Painter of Harmony Perception of the World: Anna Baranovichi (1906-2002)

Abstract

This article is making known some characteristic features of evolution in creative activity of Anna Baranovichi (1906-2002). Famous painter, she was a part and parcel of the generation of those Basarabian intellectuals who have put the basis in fine arts’ development in the republic, her fate reflecting in many respects the difficult historical periods. In order to make the colours to express the essence of things and phenomenon of human being, she has always put in her painting the more sophisticated tasks. In her landscapes and portraits she has been expressing the energy of life, keeping the necessity of harmonious unity with the world around. The integrity of forms and colours in her works were giving the epic response just in the case of small canvas with simple objects, flowers or fruit. Her last works are notable for the most active emanation of light, reproducing the supply of love for life that the painter has kept in spite of the or deals of the fate.