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Cherry
ArtistYevsey Moiseyenko
Year1969
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions187 cm × 275 cm (75 in × 100 in)
LocationState Russian Museum, Leningrad

Cherry (Russian: «Черешня») is an oil painting on canvas painted in 1969 by Russian artist Yevsey Moiseyenko (1916–1988).[1]

History

Cherry has been described as a philosophical essay about evil and good of the war.[2] It is one of the most important works by Moiseyenko. It belongs to the series called "Years of Fighting" – a historical epopee, which brought the Lenin Prize to the artist in 1974.[3][4][5] It was again a theme of Russian Civil War in this painting (before there were Cavalry the First (1957), Here Reds are (1961), Friends (1964), Son (1969) and others). Moiseyenko began to make studies for his painting from 1967.[6] He made a few variants of Cherry. The last one took a year.[7] Cherry was presented for the first time at the largest exhibition, the "Fine Arts of Leningrad" in Moscow, 1976.[8] The Russian Museum has Cherry in its collection.

As a subject Moiseyenko selected a very peaceable and idyllic episode of war in which it seems as if the soldiers have forgotten about death, which was not far from them.[9] There are not the sabres in their hands but cherry.[10] Moiseyenko allocated his main heroes in the top of the hill and divided the composition to the separate scenes, dissolving the border between an external space and a lyric reflection.[11] There is a ring of friendship in the circular position of their figures. All of them are very young but their faces show strength of mind and courage.[12] The foreground and background are from different times: There is a peaceful life of towns and villages in a condensed space of the background. It belongs to the time of dreams.[13] "Silence. Pause. Maybe, at noon there, behind the hill, they will lie down into this caressing grass... They are pure-minded dreamers and with a great idea," the author explained his message.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1987. С. 88.
  2. ^ Литовченко, Е. Н. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. 1916—1988. Живопись. Графика. Каталог выставки. — СПб.: НИМРАХ, 2006. — С. 13
  3. ^ Новожилова, Л.И., авт. вступ. ст. // Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. Каталог выставки. — Л., Художник РСФСР, 1982. — С. 7
  4. ^ Кекушева-Новосадюк, Г. В. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. — Л., 1977. — C. 53
  5. ^ Картинная галерея им. Е. Е. Моисеенко Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Музеи Гомельской области
  6. ^ Литовченко, Е. Н. Е. Е. Моисеенко. «Коллекция из мастерской». Живопись, рисунок. — СПб.: Ист. иллюстрация, 2012. — С. 50—51
  7. ^ Кекушева-Новосадюк, Г. В. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. — Л., 1977. — C. 39
  8. ^ Изобразительное искусство Ленинграда. Каталог выставки. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1976. C.23.
  9. ^ Герман, М. Евсей Моисеенко // Искусство Советского Союза. Альбом. — Л.: Аврора, 1985. — С. 520
  10. ^ Герман, М. Вселенная живописца // Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. Каталог выставки. — Л., Художник РСФСР, 1982. — С. 15
  11. ^ Литовченко, Е. Н. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. 1916—1988. Живопись. Графика. Каталог выставки. — СПб.: НИМРАХ, 2006. — С. 13
  12. ^ Кекушева-Новосадюк, Г. В. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. — Л., 1977. — C. 39—41
  13. ^ Каменский, А.А. Романтический монтаж. — М.: Сов. художник, 1989. — С. 317
  14. ^ Кекушева-Новосадюк, Г. В. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. — Л., 1977. — C. 40

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