Vladimir Makovsky and his painting "Children Running from a Thunderstorm"

The Russian land is rich in talents. She gave life to many of the brightest talents in various fields of arts, which became famous far beyond the borders of the fatherland, gaining world fame. To the cohort of celebrities by right belongs and a wonderful artist, master of everyday genre scenes Vladimir Makovsky.

Images of children in art

One of the best paintings by the painter is the picture "Children Running from a Storm". She refers to children's subjects, a keen interest in which awoke to Makovsky after the birth of his first-born son in his family. Although his earliest work, whose main character is also a child, was written by Vladimir Egorovich at the age of fifteen. Sympathy and sympathy are caused by the artist peasant boys and girls. Therefore, the picture "Children running from a thunderstorm" is far from being the only one in the list of canvases capturing the most different moments of life and life of children. Enumerating them, you must remember "Game of Babes", "Shepherds", "Return from the Night." These are the best works of the author. And the first of the ones just mentioned was bought by Tretyakov for the museum's collection. With it, and, in fact, the glory of the artist began. And yet it is the film "Children Running from a Thunderstorm" that is considered a program in the work of Makovsky.

Description: Foreground

Let's look at the drawing carefully. Who are his heroes? Two girls trying to escape the impending storm. And the picture is called "Children Running from a Thunderstorm", and this detail also makes us concentrate on defenseless, touching figures.

We can assume that we have two sisters in front of us - an older girl, 10-11 years old, and quite a small one, 3-4 years old. They are from a poor family, after all, both barefoot and dressed absolutely plain. The oldest is a white linen shirt with elbows rolled up to the elbows and a dark, almost old-fashioned, sarafan. A large brown apron is tied over the top, into which the collected mushrooms are folded. The costume of cheap beads around his neck and a red thin handkerchief, which is almost on the back of the head and barely keeps on golden-blond hair, revitalizes the outfit . They are disheveled by the gusts of the wind, climb into the eyes, but their mistress has no time to fix the naughty strands. From time to time, she looks back. Anxiety is caused not so much by the unraveling element as by the baby sister, which the eldest bears, planting on her back.

The chubby little face of the younger girl is skewed with fright, the eyes are glittering anxiously, they are clearly tearful. Makovsky treats her with sincere sympathy. Children who flee from a thunderstorm are written to him lovingly and with pleasure - we feel it in precise, neat strokes, expressive of the faces of the heroines, their poses, the sharpness of their movements.

The right and left parts of the composition

Look under the feet of the elder sister. She cautiously, deftly and sparingly runs across the plank-bridge across the ditch. Under it flows a streamlet, overgrown with grass and water lilies. The whole earth is also covered with a luscious green ant with different wildflowers. On a fine day this place must be beautiful and attractive. But now they do not like Makovsky. Children who flee from a thunderstorm are interested in him more. The artist really wants that, despite all the obstacles, the sisters managed to get to their village and wait out the elements of the house. And she is getting closer and closer. The meadow worries anxiously, the grass and flowers tremble in trembling to the ground, as if the living green sea sighs around. Using the principle of panoramic image, Makovsky carefully draws close-ups of separate leaves and twigs, blades of grass and flowers. Unlike girly, he is not afraid of a storm and sincerely admires the indomitable gusts of nature.

Background

What amazes the picture of "Children Running from a Thunderstorm"? The description can not be completed without a close examination of the background. And he's gorgeous too! The figures of the girls rise above the whole composition, behind them - the field with the already ripe golden wheat, and further, to the horizon, the forest bristles with greenery. Its outlines are lost in cloudy pre-threatened air. In the sky, the clouds are dark, with luminous clouds. The cold gusts of the wind drive them forward, into an unknown country. Here and there the sun is still flashing, as though resisting the onslaught of the storm to the last. But everything is useless, the storm is about to burst with lightning, tear up the space with thunder and will wash the earth with a cleansing blessed rain.