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Red Sunset

Arkhyp Kuindzhi (Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi) Ukrainian, born Russian Empire
1905–8
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 800

This vividly colored cloudscape affirms Kuindzhi’s reputation for spectacular light effects. The placid water is likely the Dnipro River (Ukrainian; in Russian, Dniepr; in Belarusian, Dnyapro), which runs south through the three countries to the Black Sea. The artist was born along the coast in Mariupol when the Ukrainian city was part of the Russian Empire. Kuindzhi, who was descended from Pontic Greeks from Crimea, spoke Greek, Crimean Tatar, Russian, and Ukrainian, a skill that served him well as he moved around the northern Black Sea and then to St. Petersburg. There he associated with the Peredvizhniki (sometimes translated as the Wanderers), a pioneering exhibition group, and was later an influential teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts.

In March 2022, the Kuindzhi Art Museum in Mariupol, Ukraine, was destroyed in a Russian airstrike.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Red Sunset
  • Artist: Arkhyp Kuindzhi (Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi) (Ukrainian, born Russian Empire, Mariupol 1841–1910 St. Petersburg)
  • Date: 1905–8
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 53 x 74 in. (134.6 x 188 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.100
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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