“After the Attack. Dressing Station near Plevna,” created by Vasily Vereshchagin in 1881, belongs to the Realism art movement and the genre of battle painting. This artwork is part of the series depicting the Russo-Turkish War.
The artwork vividly portrays a chaotic and somber scene following a fierce battle. It depicts numerous wounded soldiers lying on the ground, awaiting medical attention in a field hospital near Plevna. Several large tents are erected amidst the tumult, serving as makeshift dressing stations where medics and nurses attend to the injured. The background features a landscape dotted with distant buildings and faint columns of smoke, all under a pale, hazy sky. The detailed rendering of the figures, their injuries, and their expressions of pain and fatigue, highlights the brutal reality of war, a characteristic feature of Realism. Through its meticulous depiction of human suffering and the aftermath of conflict, the artwork serves as a poignant reminder of the heavy toll of war.
