The modest scale of the Soviet genius artist PN Ionov
 

Ionov Nikiforovich Peter was born in 1911 in the village Voronchihi Sychevskii district of Smolensk province. He studied art briefly, learning the wisdom samoucheboy.
It can be attributed to the generation of socialist realists, if not mastery, looking at which you forget about the conventional classification. It works a lot of heat and light, as if he learned from the best impressionists.
See "Landscape in the village." This is what it is radically different from the academics of the Soviet era. Yes. He painted large canvases with Lenin, hero of Socialist Labor and noble collective farmers. But, remove the Soviet ranks and insignia that will? Russian peasants and their children, who constitute the bulk of his work. Knowledgeable people tell him that in the countryside, he painted all his fellow villagers, not once, using them as sitters for the sketches. He left a large number of sketches, each of which shows excellent craftsmanship. Master portrait artist characters - ions carefully prepared for the establishment of large canvases, often honing their ideas on paper. Some sketches are so good that can be displayed as finished paintings.
Ionov I received numerous diplomas degree at exhibitions. Throughout his life he wasted no time in knocking out titles, even when he created after the war Smolensky Union of Artists and was its chairman from 1958 to 1964. He was elected a board member of Union of Artists of the RSFSR, was a deputy I All-Union Congress of Artists and the founding congress of artists I RSFSR and other conventions. Great prestige and great humility - and no titles, not counting the title of Honored Artist of Russia, received shortly before his death. Perhaps he no longer had the strength to resist the award.
I very uneven breathing to Peter Nikiforovich since seen his paintings. Before his death he freely transferred their work in various museums, making them inaccessible to visitors. They are gathering dust in storerooms at the risk of rot in our museum system. Unfortunately, I was able to buy just some sketches that were his heirs.
Now I show his work, which are in the gallery of Smolensk Humanitarian University. Description of work I used to "the ceiling" and in fact may be quite different.

Absolutely beautiful!
And otnostitelno the term "socialist realism" totally agree - the use of this term to the artist or his work would be simply an insult to them.
  On some forums, "art lovers" stew audience, convinced that after the "bears in the forest" in Russian art, nothing was done. That they would see these pictures!

You leave these terms: it is important not to write, but as ...

I totally agree with this statement.

Indeed modest. Very
 

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A geranium good. (And composition could be better)

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And for me neoskorbitelno ...

Ionov PN
 

Unfortunately, this is what I is available. There are dozens of sketches, portraits - the artist's preparation to be done. Some of them are very good, the rest are not bad. I Ionova have a few dozen large canvases such 2h3m and more in size, which is stored somewhere in museums, including the central (Tretyakov gal). I do not even have their photos, except for a small catalog of its anniversary exhibition, published in 1983 an edition of 500 copies. Rarity! This black and white photos of Soviet-low quality.
Personally, I have some sketches, so my imagination and mind "finish building black and white photos to color pictures. And I think that I have seen them. And they are beautiful. I hope so.

What I have seen several large works, confirms the my hope, born of these sketches and photos. Full feeling of warmth and kindness. This is not amer culture, no glamor, no kitsch, no conceptual ... It's just goodness.

That's how deeply moved by some provincial Soviet artist seasoned commercial battles businessman, a veteran of the restructuring, a disabled 90, an honorary retiree them. Putin-Medvedev.

And as you so contrived? It seems not yet old man ...

What you all about me! You pay attention to the pictures. They are much more interesting, especially in the original.

That's the difference between the skill of the art, craftsmanship, conveyor, glamor, kitsch and so on. and so on. Art is impossible to photograph! Although I am not a believer (atheist, agnostic), but I believe in the soul, believe in the miracle of human life and human civilization. How can I take pictures of the soul or inspiration?

So I see in black and white monster fine - they do not see a soul, but it is invisibly present for someone who wants to see her.

All art albums give an incomplete picture of the original. As it can be understood - whether to go to the museum to assess first hand. And they need to recall what he has seen before. And then it comes alive.

With all due respect, I leave the right to use the term "socialist realism" for themselves.

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I would not develop the theme of social realism, which I do not like, but I do not think Yanov enjoyed a remarkable artist with the principles of \ p art while working on the paintings.
These principles --
1.''Nationalism'' '. Heroes of the works should be from the people. Usually the heroes of socialist-realist works became workers and peasants.

2. Partisanship'''' '. Unsubscribe from the truth, empirically found by the author and her party to replace the truth, show the heroic deeds, finding a new life, a revolutionary struggle for a brighter future

3 Specificity'' '. In fact, the image to show the process of historical development, which in turn must comply with the doctrine of historical materialism (matter is primary, consciousness is secondary).

Constructiv: I think fundamentally important for artists who worked in Soviet times, the definition of their relationship to the Socialist Realism, as it defines the place of the artist in the artistic process and, ultimately, affect (or affect, in either direction) to its value, seems uninteresting site on investments.

Alexander, that Vladimir was banned on the forum back in October 2011...
It is unlikely he will read your message.