Chernikov Hope Eliseevna
artist
09/30/1916 - 2010
Biography
Painter. Member of the Union of Artists.
Prophecy that the light will be a talented artist who has a dream of her mother. Esther Zakharovna, pregnant sixth child, was with a brush and an easel in the hands of the girl, radiant energy of harmony and beauty. And so, despite the hardships of the Civil War and early widowhood, the former schoolgirl strongly supported the thrust of my daughter to draw. And when Hope, like my aunt, think to go to music school, parent, collecting paintings, koi girl made as if effortlessly, almost by the hand, took her to an art college in Stalingrad.
For classmate Alexandra Chervonenko Hope married, leaving her maiden name, because as written, both paintings and did not want to "confuse" the audience the same surname. Together with her husband in 1939, they arrive in Kharkiv Art Institute. The news of the Great Patriotic War of the spouses met at Stalingrad, where shortly before her move to live. Fate seemed to kept both for creativity: the mobilized among the first man came to the Victory, and his wife, survived the horrors of Stalingrad, the bombing, wrote to then great strength and truth of the picture: "The second in February 1943", "During World War II" (1960), " Stalingrad, 1942 (1978), "Children of War" (1985). Seven paintings, written by her on the eve of celebration of 60 anniversary of the victory at Stalingrad, the artist gave to local lore museum, unfortunately, not having received a two-year hard work of a dime. Museums, unfortunately, today is not able to buy the work. A Volgograd businessmen in no hurry to invest in paintings by local artists.
Having experience in dealing with foreigners (and Chernikov traveled to the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain), she tells of close attention in the West in Russian art. For three years (from 1996 to 1998), art historian Dolores Spaniard, traveling in Russia, bought from the artists paintings. And in 1999 in Madrid, opened an art gallery in a specially built for this huge building with many rooms. At the presentation were invited Russian artists, including Chernikov. Gathered in Madrid's high society led by members of the royal family. In honor of the guests was arranged a banquet in one of the best restaurants in the capital. Paintings were sold on the "cheers". Proceeds for the amount allowed them Volgograd artist for a long time to create without worrying about the "daily bread". After all costs of purchase of paints and canvases are much higher than retirement wizard brush. Often artists are on the verge of poverty. Especially after the adoption of the law, complicating the process of selling paintings to foreigners. But, no matter what, Hope Chernikov without painting can not imagine a day. Hardly woke up, she immediately takes up the brush, because it is afraid not to have time to implement all their plans.
The scenes of domestic life is people. Especially loves to paint children. She has the most two grown daughters, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One of the daughters went in the footsteps of mother, son and grandson, also an artist. They live in Ukraine, where museums still continue to buy paintings by local artists ...
(Marina Volchenko, resource Volga 34 ")
She died in February 2010, Volgograd |