ARTIST APOLLINARIS MIKHAILOVICH VASNETSOV
Although the work of the younger brother of the famous artist Viktor Vasnetsov not known to many, however Apollinaris Mikhailovich Vasnetsov in the history of art was not shy of his shadow, and had quite a distinctive talent and have left behind a worthy legacy.
Vasnetsovy Brothers were born in the family of a priest in Vyatka province. Having received the blessing of the father, the eldest decided to devote himself to art, and the youngest decided to follow in his parents " footsteps @- entered the Vyatka religious school. However, he, like his older brother, loved to draw. In childhood often ismaliya chalk the home walls. From childhood memories appolinariya:" Когда I took the chalk, I used a piece of soap, finding that it can partly pass рисунок".
When the brothers were left orphans, Apollinarius was only 13 years old. Care had to take on Victor, who was older than 8 years and has studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of arts. After his father"s death he took to his brother, where he lived with him for three years. Vasnetsov-младший said:" po arrival in St. Petersburg, I immediately fell with his brother in the workshop Repin, when he wrote his famous painting" Бурлаки" in Antokolsky"s Studio, laiusega the statue of Peter the Great to the Kronstadt port. The charge was quite strong in order to overwhelm such a man as I, who came from the backwoods of Vyatka губернии".
Apollinaris, like a sponge began to soak up the creative environment which he lived his brother, he became interested in painting and began to understand the basics of using Victor and his friends @- Mikhail Nesterov, Ilya Repin, Mark antakol"skogo, Vasily Polenov. This communication and collaboration, with famous, and then still budding artists, Apollinarius became a great school of learning of pictorial art. He tried to take from each the best and valuable.
However, making considerable progress in the work, a timid young man then did not dare to enter the Academy of arts. But it is" заболел" a fashionable idea at the time - going to the people and, in 1877, having passed the exams for the title of national teacher, moved to the village of Vyatka province, where worked for a year at a local school.
But quickly, disillusioned with the populist ideas of Apollinarius again moved to her brother, but this time in white stone: "Очутившись in Moscow in 1878, after village life, I was amazed by the view of Moscow, of course, mainly to the Kremlin, its towers, walls and соборами". And from that time Apollinary Vasnetsov already fully devoted himself to art. It is very organically combined Vasnetsov-художник and Васнецов-исследователь.
Interest in Russia-матушке, its history and nature, poesy of heroic past — all of this is fully reflected in both paintings Vasnetsov. The overall theme of the masters was an historic painting.
However, if we recall the work of Viktor Vasnetsov, where very colorful presents different genres, from bytopisatelstva to fairy tales, from easel painting to monumentality, from topical subjects of the Wanderers to the newfangled modern style; that his brother stayed true to himself throughout the creative journey. He wrote mostly of the majestic Northern Russian landscapes of the Urals, Siberia and the harsh historical genre paintings of Old Moscow.
Early work Apollinarius, struck a gloomy color, muted colors, but he gradually discovered the power of colors as taught him Vasily Polenov. Gradually gaining mastery by A. Vasnetsov, became Mature and original master. His paintings breathed serenity and grandeur inherent in the Russian nature.
Appolinary traveled extensively in Russia, Ukraine, Crimea. Visited France, Italy, Germany, that not a few have played in his development as a painter. And since 1883 the work of Apollinaris Vasnetsov began to take its rightful place among works by artists-передвижников on the exhibitions of the Association.
In the late 19th-20 century for the love of Russian history, the beauty of life and the monuments of old Moscow in the artist, a new genre @- a special type of historic landscape in which Appolinary trying to revive the appearance and life of the pre-Petrine Moscow. Its Metropolitan streets depicted so that quickly convinced:" перед you authentic witnesses global, the world"s most important historical событий".
it Will be what-то seven years and Vasnetsov will become academician of the Petersburg Academy of arts. A little later, will take an active part in the organization of the Union of Russian artists.
From 1901 to 1918, will lead the landscape class at the Moscow school of painting, sculpture and architecture. After will head the Commission for the study of old Moscow and will conduct archaeological research at the excavation in the Central part of the city.
In 1931 became the only artists who publicly opposed the demolition of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior by writing a letter to the newspaper" Известия".
Apollinary Vasnetsov died in Moscow in 1933.
on the one hand @the-shadow of a famous older brother has always Pricedale achievements and Apollinaria Vasnetsov, and the other @- for the sake of justice it should be noted that thanks to Victor he became who remembers his story.
Source: https://kulturologia.EN/blogs/200618/39369/
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