Pouring

Pouring (Russian: Облива́ние) is a painting by the Russian, Soviet, and American artist Nicolai Fechin created in 1914 in Kazan. The canvas is held in the collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, and is currently on display in the Fechin Hall of the National Art Gallery "Khazine" (a museum's branch).

Fechin's painting depicts a village custom of pouring water on those who pass by a well during summer heat. Peasants considered that it was a magical way of preventing drought. The Christian notion of "washing away sins" merged in this custom with memories of pagan rituals for "calling rain". Art historian Dmitry Seryakov considered Pouring a continuation in Fechin's work of the ethnographic theme, which by the time of the painting's creation had already been reflected in such genre paintings of his as Bearing Away the Bride and Kapustnitsa. Seryakov called th…

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