Vladimir Sokolov. "Master panoramic landscape"

[Art Bulvar]

Continuing the story of the followers " Cimmerian school", we introduce readers to the work of a representative of the Romantic movement of landscape painting in the Crimean Vladimir Sokolov .

Vladimir Sokolov (1923-1997) was born in Theodosia area , the age of eight and his parents moved to Theodosia - city , shaped his creative life . Impressions of the Art Gallery of them . Ivan Aivazovsky, familiarity with its director Nikolai Stepanovich Barsamov prompted youth to engage seriously painting. In 1940, he enrolled in an art gallery and studio at studying there at Barsamov until 1949 During the war , when the studies were interrupted by Sokolov, along with other studio members - V. Shepel , S. Mamchich - works in an art gallery , is involved in multiples of paintings by Aivazovsky for evacuation in Yerevan .

At the end of the studio Vladimir Sokolov received the painting department of the Simferopol Art College . N. Samokish , who enjoyed a reputation as one of the best institutions of its kind in the country. In the early 1950s, came to work here outstanding teachers Bernadskii V. , Zakharov , N. Bortnikov who raised a galaxy of outstanding painters Crimean : just to name the most Sokolov and his classmates - Mirošničenko , N. Gavrilyuk , S. Mamchich H . Dragomirova .

Since 1947, Sokolov constantly participates in art exhibitions , first Crimean and then overseas - in France, Japan , Greece, Bulgaria, England, Turkey . In 1960 he became a member of the Union of Artists in 1965.m starts working on the Crimean artistic production plant .

Already in his early works - the kinds of Feodosia and its environs - Sokolov distinguished himself as a talented panoramic landscape . This has not gone unnoticed : in 1950-1951 . on behalf of the USSR Hudfonda young artist developed sketches and participated in the creation of thematic panels for the interior stations , "twins" in Simferopol and Sochi. However, the best large-scale canvases were created later. Software works Sokolova " Storm " (1968 ), " port of Kerch " (1984 ; SHM ) , "Kerch " and " Morning in Simferopol '(1984 , both in the collection of the gallery" Art Boulevard ) are imbued with epic mood complex multifaceted composition where the artist is not just fixed but analyzed the nature, synthesized their experiences , offering a generalized image of what he saw. In this respect, it inherits KF Bogaevskogo , who repeatedly consulted during training in the studio , it is possible that he even took lessons from the legendary painter , although officially Bogaevsky students had not.

Panoramic landscapes Sokolova carefully thought they are characterized by expressive forms , plastic perfection figure , adjusted tonal relationships. They represent Vladimir Alexandrovich as a remarkable colorist. The evidence of this - the presence of all paintings combining ocher- pink tone , allowing to recognize his work.

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Sokolov was one of the few artists who paid attention to his work in the capital of Crimea - Simferopol . In his sketches and sketches can be seen as changing the face of the city, in which the artist lived his entire life. Imprinted on them and see places and objects , and not survived to this day parachute tower or a bridge across the river Salgir . Original monument natural landscape became extinct as his painting " Valley flavorful " (1960, CCM ) and the preparatory sketch for it ( private collection) featuring the famous Rose plantation near Bakhchisarai , at one time owned the farm attar " Fragrant ".

Over half a century sang Sokolov in his work a unique beauty of the Eastern Crimea . He loved to travel , returning from a trip with a variety of field sketches in pencil, charcoal , sanguine or watercolor , oil sketches , which served as the working material for future paintings - " Theodosius " (1956 ), " The tops of the Kara- Dag " (1965 ), " The Old Fortress of Feodosia " (1967), " Kazantip . Azov "(1974) (all - private collection) . Avoiding details, like the artist invites the viewer to finish in his mind the details of everyday life , which flows on the outskirts of towns, fishing villages and Tatar villages , on a desert coast and rocky coves . For each motif , he finds a special welcome and a special touch : a " Dvuyakornaya Bay " (1954 , private collection) works pasty broad strokes, in the " Old Fortress Feodosia " puts them alive, sometimes patchy , seeking impressionistic color vibration . In this case, Sokolov takes not so much the view of many decision purely pictorial problems - transmission multicolored stones variety of textures, light and shadow , reflections on their surface. In this and other works of this plan - " Little House in the Mountains" (1971), " Rybachiya Bay" (1984 , private collection) is influenced by painting his teachers Fedor Zakharov , but , say , a landscape " riddled with land" ( 1968-1969 ; SHM ) Sokolov much closer expressionist painter . Lilac- pink sunset , casting a sinister glowing reflections on the brown earth , dynamic brushwork writhing long strokes evoke the paintings of Edvard Munch .

Discover graphic gift Vladimir Sokolov allowed recent exhibition in Simferopol museums where exhibited views of the old city from the collection of the artist's wife - art historian Rosa Dmitrievny Baschenko , at one time occupied the position of Director of CCM . The only biography of the master , in the past year, she released the book " B. Sokolov . Travel Notes " , where for the first time published a number of works unknown to the general public . But the most largest collection of paintings by Vladimir Sokolov has a National Art Gallery. Ivan Aivazovsky , a good selection of his paintings there in Simferopol Art Museum .

Sokolov family friend , art Linichenko Lyudmila , who has worked for many years with RD Baschenko Museum, Vladimir Alexandrovich characterizes as a man humble , shy and unsociable . According to her, Sokolov was not interested in titles and official events , he avoided meetings, shunned noisy companies and even travel to the Crimea in search of new experiences and motives preferred one. No wonder that during his lifetime he never held any personal exhibition catalog is not published their works. The first solo exhibition of paintings held in Sokolova SHM after his death ... He was buried in Feodosia Vladimir Alexandrovich - the city where he spent his childhood and where started his emergence as an artist .