79 Ilya Glazunov

[SergeiSK]

June 10, 2009 marks 79 years of People's Artist of the USSR Ilya Glazunov. Congratulations to the master and I wish him a long and productive years of life. I like painting by Ilya Sergeyevich and very close to his civil and vital position. There is one picture in the collection several times and visited for several hours in his gallery.
Today, visitors to the artist came Putin. Great-Great-to
"... Putin's visit to an art gallery of Ilya Glazunov on 10 June, the birthday of the artist, which this year celebrated 79 years.
The agency quoted the prime minister, who did not pass without comment a painting of Saints Boris and Gleb: "We must fight for himself but for the country, and paid without a fight ... It can not be an example for us - lay and waited for them to kill" . (Martyr martyrs Boris and Gleb were killed on the orders of the prince of Kiev Svjatopolka in 1015 and canonized in 1071-m. Gleb, who saw his killers, the authors of his life attributed to these words: "One has already started, and came Kalkis something to that sent . - approx. Lenty.ru).
Ilya Glazunov proposed to improve their own picture of Prince Oleg and Igor "after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized depicted on canvas the sword: A sword bit short, like a pen-knife in his hand ... They look like sausage cut. Glazunov praised Putin's eye, in response to the praise of Vladimir Putin stated: "I notice the details" "
(Lenta.ru)

Well, actually - bit short knife for a Russian hero (first picture)

[Pavel]

What is more important for an artist - the content or plastic? I think plastic. Because contrived always suspected double sense. Whether admired arranged by fire, then I rejoice that ducked in time. These standing figures psevdovazhnye actually demonstrate the author's inability to build the track, and the random colored spots, it is not linked to the composition is simply helpless. All kakoeto pseudo: pseudo-characters in the pseudo helmets, pseudo saints, etc. Especially the "picture". That first completely bespomoschnaya thing, but when going repetitions composite is simply crying. Academism died long ago the distinguished author, and your creativity to graphic evidence.

[ранжер]

Сообщение от Pavel

That first completely bespomoschnaya thing

And the second?

[danvik]

Previously, I liked him but after the stories about him from his classmates, ambivalence.

[Pavel]

Сообщение от ranzher

A second?

Same. Where the political conjuncture, there is no art.
He is a good portrait, but also konyunkturny. Besides a hypocrite. About Nara-that he wanted to say that he wanted to place, then I would not have given such a workshop and not be sent on business trips and how he got to the salon and received a gold medal? This is also a politician? Strangely all this.

[Сергеич]

Even cooler would be if Putin took a brush and immediately corrected himself, under the cheers.

Yes! Scene Glazunov with revisions Putin - is a hit. And I would even say - a gold mine.

[Кирилл Сызранский]

Sergeyitch, calls to mind a picture Yar-Kravchenko, Gorky reads his story "The Girl and Death" Stalin. " : D

[Сергеич]

I also love this picture, a story about it is:

It is interesting that Stalin himself, intending to praise the writer does not mention either "at the bottom" or "Mother" or some or other of the major works of Gorky, and raised to heaven his youthful poem-story "Girl and Death" written in 1892 and published in July 1917 in the same newspaper "New Life", which printed anti-Bolshevik article Gorky, which caused outrage in Stalin.
And on Oct. 11, 1931 he appreciates the poem: "This thing is stronger than Goethe's Faust (love defeats death )».

so unreasonably eulogy unpretentious tale only the most dogmatic gorkovedy could take seriously. But I took it seriously Gorky himself?
Here is what a family tradition a son close to the author of the poem writer Vsevolod Ivanov, Vyacheslav Ivanov. A week before departure Gorky in Italy at his home were Stalin and Voroshilov. They "have written their resolution to his tale" The Girl and Death ". My father, who spoke about this episode with Gorky, argued strongly that Gorky was offended. Stalin and Voroshilov were drunk and fooling.
Verify that the certificate is not possible, but it seems quite likely. In such a withdrawal master of the Kremlin sees a mockery of his "closest friend", whom he assisted in many ways forced the greatest kindness, placed next to each other, but never fully trusted, and not too fond of his work.

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At these findings suggests the book from the library of Stalin, which he read with extraordinary scrutiny - Bitter M. "Poems". M., 1951.
You can imagine how Stalin saw a picture of Gorky's tales with his own inscription, she praise her. Then he picks up a blue pencil and three crosses this photograph. Then turns the page and cross out the photo on the reverse side.
There is a book and a certain picture (or is it the painting?), Which depicted Stalin and Voroshilov in the office of Gorky's Little Nikita, when the writer reads it "girl and death. Ideological clerks gave this action with the reading of fairy tales and the words of the great leader of some great historical significance. Genius wrote on genius.
In this picture book Stalin crossed criss-cross with a blue pencil.
It is difficult to understand what motivated Stalin, when he crossed a number of photographs and other works of Gorky's "Poems". Did he express the undercurrent of negative attitudes poetic experience of the proletarian classic? Or felt a certain awkwardness when considered placed in a collection of photos?

I have before heard of this film Gorky's poem is not read or did not remember. And after read.

[Pavel]

Rather, your father is something wrong. At that time around were some enemies, and Stalin is right, moreover, like Lenin, he had unlimited confidence of the people. Print-all for the people's money. All right.
When people talk about Stalin or Lenin seems to me just want to raise their prestige, as there is a Krylov-Ai моська know she is strong since barks at the elephant. "

[Кирилл Сызранский]

Сообщение от Pavel

At the time around were some enemies, and Stalin are right

... that these enemies destroyed.
... strangled, suffocated. (c)

Сообщение от Pavel

All right