Gerasimov S. V. A Partisan’s Mother

Gerasimov S. V.

1885, Mozhaisk, Moscow Province — 1964, Moscow

A Partisan’s Mother

Study for the painting of the same name (1943, Tretyakov Gallery). 1943

oil on canvas. 113 х 84,5
Ж-4414
Received in 1948 via the Committee for Art, Council of Ministers of the RSFSR

Period Early 20th century
CategoryGenre Painting
Keywords The Great Patriotic War | socialist realism | Soviet Art | female portrait | war
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When creating this painting, the artist didn’t have any particular woman in mind but rather all Russian women who’d replaced their husbands and sons in the fields after the latter had gone off to war. These women endured and survived under wartime conditions thanks to their great spiritual strength, will and courage.

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