Children and childhood in painting of A. A. Plastov

The article is devoted to the theme of childhood in painting of A. Plastov. This theme is one of the most important line in his work. It determined a significant part of subjects of his genre paintings and portraits. The author analyzes the compositional structures of paintings of second half of the 1940s - 1960s, reveals the features of work of Plastov with color and light. Attention is drawn to existence of stable themes and subjects of his paintings for three decades. Also the author stresses the connection of intentions of the artist with the socio-historical situation in society.