Ossetian painter Hsar Gass, born in 1929

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« Memoirs . Grandma » 1973 From the Collection of the Tomsk Museum of Art.
The story of the artist: " 1938 . I was walking home from school and my mother met with guards . She said, " my son , at home, on a plate dinner , eat , I 'll be back soon ..." The next time we saw each other in 11 years. The painting depicts grandmother near the prison , which contained my mother, my brother in the background of my grandmother and me. The dog in front of the prison - is Stalin ... "

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Today, Memorial Day of Victims of Political Repression.
A few more pictures Hsara Gassieva on the topic of Stalinist repression.

 In 1938, a few days after the arrest of his mother, 8-year-old Hsar, his 5-year-old sister and grandmother limped were thrown into the street from his apartment as "a family enemy of the people" by the NKVD. The artist says: "... things are unnecessary and furniture thrown out the window. Books father flew down the street. Relatives were afraid to come to the aid, fearing for themselves. Only Jatiya next door said: "Even if my whole family would be killed, I have them on the street do not leave" - ​​and put to sleep. " The 3-bedroom apartment occupied Gassievyh NKVD investigator, who conducted the case Hsara parents (what a coincidence!).
After staying a few days from a neighbor, a grandmother with children moved into the empty basement of the house down the street, where they lived for eleven years, waiting for the return of the mother from exile and suffering all the hardships brought by World War II. The cellar was so small that there was no room for 2 beds and Hsar slept on the table. My grandmother knitted wool socks for sale and those fed the children. At 12 years old boy started in the summer to work on the farm to help his grandmother. Then there were the first drawings of the artist: in his letters he drew a mother, sister, grandmother. The memoirs of the time Hsara Gassieva have a lot of dark scenes. In the basement at night the rats came, and he was not asleep, and protected them from her sister. The older boys in the yard offered to fight for the food: if pobesh rival - feed them. "I knew the price of its bruises - corn bread, a piece of cheese, a dish lobio ...». The list of people who have to take revenge, if the mother is not coming back.
Nicknamed "the son of a Trotskyist", constant hunger and fighting with offenders, some terrible memories of his childhood, left a huge imprint on the tragic artist's work. In many scenes Hsara Gassieva shrilly sounds the theme of Stalin's purges of 1937 and expectations of the mother.

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Character of many paintings by Paul Hsara Jati.

A family friend Gassievyh, an agriculturist, my good man, Paul spent 17 years in the camps for a phrase uttered in the wrong place.

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The artist says: "I asked Paul Dzhatieva:-How are you, a strong, tall, bold man, signed a confession that you are an" enemy of the people "?

And then he told me about this torture ... "

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The artist says: "I asked Paul Dzhatieva:-How are you, a strong, tall, bold man, signed a confession that you are an" enemy of the people "?

And then he told me about this torture ... "

[Tsop]

I do not expect so much of my material >. Usually paintings are currently on the shelves and does not remember. And here we have them all pulled out, watched ...
Probably my favorite picture Hsara - " Waiting" 1971 33h41 see, canvas /oil
In many paintings of the artist - " Waiting" , but this is the first state and is transmitted accurately.
The author's words , " As a child I lived in a state of expectation: the return from exile, the mother , father - we are a long time did not know that he killed the brother of his father, went to the front ... waiting - probably the main theme of my work ..."

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Сообщение от Tsop

Probably my favorite picture Hsara - "Waiting" 1971 33h41 see, canvas /oil

Yes, good.

[Peter]

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I do not expect so much of my material >. Usually paintings are currently on the shelves and does not remember. And here we have them all pulled out, watched ...
"

Amazing kartiny.Pered eye passes , and the age and country , and the individual's life , his experience, attitude towards others , all transfers , this is honest, sincere zhivopis.Nerazryvnost artist , his life, his strong work zhivopisi.Ochen .

[Tsop]

Just specify - I do not want to discuss politics , who is " right - wrong ."
Here is a picture of an artist who was there and it was his vision.

1. "Alarm" in 1989
2. " The ruined house " in 1991
3. "A shot in the back" 1989
4. "Attack of Wolves" , the 1993-1998
5. " Ruin " 1991
6. "The Shot" in 1993
7. "Earthquake in Hahet " 1991 ( Hahet - The past mountain village completely into the ground during an earthquake in 1991 in South Ossetia)

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«refugees» 1991

Author's description: "My grandmother told us how in 1920 their family with five children fled from South Ossetia during the attack through the pass Jordania Mensheviks in Russia.
In 1990 the tragedy was repeated before my eyes ...
Then I painted the picture "Refugees".

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In short, the shock of this topic ....
With tears and pain in my heart.
Amazing person and artist !!!!!!!!!!!!
Tsop, thank you!!