The painting titled “Vasily Ivashev’s Family in Petrovsky Zavod” was created by Pavel Ilyich Taranenko in 1989. Initially, the work was kept in the library of the settlement of Undory, Ulyanovsk Oblast, and then was transferred to the Turinsk Decembrists House Museum.
The canvas depicts a young married woman with her husband, who holds a baby in his arms. The background shows the Petrovsky prison. Over a year prior to the events depicted, a young Frenchwoman Camille Le Dentu arrived in this settlement to marry the Decembrist Vasily Petrovich Ivashev who was a state criminal and prisoner.
In 1833, the Ivashevs had a son named Alexander, whose death just over a year later devastated the parents. In January 1835, their daughter Mariya was born. That same year, the Ivashevs were sent to settle in Turinsk.
The canvas was created by the artist Pavel Ilyich Taranenko, who was born into a large peasant family in the village of Alexandrovka, Krasnoyarsk Krai in 1921. In 1940, he was called up for the army. He was part of a long-range battery of the coastal artillery in the Far East, and in 1945 he also served as a marine.
In 1946, Pavel Taranenko entered the Samarkand Art School, its staff included teachers from the Leningrad Art Academy that had been evacuated during the war. The artists completed two courses in one year and transferred to Tashkent. He would graduate from the Tashkent Art College named after Pavel Benkov in 1950. He extensively traveled throughout Uzbekistan and worked there, as well as in Kyrgyzstan and the cities of Krasnoyarsk and Kuibyshev. In 1998, he returned to Khabarovsk in the Far East which he took a liking to ever since he had served there as a sailor.
Taranenko specialized in history paintings. He dedicated a series of his works to Lenin’s exile in the locality of Shushenskoye. The artist created 20 canvases based on the recollections of old people about Ulyanov (Lenin’s real name). These paintings are kept in the Lenin Museum in Ulyanovsk. Throughout his career, Taranenko also portrayed the events of the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, the heroes of Russian history, as well as the Decembrists.
Pavel Taranenko lived in Undory for several years, where he studied the history of the Decembrists and the Ivashev family in order to eternalize them in paintings. While in Undory, he painted portraits, local landscapes, and still lifes. He also organized a children’s art studio.
The canvas depicts a young married woman with her husband, who holds a baby in his arms. The background shows the Petrovsky prison. Over a year prior to the events depicted, a young Frenchwoman Camille Le Dentu arrived in this settlement to marry the Decembrist Vasily Petrovich Ivashev who was a state criminal and prisoner.
In 1833, the Ivashevs had a son named Alexander, whose death just over a year later devastated the parents. In January 1835, their daughter Mariya was born. That same year, the Ivashevs were sent to settle in Turinsk.
The canvas was created by the artist Pavel Ilyich Taranenko, who was born into a large peasant family in the village of Alexandrovka, Krasnoyarsk Krai in 1921. In 1940, he was called up for the army. He was part of a long-range battery of the coastal artillery in the Far East, and in 1945 he also served as a marine.
In 1946, Pavel Taranenko entered the Samarkand Art School, its staff included teachers from the Leningrad Art Academy that had been evacuated during the war. The artists completed two courses in one year and transferred to Tashkent. He would graduate from the Tashkent Art College named after Pavel Benkov in 1950. He extensively traveled throughout Uzbekistan and worked there, as well as in Kyrgyzstan and the cities of Krasnoyarsk and Kuibyshev. In 1998, he returned to Khabarovsk in the Far East which he took a liking to ever since he had served there as a sailor.
Taranenko specialized in history paintings. He dedicated a series of his works to Lenin’s exile in the locality of Shushenskoye. The artist created 20 canvases based on the recollections of old people about Ulyanov (Lenin’s real name). These paintings are kept in the Lenin Museum in Ulyanovsk. Throughout his career, Taranenko also portrayed the events of the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, the heroes of Russian history, as well as the Decembrists.
Pavel Taranenko lived in Undory for several years, where he studied the history of the Decembrists and the Ivashev family in order to eternalize them in paintings. While in Undory, he painted portraits, local landscapes, and still lifes. He also organized a children’s art studio.
