The Samovar
Inspired by Matisse
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Painting with The Masters
11 x 14 Interior Oil Painting on canvas
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I have seen Matisse use this element ( Samovar)
in many of his paintings and even though I didn't know
what is was I still used it as I liked the shape.
I assumed it was some kind
of heater and he obviously liked them.
Matisse being a French artist and this being mostly
Russian must have had a special reason for using it
so many times in his paintings. I wonder what that
was? I assumed it was for tea or for heating and I wasn't
too far off. Read about it below.
This is s fun painting with the reflect of what is on
the other side of the room. Of course I always
love to include Matisse's Cat somewhere too.
Hummm....wonder what she is thinking about?
Enjoy
The Samovar
The samovar was an important attribute of a Russian household and particularly well-suited to tea-drinking in a communal setting over a protracted time period. The Russian expression "to have a sit by the samovar" means to have a leisurely talk while drinking tea from a samovar.
In everyday use samovars were an economical permanent source of hot water in older times. Various slow-burning items could be used for fuel, such as charcoal or dry pinecones. When not in use, the fire in the samovar pipe faintly smoldered. As needed it could be quickly rekindled with the help of bellows. Although a Russian jackboot (сапог) could be used for this purpose, bellows were manufactured specifically for use on samovars
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