Orest Kiprinsky. Child Cypris. Tchaikovskaya V.

The book of the famous art critic, art criticism and prose writer Tchaikovskaya is dedicated to the great Russian romantic artist Orest Kiprensky. Not a single serious work has been written about this representative of the Golden Age since 2000. Meanwhile, his biography and creativity are surrounded by many unresolved issues, the book determined by the author of both some “hoaxes that arose equally due to the lack of reliable information, and his own peculiar“ myth -making of the artist ”. In addition, the author is also interesting to the author assessment of his contribution to the domestic and world culture. The author is trying to re -analyze some unresolved questions of his life and outline the archetypal motives of his painting.