Bryullov is a genius.His great aspirations found a way out in the beautiful works of fine art. His skill is undeniable. When I look at the "Last Day of Pompeii", I feel the whole fragility of human life, all the inevitable variability of deceptive consistency, to which happy people thrill and tenderness. Nothing is forever, and nothing will ever remain the same no matter how hard people try to keep their peace. The regularity and serenity of the inhabitants of Pompeii collapsed on one day in 1779: the eruption of Vesuvius swallowed up all their hopes for a bright future. The culture of ancient Pompeii on the canvas of a magnificent creator - Karl Pavlovich Bryullov - fascinates me with its pomp and beauty.
My heart burns with despair when I tryimagine what these people have experienced. After all, it was all really! And the author of this creation must have felt the same when he poured for hours over the sources of the history of this city, when he studied their culture and way of life. So, for example, the artist repeatedly re-read the ancient writer Pliny the Younger, who saw the death of Pompeii with his own eyes. This great tragedy inspired the minds of many brilliant creators. Bryullov often went to the ruins of the ancient city, studied what was left of it, and must have imagined it unharmed. Yes, he devoted a lot of time to studying all the details for the embodiment of the image in the painting "The Last Day of Pompeii".
So the artist was preparing to implement his idea.And so, came the autumn of 1833. The great painter finally opened the door to the workshop, in which magic was performed every second of the creation of the painting The Last Day of Pompeii. Numerous admirers of his works presented a canvas of colossal dimensions of thirty square meters. He worked on the picture for three years, and the end result exceeded all expectations. "Last Day of Pompeii" - this is the first work of the artist, which caused a powerful resonance, first in Rome and then in the Louvre in Paris: the picture was exhibited with honor and deserved only positive feedback.
What is interesting is that all the women depicted inthis picture was painted with one face. Many sources indicate that this mysterious woman is Countess Samoilova, whom Bryullov loved. "Last Day of Pompeii" - a work that was created with great difficulty, devotion and love of the artist to the visual arts.
Bryullov's painting aroused the admiration of many others.artists of the time: they called him the second Raphael; he was awarded the honorary title of many European Academies and the gold medal of the Royal Academy of Arts in France. The painting "The Last Day of Pompeii" visited Milan, Rome and Paris, and now it is in the State Russian Museum of St. Petersburg, which awakens in me pleasant patriotic feelings. The artist Karl Pavlovich Bryullov conquered me with the precision of execution, the magnificence of an extraordinary mind that brought miracle to life.
