A boy on a red horse. Bright colors. The red horse is the dominant figure. Compare it to the boy's figure makes an opposition. Archaic symbolism of water. Why is the horse red? What does the red color mean? Blood, aggression, death, resurrection. The horse represents the material aspect of the world. The boy's figure is quite passive, relaxed, indifferent. But still he controls the horse. [http://semioart.livejournal.com/359530.html] A famous painting of Russian painter Petrov-Vodkin which made him world-famous. A red horse is the reference to the Russian icons. The painting was considered as an amalgam of the past and the future, classic European and Russian traditions and avant-garde . For the contemporaries it turned to be a symbol, a prophecy of Russian fate. [https://russian-style.tumblr.com/post/95288830354/kuzma-petrov-vodkin-bathing-of-a-red-horse]