Kolomna. Chapel of Peter I
“Kolomna. Chapel of Peter I” is a landscape with architectural elements, in which the artist conveys the atmosphere of an ancient Russian town. In the foreground stands a massive old oak with a powerful, gnarled trunk, symbolizing time, roots, and continuity. Beyond it opens the view of a wooden chapel associated with the name of Peter I — a monument of antiquity, carrying historical and spiritual memory. The artist employs a somewhat cool, muted palette of late autumn or early spring: remnants of snow, bare trees, a gray sky. The combination of natural and architectural imagery creates the impression of a strong bond between history, faith, and the land
Larisa Khrapunova
Born on August 19th, 1944 in village Oolinka of KarLag (Kazakhstan). Up to 1950 — prisoner of the Stalin GULAG, in 1956 was rehabilitated.Graduated from Art and Graphic Department of Vitebsk Pedagogical Institute (1965).Works in water colour and easel painting (landscape, portrait).From 1975 participated in art exhibitions. Carried out personal exhibitions in Feodosiya, Ulan-Ude, Moscow, Minsk, Vitebsk, Orsha, Baranovichi, Brest.In 1998 had personal exhibition «Artists from GULAG» in Rotslav and Ljublin (Poland). Artworks are exhibited in picture gallery of Ulan-Ude (Buryat i у а) and in private collections in Belarus and of several foreign countries.Lectures in Brest Technical University. Lives in Brest.