1867
oil
canvas
From the collection of Tretyakov Gallery
Dominant colour
Grandma's fairy tales is a 1867 oil by Vassily Maximov, a Realism work, held at Tretyakov Gallery.
This painting, titled "Grandma's Fairy Tales," shows a group of people gathered in a dimly lit room. The scene is set in a humble, rustic space with wooden walls and a low ceiling. The people are dressed in simple, traditional clothing, and they appear to be listening intently to an older woman who is speaking or telling a story. The artist, Vassily Maximov, has used warm, earthy tones to create a cozy and intimate atmosphere. The lighting is soft and gentle, with a warm glow emanating from a lantern or candle in the center of the room. The overall mood of the painting is one of quiet contemplation and storytelling. If you're interested in exploring more works by this artist, you can check out the Tretyakov Gallery, which holds many of his paintings.
Grandma's Fairy Tales is a painting by Russian artist Vassily Maximov, completed in 1867. It is held in the State Tretyakov Gallery (Inventory No. 584). The dimensions of the canvas are 67 × 92 cm (68 × 92.6 cm according to other sources). The painting depicts a large peasant family gathered in a village hut on a winter's evening, illuminated by the glow of a luchina, as adults and children listen with rapt attention to a fairy tale being told by their grandmother. Maximov worked on the painting Grandma's Fairy Tales in 1866-1867 and finished it on 27 November 1867. Between the end of 1867…
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Vassily Maximov was born into a peasant family in the village of Lopino, Novoladozhsky Uyezd, Saint Petersburg Governorate. He lost his parents at an early age; his father, Maxim Terentyevich, died when Vassily was six years old, and his mother, Anastasia Vasilyevna, died when he was ten. Vassily Maximov loved his mother very much and retained warm feelings for her throughout his life. Anastasia Vasilyevna was a hardworking, responsive and prudent woman. She was also an excellent storyteller of "fairy tales, stories and tall tales". She often recounted her impressions of her travels to Moscow…
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Towards the end of 1867 and the beginning of 1868 (the appearance of the painting Grandma's Fairy Tales at the exhibition is dated in different sources as either December 1867 or early 1868), the painting entitled Grandma's Fairy Tales, which was exhibited under the title The Old Woman Telling Tales on a Winter Evening, was presented at the Society for the Encouragement of Artists' permanent exhibition, held in St Petersburg. The collector and patron of the arts, Pavel Tretyakov, who was in Moscow at the time, followed the exhibited paintings with great interest. He was informed of new…
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Vassily Maximovich Maximov (Russian: Васи́лий Максимо́вич Макси́мов; 29 January 1844 – 1 December 1911) was a Russian painter, a prominent member of the Peredvizhniki group.
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