Category: Paintings of interiors

What you get if your sister is the tsarina. Watercolors of various rooms in the city residence of Grand Duke Sergei and his wife Elizabeth Feodorovna. From the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1902 and 1905. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist (1881-1915). One by V. P. Trofimov. Collections of the State Historical Museum, Moscow.

Salon of Grand Duchess Ella. 1902.
“Salon of Grand Duchess Ella.” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1902. Watercolor. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist (1881-1915). Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow. Fair use license. via http://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/5602227?exhibition=589645364&index=73
"Dressing room of Grand Duke Sergei," from the album "Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow." 1902.
“Dressing room of Grand Duke Sergei,” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1902. Watercolor. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist (1881-1915). Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow. Fair use license. via http://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/5602229?exhibition=589645364&index=98
"View from the white lounge towards the ballroom," from the album "Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow." 1905.
“View from the white lounge towards the ballroom,” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1905. Watercolor. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist. Collection of the State Historical Museum, Moscow. via https://artchive.ru/news/2287~Na_dache_Jusupovykh_i_v_spal%27ne_imperatritsy_inter%27er_v_russkoj_grafike_predstavili_v_muzee
"Study of Grand Duke Sergei" from the album "Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow." 1905.
“Study of Grand Duke Sergei” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1905. Watercolor. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist. Collection of the State Historical Museum, Moscow. Fair use license. via http://winterpalaceresearch.blogspot.com/2018/10/album-of-interiors-of-grand-duke-sergei.html
"White drawing room with a portrait of Emperor Nicholas II," from the album "Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow." Early 19th c.
“White drawing room with a portrait of Emperor Nicholas II,” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” Early 19th c. V. P. Trofimov, artist (1878-1956). Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow. Fair use license. via http://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/5602234?exhibition=589645364&index=66
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19th century people feeling grand. French. Eugène Lami, artist. Living from 1800 to 1890, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. All of these with Queen Victoria though he painted other people too.

"The Visit of Queen Victoria Château d'Eu ." 1843.
“The Visit of Queen Victoria Château d’Eu .” 1843. Collection of the Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles, Versailles. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.victorianweb.org/history/victoria/riviera/banerjee.html
"The opening of the Great Exhibition." 1851.
“The opening of the Great Exhibition.” 1851. Watercolor. Image © The Royal Collection Trust. Fair use license. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/victoria-albert-art-love/the-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace/the-opening-of-the-great-exhibition-1851
"The supper in the Salle de Spectacle, Versailles, 25 August 1855." 1855.
“The supper in the Salle de Spectacle, Versailles, 25 August 1855.” 1855. Pencil, pen and ink, watercolor and bodycolor on paper. Image © The Royal Collection Trust. Fair use license. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/920097/the-supper-in-the-salle-de-spectacle-versailles-25-august-1855

More fabulous watercolors of Russian rooms at mid 19th century. So detailed that you feel you could travel right into the painting and sit down on the sofa. These from the palaces of Tsarkoe Selo. Luigi Premazzi, artist (1814-1891).

Billiard room, Alexander Palace, Tsarkoe Selo. 1854.e Selo.
Billiard room, Alexander Palace, Tsarkoe Selo. 1854. Watercolor. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.liveinternet.ru/users/5031314/post406247865/
Lyons Hall, Catherine Palace, Tsarkoe Selo. 1859.
Lyons Hall, Catherine Palace, Tsarkoe Selo. 1859. Watercolor. Image © Tsarskoe Selo State Museum/Bridgeman Images. Fair use license. via https://www.watercolourworld.org/painting/lyons-hall-catherine-palace-tsarskoye-selo-tww004c6b
Agate Room, Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo. 1859
Agate Room, Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo. 1859. Collection of the State Museum, Tsarskoye Selo. Fair use license. via https://www.kunst-fuer-alle.de/deutsch/kunst/kuenstler/kunstdruck/luigi-premazzi/8787/17/525828/the-agate-room-in-the-catherine-palace-at-tsarskoye-selo-1859/index.htm
Bedroom of Tsar Alexander I, Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo. 1855.
Bedroom of Tsar Alexander I, Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo. 1855. Collection of the State Museum Tsarkoe Selo/Bridgeman Art Library. Image © Art.com. via https://www.art.com/products/p1775927864-sa-i4210505/luigi-premazzi-bedroom-of-tsar-alexander-i-in-the-alexander-palace-tsarskoye-selo-1855.htm

Leftovers from the time when having an artist do a watercolor of every room in your home was the ultimate status symbol. This set being of the mansion of Baron A. Stieglitz in Saint Petersburg. 1870. Luigi Premazzi, watercolorist to the tsar (1814-1891).

Dining room (candelabra detail), Mansion of Baron A. L. Stieglitz. ca. 1869.
Dining room (candelabra detail), mansion of Baron A. L. Stieglitz. ca. 1869. Watercolor. Luigi Premazzi, painter (1814-1891). Image © 1998-2018 The State Hermitage Museum. Fair use license.via https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/woa-search/#search=Luigi%2520premazzi&meta_authoring_template=WOA
Dining room (chandelier detail), mansion of Baron A. L. Stieglitz. ca. 1869.
Dining room (chandelier detail), mansion of Baron A. L. Stieglitz. ca. 1869. Watercolor. Luigi Premazzi, painter (1814-1891). Image © 1998-2018 The State Hermitage Museum. Fair use license.via https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/woa-search/#search=Luigi%2520premazzi&meta_authoring_template=WOA
The Blue Drawing-Room, mansion of Baron A. L. Stieglitz. 1870. Luigi Premazzi, painter (1814-1891).
Blue drawing room, mansion of Baron A. L. Stieglitz. 1870. Luigi Premazzi, painter (1814-1891). ). Image © 1998-2018 The State Hermitage Museum. Fair use license.via https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/woa-search/#search=Luigi%2520premazzi&meta_authoring_template=WOA
Main staircase, Mansion of Baron Stieglitz. 1871. Watercolor.
Main staircase, mansion of Baron Stieglitz. 1871. Watercolor. Luigi Premazzi, painter (1814-1891). Collection of the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. Via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Premazzi._Mansion_of_Baron_Stieglitz._Main_Staircase_%282%29._1871.jpg/809px-Premazzi._Mansion_of_Baron_Stieglitz._Main_Stairca
The White Drawing Room, mansion of Baron A. L. Stieglitz. 1870. Luigi Premazzi, painter
White drawing room, mansion of Baron A. L. Stieglitz. 1870. Luigi Premazzi, painter (1814-1891). Image © 1998-2018 The State Hermitage Museum. Fair use license.via https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/woa-search/#search=Luigi%2520premazzi&meta_authoring_template=WOA
Supper room, mansion of Baron Stieglitz. 1871
Supper room, mansion of Baron Stieglitz. 1871. Watercolor. Luigi Premazzi, painter (1814-1891). Collection of the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. Via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Premazzi._Mansion_of_Baron_Stieglitz._The_Supper-room._1871.jpg

Must have been taking a break from painting all those rooms in the Winter Palace. Sets of those watercolors coming, and lots of them. Just found more, mostly from Romanov palaces but some being of the drawing rooms of their friends.

The 17th century from the inside out. Paintings of interior spaces in the Netherlands. Painted by perspective painter Emanuel de Witte (1617-1692).

"Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam." 1657.
“Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam.” 1657. Image © 2019 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego. Fair use license. via http://www.timkenmuseum.org/collection/interior-of-the-nieuwe-kerk-amsterdam/
"Interior of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam." ca. 1680.
“Interior of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam.” ca. 1680. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emanuel_de_Witte_-_Interieur_van_de_Portugese_synagoge_te_Amsterdam.jpg
"View of the Tomb of William the Silent in the New Church in Delft." 1656.
“View of the Tomb of William the Silent in the New Church in Delft.” 1656. Collection of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mus%C3%A9e_de_Lille_E._de_Witte_Int%C3%A9rieur….jpg

How to live if you are (almost) the tsar. Watercolors of various rooms in the city residence of Grand Duke Sergei and his wife Elizabeth Feodorovna. From the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1902. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist (1881-1915). Collections of the State Historical Museum, Moscow.

Ceremonial office of Grand Duke Sergei. 1902.
“Ceremonial office of Grand Duke Sergei,” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1902. Watercolor. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist (1881-1915). Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow. Fair use license. via http://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/5602235?exhibition=589645364&index=76
Red drawing room with a portrait of Emperor Alexander I,
“Red drawing room with a portrait of Emperor Alexander I,” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” Early 1900’s. Watercolor. G. I. Golov, artist (1885-1918). Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow. Fair use license. via http://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/5602232?exhibition=589645364&index=65
Boudoir of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.
“Boudoir of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna,” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1902. Watercolor. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist (1881-1915). Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow. Fair use license. via http://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/5602224?exhibition=589645364&index=97
"House church.
“House church.” from the album “Views of the Church, Residential and Residence of Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Ella, Moscow.” 1905. Watercolor. Ignatius Nivinsky, artist. Collection of the State Historical Museum, Moscow. Fair use license. via https://hitrovka.livejournal.com/133918.html

Paintings of rooms on the other side of somewhere in houses in Scotland. Patrick William Adam, artist (1854-1929). Most tidy, one not.

"The Yellow Bed." ca. 1917.
“The Yellow Bed.” ca. 1917. Oil on canvas. Image © Richard Taylor Fine Art. Fair use license. via http://www.richardtaylorfineart.com/gallery/view-all/patrick-william-adam/the-yellow-bed
"Orange and Blue, The Library at Ardilea." ca. 1911.
“Orange and Blue, The Library at Ardilea.” ca. 1911. Oil on canvas. Private collection In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=88274
Adam, Patrick William, 1854-1929; War
“War.” 1915. Collection of the Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council). Image © Art UK. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/war-92121
"The Morning Room." Undated.
“The Morning Room.” Undated. Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=338044