Beyond Beautiful — Russian Paintings That Will Keep You Fixated

Beauty, aesthetics and life-size portraits by Konstantin Makovsky

Visual art might not always be creative. Sometimes we admire an artwork only because it is aesthetically sound and brings pure joy to our eyes. It might not evoke our emotional sensors and we might not extract any deep meaning out of it but we like it.

So, here I present a Russian influential painter Konstantin Makovsky who drew life-size paintings of Russian traditional weddings, heart-melting portraits of beautiful naive women but with no deep symbolism. He left a wide body of work and his works were a combination of realistic, mythological and historical genres.

Here are 4 of his paintings that you might enjoy —

1. The Russian Bride’s Attire (1889)

The Russian Bride’s Attire. Source — Public Domain

This picture shows a life-size depiction of a Russian wedding around the 17th century. The girl dressed in traditional white attire is the bride. She looks quite young, almost a teenager. She is shy and somber and about to get married to the tsar she has probably not met. The bride is…