А.М. КОРИН. Панихида по И.М. Прянишникову. 1900. Холст, масло. 32 × 42. Коми республиканский художественный музей
illness enforced the idea of “The Sick Artist”, in which Korin expressed the life drama of the artist. In 1890 Pryanishnikov created a painting titled “In the Artist’s Studio”, for which the newly-weds, Serafima Ammosova and Alexei Korin, 2 posed as model and artist. In his own work, Korin continued this theme of the artist’s life, undertaken by Pryanishnikov, in placing Pryanishnikov’s characters in a different time. One can easily imagine that Korin’s was the same studio featuring the same objects and characters, but some years later. And while the first – Pryanishnikov’s – painting corresponds to the beginning of the life of an artist, illuminated by the fire of creativity, the second portrays its ending, when the artist comes to an understanding of his final destination. Thus, Korin has completed the theme started by Pryanishnikov by adding a summarizing, philosophical meaning to it. The loss of his beloved friend and teacher haunted Korin throughout his life. He would return to this theme over the years, as is evident in his other works related to the tragic event: “Requiem for Illarion Pryanishnikov” (1900), “Funeral” (1912) and others. In 1892 Korin’s “Sick Artist” featured at the 20th Exhibition of the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions (the Wanderers). By the time the painting was created, Korin was
Похороны И.М. Прянишникова. Фотография Из архива семьи художника А.М. Корина Funeral of Illarion Pryanishnikov. Photograph. From the archive of Alexei Korin’s family
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ALEXEI KORIN. Requiem for Illarion Pryanishnikov. 1900. Oil on canvas. 32 × 42 cm. Komi Republican Art Museum