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''House with an Arch'' is a painting by the Russian artist Sergei I. Osipov (1915–1985), executed in 1972 during the one of his visit of
Staritsa Staritsa (russian: Старица) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities *Staritsa (town), Tver Oblast, a town in Staritsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities * Staritsa, Astrakhan Oblas ...
ancient town and recognized as one of his most famous works in the genre of winter cityscape.


History

Staritsa (russian: Старица) is a town and the administrative center of
Staritsky District Staritsky District (russian: Ста́рицкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the oblast and border ...
of
Tver Oblast Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...
, located on the
Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...
, from
Tver Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...
, with population of 8,607 (2010). Staritsa located not far from Osipov's native
Bezhetsky District Bezhetsky District (russian: Бе́жецкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Molokovsky District ...
. The town was established in 1297 under the name of Gorodok (), lit. ''small town''). Since the 15th century, the town has been called Staritsa. In the 15th century, the local principality was ruled by Ivan III's son
Andrey Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...
, and then by Andrey's son
Vladimir Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
. While
Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Ivan ...
had no children, Vladimir was regarded by
boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...
s as his only heir. As the Tsar suspected Staritsa's ruler of plotting against him, Vladimir and his children were forced to take poison. The opulence of Staritsa during Vladimir's reign can be seen in the Assumption abbey. Later in 1775, Staritsa became a center of an
uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
. Osipov especially liked to paint city Staritsa in winter. He was attracted by the preserved ancient Russian architecture and picturesque location of the town. In these trips his companions were artists
Arseny Semionov Arseny Nikiforovich Semionov (russian: link=no, Арсе́ний Ники́форович Семе́нов; January 23, 1911 – September 13, 1992) was a Soviet painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad U ...
, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Alexander Naumov,
Dmitry Buchkin Dmitry Petrovich Buchkin (russian: Дмитрий Петрович Бучкин; July 23, 1927) is a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists), who lives and works ...
, Vecheslav Monakhov. For the first time the painting ''House with an Arch'' was exhibited in
1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
year in Leningrad at the common exhibition of Sergei Osipov, Arseny Semionov, and Kirill Guschin in Exhibition Hall of the
Leningrad Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...
. After Osipov death the painting was shown on his solo exhibition in
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at the Exhibition Halls of the
Leningrad Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...
. In 1995-1996 the painting was exhibited at ''The Russian Winter in Painting. Exhibition of works by Saint Petersburg Artists'' art show in Saint Petersburg in the Nikolai Nekrasov Memorial Museum. In 2007 the «House with Arch» was reproduced and described among 350 art works by Leningrad artists in the book «Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School», published in Russian and English. In 2011 the painting ''House with Arch'' was described in article devoted to the 20th Anniversary of Sergei Osipov one man exhibition of 1991, published in St. Petersburg Art History Notebooks. In the same 2011 «House with Arch» was exhibited at the 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Department of Painting of the
Vera Mukhina Institute The Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design (Санкт-Петербургская художественно-промышленная академия имени А. Л. Штиглица; abbreviated as СПГХПА) is the ...
. In 2019 the ''House with Arch'' was reproduced among 288 art works by Leningrad artists in the book ''The Leningrad School of Painting. Essays on the History''''Sergei V. Ivanov. The Leningrad School of Painting. Essays on the History.'' St Petersburg, ARKA Gallery Publishing, 2019. P.138. published in Russian and English.


See also

* Artist Sergei Osipov (1915—1985) * ''
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'' *
Leningrad School of Painting The Leningrad School of Painting (russian: Ленинградская школа живописи) is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was uni ...


References


Sources

* ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980. P.89. * ''Sergei Ivanovich Osipov (1915-1985). Painting. Drawing. Exhibition catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1990. P.9. * ''The Leningrad Artists. Paintings of 1950-1980s. Exhibition catalogue''. Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Union of artists, 1994. P.5. * ''The Russian Winter in Painting. Exhibition of works by Saint Petersburg Artists''. Saint Petersburg, Memorial Museum of Nikolai Nekrasov, 1995. P.4. * ''Matthew C. Bown.'' Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s. - London: Izomar, 1998. , . * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.37. , . * ''Иванов С. В.'' Двадцать лет спустя. Размышления о выставке Сергея Осипова // Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради. Вып. 21''. СПб, 2011. С. 25-31. * ''60 Лет кафедре общей живописи Санкт-Петербургской государственной художественно-промышленной академии имени А. Л. Штиглица. Каталог выставки''. СПб, 2011. С.21. {{Fine Art of Leningrad , state=autocollapse 1972 paintings Paintings by Sergei Ivanovich Osipov