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Пруд в Ахтырке, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1880
Viktor Vasnetsov, portraitViktor Vasnetsov1848–1926

Пруд в Ахтырке

1880 · Painting · 32.5 × 24 cm

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Unknown

Tretyakov Gallery

Moscow, Russia

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

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About the painting

In the museum's own words — in Russian

В творчестве Виктора Михайловича Васнецова пейзаж имеет важное значение и выступает в качестве героя картины наряду с изображенными персонажами. В природе, как и в душе человеческой, художника не интересовали переливы мимолетных настроений или случайных состояний; пейзаж в его работах стал инструментом, помогающим выявить внутренний смысл событий, дать им особенную вневременную окраску.

Летом 1879-1880 годов по приглашению промышленника и мецената Саввы Ивановича Мамонтова Васнецов впервые приехал в село Ахтырка, а с 1881 года каждое лето проводил в усадьбе Абрамцево. Это было значимое место для широкого круга молодых московских художников, театральных деятелей, писателей. В жизни Васнецова оно сыграло решающую роль. Здесь он впервые обратился к сюжетам народных сказок, развил фольклорно-эпическое направление своего творчества, в котором особое место занимал пейзаж.

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Эпический простор абрамцевской природы сочетался с лирической нежностью, что послужило неисчерпаемым источником вдохновения для художника; недаром именно здесь появились «Алёнушка» (1881) и эпические «Богатыри» (1881–1898). Со временем интерес Васнецова к абрамцевской природе не угасал, а работа над пейзажами приобрела самостоятельную ценность и стала настоящей потребностью для художника. Недаром в 1901 году он приобрел загородное имение Ваньково в Дмитровском уезде, расположенном всего в 20 верстах от Абрамцева.

Tretyakov Gallery

Particulars

1880 · aged 32
18481926
Accession number
ДМВ Ж-235

In the catalog

PaintingsOilRussian paintingSoviet paintingImpressionism19th century

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  • Tretyakov Gallery
  • Image: Tretyakov Gallery — © State Tretyakov Gallery

Meanwhile, in the life of Viktor Vasnetsov

The whole life
  1. 1878

    He moves to Moscow, the city of his life’s work

    In 1878, his resolve strengthened by Mamontov’s letter, he moved to Moscow, the city to which most of his creative life would be tied: he settled in a small flat in 3rd Ushakovsky Lane near Ostozhenka, walked the city for hours admiring the Kremlin and St Basil’s, and until 1885 the family changed rented flats in Moscow six times.

  2. 1878–1880

    Mamontov’s commission for the Donetsk Railway

    Repin brought him to the house of Savva Mamontov, who commissioned three fairy-tale pictures for the boardroom of the Donetsk Railway — “The Battle of the Russians with the Scythians”, “The Flying Carpet” and “The Three Princesses of the Underground Kingdom” (the princesses of gold, precious stones and coal); the princess Coal, a modest dark-haired girl in a black dress, was especially successful.

  3. 1878–1890 · Career

    the Peredvizhniki

    From 1878 he belonged to the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions (the Peredvizhniki): he took part in its activity in 1878–1890 and exhibited with it until 1897; he was admitted for the realism and sharp social subjects of his genre paintings.

  4. 1879

    His daughter Tatyana, the first of five children, is born

    In 1879 his daughter Tatyana was born, later an artist and keeper of her father’s legacy; sons followed — Boris (1880), Alexei (1882), Mikhail (1884) and Vladimir (1889).

  5. June 1880

    His first visit to Mamontov’s Abramtsevo

    In June 1880, with his brother Apollinary, he first came to Abramtsevo at Savva Mamontov’s invitation and joined the circle of Repin, Polenov, Serov and other artists, where he became one of the leaders of the national-romantic current.

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1882 · State Russian Museum

Баян, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1910

Баян

1910 · State Russian Museum

Акробаты (На празднике в окрестностях Парижа), Viktor Vasnetsov, 1877

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1877 · State Russian Museum

Богоматерь с младенцем, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1887

Богоматерь с младенцем

1887 · State Russian Museum

Heroes, Viktor Vasnetsov, 19th century

Heroes

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Преферанс, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1879

Преферанс

1879 · Tretyakov Gallery

Alyonushka, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1881

Alyonushka

1881 · Tretyakov Gallery

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Movement I, 1935

Moscow, Zubovskaya Square, Study, 1916

Moscow, Zubovskaya Square, Study, 1916

Moscow I, 1916

Moscow I, 1916

Composition VII, 1913

Composition VII, 1913

The Lake, Vasily Kandinsky, 1910

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The Lake, 1910

Lake, 1910

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Moscow Environs, 1908

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