20 WINDOWS in Russian art (PICS)

The window is often used as a metaphorical device to indicate a portal to another world, as well as to the future. In Russian culture, windows also became a favorite symbolic device widely utilized by the realists of the 19th century and by the Avant-garde artists of the 20th century.

1. Valentin Serov, “Girl with Peaches: Portrait of V.S. Mamontova”. 1886

2. Valentin Serov, “At the Window”. 1886

3. Viktor Borisov-Musatov, “Moonlit Night. Open Window”. 1892

4. Boris Kustodiev, “At the Window. Portrait of I.B. Kustodieva”. 1910

5. Marc Chagall, “Window in the Country”. 1915

6. Marc Chagall, “Evening at the Window”. 1950

7. Zinaida Serebryakova, “View from the Window. Neskuchnoye”. 1910

8. Zinaida Serebryakova, “On the Terrace in Kharkov”. 1919

9. Pyotr Konchalovsky, “Balaklava. The Window”. 1929

10. Pyotr Konchalovsky, “The Window of the Poet”. 1935

11. Alexander Labas, “In an Airplane”. 1936

12. Alexander Deineka, “The Restoration of Rostselmash: Sketch for a panel”. 1940s

13. Alexander Gerasimov, “A Summer Day”. 1950

14. Tatiana Yablonskaya, “Morning”. 1954

15. Tatiana Yablonskaya, “Evening, Old Florence”. 1973

16. Igor Grabar, “At the Dacha”. 1954

17. Yury Pimenov, “Waiting”. 1959

18. Yuri Raksha, “My Mother”. 1969

19. Tair Salakhov, “Bright Morning, Moscow Region”. 1986

20. Ivan Chuikov, “Window”. 2000s

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