Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov (Аркадий Александрович Пластов) (1893–1972) was born in a family of hereditary icon painters, and made a great contribution to the development of Russian culture. Beginning in 1935, he has been creating genre paintings, in which he embellished the life of the Soviet village. So an important place in his work was occupied by the image of the everyday life of peasants against the backdrop of their beautiful country.
The painting “Spring” is an oil on canvas which was painted in 1952. it is a genre scene from the life of a young peasant woman who came to the spring to get clean water. Effectively, there was no running water in the villages at this period, and someone had to go sometimes far to get water with buckets.
In the foreground we see a girl standing on logs holding a yoke with large iron buckets in her hands.
The barefoot girl is dressed in a beautiful light dress with a miniature pattern, and a clean white scarf frames her head, from under which thick golden braids peek out.
The heroine of the picture is serious and completely focused on the process of collecting water.
One of the bucket is already full, while she fills the other with a stream of clean, transparent water from a small spring. We can see splashing water on the side of the bucket, which creates the dynamics of the composition of the canvas. We can also admire how clean and transparent is the water that the artist managed to paint. The crystal freshness of cool water illuminated by the warm summer sun is literally felt.
Under the bucket, the spilled water formed a small pond, which was overgrown with reeds.
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Behind the girl’s back we see a lot of greenery, which occupies a large area of the work. The vegetation is quite high and dense, which means that the spring is practically not noticeable from the outside. In the upper part of the picture, a blue sky with white clouds is slightly visible.
The color scheme is quite warm. This is expressed in the yellow-green colorful strokes of plants and the girl’s scarlet blush. Also, solar accents are shown in the color spots of her clothes. There is a battle of contrasts. Light tones contrast with dark ones. Thus, the harmony of the painted picture is created.
This canvas by Arkady Plastov perfectly cheers up and evokes the warmest and most positive feelings. Due to the calm plot, pleasant shades of colors, the harmony of nature and peasant life is conveyed.
I hope you enjoyed this painting as much as I did
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