ARTIST KONSTANTIN ALEXANDROVICH TRUTOVSKY
Why Russian artist Konstantin Trutovsky, many believe the Ukrainian folk painter.
to Glorify rural life, so much so that the audience felt the peace and unusual charm of the world, charged with living energy and enjoying the beauty of pristine landscapes, managed quite a few masters of the brush. Among these was Konstantin Aleksandrovich Trutovsky, a truly people"s artist.
Konstantin Alexandrovich was distinguished extraordinary diligence: paintings, watercolors and pencil drawings for the whole creative path written so as not to count. He was a genre painter, Illustrator of the works of N. Gogol, Lermontov, Krylov, and was an academician of the Imperial Academy of arts, was a member of the Royal Belgian society of watercolorists.
Among Russian painters it is difficult to find another one "открытого, sincere, pleasant person who in life and art is expressed unshakable faith in the people, national moral nobility of ordinary people, worthy of respect". Being a lovely conversationalist and a regular creative meetings of artists, a witty Illustrator, a rare connoisseur of rural life, Trutovsky was always the center of attention of the General public.
His love for the Ukraine was so great that as a Russian artist, he in the eyes of the majority of critics and viewers appears to be purely Ukrainian painter. Indeed, the best canvases of the master, depicting rural life of the people, see that they are associated at most with Ukraine, Ruthenian traditions. And" душа, full Gogol", has always sought her in the vast expanses.
"Малороссия – wrote the artist – made me a charming impression... With a fever I began to draw everything that I came across on глаза". And catch the eye of the master the most ordinary scenes from rural life. The lives of ordinary peasants he depicted, not looking for flaws, and lovingly portrayed and the simplicity and at the same time, the wisdom of the people, customs, rituals and their unique humor.
Even at a young age Trutovsky was reading the works of N. In. Gogol. In them he found a description of what he had seen many times, traveling to the Ukrainian land, and that then became the basis of his work, namely: national customs, the flavor of character and lyrical spirit.
Later, illustrating" Вечера on a farm near Dikanka", he invested his own observations of people"s life that determined the success of his work. As, however, and all his other works of book graphics and paintings. The fascination with Goldeneye so it was great that Trutovsky has written several paintings illustrating the works of the great writer.
And whatever wrote the master, he is always in his images showed fine powers of observation, wit, sometimes humor, and often poetic feeling.
he did Not ignore their creativity and the image of the poet Taras Shevchenko. It and the with the light hand of Mikhail Nesterov was called @-" Шевченко painting".
the Majestic nature and people of the village, impressing with its simplicity and naivety, friendliness and hospitality, are the canvases of the painter is a unique feeling of homeland, which is in the soul of each of us. And all that warms our souls and brings a joyful and nostalgic memories.
in addition to genre scenes of Ukrainian vernacular life, the artist and images of small landlords, their customs, everyday life and typical behavior. As can be seen on the canvas" Игра in карты".
And if the images of the villagers from" Хоровода" written with maximum empathy for their plight, the players cards do not cause the artist is not the slightest sympathy. "Пренебрежительный view of one of the players on the servant of another sly grin, sitting opposite, overweight back fat landowner, to hide us from the table, all the characters are depicted with destroying иронией".
Trutovsky life was a staunch opponent of serfdom, so the reform of 1861, abolishing slavery, was received with admiration.
Source: https://kulturologia.EN/blogs/270518/39088/
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