Moiseyenko Y.Y. Victory

Moiseyenko Y.Y.

1916, Uvarovichi (White Russia) - 1988, Leningrad

Victory

From the Fighting Years cycle. 1970–1972

oil on canvas. 200 x 150
Ж-9499

Period Late 20th century – 21st century
CategoryBattle Scenes
Keywords The Great Patriotic War | Soviet Art | war | Weapon
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Yevsei Moiseyenko’s painting manages to combine the joy of victory and the pain of loss. The movement in this original pietà ascends chorally, before grinding to a tragic halt: «When we finally won, we felt pain in all its fullness. We understood the cost of our losses … The memories of those who fell have not gone away; they continue to perturb us. Memory is our soul, our conscience … I aspired to depict heroism on a large scale, making the plastics of the figures powerful and the rhythms expressive.» Russian Museum: From Icons to the Modern Times. Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2015. P. 361.

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