Graphics

Vrubel Mikhail

Prince Guidon. Costume design (for Anton Sekar-Rozhansky). Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”

First performance of the opera, conductor Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, director Mikhail Lentovsky. Opera Singers Society of the Russian Private Opera. Moscow, 1900

Lead pencil, watercolour, bronze paint on cardboard mounted on cardboard

19.4 × 9.6 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72)

From the paper:

Marina Rakhmanova

"All shall be forgotten, and time will end..."

ID: 31089

Vrubel Mikhail

Terem (Chamber). Set design to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tsar’s Bride”

Opera Singers Society of the Russian Private Opera. 1899

Pencil, watercolour on paper

16.5 × 25 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72)

From the paper:

Marina Rakhmanova

"All shall be forgotten, and time will end..."

ID: 31091

Vrubel Mikhail

Street in Alexandrovskaya Sloboda. Set design to Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tsar’s Bride”. Act II

First performance of the opera, director Vasily Shkafer, conductor Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Opera Singers Society of the Russian Private Opera. Moscow, 1899

Lead pencil, watercolour, whitewash on cardboard

33 × 45.1 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72)

From the paper:

Marina Rakhmanova

"All shall be forgotten, and time will end..."

ID: 31093

Vrubel Mikhail

Lily. Decorative Motif

1895-1896

Watercolour, gouache, charcoal on paper

43.8 × 45.2 cm

Russian Museum

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31095

Vrubel Mikhail

Italy. Night in Naples

1891

Watercolour, whitewash, lead pencil on paper mounted on cardboard

57.5 × 70 cm

Tretyakov Gallery

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72)

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

ID: 31097

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch of a flower on a dark-blue background

Early 1890s

Pencil, watercolour on paper

16 × 5.5 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31099

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for a tile with a cornflower on a light blue background

Early 1890s

Sheet 18

Ink, watercolour on paper

8 × 8.6 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31101

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for a tile with a cornflower on a brown background

Early 1890s

Sheet 4

Ink, watercolour on paper

8.7 × 8.5 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31103

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch of a tile with a flower

Early 1890s

Sheet 3. Pencil and watercolour on paper

10.2 × 10.2 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31105

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for a tile with images of yellow dandelions

Early 1890s

Sheet 34

Ink, watercolour on paper

5 × 5.3 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31107

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for a tile with a stylised image of a cornflower

Early 1890s

Sheet 13. Ink, watercolour on paper

8.5 × 8.5 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31109

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketches of lion masks

About 1891

Pencil, watercolour on paper

14.5 × 8 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72)

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

ID: 31111

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for a stove tile (detail of the cornice)

Early 1890s

Sheet 33

Ink, watercolour on paper

5.5 × 4.5 cm. (The image is cut out along the outline and glued to a thick paper sheet 8.5 × 9 cm)

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31117

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch of a tile with four round flower buds in the corners

Early 1890s

Sheet 31

Ink, watercolour on paper

7.5 × 7 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31119

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for a tile with an image of a peacock

Early 1890s

Pencil, watercolour on paper

10.5 × 10.8 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72)

From the paper:

Eleonora Paston

“I am in Abramtsevo Once More..."[1]

ID: 31123

Vrubel Mikhail

Primavera

1897

Watercolour, charcoal and lead pencil on paper

96.4 × 50.9 cm

Russian Museum

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31159

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for a tile decorated with a cornflower

Early 1890s

Sheet 23

Ink, watercolour on paper

4.8 × 5 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31161

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for a tile decorated with a cornflower

Early 1890s

Sheet 30

Pencil and watercolour on paper

4.9 × 5.1 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31163

Vrubel Mikhail

Graveside Lamentation

1887

Sketch of unrealised murals for St. Volodymir’s Cathedral in Kyiv (4th version)

Watercolour, lead pencil on paper

18 × 29.8 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31169

Vrubel Mikhail

Self-Portrait

Late 1904 – early 1905

Charcoal, pencil on paper

25.3 × 17.4 cm

Russian Museum

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31171

Vrubel Mikhail

White Azalea

1886–1888

Watercolour, charcoal and lead pencil on paper

29 × 22 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31173

Vrubel Mikhail

Flowers

1884

Pencil on paper

11.7 × 18.8 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31175

Vrubel Mikhail

Flowers

Late 1904 – early 1905

Watercolour, lead pencil on paper

25.3 × 17.4 cm

Russian Museum

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31177

Vrubel Mikhail

Leaves

Sheet 3 from the “Album. 1884-1885”

Lead pencil on paper

9 × 13.2 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31179

Vrubel Mikhail

Male and Female Figures. Sketches

Sheet 37 from the “Album. 1884-1885”

Lead pencil on blue paper

13.2 × 9 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31181

Vrubel Mikhail

Demon (Seated)

Sketch for the eponymous painting (1890, Tretyakov Gallery)

Watercolour, whitewash, lead pencil on paper

17 × 27 cm

Tretyakov Gallery

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31183

Vrubel Mikhail

Red Azalea. Azalea Flower. Sketch

1886–1888

Watercolour, lead pencil on paper

24 × 15.8 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31185

Vrubel Mikhail

Fantastic Landscape

1890s

Sheet from a notepad

Watercolour, whitewash, lead pencil on paper

11.3 × 16.7 cm

Tretyakov Gallery

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31187

Vrubel Mikhail

Shell

1905

From the “Shells” sketch series. Late 1904– early 1905

Coloured chalks, lead and Italian pencils, charcoal, black pastel, sanguine on paper

42.4 × 34.2 cm (reverse)

Russian Museum

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31189

Vrubel Mikhail

Resurrection. Triptych with two angelic figures above sleeping warriors

1887

Sketch of an unrealised mural for St. Volodymir’s Cathedral in Kyiv

Watercolour, lead pencil on paper

31.6 × 43 cm (without frame)

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31201

Vrubel Mikhail

Head of the Mother of God. Ornamental plant motif

1884

Sketch for the icon “Mother of God with Child” for the iconostasis of St. Cyrill’s Church, Kyiv

Watercolour, gouache, lead pencil and varnish on white, grey, and yellow paper on canvas with a stretcher

57 × 48 cm

Sheet comprised of nine parts

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31205

Vrubel Mikhail

Petunias in a Glass

1886-1887

Watercolour, varnish on paper

24.8 × 16.9 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31207

Vrubel Mikhail

Heliotropes and Forget-Me-Nots

1887

Motif for a fan

Watercolour, whitewash and varnish on white satin mounted on cardboard

45.8 × 65 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31211

Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for the ornamental design of St. Volodymir’s Cathedral in Kyiv

1888-1889

Watercolour on paper and cardboard

Image: 24.4 × 8.2 cm;
sheet: 24.8 × 8.4 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31221

Vrubel Mikhail

Detail of an ornamental motif for the murals of St. Volodymir’s Cathedral (Kyiv)

It was published in the journal “Iskusstvo i Khudozhestvennaya Promyishlennost” (1898, No. 3).

Vladimir Stasov mistakenly attributed this ornamentation to Viktor Vasnetsov and offered high praise of the stylistic intuition it represented; at the same time, the critic wrote in exclusively disparaging terms of Mikhail Vrubel. Both artists demanded a correction.

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31223

Vrubel Mikhail

Detail of an ornamental motif for the murals of St. Volodymir’s Cathedral (Kyiv)

was published in the journal “Iskusstvo i Khudozhestvennaya Promyishlennost” (1898, No. 3).

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31225

Vrubel Mikhail

Bouquet of Flowers in a Narrow Vase. Palette

On the reverse side of the page with a sketch for “Female Head (E.L. Prakhova)”. 1884

Lead pencil, watercolour on paper

45 × 39 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31231

Vrubel Mikhail

White Peonies and Other Flowers

1893

Watercolour, lead pencil on paper

15.6 × 21.8 cm (The image is delineated on the left and right edges)

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31233

Vrubel Mikhail

Flowers in a Blue Vase

1886–1887

Watercolour, varnish on paper

16.3 × 24.5 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31235

Vrubel Mikhail

Bouquet of Flowers

1904

Front and reverse side of the page

Watercolour, charcoal and lead pencil on paper

32.8 × 41.3 cm

Russian Museum

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31237

Vrubel Mikhail

Palette

1885

Watercolour on paper. 18.7 × 11.7 cm

A page from the “Venice Album”

Seventeen pages from the album have survived independently, 11 remain bound together, eight of which are blank.

Previously, the wholealbum was kept in A. Prakhov family collection, Kyiv

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31239

Vrubel Mikhail

Rose. Sketches. Trying out a brush

1885

Watercolour, whitewash on paper

25.6 × 22 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31241

Vrubel Mikhail

Outline of the Seashore at Big Fountain in Odessa

Sheet 25 from “Album. 1884-1885”

Lead pencil on blue paper

13.2 × 9 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31243

Vrubel Mikhail

Outlines. Sketch

Sheet 36 from “Album. 1884-1885”

Lead pencil on paper

9 × 13.2 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31245

Vrubel Mikhail

Two Gondolas at a Berth. View from Vrubel’s Studio in Venice

1885

Lead pencil on paper mounted on paper

Image: 14 × 8.3 cm;
sheet: 17 × 11.8 cm

Magazine issue :

#3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"

From the paper:

Olga Davydova

The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL

ID: 31247

Catalog

Photos

Graphics