The hunter who came gave the bird for a reason. This painting shows the natural result of such a "sin" when it comes to the descendants of noble families.

The patronage also imposed certain obligations on the artists - a minimum of creative experimentation: paintings had to be painted according to certain canons.

The country needed to rebuild its economy after the devastation, but there was no one to take care of any kind of invalids.

After the artist's death, the painting was presented at an exhibition in honour of the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artists. It was seen by Nikita Khrushchev, who asked: "what is THIS?"...

Gradually, he searched for his own style, honed his skills and understanding of the nature of humor, and took on any creative work to earn money.

People are no longer interested in serious and important things, preferring only simple entertainment mixed with adverts. ‘SEALs rule the world.’

He is annoyed that he has to listen to pitiful lamentations, but his conscience probably torments him, and this does not allow him to leave immediately.

Well, isn't this cartoon reminiscent of the famous painting “Unequal Marriage” by Vasily Pukiryov. And let the girl married for a great and pure love.....

Bobrov easily caught the interest of periodicals to frivolous drawings of girls and nudity and began to stamp such drawings by the dozens from the same sitter, only slightly changing the entourage, pose and title.

His cartoons were always in demand, as they were witty, original, carried a hidden but easily readable meaning for any poorly educated and shallow person

But you can't call comics primitive and one-cell comics. To understand them, sometimes you need to use abstract thinking, calculate the plot, and simply be aware of the most popular phenomena in mass culture.

Shad's signature style was the indifferent and completely dispassionate faces of the characters in his paintings. After playing with cubism, Shad decided to return to more traditional figurative painting.