Выставка Петрова-Водкина в Русском музее: замечательная экспозиция картин...

The exhibition of Petrov-Vodkin in the Russian Museum: a wonderful exhibition of paintings by the artist of all periods of his work: from early works in the style of impressionism and with echoes of Matisse to the characteristic images of the mother, revolutionary paintings and magnificent still lifes. But the artist’s business card - the red horse - “rode away” to another exhibition. We are talking about the painting "Bathing a red horse." But honestly, she does not belong to my favorite works of this artist. Here is his image of the Mother of God “Affection of evil hearts” echoes in the soul, as well as the picture “Mother”. But for me the main discovery is Petrov-Vodkin's still lifes. And I'm not a big fan of this genre. But! He has not just still lifes, but real masterpieces telling their stories: a bowed violin against the background of St. Petersburg roofs, a glass of tea and a spoon, whimsically refracted at the edges of this glass, a branch of bird cherry and scattered letters beside the ink pot ... By definition, the artist still life - "one of the sharp conversations of the painter with nature"; he likened them to violin etudes, which should precede the concert, that is, the picture. Separately, I would like to mention the portraits of his wife, daughter, Anna Akhmatova and the self-portraits of the artist. Nothing superfluous: a laconic background (I immediately remember Modigliani - and he also wrote to Akhmatov!), A characteristic handwriting, recognizable, special, you can not confuse the paintings of Petrov-Vodkin with others. To destroy the static perception, the artist sought to build a spherical perspective, as if surveying the image from different angles. But this is the most important thing for the master to develop his own style.
Outcome: the exhibition is excellent, I recommend to visit!