ARTWORK OF DAY. BUTT.

Artist Nikolay Butt (1928-1989). "Last Patrons".


Nikolay Butt is famous Russian artist of II half of XX century. His childhood was coincided with years of WW-II. This fact strongly influenced on theme of his Art. One of his Art-Programs was devoted to heroic and terrible battle in Crimea town Kertch what named "Agimushkay tragedy 1942". 
He never painted real moments of battle, but he created shapes of hard war situation, he marked moments after or before fighting, when man mind about sence of life, about future happiness of next generations, when man gathers his strenght to exploit.... 
Anoher artworks of Butt- http://morpolit.livejournal.com/22349.html 


Comment by  Artist Andrey Lyssenko 

ARTIST ANDREY LYSSENKO. PORTRAIT OF TATAR MAN.

        Artist Andrey Lyssenko. "Descendant of Genghis Khan". Portrait. 50/40 cm. Oil/canvas. 2010.
      Private Collection.

Andrey Lyssenko Art Dinasty- www.lyssenko.ru                

JOURNEY. ART IMPRESSIONS.

  Some times ago i got an idea to visit far and deep places of russia. Final point of a trip was an old monastery. But until I reached the goal, I saw a lot of interesting...

 1. Highway. North direction. Usual day. There're no too much cars on a road... It's joy...

 

 2. Old province Russian town Petrovsk (town of Peter)... Quite province life i saw here... Fine place... But!!! Tere're many art galeries there!!! Intresting!!!

 3. After Petrovsk i found myself on country road... I drived, drived... But where am i drive to...- i asked my self...

 4. Miles of fields and north forests... trees of not high size.... No people around...

 5. Losed memory about civilization...

 5. Old white church. Orthodoxy of course. Here's famous Holy Place. By the way- no gas her, its too far place... People get hot from trees...

 6. I continiue to drive... Far... far...far... After time i saw monastery on a top of a hill... Far away...

It was very popular monastery. Becouse of it comunists-atheists destroyed it all... Now monastery on renewal. Some moncs lived there... There i felt taste of 15th century- the church is heated by the stove .... This wonderful scent of the oven, so familiar from childhood ....

 7. After i found unknown lake... Very big and very nice... I never heared about it.... I wanted to ask people... but i couldn't found them around...

8. This is very comon view of Russian country. Very tyoical houses, caled "Izba"... I metlittle of people- mostly of old age... Their clothes was very clean and careful... but looks like from folk russian tales... Its not bad, its good, i think it must be... Real life, freedom, ethnos... good...

I hope, everyone viewer'll get enjoy nd art impressions as i got this trip!

ARTWORK OF DAY.

Philip Malyavin. "Two peasant girls". 1910.

Philip Malyavin- famous Russian atist, pupil of Iliya Repin. He done wide influience to academic painting of that time. Repin told to another students: " You can only wonder of Malyavin, but never follow him- its impossible. He is very outstanding person with personal way in art". Malyavin was born in family of icon-painter and began his art life as icon painter too. Main topic of his art- Life of peasant Russia and beauty of it. Also he famous as portrait master and absolutly geniously great master of drawing and scetch.

MALYAVIN ART

Text by artist Andrey Lyssenko

ARTWORK OF DAY.

Valentin Tereshenko. "Women in flowers". 80/60 cm. oil/canvas. 2010. (Available in private collection).

Art of Valentin Tereshenko

ARTWORK OF DAY.

Andrey Lyssenko. "Flowers". 70/90 cm. oil/canvas. 2008. (Private collection)

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ARTISTS. UNKNOWN AND WELLKNOWN

Intresting topic- forgotten artists... I have large book "Forgoten artists". And what? Some of them often are not worse than wellknown artists. But their situation of life, maybe features of inner nature stood them in 'second train" in art …history... Of course, career of artist impossible to see without supporting of "powerfull persons of world". Here we can see that artists of "first train" were supported by kings and "palace people", "second train"- who were supported by strong merchants... and etc... Miracle to see unknown artwork of anknown artist in museum, allthough it was bought somwere " in boulevard" many times ago... Of course, in whole part "suporting" helps and for creative growth too... more opportunities for development outlook... 

Artist Andrey Lyssenko 2010. www.lyssenko.ru

ARTWORK OF DAY.

Andrey Lyssenko. Forest Glade. 30/20 cm. oil/canvas. 2006.

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GREAT ARTIST ARKADIY PLASTOV.

Artist Arkadiy Plastov (1893-1972). It coudn't be mistake if to call him "one of the best"Russian painters time of USSR.
Even it's possible to tell "he- best". But why? Time of second half of 20th century was full of great tallented masters of art.
So from what especial premises it was formed phenomen of Plastov?
If to read his biography, so we see that he was born in family of country icon-painter and peasants. He got icon-painting and religious education. This factors plus his kind soul done eternal influience on all his future life and art.
What intresting, that long time of his life he worked as general director of collective farm (kolhoz). And he lucky combine hese two professions given to him from his childhood. Profession of director gave to him possibility to get buisness connections and to get respectable status. But he never find this. Becourse he live of art, of love to people and to nature. He knew andived of philosophy of eternity. Very natural and  simple style of living. So he felt voice of eternity, and he UNDERSTOOD and KNEW HIS SOUL. And Plastov combined it with his great art masterpiece. This things gave large spiritual power to his art.
Unaccountable power. We can see very usual and so simple piece of peasant life, we can  see great skill. But we can only feel and contemplate something outstanding...
Yes, Arkadiy Plastov was Academic of Fine Art Academy, very respectable and wellknown person, his artworks everytime took plase in general state museums. He used these gifts of doom, but he never was slave of this gifts. He feel himsel as Person and Artist He loved life and people- thats what we really can see in his Art.

Article of Russian Painter Andrey Lysenko (1974).

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Here used photos from website www.artlib.ru

              

             

ARTIST ANDREY LYSSENKO ON PLEN-AIR. LIVE.

PALLETE OF MONTENEGRO

O Montenegro collors! I remember this fantastic mixture of tunes and collors... All subjects viewed across one big subject- blue air! This air change all on pallete! First time artist is very wondered- what to do, how to paint THIS, how to mix collors truthly here. All things in all matter of weather are into blue cover... mountains, trees, houses, ships, yachts... Mistake is when artist project collors of pallete studied him at home... that usual collors... It means he dont want to feel something new, he dont want to learn nature... real realism... Who get this way- he dont understand anything in Montenegro nature... These fantastic colors come to artist in dreams and do mark on his future vision of painting... Losed world... another reality...
(Will be continiued)

REST IF YOU TIRED! BUT BY WHAT WAY?

Sometimes artist must stop himself to kreate works... for example after finishing of large art project or grand size painting or big serial of plen-air artworks. But... To stop paint is just difficult thing. This time artist can feel himself bad, unsatisfacted of life andprocess of painting com to him in night dreams... soul want to paint, but body and brain are very tired... What to do?
Time to time i discuss this problem with myart-friends. And we got idea...
It's- To be in workstdio, to sit on sofa, to drink tea or kofee or what else and learn books of favorit masters. Or to prepare new canvases and to cut gesso boards (not nesessary to buy it... must leave spase to handmade work). And there are many nice things which stands near main work of artist. They're enjoyable, light, relaxable.

Of course, when artist prepare new canvas, so he mind and plan new his artwork. which maybe is unknown for himself in this moment. But this process, asother similiar things make inspiration to artist. After this period of rest painting time will come as reallity, by itself. But it will be new mind, new feelings, new consciousness- powerly and positive... inspired...  

 Tired artists.