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The first statue in the sculptural group is that of a serf woman with
a child in her arms. She is known under the name of Katerina depicted by T.Shevchenko in a
poem of the same name. M.G.Manizer and the actress N.M.Uzhviy who posed for this figure
were persistantly seeking the most expressive variant of it for a long time. Firstly the
heroin embraced her head by the right arm. This gesture was full of despair but it was too
synonymous and didn't disclose many-sided Shevchenko's image. They tried and show Katerina
in motion. At last the best plastic decision was founded - the young woman had stopped,
pressing the child to her breast. Just like in Shevchenko's poem: |
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And she stood in field like poplar, |
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Near the road she'd gone, |
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And her tears were falling down |
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Like the dew at the dawn... |
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Tears hides for Katerina |
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Everything around. |
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Little son she's holding firmly, |
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Kissing him so warmly. |
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| Katerina is the embodyment of a charming image of a
mother. This image reflects purity, the feeling of selfrespect, pride. There are reverie
and sorrow at her beautiful face, deep sufferings put the little wrinkles between the
eyebrow arcs. Sculptor models the volume with free pouring lines one passing fluently to
another, he express the beauty of mother hands with trembling fingers. The deep
reincarnation of N.M.Uzhviy during the work on this image perhaps helped the sculptor to
find the kind of plastics - soft and inspired, which is possible as it seemed only
for working with marble. The compositional pause between Katerina statue and next
sculptures emphasizes her loneliness and forces the tragic impression of
image. |
