B.M. Nemensky’s “Berlin Sketches” and the Traditions of Russian Fine Art
The article is devoted to the work of Boris Nemensky, one of the most significant contemporary artists. He fought in the Great Patriotic War and this theme became dominant in his work. The ‘Berlin Sketches’ series which belongs to his early period was created in April-May, 1945. It documents various moments of the battle for Berlin and the first days after the Victory. The author examines how his sketches and drawings represent the dramatic conflict of the belligerent parties and uses the expressive means of the pictorial language: light, color, space and all the elements of composition.