The foreground of the painting from the Decembrists House Museum shows Pyotr Nikiforovich and Vera Alexandrovna blessing their son Basil (Vasily) who is about to begin a long journey. His sisters Yelizaveta, Yekaterina, Alexandra, and Mariya stand on the left, while a harnessed sleigh with a coachman is depicted on the right. The revolt of December 14, 1825 took place when Vasily Ivashev was on a long vacation at his home in Undory. The painting anticipates a tragic event: the only son and brother beloved by his family will be charged as a member of the Southern Society of the Decembrists and sent to Siberia.
The canvas was created by the artist Pavel Ilyich Taranenko, who was born into a large peasant family in the village of Alexandrovka, Krasnoyarsk Krai in 1921. In 1940, he was called up for the army. He was part of a long-range battery of the coastal artillery in the Far East, and in 1945 he also served as a marine.
In 1946, Pavel Taranenko entered the Samarkand Art School, its staff included teachers from the Leningrad Art Academy that had been evacuated during the war. The artists completed two courses in one year and transferred to Tashkent. He would graduate from the Tashkent Art College named after Pavel Benkov in 1950. He extensively traveled throughout Uzbekistan and worked there, as well as in Kyrgyzstan and the cities of Krasnoyarsk and Kuibyshev. In 1998, he returned to Khabarovsk in the Far East which he took a liking to ever since he had served there as a sailor.
Taranenko specialized in history paintings. He dedicated a series of his works to Lenin’s exile in the locality of Shushenskoye. The artist created 20 canvases based on the recollections of old people about Ulyanov (Lenin’s real name). These paintings are kept in the Lenin Museum in Ulyanovsk. Throughout his career, Taranenko also portrayed the events of the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, the heroes of Russian history, as well as the Decembrists.
Pavel Taranenko was also a portrait painter who made both group and individual portraits. He created a whole gallery portraying famous people of Khakassia, including the writer Nikolai Georgievich Domozhakov, the storyteller Semyon Prokopievich Kadyshev, and the theater performer Klavdiya Kilchichakova.
Pavel Taranenko lived in Undory for several years, where he studied the history of the Decembrists and the Ivashev family in order to eternalize them in paintings. While in Undory, he painted portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. He also organized a children’s art studio.
The canvas was created by the artist Pavel Ilyich Taranenko, who was born into a large peasant family in the village of Alexandrovka, Krasnoyarsk Krai in 1921. In 1940, he was called up for the army. He was part of a long-range battery of the coastal artillery in the Far East, and in 1945 he also served as a marine.
In 1946, Pavel Taranenko entered the Samarkand Art School, its staff included teachers from the Leningrad Art Academy that had been evacuated during the war. The artists completed two courses in one year and transferred to Tashkent. He would graduate from the Tashkent Art College named after Pavel Benkov in 1950. He extensively traveled throughout Uzbekistan and worked there, as well as in Kyrgyzstan and the cities of Krasnoyarsk and Kuibyshev. In 1998, he returned to Khabarovsk in the Far East which he took a liking to ever since he had served there as a sailor.
Taranenko specialized in history paintings. He dedicated a series of his works to Lenin’s exile in the locality of Shushenskoye. The artist created 20 canvases based on the recollections of old people about Ulyanov (Lenin’s real name). These paintings are kept in the Lenin Museum in Ulyanovsk. Throughout his career, Taranenko also portrayed the events of the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, the heroes of Russian history, as well as the Decembrists.
Pavel Taranenko was also a portrait painter who made both group and individual portraits. He created a whole gallery portraying famous people of Khakassia, including the writer Nikolai Georgievich Domozhakov, the storyteller Semyon Prokopievich Kadyshev, and the theater performer Klavdiya Kilchichakova.
Pavel Taranenko lived in Undory for several years, where he studied the history of the Decembrists and the Ivashev family in order to eternalize them in paintings. While in Undory, he painted portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. He also organized a children’s art studio.
