Sunday, February 27, 2011

Закат на море в Ливорно

“Закат на море в Ливорно” (Sunset on the Sea at Livorno)
1862, oil on paper mounted on canvas by Nikolai Ge
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Nikolai Ge (1831-1894), a Russian realist painter, graduated in 1857 from the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. With the gold medal, he also received a scholarship to study abroad. In 1860 he settled in Italy for a few years, after visiting Germany, Switzerland and France.A 1981 Soviet Union postage stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the painter with a reproduction of the Livornese sunset.

External links: Nikolai Ge (Wikipedia) - Nikolai Ge (WikiPaintings)

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12 comments:

  1. Small City ScenesFebruary 27, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    I love the painting. Nice info too. Wouldn't that look lovely on the wall. Marvelous. MB

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  2. UnknownFebruary 27, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Lovely! Great subject for a stamp.

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  3. BirdmanFebruary 27, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    Wonderful seascape.

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  4. cieldequimperFebruary 27, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    You are doing homework at the moment, aren't you?!

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  5. Traveling HawkFebruary 27, 2011 at 11:57 PM

    So exciting to track a Russian painter which painted in Livorno, has been exhibited at Tretiakov Gallery, and then the painting became subject for a stamp!

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  6. RandyFebruary 28, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    Both are quite beautiful.

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  7. EG CameraGirlFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    How neat that the painting was on a stamp!

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    How beautiful...he must have been well and truly inspired by the beauty of the Livornese sunset!

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  9. DinaFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    So strange to suddenly see Livorno on a Soviet stamp!

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  10. AriannaFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    Magnifico!!

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  11. GunnMarch 1, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    Bravo!
    Nikolai Ge would have been happy with his art also on a stamp!:)

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  12. FranciscaMarch 1, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    A fine painting of Livorno that looks great on a Russian stamp.

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