Rural landscape of Simbirsk province (Ulyanovsk region) in painting and graphics d.i. Arkhangelsk
Abstract
The article provides an artistic analysis of the creative works of the Simbirsk artist and teacher D. I. Arkhangelsky, determines the role of the rural landscape in his work. The prerequisites for choosing a plot and motive for works, working methods and artistic features of the artist’s visual language are revealed. As part of the study, the authors classify the artist’s creative heritage into several groups that allow for artistic analysis: watercolor and oil works (1900–1920); pencil graphics (1900–1920); black and white graphics (linocuts, ink, 1900–1920); watercolor works from the 1960s. The article provides personal memories of the artist, citing his letters and letters from his students, revealing the features of the worldview of the Simbirsk master. As the study showed, the rural theme in the artist’s work was one of the dominant ones for the creation of creative works by D. I. Arkhangelsky used techniques from new directions for his time, Russian impressionism and modernism, repeated the pictorial motif, revealing it from the points of view of historical and visual value, consciously abandoned staffage, worked mainly in watercolor and graphic techniques – pencil, ink, linocut.
About the Authors
E. Y. Kuznetsova
St. Alexius Volga Region Academy of Education and Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgenia Y. Kuznetsova, Cand. Sc. (Art Criticism), Associate Professor of Department of Fine Arts
Tolyatti, 445028, Russian Federation
A. A. Evgrafova
St. Alexius Volga Region Academy of Education and Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alina A. Evgrafova, student of Department of Fine Arts
Tolyatti, 445028, Russian Federation
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For citations:
Kuznetsova E.Y., Evgrafova A.A. Rural landscape of Simbirsk province (Ulyanovsk region) in painting and graphics d.i. Arkhangelsk. ARTE. 2023;(4):95-106. (In Russ.)
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