RedSunsetontheDnieper_TheMET (5)
Arkhyp Kuindzhi (Arkhip Ivanovish Kuindzhi ) Ukranian, born Russian Empire, Mariupol 1841-1910 St. Petersburg.
Red Sunset, 1905-08
Oil on canvas
Kuindzhi’s style is exemplified here by the minimalist composition and dramatic light, color, and clouds. The site has been identified as the river called the Dnipro in Ukranian (Russian, Dniepr; Belarusian, Dnyapro), which runs south through the three countries to the Black Sea. The artist was born along the coast in Mariupol when the Ukrainian city was part of the Russian Empire. Kuindzhi, who was descended from Pontic Greeks from Crimea, spoke Greek, Crimean Tatar, Russian, and Ukrainian, a skill that serve him well as he moved around the northern Black Sea and then to St. Petersburg. There he associated with the Peredvizhniki (sometimes translated as the Wanderers), a pioneering exhibition group, and was later an influential teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts.
In March, 2022, the Kuindzhi Art Museum in Mariupol, Ukraine, was destroyed in a Russian air strike
Rogers Fund, 1974
1974.100
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
[Original placard: Removed by the MET as reported in the New York Times , March 18, 2023. New placard is listed above ]
Arkhip Ivanovish Kuindzhi Russian, 1842-1910
‘Red Sunset on the Dnieper, 1905-8’
Oil on canvas
Arkhip Kuindzhi is considered one of the most talented Russian landscape painters of his generation. Born in Ukraine, he was associated during the second half of the 1870s with a group of Russian Realist painters known as the Wanderers. In the 1890s, he was hired to teach landscape painting at the Academy of Fine Arts but was later dismissed for sympathizing with student agitators. He ultimately founded his own painting society.
The Late major painting is typical of Kuindzhi, who is best known for his large, nearly empty landscapes. The scene shows a sunset over the banks of the Dnieper, a great river that originates west of Moscow and runs far south into the Black Sea. The dark shapes in the foreground represent a cluster of thatched-roof huts, typical of the region.
Rogers Fund, 1974
1974.100
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
RedSunsetontheDnieper_TheMET (5)
Arkhyp Kuindzhi (Arkhip Ivanovish Kuindzhi ) Ukranian, born Russian Empire, Mariupol 1841-1910 St. Petersburg.
Red Sunset, 1905-08
Oil on canvas
Kuindzhi’s style is exemplified here by the minimalist composition and dramatic light, color, and clouds. The site has been identified as the river called the Dnipro in Ukranian (Russian, Dniepr; Belarusian, Dnyapro), which runs south through the three countries to the Black Sea. The artist was born along the coast in Mariupol when the Ukrainian city was part of the Russian Empire. Kuindzhi, who was descended from Pontic Greeks from Crimea, spoke Greek, Crimean Tatar, Russian, and Ukrainian, a skill that serve him well as he moved around the northern Black Sea and then to St. Petersburg. There he associated with the Peredvizhniki (sometimes translated as the Wanderers), a pioneering exhibition group, and was later an influential teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts.
In March, 2022, the Kuindzhi Art Museum in Mariupol, Ukraine, was destroyed in a Russian air strike
Rogers Fund, 1974
1974.100
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
[Original placard: Removed by the MET as reported in the New York Times , March 18, 2023. New placard is listed above ]
Arkhip Ivanovish Kuindzhi Russian, 1842-1910
‘Red Sunset on the Dnieper, 1905-8’
Oil on canvas
Arkhip Kuindzhi is considered one of the most talented Russian landscape painters of his generation. Born in Ukraine, he was associated during the second half of the 1870s with a group of Russian Realist painters known as the Wanderers. In the 1890s, he was hired to teach landscape painting at the Academy of Fine Arts but was later dismissed for sympathizing with student agitators. He ultimately founded his own painting society.
The Late major painting is typical of Kuindzhi, who is best known for his large, nearly empty landscapes. The scene shows a sunset over the banks of the Dnieper, a great river that originates west of Moscow and runs far south into the Black Sea. The dark shapes in the foreground represent a cluster of thatched-roof huts, typical of the region.
Rogers Fund, 1974
1974.100
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art.