The Master and Margarita. Satan’s Great Ball

The Master and Margarita» is the great novel by Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. An extraordinarily famous, even cult-classic work.

«The Master and Margarita» is «a novel about the Devil» – a parable-novel, a utopian novel, a satirical, historical, adventure-filled, philosophical novel... a multi-layered work rich in plot twists and thematic depths, revolving around core motifs: love, duty and conscience, betrayal and loyalty, discipleship, divine retribution, and more. (© Wikipedia).

Accordingly, the painting depicts characters from the novel during Satan’s Grand Ball scene. Koroviev and Margarita host the Devil’s guests. A riot of colors, phantasmagoria, illusions, and delirium. Hella, the cat Behemoth, Azazello, Woland himself, and even Yeshua Ha-Nozri are also present. That, in essence, is all...

From the series «Dasha Weisbrem: Rereading Russian Classics