Description of the painting “First Spectators” can be preceded by a few lines about its author - Ekaterina Vasilyevna Syromyatnikova, who still lives in Moscow, and now she is 99 years old. The artist was born in 1914 in the city of Kharkov.
Glorious dynasty
A subtle master of landscape and still life, she transferred her talent to her daughter and grandchildren, forming an excellent artistic dynasty. Her daughter and son-in-law are well-deserved
Russian artists. Grandmother, daughter (Kira Yuryevna Ryabinina, master of porcelain) and granddaughter (artist Ekaterina Lukyanova) at different times graduated from the V.I. Surikov Institute. Wonderful, talented family. The works of these artists are readily bought, the paintings of her grandmother are completely in private domestic and foreign collections. Very little information about this remarkable artist can be gleaned from available sources, although a catalog of her works was compiled in the 70s. But also from the pictures available for familiarization - “View from the Sparrow Hills”, “Peonies” and “Indoor Flowers”, one can judge the talent of the author. However, one of the most famous, because its reproduction is placed in the textbook for the 6th grade, many know. She is offered to write school essays. By this, she is very reminiscent of the picture of Fedor Reshetnikov about the next two.
The picture in the room and the paint, and the chair is soft in the corner ...
You can start the description of the picture. Syromyatnikova “First Spectators” wrote at the beginning of her career. Maybe some artists of that period had a sense of peace and joy, but many canvases depicting genre scenes and relating to socialist realism are saturated with these feelings. The picture is familiar from childhood, but for some reason, when looking at it after a decent time, the final shots of the film "Spring on Zarechnaya Street" were remembered. The same wide-open window, the same abundance of air, the same birches outside the window, covered with young greenery, the same feeling that these guys still have a lot ahead ... Let's continue the description of the picture. Syromyatnikova "First Spectators" painted, obviously, in the country. Maybe in Peredelkino, and maybe in another area of the Moscow region. The time displayed on the canvas is the beginning of summer.
Possible scenario
The boys have a vacation. Most likely, they went to the river in a familiar way. It can be assumed that every day they saw an open window, and behind it, in the back of the room, an artist painting some kind of picture, turned to face them. Of course, they were curious that the master found interesting in the landscape, familiar to them until the last leaf. And suddenly, one day, behind an open window, something changed - the owner of the room is not there, and the canvas turned to face them. It is natural to assume that, taking advantage of the moment, the guys came closer. The boy is younger in age, he was interested in the room of the capital’s guest, and his friend was shocked - they depict themselves in the picture. Of course, this is a free description of the picture. Syromyatnikov's “First Spectators” might not have been dedicated to local residents. But the fact that the plot of the mysterious picture echoes the canvas of Ekaterina Vasilievna is certain. The same silence, the abundance of fresh air, sun and greenery. In world painting, an open window is quite common. There is a wonderful painting by the artist Andrew Wyeth "Wind from the Sea." Great canvas! But the window there is wide open in American reality. And we have the suburbs.
Canvas giving joy
The picture is so good that it inspired the poet Igor Brumer to the subtle and lyrical poem “The Picture. Room. Boys. " I want to bring it in its entirety, but the article will not work. But it’s not very often poems are dedicated to the paintings of artists. Especially for artists, about whom it is impossible to find anything, except that the cycle "Naked Female Figure" was completely sold out in Japan, where Soviet artists brought their canvases to the exhibition.
I would like to continue and continue the description of the picture. Syromyatnikova "The First Spectators" and dedicated to the artist. Looking at the canvas, you see the master who finished the work, wiping his hands with a rag and smiling at his picture. And then the neighboring boys go to the river. The artist immediately decides to check the reaction of the first spectators, unfolds the canvas and hides. Elegant, clear, ironic and joyful painting "The First Spectators". Syromyatnikova did not at all depict boiling passions on her canvases. It is good that the reproduction of this canvas is placed in the school textbook, and children write essays on it.