I learned that the basis of Yu.M. Neprintsev’s painting “Rest after the battle” is Tvardovsky’s poem “Vasily Terkin”.
It was her reading that led the artist to paint such a wonderful picture on military theme.
In his work, Neprintsev showed soldiers who were positioned on the edge of a winter, snow-covered forest.
Each of them is busy with their own business, but at the same time, they all stick together.
Some of them are having lunch, some are smoking, some are listening to the stories of their fellow soldiers.

Apparently, the conversation is not going well sad topics, because the faces of the characters in the picture are joyful, they laugh with pleasure.
They look quite carefree.
I think that the artist painted them this way on purpose, because it is impossible to be in tension all the time.
If possible, people tried to be distracted from everyday life at the front, at least for a few hours, and again rushed into battle, achieving new military heights.
It’s hard to believe that these people looked death in the eye more than once, performed great feats, defended each other and our Motherland.
Now they are vigorous, cheerful and gaining new strength to continue their military exploits.

The artist could not ignore the theme of the beauty of Russian nature.
The soldiers are shown in a clearing between magnificent pine trees.
The characters in the film defend not only the freedom of their loved ones, the right to life, but also the opportunity to admire the local unique nature.

I would like to note the shade white, which the artist used.
The snow is shown to be perfectly snow-white; not every picture can have such a tone, regardless of what topic the author paints on.
I think this was not done by chance, but in order to emphasize the successful outcome of the battle and the entire war as a whole.
I think that the picture turned out to be very life-affirming and bright, and we see dark colors only when depicting the soldiers’ greatcoats.

I learned that the basis of Yu.M. Neprintsev’s painting “Rest after the battle” is Tvardovsky’s poem “Vasily Terkin”. It was her reading that led the artist to paint such a wonderful picture on a military theme. In his work, Neprintsev showed soldiers who were positioned on the edge of a winter, snow-covered forest. Each of them is busy with their own business, but at the same time, they all stick together. Some of them are having lunch, some are smoking, some are listening to the stories of their fellow soldiers.

Apparently, the conversation is not about sad topics, because the faces of the characters in the picture are joyful, they laugh with pleasure. They look quite carefree. I think that the artist painted them this way on purpose, because it is impossible to be in tension all the time. If possible, people tried to be distracted from everyday life at the front, at least for a few hours, and again rushed into battle, achieving new military heights. It’s hard to believe that these people looked death in the eye more than once, performed great feats, defended each other and our Motherland. Now they are vigorous, cheerful and gaining new strength to continue their military exploits.

The artist could not ignore the theme of the beauty of Russian nature. The soldiers are shown in a clearing between magnificent pine trees. The characters in the film defend not only the freedom of their loved ones, the right to life, but also the opportunity to admire the local unique nature.

I would like to note the shade of white that the artist used. The snow is shown to be perfectly snow-white; not every picture can have such a tone, regardless of what topic the author paints on. I think this was not done by chance, but in order to emphasize the successful outcome of the battle and the entire war as a whole. I think that the picture turned out to be very life-affirming and bright, and we see dark colors only when depicting the soldiers’ greatcoats.

The paintings of the artist Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev (1909-1996) are recognizable by their unusually accurate and vivid images, everyday subjects, military themes. The painter’s rich experience absorbed the unforgettable years of study at the academy, the memory of front roads and besieged Leningrad, and the atmosphere of peaceful life. Perhaps the most famous painting Neprincev is called “Rest after the battle.”

The appearance of the central character resembles literary hero A. Tvardovsky - Vasily Terkin. This image was also interesting to other artists, for example O. Vereisky and I. Bruni. O. Vereisky’s drawings masterfully illustrated the poem “Vasily Terkin” and gained enormous popularity. Many artists and sculptors began to focus on the image created by Vereisky.

The fate of Yuri Neprintsev’s painting is interesting: he recreated his painting three times, the first time the original was given to the Chinese leader Mao Zedong, another version adorns the St. George’s Hall of the Moscow Kremlin, the last one was included in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery.

Read N. Shubina’s essay about the life of Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev and the fate of his wonderful painting “Rest after the Battle.”

N. SHUBINA

Yu. Neprintsev “Rest after the battle”

Reading articles about this artist, you often come across the phrase: the painting “Rest after the battle” was painted based on the poem “Vasily Terkin” by A. Tvardovsky. And although the second name famous work painting repeats the title of a wonderful poem, the motives for creating the canvas do not seem so obvious. Rather, specific real circumstances, fate at the front, and the artist’s response to the memory of the war that followed years later became the reason for the creation of the painting.

In the memoirs of Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev we find: human memory is limited, not everything remains in it - only the most vivid impressions and pictures... Following the artist’s mental gaze turned to the past, we will quickly outline the main milestones of his path.

People's Artist of the USSR Yu.M. Neprintsev was born in 1909 in Tiflis. Raised in the family of an architect and with a penchant for art, he left for Leningrad in 1925 and entered the studio of V. E. Savinsky. Then unforgettable years of studying at the painting department of the All-Russian Academy of Arts, mentoring by the outstanding teacher I.I. Brodsky, postgraduate studies under the guidance of B.V. Ioganson.

“Everyone was unusually excited,” Neprintsev recalls that day. “I remember the ancient corridors of the institute... Teachers, graduate students, and undergraduates gathered in groups and discussed events. There was a certain confusion in the minds of many: how to live further, what to do, what is your place in the new military life? I think these questions have faced everyone. The majority decided that they should go and sign up as volunteers. I signed up among others, but I was sent to disguise myself.”

With a brigade of camouflage workers, the artist went to the defensive lines - the enemy was rushing towards Leningrad. Then he underwent intensive training, making a lightning-fast “career” from an ordinary soldier to a company commander. Then he himself began to train the recruits. For example, he taught them bayonet fighting techniques. After retraining courses for command personnel of the Baltic Fleet - this was in the winter at the end of 1941 - Neprintsev took over the platoon and, as part of the 13th marching company, went to the front.

Here the biography of the painting “Rest After the Battle” (or “Vasily Terkin”) began directly. Of course, the artist had not yet read Tvardovsky’s poem: its first chapters began to be published only in 1942. But the platoon commander Neprintsev had already met the future heroes of the canvas on his difficult campaign. The theme was latently formed from various experiences, observations, and everyday front-line events. Impressions accumulated from the first day. when the artist walked with his platoon 25 kilometers from the peaceful Leningrad tram stop to the trenches where they had to fight the enemy.

Yuri Mikhailovich excitedly tells how his main picture began:

"We walked fabulously winter forest, but were pretty exhausted from the hike. Finally the command: “Halt.” For me, a purely city dweller, this snow-covered forest, untouched snow, crumpled only where tired soldiers sat down, the paws of fir trees with layers of snow that fell silently, this picture remained unforgettable. And silence. Special silence winter forest. Tired people sitting in the snow: some are adjusting their foot wraps, some are rolling a cigarette out of shag, some are gnawing on a cracker or a piece of sugar. This picture, apparently, was hidden in my memory for a long time and only much later, after the war, it appeared again, becoming the main component of the painting “Rest after the battle.”

Indeed, we see in the foreground of the composition loose snow at the edge of the forest and the outlines of this forest in the distance along with the alarming silhouettes of frozen tanks. The halt scene is presented in all its everyday life, the characteristic ease, warmth and sincerity of communication between people resting after a difficult battle.

The author managed to give an individual portrait of each of the more than twenty depicted characters. Soldiers in white camouflage suits, soldiers' earflaps, helmets, tank helmets are precisely characterized by a special pose, facial expressions, demeanor, specific measures and emotional intonation of participation in a general cheerful conversation. The central group of fighters located in close proximity to the main storyteller, almost symmetrical groups standing figures on the right and left, separate figures of a middle-aged soldier bending over a bowler hat with a spoon, a warrior in a helmet smoking a cigarette, a soldier in an overcoat untying his duffel bag - all the characters are united not only by a clearly thought-out composition, but also by the very interesting topic conversation.

The mastery of composition, the virtuosity of portraiture, the careful selection of details, the ability to give integrity and a common mood to the picture of the soldiers’ rest make this work an expanded visual narrative, into which you “listen” gradually, with growing interest. The silent monologue of the main character suddenly becomes sonorous, physically tangible. We don’t know what exactly he’s telling his comrades about. central character and with what remarks his fellow soldiers encourage him, but the enthusiasm, slyness, and healthy humor of leisurely, rich, expressive speech are obvious. I can’t help but remember a stanza from “Terkin”:

They look at the joker's mouth.
They catch the word greedily.
It's good when someone lies
Fun and challenging.

It is noteworthy that these lines are taken from a chapter called “At a Halt” by Tvardovsky. Apparently, the artist’s heart and the poet’s ear sensitively responded to the “Halt” command desired during a grueling soldier’s campaign. And their observation, sharpness of vision, tenacious attention to life and front-line work simple soldier made it possible to create that very scene in painting and poetry, which can be called “Rest after the battle”, and very briefly: “At a halt”.

Yuri Neprintsev, like Alexander Tvardovsky, met his Terkin many times in the thick of front-line events. There were some soldiers who knew how to Hard time to cheer up and amuse comrades with a good joke, a sharp word, or a folding tale told at the time. And in military affairs they showed an example of true courage, resourcefulness, and inflexibility.

Truly folk character the pictorial image and the hero of the poem ensured a strong union of the painting and the literary creation. It is no coincidence that for many years the lines of Tvardovsky’s poem and the visible features of the heroes of Neprintsev’s canvas have been inseparable in school textbooks. They really common destiny, an inspiring success - they became the main works of the artist and poet.

Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky wrote “House by the Road”, “Beyond the Distance - Distance”, “By Right of Memory”, but folk memory attached next to his name, first of all, the name of the cherished hero - Vasily Terkin. Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev is known as an illustrator, author of easel etchings “Stories about Leningraders”, creator paintings « Motherland", "The Baltic People", "Here the Soldiers Are Coming"... And it was the painting "Rest After the Battle" that secured him wide popular recognition.

Once again it convinces us that the canvas was painted not based on Tvardovsky’s poem, but just like Vasily Terkin,” based on life itself, one interesting fact, which the artist proudly cites:

Often viewers “recognized” themselves or their friends and relatives in the heroes of the film “Rest after the Battle.” They wrote to me: “Where did you see my brother (or son)? There are no letters from him, he has gone missing. Please tell me what you know about him.” Because of its authenticity, its suffering and the role this painting played in my life, it is dear to me...

It is also dear to us - already to several generations of viewers born after the war - with its heartfelt story about a simple Soviet man, a hero of the Great Patriotic War!

Literature

Shubina N. Reprintsev Yu. Rest after the fight / Young artist. - 1988. - No. 5. - P.16-17.

The canvas “Rest after the battle” was based on the poem “Vasily Terkin”. Actually, after the artist read this poem, he came to the conclusion that he would paint a wonderful canvas on a military theme.

Behind the heroes of this picture, a fluffy forest is visible, dressed in a snowy outfit. Maybe it was winter last year war before the Great Victory. On this canvas, the artist shows the military stationed on a snow-covered winter forest edge against the backdrop of a winter forest. The soldiers all stick together, but each of them goes about his own business - eating, smoking, listening to one of them talk interesting stories their comrades.

Looking at the faces of the characters, you understand that the conversation is about something fun, as they are joyful and laughing. They look calm and relaxed, because you can’t always be tense. These people tried not to think about the war for at least a couple of hours, and after this time, they went into battle again and achieved new victories. Looking at these people, it’s hard to believe that they have been face to face with death many times. They defended not only themselves, but also their homeland. But it was somewhere there, and now they are completely different people. They're in this moment cheerful, full of strength and positive emotions.

Apparently the artist painted the main characters smiling and carefree, because he wanted to depict the fact that no matter how hard and cruel it was in battle, they have ordinary human feelings that the enemy cannot understand.

This canvas serves as a reminder of that cruel and terrible, which took more than one hundred human lives, war. However, looking at this canvas there is no feeling of pity, but contrary to this, there is pride in such warriors as those people who are painted on the canvas. I would like to believe that all the heroes depicted in the picture remained alive.

To make the canvas lush, the artist uses light, white paints, which create a feeling of successful completion of the battle. This canvas conveys optimism and love of life. Despite the fact that there are dark colors on the canvas color schemes, however, confidence in a transparent future wins.

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