Manor

Written by З.А.Хачатрян

By the time that I was invited in Moscow for creative work in the personal workshop A. M. Gerasimova, building beside artist were two machines: M-72 and ZIM . Before me, what told itself A. M. Gerasimov, being the captured machines, which later were regift others. Alexander Mihaylovich itself loved to go and, as he told jokingly, tumble down not once. I, except benzine, nothing in machine did not flood, spoke the artist. But went he each day that to familiar then on datcha and t. d. Courtyard of the building with garden was it is enough big: were a sewerage, pluming, own caldron for hot water and heating. In garden was much trees (the birches, acacias, a kind of cherry trees), velvet, dark-violet bush Kolesnikovs lilac. In the centre of the garden, straight beside entry in workshop, grew the big bush rose peony, but beside always flowering bush red and white roses.
At the same time he never forgot its work as artist, loved to write and speak of painting, loved its courtyard and took care of him, as for child. Each bush in courtyard was for it about than-that reminding. About them with pleasure could tell and describe as artist. Particularly he loved the bush of the peony that occupied in courtyard its tsarist place in the centre of the garden straight. How much he still life has written due to this beautiful essence and bush of the roses, which dwelt under greater window straight, leaving in garden.
And now, after much-much years, when I review on peonies and roses in splendid and liberally located on canvas still life, I am recalled his nursery smile and as it were calm conversation with their own peony and rose in garden.
In courtyard was also bath, consisting of two rooms with all comfort. She was built for picture Rustic bath . To my arrival picture was is already written in three variants, the first her variant watercolor, was found in Tretiyakovskoy gallery. The History of the picture Rustic bath such a. It Is Conceived she was long ago. There was is made watercolor variant. But after building bank in courtyard were made first etudes in nature. Then, the picture was written... Ed the beautiful etudes in butter;oil;grease. Posed simultaneously several denuded figures. One of they watered, but other washed. There were are created all condition persisting rustic bank.