Willewalde joined the Russian army as well, and made sketches and etudes whilst on service, after which he would complete his monumental canvases.

His monumental canvases are usually monochrome compositions.

The three greatest of his monumental canvases, hung together in a single room, have an almost overwhelming presence.

In the 1990s Vlady painted several monumental canvases.

In four monumental canvases it compares the journey from childhood to old age with the winding course of a river.

His monumental canvases established a substantial popular reputation, and lithographic copies of the portraits helped to spread his fame.

In 2005, three of his monumental figurative canvases were presented at the Valencia Biennial.

With the representation of her own body on monumental canvases, Rahmani makes the observer discover oneself.

In 2007, Rajčević's created two monumental canvases, each ten meters long, named "The Snakewalls".

He received a number of important commissions, for instance painting a monumental canvas for the University of Debrecen Library.