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Alexei Kolesov
Alexey Kolesov (born 1959, Samara) has participated in and curated numerous exhibitions in Samara and Tolyatti from 2012 to the present. He is a veter ...
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Article: AK-20253-566
Size: 50 x 40 cm
This original work «A Great Classic in a Great City of the World» was created by contemporary Russian artist Alexei Kolesov and is available for purchase online.
The first night of Nikolai Gogol's play «The Government Inspector» was met with a mixture of flattery and harsh criticism from the audience. The author himself painfully felt disgust at the caricatured grotesque acting in his play, which resembled a banal French vaudeville. «...I expected it, I knew in advance how everything would go, and yet I was overwhelmed by a sad and vexing painful feeling. My creation seemed repulsive and wild, as if it were not mine at all».
Gogol fled to Europe — through Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France — but held on to the eternal city of Rome as an «anchor». For 10 years, the exile lived off royalties from productions of the revised «The Government Inspector», which so captivated Nicholas I that he ordered the play to be included in the repertoire of all imperial theaters, as well as from donations from the tsar through his relatives who visited Rome. From Gogol’s letter to Russia: «...Novelty is not characteristic of Rome; here everything is more ancient: the city, the pope, the churches, the paintings. It seems to me that novelty was invented by those who miss you, but... in Rome no one can be bored except those whose souls are cold, like the inhabitants of Petersburg, especially the officials, countless as the sea sand...»
From a letter to the poet Zhukovsky: «...As if by the will of the almighty hand of providence, I was thrown under the sparkling sky of Italy so that I would forget about sorrow, about people, about everything, and I got stuck in its luxurious beauty. It replaced everything for me. I am cheerful. My soul is bright. I work and hurry to do my work with all my might». And this was the main novel of the classic — «Dead Souls».
This painting can be hung on the wall in your apartment, house, office, restaurant, or hotel, and it will become a wonderful decoration for your interior.
You can buy the painting «A Great Classic in a Great City of the World» online, sized 40 x 50 cm, with secure delivery to the address you specify.
Artwork's condition:
Year of creation of the painting:
2013
Artwork Type:
Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Style:
Figurative
Technic:
Oil
Support or surface:
Canvas
Topic:
Celebrity Portraits
Size:
Medium
Width:
50 cm
Height:
40 cm
Framing:
Not (or not applicable)
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Alexey Kolesov (born 1959, Samara) has participated in and curated numerous exhibitions in Samara and Tolyatti from 2012 to the present. He is a veter ...
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