Friday Art & History Feature - Sampling of My Favorite Paintings

Today, instead of talking about any particular artist, I'd like to share with you some of my favorite classical paintings. I will be doing a post about all of these artists at one point or another (unless I already did). This is just a small sample, as those of you know, I'm a big art and art history enthusiast. The range of the artists and the paintings is quiet large. Hope you enjoy them.

Salvatore Dali - Christ of Saint John of The Cross

Igor Grabar - Chrystantemus

Alexander Ivanov - Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene

Arkhip Kuindzhi - Evening In Ukraine

Issac Levitan - Moonlit Night

Claude Monet - Waterlilies

Paul Rubens - Lady in Waiting to Infanta Isabella

Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva - St. Petersburg in Winter

Ivan Repin - Bridge

Rembrandt - Saskia as Flora

Titian - Danae

Victor Vasnetsov - Alionushka (based on a Russian fairy tale) - Also the name my Russian family calls me :)

William Bouguereau - Abduction of Psyche

Raphael - Madonna Connestabile

Raphael - Sistine Madonna

Ivan Shishkin - In the North

Ivan Shishkin - Sunlit Forest

Vermeer -  Girl with Pearl Earring






Recently, I have also discovered a contemporary artist, born in Belarus but living in Israel now, whose paintings I fell in love with. His name is Leonid Afremov. Here's a few of his paintings - what do you think?

I would love to hear which painting(s) you enjoyed the most and which artists you'd like to hear about in a post.