Winter / Zyma

ID: 4130
Updated: 29.01.2025
Winter / Zyma (Photo 256)
Name:
Winter / Zyma
Author:
Yefim Volkov
Original name:
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Date:
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Cardboard on canvas, oil
Dimensions:
63x36,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 482, КП – 1006
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
In the foreground, diagonally from right to left, there is a not wide dark blue river, hidden behind bushes and several birches growing on the snowy bank on the right. On the left, on the bank covered with white snow, near the water, there are two dark brown bushes. In the background, in the center, there is a wooden bridge with railings thrown over the river. A little further to the left, there is a low ocher-gray hut with a white, snowy roof. Along the horizon line, there is a grayish-brown forest. The sky is blue with pink reflections in the horizon. At the bottom left, the author's signature in brown paint: On the back, in black ink at the top left: "Y.Volkov". I hereby certify that this painting ‘Winter’ belongs to the brush of Y.Y.Volkov. A. Makivsky, a member of the Peredvizhniki Society. At the bottom right, in pencil, the Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art listed No. 2205. The artwork is matted. The canvas is sagging and has general soiling. The canvas is duplicated on wood.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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Description of the incident location
It was opened on May 27, 1978, in the former City Hall building, an architectural monument of the early 20th century. As of 2022 (before the robbery), the museum's collection included more than 13 thousand works of art and was one of the most interesting museum collections in Ukraine. It includes works of Ukrainian and foreign painting, graphics, sculpture, and decorative and applied arts. From October 31 to November 4, 2022, the Kherson Art Museum was looted by the russian occupiers, and more than 10,000 of its most valuable exhibits were stolen. The cargo was sent to Crimea, and the works (all or part of them) ended up in the Simferopol Central Museum of Tavrida. It is unknown whether everything is still there.
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