Silva. F.
Shchedrin was destined to become an artist: his father was a prominent sculptor, and his uncle, Sam. F.
Shchedrin - landscapes. In 1800, Mr.. He was enrolled in an educational school of Ax, excellent student, specializing in landscape painting, and finished the full course with a gold medal and the right to go abroad pensionerstvo. From abroad, however, had to wait because of the outbreak of war in 1812, and only in June 1818, Mr.. He finally went to Italy.
After eight months he spent in Rome (where
Shchedrin acquainted with the monuments of art and antiques more on duties than on impulse), he moved to Naples. Here the artist has found a real joy for the soul and countless reasons for painting. He has worked extensively on location, which was rare at that time, and, perhaps trying to capture more vividly apparent, had begun to get rid of the memorized canons. Nevertheless, the turbulent political events that unfolded in the kingdom of Naples, was forced to seek safety
Shchedrin in Rome. But now he looked at this city with different eyes and went to the beauty of. A major achievement was the artist's painting "New Rome. Castle of St. Angela "(1823). It was a success and subsequently gave birth to a lot of imitations. Sam
Shchedrin for those who want to buy it did 8 (or 10) options - not just repeating but varying the time of day, detail, angle and point of view. But his main theme was the nature. Working in the summer outside the city, he wrote the landscape "Lake Albano, near Rome" (1825). In this poetic work, he made a new step toward naturalness, getting rid of a clear division into spatial plans and the conventions of color.
Pensionerstva term expired in 1823, but
Shchedrin dared to stay in Italy for some time - is an independent artist, his works had the benefit of the demand, which he barely managed to meet. In 1825, Mr..
Shchedrin once again in Naples. There he mainly spent his time in the cold months, and warm - writing from life in small towns along the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. He was particularly attracted by the rocky shores, . surrounding the small cozy bay, . - He wrote them many times, . looking more and more new places, . repeatedly returning to the loved and opening them something unfamiliar ( "View of Sorrento, near Naples", . View of Amalfi, near Naples ", . both in 1826; "Matrimonio Grotto on the island of Capri, . 1827, . etc.),
. The artist got carried away yet another motive - twined vine terrace overlooking the sea. In numerous "Terrace", written in 1825-28 he. and also had great success, he embodied the ideal of a harmonic close to him of life in union with the grace of nature.
Gradually work in
Shchedrin penetrating drama, previously alien to him. He began to paint landscapes at night with anxiety moonlight, peeps from behind the clouds and the dark silhouettes of people gathered around the campfire ( "View near Sorrento. Evening ", the end of 1820," Moon night in Naples, 1828-29, etc.). Perhaps the reason for this was sad news from the homeland, where the artist did not dare to return, perhaps - a serious disease that disturbs him more often. He tried to cure with mineral water, changed doctors, in desperation sought the help of some charlatans, but no one could help. After the death of the artist's friends made an effort so that his paintings were in Russia. However, many of their attempts were unsuccessful, and we know only part of the creative heritage of
Shchedrin.
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- Overview With. F. Shchedrin, his relatives and namesake on the site "Russia's genealogical tree."
