“Girl on the Ball” - a picture by Pablo Picasso , written in 1905. A large work of the “ pink ” period in the artist’s work.
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| Pablo Picasso | ||
| Girl on the ball . 1905 | ||
| Oil on canvas. 147 × 95 cm | ||
| Pushkin Museum , Moscow | ||
| ( inv. Zh-3399 ) | ||
In 1913, it was acquired in Paris by I. A. Morozov . The painting was nationalized after the revolution and ended up at the State Museum of New Western Painting (GMNZI), where, after its disbandment in 1948, it was transferred to the collection of the A. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts .
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Impact
- 3 Literature
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Story
The painting depicts a vagrant group of acrobats . Almost the entire canvas is occupied by two: a fragile gymnast rehearses a circus number, balancing on a ball , and a powerful athlete sits nearby, resting. The picture is filled with inner drama, which underlies the composition of the picture, and is built on a comparison of contrasts. The landscape depicted in the picture is a dull, sun-scorched hilly plain, along which a country road stretches, where the wagon of a wandering circus stopped. In the background of the picture is a random passerby with a child, a dog and a grazing white horse. The dull background contrasts with the hilarious craft of artists working in the midst of a noisy, cheerful crowd of spectators. The ball and cube standing on the ground - the circus props - are also opposites. The contrast of movement and stillness is played out. The girl sways gracefully, holding her balance, the athlete sits frozen, like a monolith. He practically merged into one with his pedestal, personifying immobility and constancy.
Impact
- In 1971, the USSR Ministry of Communications issued a postage stamp with a reproduction of this painting, the face value of the stamp was 20 kopecks (No. 4024 according to the CFA catalog ).
- In the 1998 video clip “My Love is a Balloon” by the group “ White Eagle ”, the picture “Girl on the Balloon” “comes to life”, as well as a number of other famous canvases.
- In 2012, the Bank of Russia issued a commemorative coin [1] in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum , which depicted Picasso's painting “Girl on a Ball”.
Literature
- State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin. Art Gallery of the countries of Europe and America of the XIX — XX centuries. - M .: Red Square, 2007 .-- S. 96. - ISBN 978-5-900743-34-9 .
Notes
- ↑ Commemorative coin 3p "100th anniversary of the State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin in Moscow ” . Bank of Russia. Date of treatment July 11, 2014.
Links
- Girl on a ball on the site of the State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin .