ARTIST VLADIMIR MAKOVSKY
REALISM
"Автопортрет". Author: Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky.
the family House Makovsky, characterized by cordiality and hospitality, regularly collected famous artists, musicians, writers, artists. It was well received celebrities of the time @- Glinka, Gogol, Pushkin, Shchepkin. The artist inherited from their parents " immense love for art, wonderful ears and a very beautiful voice.
"В hot day". (1881). High artistic-исторический Museum.
Of the five children, which brought Yegor Ivanovich and Love Kamilievna Makovsky @- three became well-known artists. The most successful was the brother of Constantine, created in the style of salon painting, the heroes of his paintings were people of the highest light of many countries. You can not say about Vladimir, he was less famous, but his pictures wore a textbook in nature, reflecting life in Russia.
In the house where there was an atmosphere of art, Vladimir very soon learned to painting.
He skillfully managed and with watercolor, oil and pencils; and testing passion for music @well - played violin and had a beautiful singing voice.
15-летнем age Volodya under the guidance of his teacher V. A. Tropinin created the canvas" Мальчик, selling kvas" (1861), which will adorn the walls of the Tretyakov gallery.
Many paintings of Vladimir Makovsky are a real reflection of the existence of almost all social layers and classes of the Russian Empire." Здесь merchants, officials, nobles of all ranks; raznochintsy intelligentsia and the working people — craftsmen, artisans and peasants; burghers and inhabitants of different ages and characters; clerks, servants and lackeys, beggars, vagrants and prisoners, soldiers and жандармы."
a Talented painter, looking intently in the world, really felt for human misery and weakness, were happy their little successes. From under his brush one after another out of the picture, which tells about the fate of ordinary people.
Nearly half a century every year he exhibited his new works at various exhibitions. And was always the center of attention canvas and topical nature that awakens thought and civic awareness, understandable to the widest audience.
the Picture painted for the contest" Крестьянские boys in a night guard horses" in 1869, brought the artist fame and gold medal for artistic expression. Then the Academy of arts awarded the artist the title artist 1-й degree.
Canvas" В office of the doctor" presented at the exhibition in 1870 @- had considerable success, and the artist predicted greater glory. The intricate plot is impregnated with subtle humor, and the technique @- thoroughness in detail. We see how compassionate priest with knowledge of the matter explains your old" верный" the recipe for a toothache. And that, in turn, his whole appearance embodies living in the people"s faith in the miraculous healing power of the popular methods of treatment.
In 1873 canvas" Любители Soloviev" earned him the title of academician of the Academy of fine arts and was exhibited at the world exhibition in Vienna, where he attracted considerable public interest.
Many works of the artist narrate sad stories about people from villages, which sucks in a dark and violent city. A quiet sadness, affection, sorrow emanates from the eyes of a mother, who came from the countryside to visit given" в people" son.
There"s an artist and narrative canvases, filled with a touching lyricism and drama.
Marriage and the birth of two sons has influenced the theme of the artist, who plunged into the world of childhood and has created paintings" Пастушки"," Ночное"," Игра grandmother".
In many paintings of Vladimir Egorovich visible light humor, and this in spite of the complexity of the compositions, filled with small details and lots of images, which are endowed with appropriate character and facial expressions.
the Idea of populism and fighting for the truth, going through all the creative activities Makovsky, was the motive of the entry of the artist into the ranks of the Association of traveling exhibitions in 1872. A year later, he has held a seat on the Board.
His paintings were always different but recognizable style and technique. And models it was the common people, the crowd and onlookers on the streets, the images of which became the original dedication of the lives of peasants and working people. With the character these people always exuded positivity and sincerity.
And in order to emphasize the injustice to the disadvantaged and disenfranchised segments of society painter in his works he uses a contrast of characters: the rich – poor, dirty – sleek, hungry – well-fed.
in Almost every work of Vladimir Egorovich created intrigue, which wonderfully fit to the composition of the painting. He would have built the drama of their genres successfully constructed the staging. Different kinds of small household details and details every time you complement the created image.
Possessing a unique gift of a psychologist, the master looked into the spiritual world of his characters and by means of the found characteristic posture or the expressive gestures, facial expressions enhanced the impression of what is happening in the picture.
the Most socially-эпатажные of his paintings some time was banned by the censorship. The same fate was the canvas" Ходынка".
After Khodynka. Vagankovsky кладбище." (1901).
Vladimir Makovsky enjoyed great popularity at the Moscow public, his paintings always sold well, unlike the work of most artists of the time. From the memoirs of contemporaries мастера:"жил Makovsky rich, had in comparison with other artists of the significant capital generated through hard work, systematic work. Paintings Makovsky was very expensive: hundreds of thousands of rubles. Buyers were persons who possessed large capital, the aristocrats, the yard, sometimes музеи".
Source: https://kulturologia.EN/blogs/181117/36696/
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