Glazunov Ilya. Pictures that can shake

Glazunov Ilya Sergeevich, whose paintings will be presented below, since 1980, is the title of People's Artist of the USSR. He is a full-fledged Knight of the Order "For Services to the Fatherland", noted and other awards, prizes for his invaluable contribution to the development of art.

Artist Biography

Glazunov Ilya, whose paintings are now familiar to many not only in Russia, but also abroad, was born in Leningrad in 1930, on June 10. When the Great Patriotic War began, he was in a besieged city. A boy from a family survived the blockade, all relatives were killed. He was taken out on the Road of Life, which passed through Lake Ladoga when he was 12 years old.

After the blockade was lifted, the teenager returned to his hometown in 1944. He graduated from the Secondary Art School, and then the Repin Institute.

In 1956, Glazunov married. In 1957, the first exhibition of his works took place, which was a great success. The exhibition of the artist in 1977, the authorities were closed because of the painting "The Road of War," which allegedly contradicted Soviet ideology. It depicted the retreat of Soviet troops. The picture is destroyed, but there is an author's copy, which Glazunov drew later.

Since 1987, Ilya Sergeevich is the rector of the Academy of Painting.

Early Paintings

The first professional work of the artist is distinguished by academic manner. Some of them are emotional and created under the influence of Impressionists and Expressionism. This is what Glazunov Ilya Sergeevich painted in 1950 - early 1960.

The early works of the author are "Leningrad Spring", "Nina", "Ada", "Metro", "Loneliness" and others.

Written at this time, the canvas "The Last Bus" (1955) allows you to visually move at that time. We see that the window of the vehicle was dusk. Time after midnight. On the last bus there are 3 women. One of them is a conductor, she makes notes in a notebook about the number of tickets sold. After all, before, after and after the war, the ticket could only be bought on the bus from the conductor, who usually worked women. She watched vigilantly to ensure that everyone gave money for the fare, gave in exchange for tickets.

The girl in the front seat is sad, she thinks about something of her own. Perhaps, she quarreled with her lover that evening, or she was tormented by other sad thoughts.

The woman in the last seat, probably spent all day shopping. Now she comes home with shopping. The woman is tired, she yawns and wants to sleep.

Here are the heroines depicted in his canvas Glazunov Ilya. Pictures "Giordano Bruno", "Pianist Dranishnikov" also refer to the early works of the artist.

"Eternal Russia"

Ilya Glazunov painted pictures that have gained worldwide fame. These include the painting "Eternal Russia". Her creation the artist finished in 1988. The second name of the canvas is "One hundred centuries", because it depicts rulers, political and state figures, commanders and other famous people who have left their mark in history since the time of the formation of Kievan Rus.

Timed the writing of Ilya Glazunov paintings to the millennium of the Baptism of Russia. On the canvas we see the endless procession of people, the procession. On the canvas there are several churches, saints, Metropolitan Peter of Moscow, Alexei Moskovsky.

Knyaye: Boris, Dmitry Donskoy, Gleb, Potemkin, the artist Ilya Glazunov, whose paintings are so global, also depicted on the canvas.

Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Lermontov and other writers and poets, art people also appear before us in the picture. Not only people, but historical events recreated the artist on the canvas. The picture can be studied for a long time, so much it was able to accommodate people and significant events taking place in Russia.

Ilya Glazunov, gallery

The artist's paintings, like "Eternal Russia", can be seen in the gallery of the creator. She is in Moscow, on Volkhonka Street, in house number 13.

Like many of Ilya Sergeevich's canvases, the picture "The Great Experiment" is large in scale and reflecting the events of the country. Here the artist scours the negative events that have occurred since 1917. In a red star, he painted Lenin, his associates, who conducted a ruthless experiment to build a "new world".

The author passes his judgment on the verdict not only to Hitler, but also to those who fiercely fought against the church, the ideas of Christianity. Condemns his work Glazunov and later event - Perestroika.

These and other paintings of the artist can be seen in his gallery. Impressions of visiting this place will stay for a long time.