verartblog: Kramskoy I.N. Christ in the Wilderness 1872 The State Tretyakov Gallery 180 x 210 Oil on canvas The artist looks upon Sacred history in the context of the problems of his day. The Gospel themes and images served at the time as a way of expressing ideas of what was good and just. Christ’s personality was understood to be the embodiment of the “ideal man,” and his life was one of progressive adjustments of the individual reflecting his earthly path. Kramskoy wrote: «…There is a moment in the life of every man who is however slightly or greatly created in the image of God, when he is in a quandary – whether to take a ruble and deny the Lord or not to yield one step in the direction of evil.” The painting took on a topical nature thanks to the resemblance of Christ’s pose on Kramskoy’s canvas to the pose of Fedor Dostoevsky in V.G. Perov’s famous portrait of the writer. Both paintings were made in 1872 and were shown at the very same Itinerant (Peredvizhniki) exhibition. Eternal and general humanistic problems are the central theme of the painting.
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Kramskoy I.N.

Christ in the Wilderness

1872

The State Tretyakov Gallery

180 x 210

Oil on canvas

The artist looks upon Sacred history in the context of the problems of his day. The Gospel themes and images served at the time as a way of expressing ideas of what was good and just. Christ’s personality was understood to be the embodiment of the “ideal man,” and his life was one of progressive adjustments of the individual reflecting his earthly path. Kramskoy wrote: «…There is a moment in the life of every man who is however slightly or greatly created in the image of God, when he is in a quandary – whether to take a ruble and deny the Lord or not to yield one step in the direction of evil.” The painting took on a topical nature thanks to the resemblance of Christ’s pose on Kramskoy’s canvas to the pose of Fedor Dostoevsky in V.G. Perov’s famous portrait of the writer. Both paintings were made in 1872 and were shown at the very same Itinerant (Peredvizhniki) exhibition. Eternal and general humanistic problems are the central theme of the painting.