The artwork titled “Sketch for ‘Tale of Tsar Saltan'” was created by Nicholas Roerich in 1919. It belongs to the Symbolism art movement and falls within the genre of sketch and study.
The artwork features a lightly drawn, incomplete sketch that appears to depict an imaginative scene likely associated with the tale it references. The sketch consists of elongated, mythical dragon-like creatures that are rendered with minimal detail. The lines are simple and ethereal, suggesting a preliminary stage of an artistic process. The overall composition possesses a sense of motion and fantasy, characteristic of the Symbolism movement emphasizing mystical and dream-like themes.
