Mothers, Sisters

Mothers, Sisters (Painting of Moiseenko)
Artist Evsey E. Moiseenko
Year 1967
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 200 cm × 257 cm (80 in × 102 in)
Location State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg

″Mothers, Sisters″ (Russian: ″Матери, сёстры″) is a painting by Russian artist Evsey E. Moiseenko, (1916–1988).[1]

History

Painted in 1967 "Mothers, Sisters" was devoted to destiny of Russian women in the years of the Great Patriotic War. It was created during 5 months, but its idea was born at the beginning of the Russo-German war in 1941 and based on the personal knowledge of life of Moiseenko.[2] "I remember my mother when she saw me to the war and how I came in and went away the villages when I was a soldier. I couldnt forget the eyes of women. I have wanted to peep into them with my outgoing look" — Moiseenko was reminiscing.[3] The first sketch was made by the artist in 1965. Later he refined it in the numerous of the prepearing matherials. .[4] There are many these sketches in the Museum of Russian Academy of Arts. He made them in 1960s in his native village Uvarovichi where he found the female characters for the painting. Among them "Woman with Girl", "Ljuba", "Nastja" and many others.[5][6] The first variant of the painting was a big canvas "At the Collective Farm`s Yard" (Oil on canvas, 200х257. 1966) The second version was named "Mothers, Sisters ". .[4] At the first time the "Mothers, Sisters" was presented at the largest exhibition "Soviet Russia" in Moscow in 1967.[7] And later in a largest exhibition devoted to 50-Anniversary of October Revolution also in Moscow. The Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists and Leningrad Culture Committee awarded this painting by the Medal "For the Best Painting of a Year".[4][8] Work of art is dedicated to the mother of Moiseenko. Her destiny was typical for the war times. She was lived 4 years without even a letter from the son.[9][10] Moiseenko painted her image as an old woman while she was young in the time of war.[11] Using the innovative experience of soviet painting especially an advancement of Aleksandr Deyneka Moiseenko applied the method of assembly composition in "Mothers, Sisters".[12] The picture portrays some women saying goodbye to menleaving to the front. A lorry carrying solsiers has just driven off. Only women - mothers, sisters, wives arer standing on the road. Their faces bespeak a hole hamut of feelings: uncomplaining grief, fortitude and readiness for hardship and struggle.[13] A well-known art-critic Mikhail German characterized "Mothers, Sisters" as one of the most powerful and tragic paintigs of the master.[14] The Russian Museum has "Mothers, Sisters" in its collection.

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References

  1. ↑ Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР. — Л.: Художник РСФСР, 1987. — С. 88.
  2. ↑ Картинная галерея им. Е. Е. Моисеенко. Музеи Гомельской области.
  3. ↑ Кекушева-Новосадюк, Г. В. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. — Л., 1977. — С. 33.
  4. 1 2 3 Кекушева 1982.
  5. ↑ Литовченко, Е. Н. Е. Е. Моисеенко. «Коллекция из мастерской». Живопись, рисунок. — СПб.: Ист.иллюстрация, 2012. — С. 10, 30—32.
  6. ↑ Литовченко, Е. Н. Е. Е. Моисеенко. «Коллекция из мастерской». Живопись, рисунок. — СПб.: Ист. иллюстрация, 2012. С. 9.
  7. ↑ Третья республиканская художественная выставка «Советская Россия». — М., Сов. художник, 1967. — С. 38.
  8. ↑ Картинная галерея им. Е. Е. Моисеенко. Музеи Гомельской области.
  9. ↑ Литовченко, Е. Н. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. 1916—1988. Живопись. Графика. Каталог выставки. — СПб.: НИМРАХ, 2006. С.14
  10. ↑ Литовченко, Е. Н. Е. Е. Моисеенко. «Коллекция из мастерской». Живопись, рисунок. — СПб.: Ист. иллюстрация, 2012. С.8
  11. ↑ Литовченко, Е. Н. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. 1916—1988. Живопись. Графика. Каталог выставки. — СПб.: НИМРАХ, 2006. С.14.
  12. ↑ Кекушева, Г. В. Картина Е. Е. Моисеенко «Матери, сёстры». Путь к картине / Альбом. — Л.: Художник РСФСР, 1982. С.50
  13. ↑ Кекушева-Новосадюк, Г. В. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. — Л., 1977. — C. 63.
  14. ↑ Герман, М. Вселенная живописца // Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. Каталог выставки. — Л., Художник РСФСР, 1982. — С. 15

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