Paul Miroshnichenko. "In his heart he was nostoyaschy lyricist and romantic."

[Art Bulvar]

Pavel Petrovich Miroshnichenko, born in June 1920 the first Belovodsk Luhansk region. The village lies on the banks Derkul because transparent , "white" water which got its name . Beauty of his native land forever imprinted in his heart and memory of Pavel Petrovich , woke him early craving for art. However , to realize their dream , the future artist could not be soon. After graduating from high school and working as a technician in gorkomhoze in 1939 he was called up for military service in the Red Army . When the Great Patriotic War , Pavel Petrovich was guarding the southern borders of the motherland.

Military biography gunner Miroshnichenko was rich variety of events. As later recalled P.K.Stolyarenko about his longtime friend " Pavlov was a brave man ! Nothing and no one was afraid . " Here is just one episode of his war epic . As part of the Kerch-Feodosiya landing he gets on the eve of the Kerch Peninsula in 1942 . Landing itself was a legendary feat of Soviet soldiers , not to mention the subsequent battles for the Crimea . Escape unscathed in those circumstances it was almost a miracle .

In May 1942 during the retreat of the Red Army along with the remnants of military units and civilians he descends into Adzhimushkayskie quarry. People hoping to ride out the German offensive , and were littered with tunnels for 170 days. After 70 years, many of us have and can not imagine the horror of this dungeon of death. In the quarries there was no water ! Nasasyvayut water from distant stone walls of caves, where colder eat horses and rats ... Pretty soon the Germans figured let gas. And let it systematically twice a day.

When it became clear that the Germans will not go from quarries , Pavel Petrovich began searching for any opportunity to escape. "With a rifle , I do not know how to defend themselves , and there is no gun razvernesh " - then joked Miroshnichenko . Many years later he took friends and Stolyarenko Zakharova in those places - showing where and how came to the surface. Returning to the army , Pavel Petrovich fought in the Caucasus , and then went through the whole country and half of Europe - Romania, Hungary , Austria, Czechoslovakia . Victory already met in Prague. For courage and heroism P.P.Miroshnichenko was awarded the Order of the Red Star , two Orders of the Patriotic War , medals "For Valour ", "For the liberation of Vienna ", " For Victory over Germany ", " For Military Merit ."

Discharged in 1946, Pavel Petrovich in a greatcoat with orders came to enter the Art School. Samokisha . Naturally , he was admitted to the first year and even appointed foreman of the hostel. Cool character and military discipline seemed to many new student excessive , but the order in the dormitory was set rapidly and permanently.

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His classmates in the college were Sergei tank, Vladimir Sokolov , Stepan Mamchich Nina Dragomirova Olga Dudina - interesting people , gifted artists . In such an environment , Pavel Petrovich , not endowed by nature easily fine craftsmanship , had to work with particular tenacity . But persistence and perseverance , he was not to occupy. Lucky with the teachers - the first years and S.I.Vladimirov M.P.Kroshitsky and to final year and F.Z.Zaharov V.D.Bernadsky . Talented painters and caring teachers , these people gave their students the main thing - the love of art , the fundamentals of and commitment to continuous improvement .

Pavel Petrovich always remembered how hard and how budding artists could support young . For twenty years, Pavel Petrovich returned to teaching. Since 1951, the distribution arrived in Balaclava teacher of drawing and painting at school number 30 , then worked in the Sevastopol city shipbuilding college. Since 1956, he becomes an artist Sevastopol artistic production workshops, but nevertheless volunteer led studio amateur artists . About 10 years from 1962 to 1970 are given mentoring . Lots of good painters passed through this workshop - Anatoly Suhorukih Felix Kutinov Alexander Shadrin, Zino Filippov and others.

People's Artist of Ukraine A.I.Suhorukih recalls this workshop with a special warmth : " After graduating from college I came to Sevastopol , and no studio , no place to perch oneself . Pavel Petrovich and called me . More than two years I have worked in this studio - workshop in Rural beam. It was big and bright, and, most importantly , it was always warm! Pavel Petrovich youth was attentive , but did not impose. Usually in the first half of the day working in the studio , and after dinner often traveled to destinations on the sketches . We then had Zaporozhec Miroshnichenko - so he and we took out . And yet, what was then a very important - not welcomed Pavel Petrovich and even binge drinking in the workshop is not allowed . Work because work! "

Sevastopol became P.P.Miroshnichenko hometown. Here Paul Petrovich met his wife - Galina Ivanovna, had a son and a daughter. Despite the profession, far from art - Galina taught school English, was a Methodist - all her life supported her husband . Our acquaintance with the family Miroshnichenko happened in 2000 and immediately caught the eye loving attitude to the works of Galina Ivanovna husband. The house has been collected the best pictures of the artist: Eastern Crimea, types Alsou ( Mountain Hut , 1998 ) " And this is my favorite ! - Galina said , pointing to Sednev autumn landscape . - On the Flap home seems . "

Since 1952 , P.P.Miroshnichenko permanent participant of city and regional art exhibitions. Despite many years of work teacher, he finds time to be creative . In private and museum collections often landscapes of this period , especially many kinds of Sevastopol and the surrounding area . Work " Inkerman " ( 1961 , SevHM im.M.P.Kroshitskogo ) and " Autumn vineyards " (1962 ) the best examples of the early period of the artist .

In his spare time, Paul Petrovich sought leave to nature with friends. Since the time of apprenticeship has good relations student and teacher Miroshnichenko Zakharov. And in the early 60s to their company joined Pyotr Kuzmich Stolyarenko . Three very different people , passed by this time a different way of life , three dissimilar artist retained a real man's friendship throughout his life.

" We went all the time, several times a year - says P.K.Stolyarenko . - Pasha was Zaporozhec and we often went to the Eastern Crimea, in Falcon , even the Kuban. Fedor went not always , very much in his Zaporozhets was uncomfortable. But when we were going , then Fedor folded in three deaths ( F.Z.Zaharov was 2 meters tall - approx. 's Website ) , loaded paint, canvas and fishing rods and went to the sketches . " Everything else, the three friends were avid fishermen , so the trips were full of adventure and anecdotal cases.

Pyotr Kuzmich recalls with pleasure the old adventure : "Once we went to the Kuban , the cordon Siltings , where I had an old hut . Caught a few days , and fines and small sturgeon caught . Allowed only on the ear head, yes guts , well, a trifle too. A sturgeon carcasses did fillets . Teshki also walked in the case - including cooked fish glue sized, and canvases. I am , as they said , " kuhoreval ." Paul , as always terse , only joking. And Fedor suffered - " I do not gorge on it. When the fish is real! ? ". One evening came neighboring fishermen and say, " You got a car there ? We bring to you the wheel "- and shows the wall privalennoe wheel lies - hefty ! We look at each other with Paul . - That cranks ! Why is Zaporozhets wheel ... A neighbor laughs . Match and see - this wheel of sturgeon - they head to tail tied in the dark and can not tell. Big fish was huge - a useless jerk . Chopped to pieces - then we all ate ! Two days of eating . And fillets , incidentally, brought home , Fyodor tasted them and was very pleased. "

Of course, the main on these trips had a job. Much has been written - by cartons , on canvas , on everything that came across his arm . Pavel Petrovich dabbled in still lifes and portraits, but to maximize reveal their artistic talent could precisely in the landscape genre . In 60 years in the work shows the influence of P.P.Miroshnichenko Pyotr Kuzmich - close colors, compositional solutions , even smear plasticity . And , nevertheless , the work of Pavel Petrovich recognizable. ( Evening , 1974 . ) Most of the works of the painter - rural or urban landscapes, views of the sea with fishing boats on the shore. Pavel Petrovich interested in people and their lives . Although he tried to avoid thematic paintings or multi-figure compositions , but the presence of a person to read his works always . To do this, the author resorts to the old , proven method of introducing into the landscape staffazhnyh figures. Together with them, we can easily travel through the streets of its cities , meet fishermen come home , or bask in the sun bleached Ukrainian hut - Pavel Petrovich perfectly mastered presence. This too is an absolute talent of the artist - to revamp their landscapes, making them a part of real life.

 Each new picture or a large sketch given Pavel Petrovich at once - it was a long way to find . Artist rewrote them many times , resulting in a picturesque layer becomes dense , three-dimensional, textured . Looking at the work of Pavel Petrovich , I always remember a letter to K.F.Bogaevskogo MAVoloshin in 1907 : "All this time I've been working with oil. The farther away , the more convinced that the oil paint , really kills me liberty; she eventually trivializes any initial good task design. Have all the time to adjust to it. Oil paint I covers exactly flabby body skeleton conception of her will not see bone strength and power . " But K.F.Bogaevsky adored working with oil and Miroshnichenko was not ready to back down. He dabbled in the chart: ink, pencils , markers , watercolors, then in monotypes , but always returned to the oil , believed that it was in color and texture in this painting he will succeed .

Talking about creative ways P.P.Miroshnichenko can not remember his many years of work in Sebastopol artistic production workshops. As most of our painters and Paul Petrovich big part of life was associated with custom work , travel on collective farms , fishermen bases of rest , with the creation decoration paintings. A.I.Suhorukih worked with Pavel Petrovich many years , often found in the same production team . He, too, have something to remember about those early years : " Meet me somehow Aref and says:

- Tolia , we Miroshnichenko and Filippov should not go to Verhnesadovoe days in Filippov can not . Come with us !

- Well, let's go .

3 day passes , it's time to go , and here and Aref disappeared somewhere . What to do? Miroshnichenko decided to go alone . And drove off. I wrote for a copy of their diploma farm " Mother of Sevastopol" , and Paul Petrovich did the big picture with the guys and girls on the background of the gardens . Then came YA Konovalov from Kiev, helped Paul Petrovich - one such canvas not catch in time , and in the composition need to be corrected , Pavel Petrovich was a good landscape painter , and the figures did not like to write ... and to the right , turned out bad . (Laughs) "

Own unique style developed by the mid 70s . His hallmark has always remained difficult , pasty multicolored fused smears almost sculptural modeling of the objects , whether the boat ashore, flowering gardens , sea waves . By the middle of the creative ways Pavel Petrovich saw its main task to transfer the state of nature and light and air . In his best works, the 80- 90s light pervades all space of the canvas. The author is quite faithfully reproduces the evening or afternoon light, heat or cool in the heat of wooden boats and the heat scorching streets of southern cities . Over the years, the artist - a worker has become a true master of photography . "Under the Night" (1981 ) , "Collection Fragrant roses at the farm " ( 1975 , Sev.HM im.M.P.Kroshitskogo ) , " Street in Bakhchisarai " ( 1987) - fine examples of his paintings .

Plunging into the creative process deeper , P.P.Miroshnichenko , by nature reserved, became even more withdrawn . Colleagues often complained of his bad temper , increased criticality . Their reflections or observations Pavel Petrovich was in no hurry to share with everyone, this remained the best of friends - in their amazing friendship was no place for jealousy was the support and attention to each other's fortunes . And that friends understand best Paul Petrovich . " In his heart he was a real lyricist and romantic" - says a little thought, P.K.Stolyarenko .

However , Pavel Petrovich always noticed these events in the artistic life of the city, seen the success of colleagues in these cases did not skimp on the praise . The book reviews of personal exhibition Sevastopol artist Vladimir V. Protsenko Pavel Petrovich wrote : "Labour thanks man morally , financially and how you want ! I look at your exhibition and see half a dozen of these works of art . And it is very good! For you personally , for the team Sevastopol artists. For many of them taught you the real lesson of genuine labor of love for art. " And then two pages he describes his impression of the exhibition as a whole and of individual works , notes especially good work. In the end decided to give advice , "You drink a lot of black, brown paint. Color is necessary to take major, brighter. Brighter than nature can not take , so I was taught. I'll say this, too "( 11 August 1983 ) . V.V.Protsenko has long been an established artist , a brilliant watercolorist , teacher and , nevertheless , he still keeps this book recalls Pavel Petrovich as a wise mentor.

Creative destiny Paul Petrovich has developed successfully . It was understood and acknowledged by his contemporaries during his lifetime, was in the city, regional , national and national exhibitions (more than 80). His work has been presented in group exhibitions in Hungary and Japan , and in Japan it was acquired 5 seascapes for the Museum of Russian Art . In 1995 P.P.Miroshnichenko Honoured Artist of Ukraine . His works are in the Sevastopol Art Museum . M.P.Kroshitskogo , in Simferopol Art Museum , in the collection of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts , in other museums around the country , and numerous private collections in Ukraine and abroad .

Workshop produced a lasting impression Paul Petrovich in the last years of his life : a large bright room in Sevastopol KHUDFOND was littered with forcing and littered with canvases . Between them remained narrow two-foot path from the door to the window, where there was a table easel and paint . When neither come, Pavel Petrovich works! It is said that he wrote for the life of more than 2,000 paintings. Treated them very carefully and cautiously , but sold quietly , even with pleasure: " Buy - so enjoy ! "

So it happened that in the homes of many of Sevastopol are paintings of this master. Years pass, the artist is long gone with us , but his kind and colorful world forever imprinted on canvas . Looking at these works can not imagine his military background , closed nature , severity colleagues - we are fine lyric and a hopeless romantic , a man who was afraid of nothing and who was able to save their world and their dreams .