A sketch of a panel of Crimean artist of Karaite origin Mikhail Kazas, a graduate of the Munich Academy of Arts and a prominent representative of the Art Nouveau style.
Kazas lived incomplete 29 years, and a small number of his paintings have survived. Simferopol Museum of Fine Arts has the largest collection of his works, which was transferred in 1965-1966 by the artist’s sister.
Against the background of the sky, the white horses rushing forward, urged by the riders, seem monumental. Scythians resemble the revived figures of Greek vases from Scythian barrows. Light jubilant colors, cheerful, exuberant mood - a vivid symbol of elemental vitality.
Kazas lived incomplete 29 years, and a small number of his paintings have survived. Simferopol Museum of Fine Arts has the largest collection of his works, which was transferred in 1965-1966 by the artist’s sister.
The art critic Rudolf Podufaly called Scythians the best historical painting in Crimean art. This is the last major aspiration of the artist. It is assumed that the unfinished sketch was intended to decorate the frieze of the Sevastopol Theater building. Several graphic sketches of the Scythian series also indicate that Kazas did not think to be limited to one work.
Against the background of the sky, the white horses rushing forward, urged by the riders, seem monumental. Scythians resemble the revived figures of Greek vases from Scythian barrows. Light jubilant colors, cheerful, exuberant mood - a vivid symbol of elemental vitality.
