Picture & quot; Military telegram & quot ;, Vasnetsov, 1878

Description of the picture:

Military telegram – Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov. 1878. Oil on canvas

   A group of citizens at the new telegram with a review of military news. Such is the plot of the painting Vasnetsov "Military telegram". Among the townspeople there is a retired policeman, a girl "from educated", working men, a cabman, a pair of noble gentlemen. Military news interests everyone. One reads aloud, the other listens attentively. The only girl in the picture stands in the center of the group. Frightened, confused face. Perhaps her fiance or brother is at war. The rest everyone, regardless of their position in society, is listening attentively "reader". The news is not encouraging, but disturbing. It is raining, however, only one of those present has an umbrella. The rest do not notice him. Wet pavement fuzzily reflects a gray and dull street. War is invisibly present in the picture.

   It is no coincidence that the artist uses inexpressive, dull colors: gray, brown. They create an atmosphere of tension and fear."

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