''Midday'' is a 1982 painting by
Evgenia Antipova
Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (russian: Евге́ния Петро́вна Анти́пова; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian Soviet painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and Art teacher, a member of the Saint Petersburg Unio ...
, a Russian painter and graphic artist renowned for her landscape and still life paintings. Antipova was a member of the
Saint Petersburg 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 ...
(until 1992 the Leningrad Union of Artists). She lived and worked in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
(formerly
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) and is regarded as a member of the
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 ...
.
History
Created in 1982, the painting depicts the summer garden at a
Dacha
A dacha ( rus, дача, p=ˈdatɕə, a=ru-dacha.ogg) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, ') or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbu ...
in Berngardovka, near Leningrad, the location of Antipova's main workshop during the years 1980–2000.
According to art historian Leo Mochalov, the image created in the painting can be considered as a "model of the world, which is perceived by the artist as a precious gift, like our own existence, inseparable from this world".
[''Мочалов Л. В. Дуэт на два голоса // Евгения Антипова, Виктор Тетерин. Живопись. Рисунок.'' Санкт-Петербург, ЗАО «ПОНИ», 1999. C.12.]
The first time the painting was shown was in 1988, during an exhibition at the Leningrad Union of Artists. It was shown again in 1989 at an exhibition of 26 Moscow and Leningrad artists. In 1999, the painting was shown a third time in the Central Exhibition Hall of Manezh, located in Saint Petersburg at the common exhibition of Evgenia Antipova and
Victor Teterin
Victor Kuzmich Teterin (russian: Ви́ктор Кузьми́ч Тете́рин; October 25, 1922 in Bakharevo, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – October 1, 1991 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian painter, watercolorist, and art teacher, who li ...
.
The painting was described and reproduced in the exhibition catalogue.
[''Евгения Антипова, Виктор Тетерин. Живопись. Рисунок.'' — Санкт-Петербург: ЗАО «ПОНИ», 1999. — с.12, 22.]
See also
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List of Russian artists
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List of 20th-century Russian painters
This is a list of 20th-century Russian painters of the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, and Russian Empire, both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list also includes painters who were born in Russia but later emigrated, and ...
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List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
This is a list of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (founded 2 August 1932 as the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists, since 1959 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. Acquired its current name after ...
References
Bibliography
* ''Художники народов СССР. Биобиблиографический словарь. Т.1.'' М., Искусство, 1970. С.165.
* ''Каталог выставки одиннадцати ленинградских художников.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1976. С.15.
* ''Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1987. С.7.
* ''Выставка произведений 26 ленинградских и московских художников. Каталог.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1990. С.47.
* ''Евгения Антипова, Виктор Тетерин. Живопись. Рисунок.'' Санкт-Петербург, ЗАО «ПОНИ», 1999. С.12, 22.
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1982 paintings
Paintings by Evgenia Antipova