On the Ural River

Description

Author: Dyachkin Andrei Andreevich. 1930 – 2019
The depicted scene showcases a riverside landscape. In the foreground, two seated figures observe the river, while a teenage girl walks by, leading a bicycle. In the central part of the composition, a boat with a fisherman glides across the calm water’s surface. On the opposite bank, residential buildings are lined up, with long fishing boats moored along the shore, their tall masts rising high. The composition is constructed on the interplay of large, light planes of water and land, accented by delicate linear touches of the masts and the outlines of the figures.