Vitya Shchemelev. Study for the painting "History Lesson" / Vitia Shchemelov. Etiud do kartyny "Urok Istorii"
ID:
4411
Updated:
03.02.2025
Name:
Vitya Shchemelev. Study for the painting "History Lesson" / Vitia Shchemelov. Etiud do kartyny "Urok Istorii"
Author:
Samuel Nevelstein
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Date:
1965
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
56x74 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1092, КП – 3892
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Portrait. The generational image is in 3/4 of a body turn to the left, the head is a full-length view of a sitting boy. Oval face, wide snub nose, light eyes looking to the right, open mouth, plump red lips, blush on the cheeks. He is dressed in a blue and purple shirt, a grey and black coat with a turned-up collar, and a yellow and brown earflap hat tilted to the right. The background is a window overlooking the grey-blue, brown walls of houses. The author's signature is in red paint at the bottom right: S. Nevelshtein. On the back - On the upper bar of the stretcher two stickers: 1) S. Nevelstein (Leningrad). Vitya Shchemelev, h. m., 74 x 56, 1965 2) Samuel Grigorievich Nevelshtein 1903, Vitya Shchemelev. Etude for the painting "History Lesson", oil on canvas, 74 x 56 cm, 1965. Leningrad. The stretcher is blind.
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:
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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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