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In the last week of February, Russia traditionally celebrates Shrovetide. Maslenitsa festivities are attended by everyone from small to large. It is celebrated colorfully and riotously with songs, round dances, contests and carnival scarecrows burning. It is this kind of Maslenitsa is depicted in a painting by Kustodiev. The snow has not yet melted, and trees are covered with hoarfrost, but people gathered around the brightly colored tents are not cold at all.
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In the last week of February, Russia traditionally celebrates Shrovetide. Maslenitsa festivities are attended by everyone from small to large. It is celebrated colorfully and riotously with songs, round dances, contests and carnival scarecrows burning. It is this kind of Maslenitsa is depicted in a painting by Kustodiev.
The snow has not yet melted, and trees are covered with hoarfrost, but people gathered around the brightly colored tents are not cold at all. The carnival is in full swing and if you look closely at the painting you can see the main characters of the Shrovetide festivities - skomorokhov, Petrushka and devils. Less wealthy people come to the fair on their own, the ladies and gentlemen of means - in elegant sleighs pulled by several pairs of horses.
The snow-covered treetops could not conceal the brightness of the posters and signs offering the campers a variety of entertainment. The colorful crowd is ready to begin eating pancakes, drinking mead and watching the action unfold under the canopy of the street theater.
Bright, juicy colors were used to depict the merriment of the crowd. The painting is not painted from life. The year of its creation is considered 1917. In February of that year in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities and towns roared guns, blood was shed and fires blazed.
Bright picture is just a memory of a past peaceful and quiet life, a kind of regret for the lost tranquility. In 1917, Shrovetide was almost never celebrated, and only the beauty of the painting by Kustodiev reminds people that life goes on and not all is still lost in it.
The painting is stored in the Russian Museum. The painting is slightly over 1 meter in size and is painted on canvas with oil paints.
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Perhaps it’s a painting of a crowd of people standing in front of a fairground with a horse drawn carriage in the foreground and a carousel in the background.