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Korovin K.A.
The Coast at Murmansk
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The Coast at Murmansk is one of Konstantin Korovin’s northern landscapes. The artist painted it during a trip to the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Korovin first went there with his friend Valentin Serov in the early 1890s, soon after his return from Paris. The trip was sponsored by the Russian businessman and philanthropist Savva Mamontov who was building a railway to the north and planned to attract new investors with the help of artists and their works.
Korovin visited the Arkhangelsk Province, traveled along the White Sea, the Kola Peninsula, and even visited Norway and Sweden. The artist created several series of pictures, about 30 paintings, sketches and drawings. Taken together they form his major-scale Northern cycle.
Korovin visited the Arkhangelsk Province, traveled along the White Sea, the Kola Peninsula, and even visited Norway and Sweden. The artist created several series of pictures, about 30 paintings, sketches and drawings. Taken together they form his major-scale Northern cycle.
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The harsh northern nature amazed Korovin. In those days, he told Valentin Serov:
“What a wonderful land, the Wild North! People here have no malice in them. Just to think of it, what beauty, what fabulous way of life! I”d like to stay here forever”.
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Later, Savva Morozov recalled that the artist would “weep with delight looking at these bright wondrous hues”.
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About the picture
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Korovin painted landscapes from nature. He rarely worked by daylight because of the annoying insects; although the painter arrived at the shores of the White Sea in early autumn, the gnat made it impossible to work.
The artist completed The Coast at Murmansk in late autumn in a single session, with wide, sweeping brushstrokes. He had to work quickly, because not only his hands got cold, his paints also froze. He had to warm them in the bosom, under his fur coat. Korovin carefully drew the fishing boats, the buildings, and the figure of a northerner. The cloudy sky and ice fields had to be depicted conventionally, with spots. However, through those halftones the artist managed to convey the beauty of nature.
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Korovin used his northern landscapes to design one of the pavilions at the All-Russia Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896. The pavilion was built in the form of a wooden hut; in addition to his paintings, Korovin decorated the place with animal skins, Pomor clothes, a bunch of dried fish and even a whale’s jaw.
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The artist wrote:
“Decorating the pavilion, I”m trying to convey that impression, that feeling I had experienced in the North”.
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The paintings from this series were exhibited at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Korovin was awarded two silver and two gold medals for the canvases, the design of the pavilion and the popularization of the North. He was also awarded the Legion of Honor.
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State Museum of Fine Arts of Khanty-Mansiysk
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The Coast at Murmansk
Время создания
1894
Размер
98,8x158,3 cm
Техника
Canvas, oil
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