- Year
- 1950
- Technique
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63×80 cm
- Status
- In the Artist's Estate
This painting reflects Maltsev's deep emotional connection to the land of his childhood. The dark, fertile black soil - the famous Ukrainian chernozem - becomes not only a landscape element but a symbol of origin, memory, and continuity.
For the artist, the field was inseparable from human life. It carried the weight of labor, survival, and generations who lived in close relationship with the earth.
The quiet openness of the landscape conveys a lyrical and contemplative mood. The fields appear both real and symbolic - a space where memory, belonging, and time merge with the distant horizon.
