Vereshchagin - Vereshchagin (English notation)

Japanese: ベレシチャーギン - べれしちゃーぎん(英語表記)Василий Васильевич Верещагин/Vasiliy Vasil'evich Vereshchagin
Vereshchagin - Vereshchagin (English notation)

Russian painter. Born in Cherepovets, Novgorod Oblast. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, he studied in Paris. He traveled throughout Russia, Western Europe, Syria, Palestine, India, Japan, and the United States. When he came to Japan, he visited Nikko and left sketches. He participated in the Russo-Turkish War and the Russo-Japanese War, and shared the fate of the battleship Petropavlovsk when it sank in Port Arthur. He produced many war paintings, such as "The Turkestan War" (1867-73) and "The Balkan War" (1878-81), and stated his position by saying, "As a painter, I condemn war with all my might." His representative work, "The Consequences of War" (1872, both in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow), depicts a pile of skulls on a battlefield, and bears the inscription, "Dedicated to all conquerors, past, present and future." It can be said that he established war paintings that were different from traditional historical paintings.

[Hiroshi Kimura]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ロシアの画家。ノブゴロド県下チェレポベツに生まれる。サンクト・ペテルブルグの美術アカデミーに学んだのち、パリに留学。ロシア国内はもとより、西ヨーロッパ、シリア、パレスチナ、インド、日本、アメリカなど世界各地を旅した。来日したときは日光を訪れ、スケッチを残している。ロシア・トルコ戦争、日露戦争に参加し、旅順港で戦艦ペトロパブロフスク号の沈没と運命をともにした。『トルキスタン戦争』(1867~73)、『バルカン戦争』(1878~81)など戦争画が多いが、「私は画家として全力をあげて戦争を非難する」とその立場を表明。代表作『戦争の結末』(1872、以上いずれもモスクワ、トレチャコフ美術館)は、戦場に積み上げられた頭蓋骨(ずがいこつ)の山を描いたもので、「過去・現在・未来のすべての征服者に捧(ささ)ぐ」という銘文がついている。従来の歴史画とは異なった戦争画を確立したといえる。

[木村 浩]

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