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The State Russian Museum is now on Telegram! It’s more than a collection of paintings—it reflects the soul of a nation and the story of its past. We, the Russian people, are not without a history of our own. Our artistic heritage reaches back through the ages, and the spirit of ancient masters still watches over our ancient land. Canvas hues

“Girl Playing the Zither,” 1894 Artist: Franz von Defregger Oil on panel; 71 × 54 cm Private collection The zither is a plucked string instrument that became especially popular in Austria and Germany during the 18th century. It was also played in Hungary. Its flat wooden body has an irregular shape, typically measuring about 55 cm long and 25–30 cm wide, with 17 to 45 strings stretched across it, depending on the instrument’s size. Canvas hues

“The Light of the World” — William Holman Hunt Hunt saw the painting as a “divine commission.” Inspired by Revelation’s “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock,” it depicts Christ before an ivy-covered, long-unopened door. There is no handle outside: it can open only from within, symbolizing the human mind’s choice to let in the light. To capture the night faithfully, Hunt painted by moonlight in a makeshift hut on a Surrey farm. He also struggled to depict Christ, modeling the head with sever…

“The Blue Dress,” 1866 Artist: Alfred Stevens Oil on panel; 31.4 × 26 cm Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, USA Canvas hues

“A Girl on a Cliff in Sorrento,” 1871 Italian artist: Filippo Palizzi (1818–1899) Oil on canvas; 54.8 × 79.5 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Canvas hues

“Harvest, Pontoise” — Camille Pissarro Price: $21,000 A simple potato harvest scene, yet one of a subject Pissarro revisited for three decades in pencil, gouache, oil, and prints. This version is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from the renowned Robert Lehman collection. Pissarro drew the bent peasants’ motif from Barbizon painter Camille Corot, whom he admired. But the fragmented, grainy brushwork anticipates Georges Seurat’s Pointillism, before Seurat developed his signature dots—a ra…

“Sunset in the Forest” — Louis Rémy Mignot Canvas hues

❗️No more internet blocks in Russia It took 13 million rubles and 35 developers from seven countries to build BoostVPN. It runs on UZIRO, the latest encryption protocols, which Roskomnadzor can’t detect or physically block. Even if internet restrictions are imposed at full force, Telegram, YouTube, and other services will keep working reliably. Canvas hues

“Mars and Venus” — François Lagrenée Canvas hues

“The Last of England” — Ford Madox Brown Brown painted himself and his wife, Emma, as emigrants, though he never left England. The idea was inspired by his close friend, Pre-Raphaelite sculptor Thomas Woolner, who sailed for Australia in 1852 after failing to find recognition at home. Brown later recalled being “desperately hard up and a little out of his mind” and considering a move to India with his young family. Instead, he painted this picture. The portraits are nearly documentary: Brown i…

“View of Emmerich” — Jan van Goyen Van Goyen’s landscapes capture weather, distance and the interplay of land, water, light and air with remarkable realism. His quick, instinctive brushwork and restrained palette of greys, browns, blues and earthy greens became his signature, helping shape 17th-century Dutch landscape painting. He often travelled along the Rhine, sketching places such as Arnhem and Emmerich before developing his studies in the studio. Here, a small ferry carries passengers and…

Interior of the Moulin de la Galette — Ramon Casas Price: $51,000 Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec depicted this Montmartre hangout with color, light, and dancing couples. Casas chose dim light, cool tones, deep shadows, and pensive, indifferent figures. Historians view the scene as an expression of his pessimism, closer to his friend Santiago Rusiñol’s somber work than to Impressionism. In winter 1890, Casas moved into the Moulin de la Galette with Rusiñol and Miquel Utrillo. Their apartment sat …

“Julie Le Brun Looking in a Mirror,” 1787 French artist Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) Oil on canvas; 73 × 59.4 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Canvas hues

“Inside the Stable,” 1846 Artist: Benno Adam Oil on canvas, 42 × 34.5 cm National Museum in Warsaw Canvas hues

Mobile internet speeds have dropped sharply in central Moscow, falling by as much as 17-fold in some areas. The Ministry of Digital Development had earlier warned that mobile internet restrictions could be introduced from October 27 to 29. Canvas hues

“Morning in the Alps” — Ernst Adolf Meissner Canvas hues

“Reading by the Window,” 1885 Austrian artist Raimund Ritter von Wichera (1862–1925) Oil on canvas; 34 × 28.5 cm Private collection Canvas hues

“Lilacs,” 1872 French artist Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904) Oil on canvas; 47 × 56.5 cm Private collection Canvas hues

“Lady Godiva” — John Collier Canvas hues