tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post762935186530301793..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Big blizzard afternoonDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-86116061180140970402010-12-25T03:15:05.429+00:002010-12-25T03:15:05.429+00:00I was really stunned by "Gogol crossing the D...I was really stunned by "Gogol crossing the Dnieper" which is luminous to an astounding degree. Thank you for featuring it -- it is now in a file I keep of extraordinary art.<br /><br />Here's wishing you a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for a marvelous 2011!Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-2409280791811845442010-12-24T19:35:22.641+00:002010-12-24T19:35:22.641+00:00Well, Colin, I'm not sure that even Paris usua...Well, Colin, I'm not sure that even Paris usually has much of a 19th century Russian collection either. We did, of course, have that fabulous Russian landscapes exhibition at the National Gallery, and we're not short of Ballets Russes splendour at the moment (go twice! Go ten times!)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-61005470102206980732010-12-24T16:21:35.125+00:002010-12-24T16:21:35.125+00:00Thank you for telling us about the Ary Sheffer pai...Thank you for telling us about the Ary Sheffer paintings. I agree with you, David: the painting of Francesca and Paolo in the Wallace Collection (I can see it in my mind's eye as I write) is overwrought and not to our taste any longer, but the man could apply paint to a canvas. Regrettably the frame is quite OTT as well and off-putting.<br /><br />In the realm of depicting atmospherics, as it were, nineteenth century Russian artists are wonderful, so thank you for "Gogol crossing the Dnieper" which is new to me. Kramskoi's "Christ in the Wilderness" is a masterpiece of desolation, dust and emotion all done with narrow chromatic palette. What a shame we don't have a representative sample of nineteenth-century Russian artists' work in the UK.Colin Dunnnoreply@blogger.com