Another week will continue its work traveling exhibition of works by Valentina Mikhailovna Diffine Christi (1918 - 2010) - "The world of light ..." in Togliatti (Samara region):
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at the Art Museum of Togliatti, an exhibition of paintings by Moscow artist Valentina Mikhailovna Diffine Christi (in 1918 and 2010.). The exhibition includes works written in the 60's - early 90's.
Diffine Christi was a member of the Moscow branch of the Union of Artists. Among her paintings we find landscapes, still lifes, and typical for Soviet art portraits of factory workers - fitters, electrical, millers, Crane foundry. By orders of the plant, she wrote the Komsomol and the old partisan, created Leniniana, reveals themes of civil war. A wonderful song "Potato Field" - one of a number of paintings made on visits to the collective farm village. Yet the work of Valentina Mikhailovna attract attention by its uniqueness. Feature of the work is to combine the traditional Soviet themes with beautiful search website.
A born painter, Valentine Diffine Christi acutely felt exactly the color of the surrounding world. In his younger years, her painting was influenced by her husband's creative, talented artist Eugene Diffine, who worked in the tradition of Konstantin Korovin. She was educated in the studio S.Gerasimova and was the representative of the Moscow school of painting. Its own way in art Diffine Christi found in the 60's of last century.
Richness and depth of its figurative paintings created primarily by means of painting. Valentina says: "In painting, there is no circuit. The boundaries and objects are defined only rely colorful spots. " It denies the subjective perception of reality: one just needs to see their exact relations "in all songs at once." The absence of loops prevents feel accuracy and constructive pattern, see the plastic form in her portraits and compositions.
Her style of art is called "spiritual impressionism." The nature of her paintings, her formal search largely close by artistic quest that led Russian masters of the late 19th - early 20th century (the Crimea, Sapunov, Sarian P.Kuznetsov, etc.), in which the art was a separate page of the joint "Blue Rose ". Just as they Diffine Christi refers to the method of the Impressionists. But using separate swabs color, it makes them more diverse, flexible, gives another meaning. They reveal the nature of form and space and, at the same time, create a restrained lyrical imagery. Subtly and unobtrusively sounding poetic note enhances emotional expression patterns and thereby enrich their content. Color system determines the mood in her paintings.
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Summarizing life observations, the artist uses possibilities of painting in all its richness and diversity. Building a color structure of a work, it achieves the impression of air vibration luminous colorful tones. With especially clearly manifested in her later works. Bright Lights is achieved in the space of the paintings are not at the expense of black and white contrasts, but with the help of color harmony, dissonance and accents.
This rhythm is like pulsating strokes creates a complex and lively texture, transfers anxious feelings inherent in a particular subject, a landscape or portrait image. Designed Diffine Christi picturesque method allows it to show in the pictures of living, moving, breathing world, including man, as its inseparable part.
Achieving the aesthetic impact of paintings, Valentina Diffine Christi up to their plane of rhythmic variety and expressiveness of color relations, which brings the art of music.
The show was enthusiastically received by local craftsmen. Its positive value to the chairman of the Board of painters Togliatti branch of the Union of Artists of Russia, Honored Artist of Russia, sculptor Alexey Kuznetsov. Comparing surface works Diffine Christi with a picturesque carpet, he compared the method with the work of the artist Togliatti authors.
About how he understands "amazingly close" to him the artist's creativity, said Fyodor Yuritsyn. "It's very emotional painting. So many feelings it evokes in me "- he said. Let me give you a few things. N.Nadeina: "The soul thawed. Wonderful views, especially "Gurzuf" pearl portrait Crane "; T.Chirikova:" Portrait of a still life, landscapes - everything is great "; T.Minsafina:" It was this insight: you walk into work, and the work is in you. Written sincerely, with a warm, sincere attitude to the people depicted in portraits, images of paintings caused a flurry of emotions, Komsomolets, plaintive portrait doll, inspired image of the worker-installer ... "; E.Grigoreva noted the" poetic language "works," deepening the author's spiritual life characters, houses, landscape. These motives are not even the scenery. It is rather the echoes of impressions, experiences, what they saw, poetry in paint. What is the most valuable for the author and for the viewer, who is looking for the pictures more than a resemblance. "
Members of the Department of Togliatti Artists RF admire the picturesque quality craftsmanship and "impressive" manner of writing Valentina Diffine Christi. Many did not once come to the exhibition and closely scrutinized in every detail. They note that "in the works is the spirit and the flesh" (Minsafina). "Beautiful is a sensual figure - said Yuritsyn - especially in portraits. Line as such, no, but it is felt. " Eleanor Grigorieva painting Diffine Christi "recalls and the Fauves and the Impressionists." Analyzing color, masters talk about the "splendor of color and subtle color substance" in the paintings, the "game of smears of color" and its vibration, creating the impression of playing music. "The eye just happy combination of colors, their rhythms, game, texture," as if born "lyrical, quiet melody" (Grigorieva).
Artists Togliatti unanimously noted the high level of "the best for the last time," the exhibition of our art museum. According to the masters, its value is particularly high for young artists, art students of faculties of universities. It teaches courage, sincerity and dedication, to his skill.
Conclude the article wants to Nina Nadein: "This is an exhibition, after which you want to work."
A.Paveleva
Art historian, member of the Union of Artists of Russia
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Saturday, Sunday - from 10.00 to 17.00. Monday - closed.
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