February Azure
1904 landscape painting by Igor Grabar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
February Azure (Russian: Февральская лазурь, romanized: Fevral'skaya lazur'), also known as February Blue,[1] is a landscape painting by Russian post-impressionist painter Igor Grabar, created in 1904. The painting was presented to the public at the second exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists,[2] which opened on 31 December 1904 in Saint Petersburg and then moved to Moscow in February 1905.[3] In 1905, February Azure was purchased from Grabar by the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow after a unanimous decision of the museum's board of directors.[4]
February Azure | |
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Russian: Февральская лазурь | |
Artist | Igor Grabar |
Year | 1904 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 142.6 cm × 84.8 cm (56.1 in × 33.4 in) |
Location | Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
Grabar considered February Azure a sum of several separate, lengthy observations—in a sense, a synthesis of them—and a revolutionary work that opened up a new path Russian art had not explored until then.