Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (1862 – 1930, Абра́м Ефи́мович Архи́пов) was a Russian painter who combined observational painting with imagination to capture the lives of ordinary people.
He studied at the Moscow School of Painting and the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
A. E. Arkhipov On the Volga (1899)
In 1888 he set out on a trip along the Volga River with fellow classmates, and they painted studies of the scenes and moods along the way. That's when he conceived his painting On the Volga (1899).
He visited wash-houses, where he set up his easel and painted the women at work. He loved the color red, and many of his paintings feature working women in red dresses.
The critic Vladimir Stasov said of the painting Along the River Oka, "The whole picture is painted in sunlight, and this can be felt in every patch of light and shade, and in the overall wonderful impression; among the people on the barge, the four women—idle, tired despondent, sitting in silence on the bundles—are portrayed with magnificent realism."
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5 comments:
I think so much of achieving the effect of bright sunlight in a painting involves holding onto the crisp light and dark shapes no matter how much your hand wants to soften, blend, or interpolate them. You can make a painting of a scene in bright sunlight with only two values and it will hold up. Trust that.
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Mike Hartley
I so enjoy learning about the works of so many artists I have never heard of through your blog. Thank you!
Mike Hartley
I love Arkhipov. Thanks for this article. And thanks Jim Douglas for a great comment.
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