Nastoyashhee issledovanie posvyashheno izucheniyu otnoshenij zhivopisnoj semioticheskoj sistemy s literaturnym tekstom kak intermedial′nomu yavleniyu i priemov zhivopisi kak sredstvu organizacii teksta v proze A. P. CHechova. V knige predstavlen sistemnyj analiz voprosov prisutstviya zhivopisi v proze A.P. CHechova i otnosheniyam mezhdu etimi semioticheskimi sistemami. Technika A. P. CHechova, s pomoshh′yu kotoroj literaturnyj tekst stanovitsya yavleniem intermedial′nym, sinteziruya v sebe znakovye sistemy zhivopisi, opiraetsya na ekfrasis (yavlenie mezhsemioticheskich perechodov). Aktual′nost′ raboty obuslovlena rastushhim interesom k media-teoriyam i sintezu razlichnych vidov iskusstva v ramkach odnogo literaturnogo proizvedeniya, a takzhe ekfrasisu. V rabote proanalizirovany primery, iz kotorych vidno, kak dlya CHechova-prozaika charakterno postoyannoe obrashhenie k perevodu zhivopisnogo v slovesnoe. Ekfrasis, kak priyom intermedial′noj poetiki, stanovitsya strategiej avtorskoj techniki pis′ma i postoyannoj praktikoj pisatelya. Ignatenko Alexander V. Painting in A. P. Chekhov’s prose The present research is devoted to the studying of the relationship of the pictorial semiotic system with the literary text as an intermedial phenomenon and painting techniques as a means of organizing the text in A.P. Chekhov. The book presents a systematic analysis of the issues of the presence of painting in A.P. Chekhov and the relationship between these semiotic systems. Technique of A.P. Chekhov with the help of which the literary text becomes an intermedia phenomenon, synthesizing the symbolic systems of painting in itself, relies on ecphrasis (the phenomenon of intersemiotic transitions). The relevance of the work is due to the growing interest in media theories and the synthesis of various art forms within the framework of a single literary work, as well as ecphrasis. The paper analyzes examples from which it is clear how Chekhov the prose writer is characterized by a constant appeal to the translation of the pictorial into the verbal. Ecphrasis, as a technique of intermedial poetics, becomes a strategy of the author’s technique of writing and a constant practice of the writer.