The Sea. The Crimea.
1898-1908.
Oil on canvas. 40 x 54.
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Coast of the sea with a rock.
1898-1908
Paper on a canvas, oil. 39,3 x 56,3.
The Kirov regional art museum of name V.М. and A.M. Vasnetsovyh, Kirov, Russia.
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Kuindzhi was eager to explore the air medium as a subject of painting, to investigate its «response» to the effects of light, its colour structure, with its slightest transitions and, naturally, its emotional impact on human perception. Kuindzhi discovered the colouristic properties of air and studied not so much its vibrations as the intangible pulsations of air currents. It is strange that he did not follow the Impressionist plastic solutions. His air medium seems to be motionless and is perceived as an independent living entity concealing thereby its mysterious being. This peculiar interpretation of Impressionism is characteristic of a number of Kuindzhi's works, such as The Sea. The Crimea (1898-1908), Coast of the sea with a rock (1898-1908)
and others.
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K.D. Balmont.
I entered this world to see the sun...
1911.
I entered this world to see the sun
And the blue horizon.
I entered this world to see the sun
And the towering mountains.
I entered this world to see the ocean
And the bright array of vales.
I encompassed worlds in a single glance
I am master of all I survey.
I triumphed over cold oblivion
To create my dream.
In each moment I stream with revelation,
And I always sing.
My dream was born through suffering,
But I am loved for that.
Who can rival the strength of my song?
No one, no one.
I entered this world to see the sun.
And if the day should dim,
I will sing...I will sing of the sun
Until my dying hour!
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