Semen Pustovoitov - a master of watercolor

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Sing temples with paintings S. Pustovoitova defiance of oblivion
                       boorishness, war: were there, we ...
                                                                 Alexander Shein
  Semyon Pustovoitov (1921, Odessa - 1995, Novgorod, Russia) graduated from the Odessa Art College average. Interestingly, his thesis "Mikula Selyanovich and Volga is located in the Odessa Archaeological Museum.
    He fought in the Novgorod land and the ancient temples of Novgorod have had a such a strong impression that in 1951 he decided to return here. It was here that he emerged as an outstanding master of watercolor. Pustovoitov SI participant of the First All-Union Exhibition watercolors in 1965 His first solo exhibition was held in 1967 in the city of his youth, in Odessa.
   In the same year he was awarded a medal for the restoration of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Trinity-St.
    His works are stored in the Novgorod Museum Reserve, in the Odessa Museum and St. Petersburg. Assigned to him was the title of "honorary citizen of Novgorod." Glorified his famous watercolors, which he began writing in the 1970's, when the main theme of his work was an ancient Novgorod. A series of watercolors "Novgorod" is a unique phenomenon, and the best of the sheets embody such energy that the beloved author's thought: an architectural monument is the fate of the nation, its living history and future, becomes apparent.
     Romantic excitement, the tragic-that is characteristic of mature style SI Pustovoitova.