Sergievich, Peter Alexandrovich

Born on July 10, 1900 in the village of Stavrov, Novoaleksandrovsky district of the Coven province of the Russian Empire (now Braslav district , Vitebsk region , Republic of Belarus ).

He received his initial artistic skills at the Free School of Drawing and Painting of Adam Varnas in Vilna . Then he studied at the art faculty of Vilnius University (1919-1922) with Ferdinand Ruschits and Ludomir Slendinski , then at the Krakow Academy of Arts (1924-1925).

Member of art exhibitions from the 2nd half of the 1920s.

Artistic completeness and deep psychologism are distinguished by the picturesque portraits of Sergievich, a significant place in his work is occupied by the Kupala theme, the image of the poet. Also, his canvases are dedicated to the lives of working people, the theme of the Great Patriotic War , the beauty of nature.

Sergievich also worked in easel and book graphics, painted icons, is the author of murals in a number of churches (in Solah, Zhodishki , Smorgon ).

In the 1940s, he took part in the transfer of the values ​​of the Vilnius Belarusian Museum from Vilnius to Minsk . ^[one]

He died in 1984 in Vilnius .

The funds of the State Literary Museum of Yanka Kupala in Minsk include 14 paintings by Pyotr Sergievich ^[2] .

His work is distinguished by the imagery of a plastic and compositional solution, an emotional system, an interest in the originality of the Belarusian folk culture, and sometimes allegorism and romance.

Artistic completeness, deep psychologism, and philosophical sound stand out for portraits of paintings: “Portrait of a Mother” (1929), S. Glyakovskaga (1938), “Belarusian Teacher” (1938), “Grigory Shirma” (1930–40th) , "A Girl in a Blue Sundress," Self-Portrait "(both 1940)," Peasant "(all 1946)," Portrait of a Wife "(1946, 1957)," Chairman of the Collective Farm "(1952)," Land Surveyor "(1956)," Joiner , "Narochansky fisherman", etc.

The historical past of her native land, the activities of her sons are reflected in the following paintings: “Vseslav Polotsky” (1932), “Kastus Kalinovsky among the rebels of 1863” (1955), “Skorina at the printing house” (1957), “K. Kalinovsky and V. Vrublevsky during the inspection of the rebels ”(1959),“ Skorina in the study ”(1960),“ The arrest of P. Bagrim ”(1970), etc.

A significant place in the work of P. Sergievich was occupied by the Kupala theme: “Who is where and where?”, “Ringer” (2 options), “And you, an orphan, live” (all nineteen forty-seven), “Guslyar”, studies on themes of Y. Kupala’s poem “She and Me” - “Plowing” and “On Haymaking” (1959), “Portrait of Dominik Lutsevich” (1971), triptych on the themes of Y. Kupala’s poem “And Zeziulko cocks” - “Lullaby”, “ Yasev Universities ”,“ The Sower ”(1970s), etc.

The life of the peasants of Western Belarus is dedicated to the canvas "Transportation of construction cargo through Lake Bogino" (1926), "for spinning wheels", "Life", "Wedding in Belarus" (all one thousand nine hundred twenty nine), "flight" (1930), "Belarus" (1930s), “By the Way of Life” (“Traveling”, 1934), “Plowman” (1938), “The Blacksmith Forges a Horse” (1939), revolutionary events in Lithuania - “Demonstration of the unemployed in Kaunas in 1925 the year ”(1954). Revolutionary pathos filled the picture "rower" ("Against the Storm", 1940, 2 versions). The theme of the Great Patriotic War is reflected in the portrait of Partisan Fedya (1943), the painting In the Partisan Forge (1945). The beauty of native nature is sung in the landscapes “Forgotten Belfry” (1936), “Night” (1941), “Under the Snow Veil” (1942), “Spring Tale” (1957), the thematic painting “Evening Ballad” (1970) and other

He also worked in the easel (series of portraits “Belarusian Folk Types”, 1930s) and the book (designed the magazine “Neman”, 1931-32; books by M. Moshara “On the Sunny Beach!”, 1934 and “On the Spring”, 1935, etc.) schedule.

He painted in churches in Solah (1934), Smorgon (1936), Shereshev (1938); in the Bernardine church in Grodno, designed the church in Kort (Ukraine; 1930s). The author of the icons "St. Francis" (1934), "Our Lady of Porozovsky" (1937), etc.

The funds of the State Literature Museum of Yanka Kupala in Minsk include 14 paintings by Pyotr Sergievich, among which are “And who goes there” (1945), “Portrait of Vladislav Stankevich” (1952), “Yanka Kupala reading her works in the tavern” (1957) and g. Two of his works - “And you, an orphan, live!” and “Ringer” - are part of the new stationary exhibition of the museum].

• A memorial plaque dedicated to Sergievich was erected in Vilnius , where it was written: “ 1942-1984 Belarusian artist, Honored Art Worker of Lithuania Petr Sergievich lived in this house ” (in Lithuanian and Belarusian). ^[3]
• The name of Peter Sergievich is one of the streets of Minsk .
• The works of Peter Sergievich were donated to the Belarusian Embassy in the United States . ^[four]

• Honored Artist of the Lithuanian SSR (1965).