Happy people - Grigory Kapustin
 

"Among these nice people had one extraordinary meeting. I submitted one artist, a man slightly older than me. The name of this gentleman Grigory Kapustin. He seemed suddenly to him is located. Perhaps his calm and nesuetlivost that reason. Personality quite distant from all the quests in the art. His simplicity and sincerity I bribed and when he invited me to dinner, I saw no reason to refuse. Ibid been in his small studio. He seascapes, and I saw many of his works - honest and guileless, from which came the love of marine element. He himself was a man totally and Civil land, and serves at some office accountant. Pictures of his quite traditional and enjoy well-deserved success. This is consistent with the kinds of Crimea Ai-Petri Mountain in the background or other marine landscapes of the Black Sea coast and is quite easy to learn all these places are written with the continued accuracy of a man accustomed to the accuracy of their studies. However, and there is lack of emotional warmth. Citizens willingly bought and he did very well known. That such a fate craftsman, which is unpretentious recognition makes satisfied with their creativity. I even, frankly, thinking. Happy man! He is not obliged to earn their bread and drawing on doing it for my own pleasure. Because, probably, on his canvases the sea is calm, as a reflection of his inner serenity and harmony with itself. Does the artist think that the ultimate goal of his work should be selling? Is this good - to be dependent on someone else's tastes - or only prevent the disclosure of the soul?
    At dinner we talked a lot, he even heard about the most sensational of the Paris exhibition, where I exhibited with two works. I understand that he does not approve of the gentlemen critics and the way they judge the painting from the perspective of the viewer. Knowing that I am a member of the jury of the Salon d'Automne, he was extremely flattered that expressed immediately, but without servility, and with the dignity of a fellow on the art ... ". Viktor Berdnik. Priestess. Chapter 6-I.

Pass through their hands a large number of his works, while actually never was clear who he is and what he said. And the work met a very different quality. So say - accountant.

In the absence of a real biography, modern biographers write that Grigory Kapustin belonged to the community of artists who perform work to ensure the intelligent part of society, instilled by the examples of academic painting. If you dig in the Address Calendars that time, we can understand much. How many more unknown and forgotten.

Among these works the second, third and fourth like that written with one hand and the artist seascapes.

I totally agree. I think the level of pictures that you have listed, much higher than the others (rather amateur).

Guys, the first and fourth. Something in this is, at least not seen such.

I liked the fourth, very unusual!