"Annunciation".Sketch for the painting of the Marfo-Mariyinskiy monastery (1908-1911)

Mikhail Nesterov (1862-1942)

'The Annunciation; details' by Mikhail Nesterov

Mikhail Nesterov - Portrait of Natalia Nesterova (1919)

Adam and Eve by Mikhail Nesterov (1862 - 1942)

Prince Alexander Nevsky painted by Mikhail Nesterov (1862 - 1942)

Mikhail Nesterov.

Title: The Philosophers: Portrait of Sergei Bulgakov and Pavel Florenskiy

Artist: Mikhail Nesterov

Date: 1917

Style: Symbolism

Genre: Genre Painting

'Three Riders' by Mikhail Nesterov (1932) Oil on Canvas

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“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Essays, Letters and Miscellanies

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“Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

The Annunciation By Mikhail Nesterov 1911

"On the mountains" M. Nesterov (1896)

"На горах" М.Нестеров (1896)

Mikhail Nesterov - Ballad

"Our Lady and Child" (1890s/1900s)

Mikhail Nesterov (1862-1942)

'The Virgin and Child' by Mikhail Nesterov (1906)

Mikhail Nesterov - Riders (1932)

Angel of Sorrow, Mikhail Nesterov, 1900.

When the work was in process, Mikhail Nesterov was hopelessly in love with the young Lyolya — Yelena Prakhova, the daughter of the Russian art historian Adrian Prakhov, who headed the building committee of the Saint Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv. It was her image that became a source of inspiration for the artist. He depicted his beloved in the form of Alkonost, a mythical bird of paradise. The picture is distinguished by a cold and restrained color palette, an accentuated paleness of the face, and a humble and slightly tense posture.

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Tsarevich Dimitry painted by Mikhail Nesterov (1862 - 1942)