Composition

Maria Syniakova belonged to the creative community that emerged in the village Krasna Poliana near Kharkiv in the mid-1910s. The estate where the five Syniakov sisters lived became the center of the avant-garde movement, uniting the most active creative youth of the time: Burliuk brothers, Vladimir Maiakovskyi, Velimir Khlebnikov, Vasyl Yermilov. This circle of artists professed their own philosophy based on harmony with nature and freedom of expression. Composition, painted in 1914 by Syniakova in a schematic naive manner, depicts flowers, birds, animals, people, using a local color scheme and compositional construction typical for the decorative folk art. This work demonstrates the basic artistic principles of the early 20th century: the love for the rural folk culture and its sensuality, corporeal and vital principles, as well as formal avant-garde searches.