Violinist

Yakovlev A.Y.

1887, St Petersburg - 1938, Paris

Violinist

1915

oil on canvas. 201 x 69
Ж-2376
Пост. в 1920 из собр. А. А. Коровина

Location in museum The Benois Wing, Room 72 Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Epoch of Nicolas II (1894-1917) | Neoclassicism | мужской портрет | Actors | Musicians | theatrical costume | музыка | musical instruments
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Alexander Yakovlev painted Violinist in Italy in 1915. In a letter to Dmitry Kardovsky, the artist writes that he portrayed a professional musician suffering from progressive paralysis — “very interesting in appearance, though with an old man’s face, despite his thirty-seven years.” Yakovlev pays great attention to the subject’s personal features, simultaneously transforming life.The artistic interpretation of the musician’s figure clearly employs the compositional principles of the official portraiture of the past. There are several figures in the loggia, also neither people nor puppets.

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