FI Tyutchev: portraits of a creative person

Russian poetry can not be imagined without Tiutchev. Without his sincere and touching lines about the last love, which is "both bliss and hopelessness", subtle psychological sketches of the emotional state of the human soul, landscape paintings that are filled with energy of thought, movement, own life. And Tyutchev's words about empathy and grace - how often we repeat them in moments of anxiety and sadness!

Diplomat, philosopher, writer

The first in our literature, the poet-impressionist Fedor Ivanovich possessed the ingenious ability to catch and convey in an accurately found word instant impressions and changes in the mood of man and nature, the finest states of the soul. Love and philosophical lyrics - these are the topics in which Tyutchev found himself most fully expressing himself. His portraits are far from the image of the romantic, which readers in their mind create in their mind. Bald spots, ruffled hair, glasses ...

Thin, not at all handsome, if one follows the generally accepted canons. However, this impression occurs only at first glance. And if we look more closely, the great Tiutchev appears to us quite different. Portraits are well conveyed and the magnificence of the high forehead of the poet - the forehead of a thinker, philosopher; And wise sorrow in the eyes; And an easy, barely perceptible ironic grin in the corners of his mouth. We unwittingly fall under the colossal charm of the personality of this amazing man. And forgotten, no longer notice external unsightly. It is worth taking in the hands of the coveted volume and getting a grasp of your favorite lines - and it seems that Tyutchev is talking with us personally. Portraits of him are images of a serious, wise man, who has seen a lot, experienced the upsurge of the greatest happiness and the most bitter misfortunes, but has not lost any taste for life, nor the desire to live, love, create.

Opinions of contemporaries

A poet named A. Pletnev named a person out of the ordinary. What was Tyutchev? His portraits, according to Pletnev, convey the mind and irony, the seriousness and kindness, the spiritual complexity and uniqueness of the artist, multiplied by the multifaceted and contradictory nature of the era in which he created. This remark refers to the watercolor made with Tyutchev in 1838. Diplomat and then little-known poet 35 years old. Much has already been written by him, but there are still the best poems that have made his name immortal.

Another contemporary of the artist, writer and public figure Meshchersky, stressed that each portrait of Fyodor Tyutchev reflected some carelessness to external attributes combined with the sharpness of the internal appearance. "A powerful spirit with physical infirmity," - such is the response about the poet of his biographer Aksakov. Any society was animated, it was worthwhile to appear there Fyodor Ivanovich. His brilliant, accurate, clever phrases were picked up and repeated in different salons. Tyutchev's word captivated, fascinated, encouraged, consoled, pleased. After all, he was a poet not only in literature, but also in life.

Tyutchev iconography

Speaking about the external appearance of the poet, through which his inner world so clearly reflects , we can rely not only on the work of the artists who captured him, but also in the photograph. The very first portrait of Feodor Ivanovich Tyutchev - a child. A ruddy toddler, more like an angel than an ordinary child, can tell us little about the brilliant future of this man. Painted for the family chronicle, this portrait is of no special interest to us.

Another thing is the work of the unprofessional artist Rechberg. A young man without a familiar spectacle looks at us with tenacity and with a certain amount of irony. It is clear that in the first place Tyutchev positions himself as a diplomat, rather than as a poet. He emphasizes his official status as a representative of Russia, the Russian state, considering this status to be primary. That's why Tyutchev thought in the second place.

From a diplomat to a writer

Photographic portraits of Fedor Ivanovich 1850-1860-ies, made by master Levitsky, give us an idea of a respectable, secular, successful man. Later bear an obvious stamp of suffering connected with the death of E. Denisyeva, the last beloved Tyutchev.

The work of the artist Aleksandrovsky is presented above. Instead of the usual strict black suit and white shirt, we see a different appearance: an unbuttoned coat, thrown over the shoulder of a rug. There is clearly a touch of romanticism, poetry. By right this is one of the best images of the poet, although it was written after Tyutchev's death.