An essay based on the painting by S. Grigoriev “Goalkeeper” (from the perspective of a fan). Essay: description of the painting by S. Grigoriev “Goalkeeper” A short story about the painting goalkeeper

The canvas is in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery and has been exhibited many times at exhibitions in cities of the USSR and modern Russia, as well as in China and the USA.

Grigoriev said that his “searches in the field of genre painting remained empirical for a long time,” that at first he “wrote everything from life and pulled a lot of unnecessary things into the picture,” but then “moved on to the director’s decision.” Researchers of the artist’s work wrote that Grigoriev was truly the first to succeed in such a solution (to unite all the characters in a single action corresponding to the artist-director’s plan) precisely in the film “Goalkeeper”, which is so thought out and “directed” that it is perceived as a sketch of what was directly seen in life. This demonstrated the mature skill of the genre artist. Each detail of the canvas has its own symbolic meaning, and each of its characters is convincing in its own way. However, despite the merits noted by critics, in Soviet times this painting was in the shadow of two other paintings by the artist - “Admission to the Komsomol” (also 1949) and “Discussion of the deuce” (1950).

The painting “Goalkeeper” was created in 1949. At this time, Grigoriev was already a professor, head of the drawing department. The artist’s turn to children’s themes was not accidental or his first (he first attracted attention to his works with the painting “Children on the Beach” in 1937). Grigoriev valued spontaneity, naturalness, and liveliness of reactions in children's images. The painting technique is oil painting on canvas. Size - 100 × 172 centimeters. At the bottom right is the author’s signature - “SA Grigoriev 1949”, another autograph is on the back of the canvas - “SA Grigoriev 1949 Kyiv”.

Painting by Sergei Grigoriev “Goalkeeper” in the exhibition of the New Tretyakov Gallery, 2017

The painting “Goalkeeper” (together with another painting by Grigoriev, “Admission to the Komsomol”, 1949) was awarded the Stalin Prize, II degree, for 1950. The canvas was acquired by the State Tretyakov Gallery at the All-Union Exhibition in 1950 from the author himself. It is still in the gallery's collection. Inventory number - 28043. The painting was presented at numerous exhibitions: in Moscow (1951), Leningrad (1953), at the Traveling Exhibition in Chinese cities from Beijing to Wuhan (1954-1956), in Moscow (1958 and 1971, 1979, 1986- 1987, 2001-2002, in the “New Manege” in 2002), in Kiev (1973, 1979), Kazan (1973-1974, 1977-1978), in US cities (1979-1980), at the anniversary exhibition dedicated to 225 anniversary of the USSR Academy of Arts, in Moscow (1983-1984).

V. A. Afanasyev reconstructed the events that preceded the scene captured in the painting by Sergei Grigoriev. A group of schoolchildren returning from classes staged an impromptu football match, constructing goals from briefcases, bags and berets. Outside the image in the picture, an exciting episode takes place, which attracted the attention of casual spectators located on a stack of fresh boards. The attention of the lanky, blond boy in a dark sweater, who occupies a place in the goal, is also drawn to the events on the field. A. M. Chlenov drew attention to the fact that the canvas depicts early autumn, when it is still warm, but “some cautious mothers” have already dressed their children in coats. He noted that the artist chose not the scene of the fight for the ball, which is currently taking place, in his estimation, in the center of the field, but the very edge of the football field.

The boy has a bandage on his right knee, and this, according to O’Mahoney, is a sign of dedication to his team, a willingness to sacrifice his health for it. Grigoriev relied on the “goalkeeper-border guard” metaphor, characteristic of the culture and ideology of the pre-war years, a valiant defender of the borders of the Motherland from insidious and cruel enemies (art critic Galina Karklin noted that the goalkeeper is much older than all the other children depicted on the canvas, and as a primary school student with proudly demonstrates his football skills to the little ones). However, the picture was painted in 1949, and the metaphor, from O’Mahoney’s point of view, acquires a number of additional meanings. A vacant lot is depicted on the outskirts of a city or village (both outside the city and in the immediate vicinity of it; such a “line of defense,” according to the British art critic, is a reference to both capitals, Moscow and Leningrad, at the very approaches to which the front line was located during the war ). The background of the picture tells about the restoration of the country - scaffolding is visible on two buildings; nearby, on the right, excavation work is underway; spectators are sitting on planks, which also serves as a hint that the match is taking place on a construction site.

Kiev Art Institute, in the garden of which, according to A. M. Chlenov, the action of the picture takes place

In her book about the work of the artist T. G. Guryeva concluded that the background of the scene depicted in the picture is a panorama of Kyiv: St. Andrew's Church over the Dnieper, construction sites, and an array of houses are visible. Art critic A. Chlenov believed that it was possible to accurately determine the very place where the match took place. This is the garden of the Kyiv Art Institute, where the artist worked at the drawing department at that time. It is from here, according to Chlenov, that the view depicted by Grigoriev of St. Andrew’s Cathedral and buildings above the steep slopes of the Dnieper, falling to Podol, the lower part of Kyiv, opens.

The audience, with one exception, is children. They look, like the goalkeeper, beyond the picture frame, at the opponent preparing to strike. Some children watching the match are wearing sportswear; one boy stands behind the goalkeeper and seems to be assisting him. “Gates” are school bags placed on the ground on either side of the goalkeeper. According to O'Mahoney, this indicates the impromptu rather than planned nature of the event itself. Among the children, according to O'Mahoney, Sergei Grigoriev portrayed two girls (in contrast to him, Afanasyev counts four girls, including the smallest child, as well as a character in a lilac bonnet coat; Guryeva considers three characters to be girls, including number of the character in the red hood). O'Mahoney claims that the girls play a secondary role in the picture. One of the girls (wearing sweatpants like the boys') is nursing a doll, which suggests she is more of a mother-to-be than an athlete; the second, dressed in a school uniform, stands behind the other children. T. G. Guryeva notes the diversity and persuasiveness of the psychological characteristics of children, as well as the artist’s humor. Unlike Karklin, she refers the older children in the picture to adolescence (pioneer) age. A boy in a red ski suit spread his legs wide apart and put his hands behind his back, sticking out his stomach; he is distinguished, in her opinion, by a calm, contemplative character (the “kid” is not accepted into the game, but he managed to join the competition by picking up balls that flew over the line gate). Chlenov noted that he was filled with a sense of his own importance, looked down on the players (despite his small stature), and did not care which team would win the match. Both more temperamental and quite calm fans sit on the boards. A baby in a gray hood reacts animatedly to the game. A girl with a doll and a schoolgirl with a red bow in her short-cropped hair are calmly watching the game. Bent down and resting her hands on her knees, a girl in a red hood is enthusiastically watching the match. V. A. Afanasyev sees an expression of complete indifference to the game only in the image of a “lop-eared little dog” and a “baby wrapped in a warm scarf.” A young guy (this is how Guryeva evaluates the adult character in the film)

sits next to the small fry of children the way they sit only at the stadium - ready to jump up at any moment, full of sports passion, encouraging the players with shouts and gestures. His hat is pushed back on his head, the collar of his embroidered Ukrainian shirt is open, his jacket is unbuttoned. His hand holds the folder with papers, but he no longer remembers them, just as he doesn’t remember the business with which he was going somewhere. Captivated by the game, he sat down “for a minute” and... forgot about everything, completely surrendering to the experience of the game

There is only one adult in the painting. O'Mahoney notes that the pose in which the man is depicted by the artist immediately attracts the viewer's attention: he sits with his left leg forward in the direction of an invisible opponent, placing his hand on his knee, repeating the position of the goalkeeper's hands. In turn, he is duplicated by the little boy sitting to the left of the man. Judging by his clothes, the man is not a trainer. The folder and documents in his right hand indicate that he is a senior official of some government agency. On the lapel of his jacket there are medal bars and ribbons, indicating that he took part in the last war. In the film, he plays, according to O’Mahoney, the role of a mentor, passing on the experience of his generation to children. A. M. Chlenov “recognized,” in his words, a student, a young artist, “making up for... his years at the front.” At the beginning of 1940, the artist himself was drafted into the Red Army. Until the end of 1945, when he returned to Kyiv, not a single work signed with his name appeared at art exhibitions. Grigoriev himself repeatedly proudly said that during his service in the army he did not work as an artist, but participated in hostilities as a political worker and joined the ranks.

O’Mahoney considers it no coincidence that the Stalin Prize was awarded for this picture: Grigoriev emphasizes the importance of sport in the era of “restoration of the country and revival of the nation.” The role of the older generation is brought to the fore, and their knowledge and experience are conveyed by the artist “as vital for the transformation of Soviet youth into new defenders of the USSR.”

According to T. G. Guryeva, the landscape is written interestingly, subtly, but its drawback is the isolation of the foreground figures from the city landscape on the horizon, which creates a feeling of some artificiality, “as if the background for a live scene in the foreground is a theatrical backdrop.” Guryeva notes the artist’s skillful creation of a light, joyful coloring, which, according to her, conveys the artist’s love for life and his optimistic mood. G. N. Karklin notes “the rusty-golden color of a warm, clear day with individual decorative accents of red.” According to V. A. Afanasyev, the landscape, “full of thoughtful elegance,” does not play a dominant role in the picture; it is subordinated to the story of a breathtaking spectacle on an improvised football field. The autumn landscape, according to him, is painted “lightly and freely.” The art critic notes a soft, restrained color with a predominance of warm yellowish color. The tension of what is happening on the canvas is increased by the “abundance of tactfully scattered, tonally varied spots of red” (the baby’s clothes behind the main character’s back, the cap on the head of the “pouty girl”, embroidery on the shirt of an adult character, pants on a girl in a hood, bows on girls and pioneer ties on boys). A. M. Chlenov noted that these spots of red color are balanced by cold tones, to which he included briefcases, the clothes of the goalkeeper and an adult character, as well as the general yellowish color of the foliage.

According to Afanasyev, in “The Goalkeeper” Grigoriev, for the first time in his work, managed not only to unite a large number of characters with a single action, but also to “direct” the scene so that it is perceived by the viewer as a sketch directly seen in life. Each detail “has its place,” and each character is revealed “in its own convincing way.” Ukrainian art and literary critic Oleg Kilimnik (Ukrainian) noted that “every child’s image presented by the master enchants with its truthfulness, authenticity, and the power of childish spontaneity.”

Along with other paintings by Grigoriev, “The Goalkeeper” was criticized in modern Ukraine. V. A. Afanasyev and the Ukrainian art critic L. O. Lotish in their articles noted the tendency that had arisen among art critics to present the artist “as a cunning cynic who saddled the mare of socialist realism in Russian language lessons, and a detailed analysis of its use is given in the book of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences L. A. Khodyakova, where the painting is proposed as an essay topic in a Russian language lesson

The artist Sergei Grigoriev is known to viewers for many of his paintings, but one of them brought him popularity and fame. This is the subject painting “Goalkeeper”, which anyone can currently see in the Tretyakov Gallery. The plot of this picture is very significant, as it takes the viewer back to the distant 1949, when the childhood of children born after the war and growing up at that time was not so happy. Many children did not have parents, and in every family there was the grief of the loss and death of one of the family members, which is not forgotten for a long time.

It is known that the artist Sergei Alekseevich wrote his picture about the post-war childhood of children in 1949, when the country was only gradually returning to peaceful life, because not much time had passed - only four years. Everywhere at that time devastation still reigned, the standard of living of people who had gone through such difficult trials during the war was low, but the main thing was that the entire people had great hope for a happy future life. This is what the plot of Sergei Grigoriev’s painting is about, only he makes children the main characters of his painting, who at that time often worked together with adults, helping them after the devastation.

Little by little, the country was recovering, and children began to have time to get together and spend this time enthusiastically and cheerfully. And while the girls played with rag dolls, the boys returned with great pleasure to their favorite sport - football. The artist tried to convey in the picture the general atmosphere of that time, when it seemed to be still complicated and difficult, but the children’s childhood again became happy and carefree.

The artist himself saw that in the post-war years everyone played football: children had no toys, but they could always find a ball. Therefore, children playing football cheerfully and enthusiastically could be found everywhere: in courtyards, at school, in parks, just on the streets, and even in a vacant lot. It was precisely such an abandoned wasteland on the outskirts of the city that the artist Sergei Alekseevich depicted on his canvas.

The central image of the painting “Goalkeeper” is a boy who defends the goal of his football team. And although he is not located in the center of the canvas itself, all attention is primarily directed to him, since he is the goalkeeper. The boy's pose shows how tense he is, as he is waiting for a shot on his goal and does not want to let his team down and miss this decisive blow. Most likely, which team will win depends on how dexterous, savvy and efficient this goalkeeper is. The boy is wearing a dark sweater and small sports shorts.

When he left for school, he specially put on sports sneakers to make it more comfortable to play football. The child's right leg is bandaged; it is clear that he has fallen before, trying to catch the ball that was flying into the goal, so he decided to bandage his leg this time and soften the blow. By the way the goalkeeper behaves, you can understand that he knows perfectly well everything he needs to do while defending the goal, and this is not the first time he has done this. Maybe he is a reliable goalkeeper that the whole team is proud of.

The kids don’t have real gates, so they use their school bags for their borders. They are old and a little shabby, but they will perfectly fit textbooks and notebooks, so the children will need them for several more years to go to classes with them, and in the winter to ride on them like on a sled, and in the summer to use them as a football goal. It can be seen that the children did not go home immediately after school, but went together to the vacant lot, which became their stadium for games. They must have been thinking about this decisive match all day.

In the foreground of the picturesque painting by Sergei Grigoriev, you can see that the surface of the field, where several halves are played, is uncomfortable and uneven. But this does not confuse the young football players at all. They don't pay any attention to it at all. The author of the picture does not show the game itself, because the main thing for him was to depict those people who were participants or fans at that time. And so he chooses the peak of the game, when the decisive ball should be kicked, which will determine which team wins. But judging by how serious the faces of the guys playing are, and how tense the fans are, it’s clear that the match was interesting and exciting all this time.

Among the spectators there were children who were still very young and did not go to school. Therefore, they also cannot get into the football team yet, but they feel great as fans and worry about every moment of the game. To better watch the game, they sat down on a tree that had been knocked down by a strong wind. Among the spectators there are not only children, but also an adult man. Most likely, he was passing by, but saw the game and became interested. So he sat down next to the fans and actively began to worry about the outcome of the game. But the most passive fan is the dog, who rejoices that his little owners have stopped running and frolicking and now he has moments of rest and calm.

The most active fan is a boy in a light red suit. He is probably a junior high school student and has long dreamed of becoming a member of one of the teams participating in this game. He closely follows the entire course of the game, but most of all he is interested in the goalkeeper, whom he stood behind. Maybe he also dreams of being a goalkeeper, but for now he’s just studying.
The artist Sergei Grigoriev creates a cheerful and optimistic mood with his painting, where the war is already behind us and, despite the destroyed houses and fallen trees, the children’s childhood again becomes peaceful, bright and happy.

For a long time, football has remained one of the most favorite games not only for boys, but also for adults. For them, there is nothing more exciting than kicking the ball into the goal after going through an endless number of obstacles. Many films and songs are dedicated to this game. Artists don’t forget about it either. The painting "Goalkeeper" is interesting. Sergei Alekseevich Grigoriev, the artist who created it in 1949, managed to accurately convey on canvas all the excitement and emotions inherent in this sports game. Today the canvas is kept in the Tretyakov Gallery, and anyone can see it.

Biography of the artist

A famous Soviet painter who depicted in his works the life of the younger generation of the post-war era. He was born in 1910 in Lugansk. In 1932 he graduated from the Kiev Art Institute, after which he began teaching there. In his paintings, the artist raised problems of moral education of Soviet youth.

In addition to “The Goalkeeper”, he wrote such works as “Returned”, “Discussion of the deuce”, “At the meeting” and others. For his work, the painter was twice awarded the Stalin Prize, as well as several medals and orders. Despite the fact that the artist lived in the Soviet era, his work has not lost its relevance to this day. In 7th grade, students are asked to write Grigoriev's "Goalkeeper".

Getting to know the artist's creation

Teaching children to be creative is one of the priorities of the modern educational system. Teachers invite children to write a description of the painting “Goalkeeper” by Grigoriev in order to bring them closer to art, develop their ability to logically formulate their thoughts, and teach them to express their own opinion about what they see on the canvas. In order to successfully write an essay on the proposed topic, students first need to carefully analyze the scene depicted in the picture.

Starting S. Grigoriev's "Goalkeeper", it is necessary to remember in what era it was created. 1949 was a difficult time for Soviet people. Only 4 years had passed since the end of the Great Patriotic War, and the country was recovering at a rapid pace. New businesses and residential buildings appeared. The vast majority of citizens lived poorly, but the peaceful sky above their heads gave them hope for a bright future. Post-war children, who remembered all the horrors of deprivation and bombing, grew up unspoiled and knew how to enjoy everyday things. For example, playing football. This is precisely the episode that the artist conveys in his work.

S. Grigoriev “Goalkeeper”: essay based on the painting. Where to begin?

The action described on the canvas takes place in an abandoned wasteland. Children came here after school to play football. The main character of the plot is an ordinary boy standing on an improvised gate, the border of which is marked with student briefcases. Instead of benches in the vacant lot, there are logs where the fans are located: seven children and an adult man in a suit and hat. Another boy is watching the game, standing behind the goal. That's all the picture "Goalkeeper" represents. Grigoriev also depicted a white dog. She is curled up at the feet of the smallest fan and sleeps peacefully, not showing any interest in what is happening around her.

When writing an essay describing the painting “Goalkeeper” by S. Grigoriev, you need to pay attention not only to the appearance of the football field, but also to the landscapes that can be seen behind it. Temples are clearly visible in the background, from which we can conclude that the action takes place in a big city. The football match took place in the fall, as the vacant lot is surrounded by bushes with yellowed leaves. Judging by what the youngest fans were wearing, the weather outside was cool, but it had not yet gotten completely cold.

Meet the goalkeeper boy

An essay based on Grigoriev’s painting “Goalkeeper” must necessarily contain a detailed description of the main character. The boy standing on the gate looks no more than 12 years old. He is dressed in a blue jacket, from the neck of which one can see the snow-white collar of a school shirt, shorts and shoes. The young goalkeeper has gloves on his hands. His knee is bandaged, but the injury did not stop him from continuing the intense and exciting game. The goalkeeper bent slightly, and all his attention was focused on the field that remained outside the picture. The viewer does not see the rest of the players and can only guess from the tense face of the goalkeeper that a serious game is underway and the ball is about to end up in the goal. The fate of the match is in the hands of the boy and he, understanding all the responsibility, tries to avoid a goal at all costs.

Other heroes of the canvas

When writing a description of the painting “Goalkeeper” by Grigoriev, students need to pay attention to the tension present among the fans, where there are both boys and girls. None of the kids can take their eyes off the field. The ball is already very close to the goal, and the intensity of passions has reached its peak. The children sitting on the logs would love to join the game, but they are still too young and the older kids don’t take them on as football players. But supporting the team is also a very responsible activity, and the kids gave themselves completely to it. The most desperate of the boys could not resist and ran out of the gate. Realizing that the outcome of the game does not depend on him at all, he still cannot sit still.

What stands out against the background of the kids is an adult man who also came to cheer for the kids. A description of S. Grigoriev’s painting “Goalkeeper” would not be complete without mentioning this colorful character. It is unknown who the man depicted is. Perhaps he is the father of one of the children, or perhaps he simply could not pass up the exciting action. What is striking is the passion with which an adult and serious man watches a child’s game, and how worried he is about its outcome. No less than the kids, this man would like to be on the football field now and take the ball from the enemy.

Features of the work

The painting “Goalkeeper” conveys a total passion for football. Grigoriev was able to focus the attention of the audience on the emotional side of the game, showing how it captivates everyone present in the vacant lot. Despite its advanced age, the picture is still very relevant today, because millions of people all over the planet are passionate about football. Modern secondary school students will be interested in describing the plot of the picture, since this sport is familiar to them from an early age.

Grigoriev's painting "Goalkeeper" is painted in rather restrained colors. Its color scheme conveys the mood of the post-war era. Cold gray tones indicate the hard life that befell the people, who with their own hands were forced to raise the country from ruins. And only bright red elements, which stand out especially clearly against the gloomy background, give the canvas optimism and confidence in a happy and cloudless future.

To make it easy for secondary school students to complete the teacher’s assignment on the topic “Artist Sergei Grigoriev. “Goalkeeper”: an essay based on a painting,” they need to draw up a short outline before creating the text. In the work you need to make an introduction, then briefly talk about the biography of the painter and after that move on to a description of the plot of the work. Any essay should end with conclusions in which the child talks about what impression he has after a detailed study of the picture. He needs to justify his conclusions.

Subtext of the plot of the picture

Why did the artist depict football on his canvas? As you know, collectivism was popularized in the Soviet Union. Football is where each of the participants is part of one system and cannot fully function without it. Likewise, Soviet people were not able to live outside the collective. We can say that the Soviet era is perfectly conveyed by the painting “Goalkeeper”. Grigoriev, capturing the team game on canvas, conveyed the atmosphere that reigned in society in those days.

Painting by S. A. Grigoriev “Goalkeeper”.
S. A. Grigoriev is a famous Ukrainian artist, the author of many paintings in which children are the characters. One of the artist’s best works is the painting “Goalkeeper,” painted in 1949.
The action takes place in the schoolyard on one of the warm days of early autumn. In the distance you can see houses, construction sites and a vacant lot, hiding in a lilac-bluish haze. The boundaries of the goal are the bags and caps of the guys.
The main character of the picture is a lanky, fair-haired boy. He alone looks like a real athlete, wearing blue shorts, a sweater, black leather gloves, and pulled down socks. The boy has a bandaged knee, which shows that this is not his first time playing. The goalkeeper stands in a tense position: with his legs spread wide, hands on his knees, watching the opponent’s actions. Behind the goalkeeper, his belly stuck out, his hands behind his back, in a red ski suit, his assistant, ready to catch the ball at any moment.
The spectators sat on sloppily stacked boards. They are all different ages. The game is watched by a man passing by and carried away by the exclamations of the children. The most active “sickers” are the boy in a dark suit and the girl in a red hood. The rest of the guys are more calm. All fans are looking in the same direction. From this we can conclude that now they will take a penalty. A small white dog, curled up at the feet of the children, is also watching the game.
The artist managed to unite quite a few characters with a single action. Each detail has its place, each character is revealed in his own objective way. The color of the painting is varied. It contains both pale, flesh tones and bright colors.
I, like many boys, like to watch someone play football. Being a fan is a very exciting activity.
I liked the picture because the artist managed to convey the intensity of football passions.

Description of the painting by S. Grigoriev “Goalkeeper”
Essay plan.
Sergei Alekseevich Grigoriev and his painting “Goalkeeper”
The plot and composition of the picture
Goalkeeper image

Sergei Alekseevich Grigoriev was born in 1910.
The theme of youth, physical and spiritual health of a person plays an important role in the artist’s work. Children's and school themes are especially frequent in Grigoriev's work. The artist's best works are dedicated to children. The painting “Goalkeeper” brought Grigoriev well-deserved fame. For some works, including “Goalkeeper,” Grigoriev received the State Prize. It is this picture that will be discussed in this work.
This picture is very dynamic. Its plot is as follows. Autumn reigns on the canvas, as evidenced by the dark cloudy sky, yellowing and falling leaves. The boys were returning from school and went into a vacant lot to play football. The wasteland is located relatively close to the city, some buildings are visible on the horizon, you can even see the domes of the church. The kids made gates out of briefcases and school bags, simply throwing them on the ground, and an exciting game ensued. The fact that the game is exciting is evidenced by the overt interest of the fans. Spectators sit on a stack of boards.
The central character of the picture is the boy goalkeeper. The goalkeeper stands bent over, his posture is tense, he is intently watching the game. Judging by his posture, it can be assumed that the ball is still far from the goal. But at any moment the boy is ready to enter the game and defend his goal. The hero wants to be like a real goalkeeper. He has the pose of a professional football player, with gloves on his hands. The bandaged knee indicates that this is not the first time that the goalkeeper has stood on the football field, and he has always defended the goal, even at the cost of his own knees. One gets the feeling that the boy often watched football games and strives to imitate football players even in his clothes. The boy has pulled down stockings and galoshes tied with braid on his feet. It is clear that the goalkeeper is a brave, fearless boy, passionate about his work.
Behind the goalkeeper stands a little boy in a red suit with his hands behind his back. It seems that he also considers himself almost a professional football player; the child watches the game with the air of an expert. But he hasn’t been accepted into the team yet.
The eyes of all fans are directed to the right, to where there is an intense fight for the ball. The rest of the players with the ball are not depicted on the canvas, but the intense attention of the spectators indicates a heated battle. The man in the hat and jacket seems to be completely captivated by the spectacle of the game and as if he himself wants to take part in it. In his pose, the artist was able to depict tension and readiness for impetuous movements. The man sits with his legs slightly apart, his palms on his knees and leaning forward and to the side, to where the players are fighting for the ball. The young man is probably good at football himself. Or perhaps he remembered his own childhood and the same races with a ball in a vacant lot.
The boy in a ski suit and red tie is no less enthusiastic about the game. He looks with his head stretched forward and his mouth parted. A boy with a baby in his arms and a girl in a school uniform with a red bow in her hair are also carefully watching the game. Other girls, sitting on the boards - with a doll, in a hood, in a red hat - are more relaxed about the game, but nevertheless watch it carefully. The calmest, even indifferent to the game, characters in the picture are a baby in a down scarf and a white shaggy dog ​​with a black ear. The child calmly leaned against his brother, and the dog curled up and dozed.
The painting is called “Goalkeeper”, and this name reflects the essence of the artist’s idea. Grigoriev sought to portray a boy standing guard at the gate.
Despite the fact that the audience does not see the actual football match, it is clear that Grigoriev depicted one of the most poignant moments of the game. This can be felt in the goalkeeper’s posture - tense, full of expectation, and in the obvious interest of the audience.
To reveal the concept, Grigoriev uses such means of painting as lighting, color, and composition. The construction of the picture is quite simple and reflects the author's intention as much as possible. As we have already said, the central place is occupied by the goalkeeper, the main character of the canvas. The goalkeeper is depicted in the foreground, separate from the other team players. In the background you can see children and a young man. In the background of the picture one can discern a city, high-rise buildings, and residential buildings. Details play an important role in the perception of a painting. Attention is drawn to the goals constructed from briefcases and bags and the goalkeeper's bandaged knee.
The picture is done in warm colors. The artist uses shades of yellow, light brown, and red. The ground in the picture is light brown, trampled, devoid of vegetation, and the viewer understands: this is not the first time a football game has been held in this wasteland. You can see golden leaves on the bushes and the field; reddish-yellow boards act as benches for fans. The red tones were reflected in the little boy's suit, bow and girls' cap. Such colors help the artist convey the tension of the action, the match.
Grigoriev’s painting conveys a feeling of airiness and transparency of the autumn air. The landscape in this work plays the role of a background; it is unobtrusive and executed in rather muted colors: like a foggy city in the background, dark and warm earth tones, light, dull bushes. Everything in the picture is subordinated to the main intention of the artist and subtle psychologist: to most accurately portray a young goalkeeper who is completely passionate about the game and takes his role responsibly. Grigoriev's painting is a story about children playing football.

For a long time, football has remained one of the most favorite games not only of boys, but also of respectable adults. For them, there is nothing more exciting than scoring a ball into a goal after passing through an endless number of obstacles. Many films and songs are dedicated to this game. Artists don’t forget about it either. The painting "Goalkeeper" is interesting. Sergei Alekseevich Grigoriev, the artist who created it in 1949, managed to accurately convey on canvas all the excitement and emotions inherent in this sports game. Today the canvas is kept in the Tretyakov Gallery, and anyone can see it.

Biography of the artist

Sergei Grigoriev is a famous Soviet painter who depicted in his works the life of the younger generation of the post-war era. He was born in 1910 in Lugansk. In 1932 he graduated from the Kiev Art Institute, after which he began teaching there. In his paintings, the artist raised problems of moral education of Soviet youth.

In addition to “The Goalkeeper”, he wrote such works as “Returned”, “Discussion of the deuce”, “At the meeting” and others. For his work, the painter was twice awarded the Stalin Prize, as well as several medals and orders. Despite the fact that the artist lived in the Soviet era, his work has not lost its relevance to this day. In 7th grade, students are asked to write an essay based on Grigoriev’s painting “The Goalkeeper.”

Getting to know the artist's creation

Teaching children to be creative is one of the priorities of the modern educational system. Teachers invite children to write a description of the painting “Goalkeeper” by Grigoriev in order to bring them closer to art, develop their ability to logically formulate their thoughts, and teach them to express their own opinion about what they see on the canvas. In order to successfully write an essay on the proposed topic, students first need to carefully analyze the scene depicted in the picture.

When starting a description of S. Grigoriev’s painting “Goalkeeper,” it is necessary to remember in what era it was created. 1949 was a difficult time for Soviet people. Only 4 years had passed since the end of the Great Patriotic War, and the country was recovering at a rapid pace. New businesses and residential buildings appeared. The vast majority of citizens lived poorly, but the peaceful sky above their heads gave them hope for a bright future. Post-war children, who remembered all the horrors of deprivation and bombing, grew up unspoiled and knew how to enjoy everyday things. For example, playing football. This is precisely the episode that the artist conveys in his work.

S. Grigoriev “Goalkeeper”: essay based on the painting. Where to begin?

The action described on the canvas takes place in an abandoned wasteland. Children came here after school to play football. The main character of the plot is an ordinary boy standing on an improvised gate, the border of which is marked with student briefcases. Instead of benches in the vacant lot, there are logs where the fans are located: seven children and an adult man in a suit and hat. Another boy is watching the game, standing behind the goal. That's all the picture "Goalkeeper" represents. Grigoriev also depicted a white dog. She is curled up at the feet of the smallest fan and sleeps peacefully, not showing any interest in what is happening around her.

When writing an essay describing the painting “Goalkeeper” by S. Grigoriev, you need to pay attention not only to the appearance of the football field, but also to the landscapes that can be seen behind it. Temples and multi-storey buildings are clearly visible in the background, from which we can conclude that the action takes place in a big city. The football match took place in the fall, as the vacant lot is surrounded by bushes with yellowed leaves. Judging by what the youngest fans were wearing, the weather outside was cool, but it had not yet gotten completely cold.

Meet the goalkeeper boy

An essay based on Grigoriev’s painting “Goalkeeper” must necessarily contain a detailed description of the main character. The boy standing on the gate looks no more than 12 years old. He is dressed in a blue jacket, from the neck of which one can see the snow-white collar of a school shirt, shorts and shoes. The young goalkeeper has gloves on his hands. His knee is bandaged, but the injury did not stop him from continuing the intense and exciting game. The goalkeeper bent slightly, and all his attention was focused on the field that remained outside the picture. The viewer does not see the rest of the players and can only guess from the tense face of the goalkeeper that a serious game is underway and the ball is about to end up in the goal. The fate of the match is in the hands of the boy and he, understanding all the responsibility, tries to avoid a goal at all costs.

Other heroes of the canvas

When writing a description of the painting “Goalkeeper” by Grigoriev, students need to pay attention to the tension present among the fans, where there are both boys and girls. None of the kids can take their eyes off the field. The ball is already very close to the goal, and the intensity of passions has reached its peak. The children sitting on the logs would love to join the game, but they are still too young and the older kids don’t take them on as football players. But supporting the team is also a very responsible activity, and the kids gave themselves completely to it. The most desperate of the boys could not resist and ran out of the gate. Realizing that the outcome of the game does not depend on him at all, he still cannot sit still.

What stands out against the background of the kids is an adult man who also came to cheer for the kids. A description of S. Grigoriev’s painting “Goalkeeper” would not be complete without mentioning this colorful character. It is unknown who the man depicted is. Perhaps he is the father of one of the children, or perhaps he simply could not pass up the exciting action. What is striking is the passion with which an adult and serious man watches a child’s game, and how worried he is about its outcome. No less than the kids, this man would like to be on the football field now and take the ball from the enemy.

Features of the work

The painting “Goalkeeper” conveys a total passion for football. Grigoriev was able to focus the attention of the audience on the emotional side of the game, showing how it captivates everyone present in the vacant lot. Despite its advanced age, the picture is still very relevant today, because millions of people all over the planet are passionate about football. Modern secondary school students will be interested in describing the plot of the picture, since this sport is familiar to them from an early age.

Grigoriev's painting "Goalkeeper" is painted in rather restrained colors. Its color scheme conveys the mood of the post-war era. Cold gray tones indicate the hard life that befell the people, who with their own hands were forced to raise the country from ruins. And only bright red elements, which stand out especially clearly against the gloomy background, give the canvas optimism and confidence in a happy and cloudless future.

To make it easy for secondary school students to complete the teacher’s assignment on the topic “Artist Sergei Grigoriev. “Goalkeeper”: an essay based on a painting,” they need to draw up a short outline before creating the text. In the work you need to make an introduction, then briefly talk about the biography of the painter and after that move on to a description of the plot of the work. Any essay should end with conclusions in which the child talks about what impression he has after a detailed study of the picture. He needs to justify his conclusions.

Subtext of the plot of the picture

Why did the artist depict football on his canvas? As you know, collectivism was popularized in the Soviet Union. Football is a team game where each participant is part of one system and cannot fully function without it. Likewise, Soviet people were not able to live outside the collective. We can say that the Soviet era is perfectly conveyed by the painting “Goalkeeper”. Grigoriev, capturing the team game on canvas, conveyed the atmosphere that reigned in society in those days.