The Atomic Lighthouse, Yulia McGrath (Russian Federation) – Exquisite Art
“An actual lighthouse inspires the Atomic Lighthouse” artwork.
The Japanese built the Aniva lighthouse in 1939 on a chunk of rock off the southern coast of Sakhalin, a thin 950 km long island situated just east of Russia, between the sea of Japan and Russia’s Sea of Okhotsk. The island was primarily uninhabited until 1800, when Japan and Russia became interested in annexing it, the Russians for use as a penal colony.
That led to years of conflict, decrease, and buildup of military forces, with both nations agreeing to split the island across the 50th parallel. A ring of lighthouses was built on Sakhalin’s rocky coast to signal incoming troop carriers and merchant ships.
Now the Aniva lighthouse is abandoned. Its seven stories of diesel engines, accumulator rooms, keeper’s living spaces, radio facilities, storerooms, large clockwork pendulum (for regulating the optical system), and 300kg pool of mercury (as a low friction rotation surface for the lens) are still and echo only with the crash of waves against the surrounding crags.
This artwork was hand painted using premium oil paints (Mussini, Old Holland, Michael Harding, Williamsburg, etc.).
The painting is one-of-a-kind artwork that was not repeated, copied, or reproduced.
It is ready to hang and comes on a stretched canvas with the edges painted.
The painting will be carefully packed to ensure it arrives safely at the destination.
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