Продано: A. Bobylev, still life with jug

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Bobylev Alexey, still life with jug, 62 x 80 cm, 1996, oil on canvas



Bobylev Alexey was born in the Cossack village in southern Russia in 1927. The interest in painting was awakened in his childhood years, but that time when art took the main place in his life, was preceded by work at a metallurgical plant, working as a herder and Ranger wild horses, a partisan detachment during the war, a serious passion for music and even shooting film. However, the desire to engage in art prevailed, and after studying at art College led by Alexey Bobylev in Leningrad, in the Institute named after Ilya Repin, which he successfully graduated in 1956, receiving a silver medal. A graduate of the Institute dedicates himself to the restoration of unique monuments of the past, works of art, working as an artist-реставратора in special scientific-реставрационных workshops in the Hermitage, and then in a specialized erection-строительном management.

During its work, the wizard has gained the highest qualifications and a reputation as one of the leading artists-реставраторов of our city and Russia. The list of monuments which he restored, so steep that, not being able to cite the names of all 64 objects contained in it, it is enough to mention the most significant of these, such as the murals in the drum of the dome of the Kazan Cathedral, the painting and sculpture rooms of the Catherine Palace, the sliding hill pavilion in Lomonosov, Stroganov, Yusupov and Elagin palaces, Jordanian and Stasovski stairs, Malachite and several other halls of the Hermitage, as well as the restoration of paintings in the Museum-квартире Chaliapin and scientific-реставрационное and archaeological research of a unique monument of architecture of the first quarter of the EIGHTEENTH century - Sampsonievsky Cathedral.

The restoration of every such object is a complex task (documentary, historical and archaeological research, restoration of every detail, part of the interior, including wall and ceiling painting, paintings, furniture, fabrics), the solution of which requires the high professionalism, deep knowledge of engineering and technology restoration and conservation of works of art and a kind of artistic universalism.

All these qualities are possessed by A. Bobylev. He perfectly mastered the technique of fresco, oil, tempera, watercolor, pastel, miniature painting, painting on porcelain, fabric, wood. However, the artist-реставратор what is A. Bobylev, - not just a craftsman, he should possess a perfect figure, rules of composition and laws of linear and aerial perspective, and also perfectly to know the specifics of a particular school, a particular manner of writing of the master, without which it is impossible to produce replacement of the losses of the original painting.

Currently A. Bobylev entirely devoted himself to easel painting. The highest skill of the artist and the love for his work combined with his indefatigable energy, imagination and desire to create give truly dazzling result.