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Dr. K. G. Bohemskaya, a Doctor of Art History, wrote a short biography of Chestnyakov in the book Amateur Artistic Creativity in Russia of the 20th century. In it, she writes that the artist in the painting Kolyada retells folklore stories. She also writes about how Chestnyakov set up a children's theatre studio, but doesn't connect these two ...
The Soviet art historian Ariadna Zhukova considered the painting to be one of the most interesting works of the artist (including the First Snow, Tractor Drivers' Dinner, When Peace is on Earth). All of these paintings show children. Zhukova said that the artist was attracted to youth, freshness, and "the emergence of the new" in these paintings.
Soviet and Russian art historians have noted the author's interest in Russian nature and sensibility with children. [ 4 ] The painting depicts the porch of a village house, a white birch tree in the front garden "with a naked silver crown ", and a deserted village street "in the whiteness of falling flakes of snow". [ 5 ]
Among Nicolai Fechin's most valued and often invited models were children. In her book on Fechin's work, Galina Tuluzakova contrasts the artist's genre compositions – where he depicted the complexity and contradictions of human nature, far from the ideal qualities inherent in people by nature – with his portraits of children, which, in her words, manifest "his romantic, sublime faith in ...
Later, the little figures lost their magic meaning and turned into toys for children, the making of which would become an artistic handicraft. Up until the 20th century, this toy production had been timed to the spring fair called свистунья, or whistler. The first recorded mentioning of this event took place in 1811, but it is believed ...
Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev (Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ле́бедев; 26 May 1891 – 21 November 1967) was part of the Russian avant-garde: A painter, a political cartoonist and a poster artist, with an experimental style influenced by Russian folk art, lubki, futurism, constructivism, suprematism, productionism and cubism.
Alexander Reichstein (born 1957 in Moscow) is a Russian-Finnish artist, illustrator and designer. His work focuses on art for children through interactive exhibition projects, sculptures and book illustrations.
Khokhloma (also Hohloma, Russian: хохлома; Russian pronunciation: [xəxɫɐˈma]) or Khokhloma painting (хохломская роспись, hohlomskaya rospis) is a style of Russian art traditionally painted on wooden household items. It is known for its curved linear features depicting vivid small flowers, berries, grasses, and leaf ...