel’s subjects are folktales, legends, songs and folklore images.
The wise tsar of the land of the Berendeyans from the fairy tale “Snow Maiden” by Alexander Ostrovsky is one the favourite images of the artist. The sorrowful death of the Snow Maiden and the awful death of her beloved Mizgir (he drowned himself in the lake) are sacrifices that makes the anger of Yarilo fade and the mythological Berendeyans would be rewarded with a happy life. The artist depicted Tsar Berendey in that moment when he took an uneasy but the only one right decision in his mind. Art historians suggest that the fairy-tale character bears some resemblance to the composer, the author of the opera “Snow Maiden”, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov with whom the artist was very friendly. “Tsar Berendey” was exhibited at all expositions of Vrubel’s majolica works starting from the exhibition “World of Art” in 1900.
Весна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с золотистым отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 34,8 x 47 x 23,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-478
Девушка в венке («Снегурочка»)
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 33,3 х 24,2 х 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1268
Изразец-вставка «Богатырь»
- 1890–1900s
- Clay, , , , . 52 x 38,5
- The State Russian Museum
- ДФ-915
Морская царевна
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, цветная глазурь с металлическим отблеском, восстановительный обжиг. 60 x 30 x 24
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1478
Sadko on the Shore of Lake Ilmen
- Majolica plate design on a subject from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1899
- Watercolours, , , graphite pencil. 51,8 х 65,9 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5413
Sadko on the Shore of Lake Ilmen
- Majolica plate design on a subject from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- 1899
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, gouache, , сharcoal , graphite pencil. 47,7 x 61,9 (овал, в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5414
Декоративное блюдо "Садко"
- 1899–1900
- Майолика, . 66 x 53 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-477
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 88 х 75 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-1461
Декоративное блюдо «Садко»
- 1899
- Майолика, рельеф, цветные глазури. 61 х 49 (овал)
- The State Russian Museum
- ФС-476
Pan
- 1899
- Canvas, oil. 124 х 106,3
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 1461
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 18,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1836
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 23 x 19,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1828
The Swan Princess
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 142,5 х 93,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Ж-42
Thirty-Three Bogatyrs
- Unfinished
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 180,5 x 230
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1832
Two Sea Princesses. Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as the Sea Princess Volkhova in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Sadko
- Study
- 1904
- Cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 33,5 x 27,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2438
Букет сирени
- 1886–1887
- Cardboard, watercolours. 31,3 x 44,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-14998
Розы
- Paper, watercolours. 18,7 х 20,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 3762
Остров Эльба Тирренское море
- Wood, oil. 9,4 x 21,6
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11058
Antirrhinum
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 22,4 x 5,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5406
Lilies
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 25,1 x 16,2 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-527
Lily. Decorative Motif
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, gouache, charcoal pencil. 45,2 x 43,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5405
Delphinium
- Studies for Stained-Glass Windows
- 1895–1896
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 30,9 x 18,9 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-526
Morning
- 1897
- Canvas, oil. 261 x 447
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1834
Vrubel dreamed about combining art and life in his creative work and searched for a high monumental style and a special national form that was expressed in ornamental and rhythmic patterns characteristic for his works. His style was close to the stylistics of art nouveau that is known for its rapid transitions from statics to movement and from serenity to sudden agitation. The artistic features of art nouveau include flowing lines, oblong figures, expressive contours, and the use of floral motifs. Stems, leaves, and flowers of faded exotic plants intertwine and create a complicated pattern in which one can see female figures or fantastic beasts.
Art nouveau artist were keen on allegories, and this tendency is vivid in the Spring panel. The awakening nature is symbolized by four mermaids. A naked female figure emerges from the mystical entwinement of giant trees, dense grass and fantastic flowers. The woman looks at the light of dawn – the “Beam”, as the artist calls it. It is embodied by another woman’s figure with a strangely bent body. The woman longs from the grass to the sky. The third “Fairy” comes out of the grass and marsh wilds. She represents the awakening – her face is motionless, her big dark eyes have just opened and her first morning thoughts float in them as the remains of her night dreams. The forth figure in the right is depicted only fragmentarily – we see a woman’s face with the expression of fear and despair. When asked about the meaning of this figure, Vrubel answered: “It’s a fairy tale”. Four female figures amplify the general emotional tone of the landscape, its poetry and music. The images created by the artist have multiple meanings and may arise various emotions. The use of various shades of green gives the feeling of early morning freshness when the sun is about to rise above the horizon. This panel is a part of a decorative and monumental triptych called Times of Day that was created by Vrubel for the interior of S.T. Morozov’s house in Moscow (designed by the Moscow art nouveau architect F.O. Schechtel).
Bogatyr
- 1898–1899
- Canvas, oil. 321.5 x 222 (rectangle with triangular top)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1837
Mikhail Vrubel was drawn to the mystery, primordial purity and spirituality of the bylina — a traditional Russian heroic poem. The ancient hero in his decorative attire and his trusty horse are inseparable from their environment — a morose forest closely guarding its secrets.This sensation was possibly even stronger before the first owner, Malich, decided to change the original square format of the picture. The canvas was cut on three sides and inserted into a Gothic frame with an angular top. The artist wrote to his sister in January 1899: “The work is almost finished. I am so delighted by it that I want to risk showing it at the Academy exhibition — if it is accepted. After all, I am an attested decadent. This, however, is a misunderstanding; I believe that my new work will set the record straight.” Mikhail Vrubel’s panel was highly rated by the famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov.
Pine
- Emblem design
- 1899
- Cardboard, watercolours, . 39,4 x 28
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2439
Lilacs
- 1900
- Canvas, oil. 160 х 177
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 11054
Lilacs
- 1900
- Wood, oil. 18,7 x 23
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1830
Lilacs
- Unfinished
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 214 x 342
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 9123
Tree by a Fence
- 1903–1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,9 х 35,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-262
Дворик зимой
- Paper, graphite pencil. 28 x 37,2
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. Р-259
Куст под снегом
- 1903–1904
- Graphite pencil, oil, lacquer. 18,8 x 26,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2414
Море. Камни. Крым
- 1903
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, graphite pencil. 16,7 x 29
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-523
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil, whiting. 43 х 35,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5288
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12145
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 12,7 x 18,1
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-529
Bellflowers
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,2 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-55822
Rose
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 29,8 х 18,5
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5747
Букет сирени
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23,2 x 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-516
Букет цветов
- 1904
- Paper, watercolours, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil. 32,8 x 41,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-515; Р-515 (оборот)
Кампанулы
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26 x 16,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-517
Кампанулы
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 3,3 x 19,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2433
Натюрморт. Ткани
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, lacquer. 24,3 х 16
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 21161
Скамья
- Paper, watercolours. 12,3 x 24,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-533
Кресло черного дерева в стиле Ренессанс
- 1899
- Paper, watercolours. 32,9 x 28,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5409
A Throw Blanket on a Chair
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 22 х 17,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2422
A Throw Blanket on a Chair
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,5 x 16,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13482
Bed
- From the Insomnia series of studies
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 17 x 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2420
Bed
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 23 x 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13483
Decante
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26,8 x 16
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12155
Faceted Drinking Glass
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 25,1 x 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13478
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil, , , whiting. 17,5 x 25,4
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5399
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , graphite pencil, watercolours, whiting. 22,9 x 34,8 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2429
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , . 38 x 43,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-504
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, сharcoal , , graphite pencil, ink, . 17 x 24,8 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2428
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- Paper, , graphite pencil, chalk. 17,6 x 25,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-475
Shell
- Late 1904 – early 1905
- pastel, watercolours, . 19,7 x 28,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2424
Still Life (Candlestick, Decanter and Drinking Glass)
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,9 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13477
Кресло у стола
- 1904
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil. 18,8 x 16
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-484
Плед на стуле
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 24,1 x 17
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2435
Раковина
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 23,8 х 32,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2423
Раковина
- Paper, , graphite pencil, , chalk. 17,5 x 25,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-476
Раковина
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 17,4 x 25,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2430
Раковина
- Paper, сharcoal , , graphite pencil. 16,8 x 24,5 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2427
Спящий на кровати
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 11,2 x 17,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-2421
Художественные принадлежности автора
- 1904
- Paper, graphite pencil. 14,5 х 17,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-12154
Жемчужина
- Cardboard, pastel, gouache, сharcoal , . 35 х 43,7
- State Tretyakov Gallery
- инв. 5291