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  • henri-matisse-the-red-room.jpg - I have a poster print of this in my house: Henri Matisse, “The Red Room (Harmony in Red),” 1908, oil on canvas.
  • paul-cezanne-still-life-with-drapery.jpg - Paul Cezanne, “Still Life With Drapery,” 1894-85, oil on canvas, one of the world's most famous still lifes.
  • henri-matisse-dance.jpg - Henri Matisse’s iconic “Dance,” an oil on canvas he completed in 1910.
  • van-gogh-white-house-at-night.jpg - Vincent van Gogh, “The White House at Night” (no, not that White House), 1890, oil on canvas.
  • van-gogh-landscape-with-house-and-ploughman.jpg - Vincent van Gogh, “Landscape With House and Ploughman,” 1889, oil on canvas.
  • henri-matisse-pink-statuette.jpg - Henri Matisse, “Pink Statuette and Pitcher on a Red Chest of Drawers,” 1910, oil on canvas.
  • paul-gaughin-pastoral-tahitiennes.jpg - Paul Gaughin, “Pastorales tahitienes,” 1892, oil on canvas.
  • auguste-renoir-young-woman-with-fan.jpg - Auguste Renoir, “Young Woman With a Fan,” 1880, oil on canvas.
  • van-gogh-morning-going-out-to-work.jpg - Vincent van Gogh, “Morning: Going Out to Work (After Millet),” 1890, oil on canvas.
  • matisse-family-portrait.jpg - Henri Matisse, “Family Portrait,” 1911, oil on canvas, at the Hermitage at St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • picasso-bathing.jpg - Pablo Picasso, “Bathing,” 1908, oil on canvas.
  • paul-gaughin-les-parau-parau.jpg - Paul Gaughin, “Les Parau Parau (Conversation),” 1891, oil on canvas.
  • toulouse-lautrec-woman-with-umbrella.jpg - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, “Woman With an Umbrella,” 1889, watercolor, gouache and tempera on cardboard.
  • claude-monet-meadow-at-giverny.jpg - Claude Monet, “Meadows at Giverny,” 1888, oil on canvas.
  • kandinsky-winter-landscape.jpg - Wassily Kandinsky, “Winter Landscape,” 1909, oil on cardboard.
  • picasso-bust-of-a-nude2.jpg - Pablo Picasso, “Bust of a Nude,” 1907, oil on canvas.
  • paul-cezanne-smoker.jpg - Paul Cezanne, “Smoker,” 1890-92, oil on canvas.
  • picasso-violin-guitar.jpg - Yes, it's a Picasso. Pablo Picasso's “Violin and Guitar,” 1913, oil on canvas.
  • auguste-renoir-child-with-whip.jpg - Auguste Renoir, “Child With a Whip,” 1885, oil on canvas.
  • picasso-woman-playing-mandolin.jpg - Pablo Picasso, “Woman Playing a Mandolin,” 1909, oil on canvas.
  • paul-cezanne-banks-of-the-marne.jpg - Paul Cezanne, “Banks of the Marne,” 1888, oil on canvas.
  • van-gogh-memory-of-the-garden-at-etten.jpg - Vincent van Gogh, “Memory of the Garden at Etten (Ladies of Arles),” 1888, oil on canvas.
  • picasso-friendship.jpg - Pablo Picasso, “Friendship,” 1908, oil on canvas.
  • matisse-fruit-flowers-and-the-dance.jpg - Henri Matisse, “Fruit, Flowers and the Dance,” 1909, oil on canvas, one of several variations he created with his “Dance” in the background.
  • henri-matisse-spanish-still-life.jpg - Henri Matisse, “Spanish Still Life,” 1910, oil on canvas.
  • kandinsky-composition-vi.jpg - Wassily Kandinsky, “Composition VI,” 1913, oil on canvas. The Russian painter is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
  • matisse-standing-moroccan-in-green.jpg - Henri Matisse, “Standing Moroccan in Green (Standing Riffian),” 1913, oil on canvas.
  • picasso-tenora-and-violin.jpg - Pablo Picasso, “Tenora and Violin,” 1913, oil on canvas.

Impressionist masterpieces at the Hermitage (photos)

I've always loved the masters, particularly the great artists of the Impressionism and post-Impressionism periods. So I was jazzed when our recent cruise on the ocean ship Viking Sun spent two days in St. Petersburg, Russia.

We took plenty of photos at Peterhof Palace and elsewhere, but perhaps our top experience came at the Hermitage. It's a huge, sprawling complex, and we were lucky that Viking's knowledgeable guides steered us away from the main museum (where there was a three-hour line) and toward the less crowded Hermitage Impressionism Collection in a building across the way.

The collection contains masterworks by Monet, Picasso, Cézanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, Renoir, Matisse and other names you may recognize. Tip: Don't dawdle with the lesser works at the beginning of the tour — we ran out of time and had to rush through the final half-dozen rooms, which were nothing less than stunning.

We liked the fact that the museum had lots of light, unobtrusive ushers and the pace was unrushed. Unlike a lot of museums today, photography was permitted, so I spent some time capturing some of the amazing works with my Canon 5D and then color-correcting them. Enjoy the 28 photos above!

JD Lasica
I'm Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Cruiseable. Follow your cruise bliss to any land where it may lead. Let's connect! I'm @jdlasica on Twitter.

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