Trees in the meadow / Zadumlyvyi den
ID:
4180
Updated:
20.01.2025
Name:
Trees in the meadow / Zadumlyvyi den
Author:
Heorhii Kurnakov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1915
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
27,6x23,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 626, КП – 1167
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
Evening gloomy landscape with a low horizon line. In the foreground is a green-brown slightly raised field, to the right are five thin trees, to the left is a small grove. In the distance near the horizon line - a row of village huts. The sky is blue-gray with light gray clouds.
In the lower right corner is printed "H. Kurnakov" ("Г. Курнаков"), on the left - in black paint "H. Kurnakov. ‘15" ("Г. Курнаков. 15"). In the upper quarter, on the right, with a graphite pencil; "The end of summer. Thoughtful day. Year 1915." ("Конец лета. Задумчивый день. 1915 г.") There are traces of insect excrement on the surface. The artwork is framed.
In the lower right corner is printed "H. Kurnakov" ("Г. Курнаков"), on the left - in black paint "H. Kurnakov. ‘15" ("Г. Курнаков. 15"). In the upper quarter, on the right, with a graphite pencil; "The end of summer. Thoughtful day. Year 1915." ("Конец лета. Задумчивый день. 1915 г.") There are traces of insect excrement on the surface. The artwork is framed.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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Details of theft
Year of the incident:
2022
Place of the incident:
The Oleksii Shovkunenko Kherson Regional Art Museum
Coordinates (Lat, Lon):
46.62979067231111, 32.609546919505945
Place of last known stay:
Links
Archive links
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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