Swampy lake / Zabolochene ozero
ID:
5140
Updated:
02.04.2025
Name:
Swampy lake / Zabolochene ozero
Author:
Viktor Spirin
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1992
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
50x35 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1465, КП – 6365
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
In the foreground is a swampy lake overgrown with algae and flowers. In the background is a cut bank: to the left and center are tall spreading trees (the tops of the crowns are cut off by the edge of the work). To the right is a high, steep bank, and in the distance is a green strip of reeds and trees. The sky is light blue. The painting is painted in whitewashed yellowish-greenish, lilac-blue, and ocher-pink tones.
The author's signature and date are at the bottom right: V. Spyrin 1992.
The author's signature and date are at the bottom right: V. Spyrin 1992.
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
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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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