“And all objects are more significant than in reality.” 7 favorite paintings by Natalia Glebovatranslated

Natalia Glebova

Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of the Moscow Union of Artists, member of the Union of Artists of Russia. In 1980 she graduated from the monumental workshop of the Moscow State Institute named after V. I. Surikov, studied with K. A. Tutevol. Natalia's paintings are presented in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, museums and private collections in Russia, France, Germany, and Italy.

November apples 2018

I saw this picture at the dacha on a gloomy November day, when everything had already flown around, all the flowers and bushes had turned into gray weeds. On top of everything else, a heavy black cloud came over, it became even darker. And suddenly the sun shone through the gaps, and the apples on the tree lit up with a golden light.

It looked like a real miracle. The glow of apples and the window of the neighbor's house where the light was turned on. A little more - and the magic will disappear, the sun will hide, everything will darken and even the neighbor’s window will become an ordinary window with an ordinary electric light. It was important for me to remember this moment.

Below, under the tree, my husband, the artist Ivan Lubennikov, stands and removes golden apples with a stick. It seemed to me that he definitely had to be in this picture.

Wild peony (Maryin…