Sergey Luppov created the painting Fetching Water in 1919. At that time, Russia was plagued by the Civil War, and art became a method of agitation. However, the artist remained faithful to his favorite themes: romantic portraits and landscapes.
The reverse side of the Fetching Water painting
Fetching Water
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Fetching Water
Creation period
1919
Dimensions
210x115 cm
Technique
Canvas, oil
Collection
Exhibition
3
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Sergey Luppov
Fetching Water
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The model of the girl with the shoulder-yoke was the artist’s wife Olga Luppova. For the background, the artist took a lyrical landscape illuminated by the sunset: white birch trees, a wooden house in the distance, wattle fence, and a path overgrown with grass. The romantic atmosphere is set by the calm soft coloring of the picture and the peaceful rural plot.
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In his paintings, Sergey Luppov paid special attention to the plastics of the human body. The girl’s feet are gracefully deployed, their posture resembling a dance position. She lightly holds the shoulder-yoke with her forearm, while her hand is relaxed and carelessly lowered.
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Sergey Luppov painted the picture Fetching Water in his hometown of Slobodsky, not far from Vyatka. He lived there from 1917 to 1923. In Slobodsky, he met his future wife. Olga Luppova was his favorite model; the artist created many of her portraits in various settings.
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Sergey Luppov. Portrait of Olga Luppova. Source: www.art-catalog.ru.
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Sergey Luppov. Portrait of Olga Luppova with Lilac.
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Initially, Luppov was a school drawing teacher at Slobodsky. Then he founded his own studio, accepting everybody older than 10 years of age. Over four years, more than 100 students graduated from the studio. Many of them entered art schools of Vyatka, Moscow, and Petrograd.
In 1923, Sergey Luppov and his wife moved to Moscow. There he taught graphics at the Officer Corps of the Red Army. At this time, the artist found a new subject for himself and started to depict athletes and ballet dancers. Maya Plisetskaya posed for him several times. One of her portraits is kept in the Slobodsky Art Museum, which was founded by Luppov himself.
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In 2013, the picture Fetching Water was sent for restoration to the Igor Grabar Center. There, on the back of the canvas, another image was discovered, two figures on the bank of the pond. Art historians suggested that this was one of the sketches for The Bather painting, Sergey Luppov’s graduation canvas of 1917.
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The reverse side of the Fetching Water painting.
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Belgorod State Art Museum
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Fetching Water
Creation period
1919
Dimensions
210x115 cm
Technique
Canvas, oil
Collection
Exhibition
3
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