Vasilyev F. A. After Rain. Country Track

Vasilyev F. A.

1850, Gatchina (St Petersburg Province) - 1873, Yalta

After Rain. Country Track

Late l860s

oil on canvas. 57,5 x 82
Ж-4102
Пост. в 1925 из АХ

Location in museum The Mikhailovsky Palace Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 20
Period Late 19th century
CategoryLandscape
Keywords The Epoch of Alexander II (1855-1881) | Art of the 1860s | The Peredvizhniki, Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions | Peasants | rural landscape | domestic animals | Rain, thunderstorm | clouds
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Fyodor Vasilyev often addressed the image of the rural landscape after summer rain. Roads disappearing into the distance and the lonely figures of peasants driving their cattle were an invariable element of such landscapes, lending an emotional tinge to the painting. ln this particular work, the motif of the road acquires a philosophical meaning. The darkened, broken fence and the stony road washed by the rains adds an elegiac air to this reflection on the trials and tribulations of village life.The light patches of the puddles on the road and the cornfield illuminated by the sunlight contrast the murky tones of the rainy day, introducing a hint of optimism into the composition.

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