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 

ARTWORK OF DAY.

A.G. Lyssenko (1916-2000) Honoured Artist of RF. "Portrait of Dr.Kagalovsky" 100/120 cm. Oil/canvas. 1970ths. Available in Museum Villa San Carlo Boromeo (It).

ARTIST ANATOLY NASEDKIN. PAINTING.

Artist Anatoly Nasedkin was born in Novgorod (Rus) in 1924. Date of death unknown. After his family replaced in Harkov (Ukr). 

Nasedkin took part in world War-II battales. After war he studied in Harkov Academy of Fine Arts in Workshop by Dergus and Svetlichny.

One of brightly features of Nasedkin art is exstraordinary feeling of drawing, anathomy, shades, dynamick and development of brush strokes. He tried himself in book-illustration art, in oil studies, landscapes, graphics, historical scene paintings... All- lucky! Becourse "house of his art" stood on sturdy base- perfect drawing and fine collor vision and feeling- all it consists his personal tallent. 

Nasedkin paintings are very laconic, dynamic and emotional. It based on play of contrasts of shades, cold-warm colors,  variety of rhythms, lines, strokes and their combinations. Paintings by Nasedkin radiate life, the joy, the desire of creativity. What a pity- Anatoly Nasedkin is very high class master of art, but not so wellknown as he must be. Man who devoted all his life to art...

(Text by artist Andrey Lyssenko www.lyssenko.ru) 

 1. Midday. 1978.

 2.Yard after rain. 1962

 3.Boats.

 4. Gray day. 1977.

 5. Evening sun. 1959.

 6. Building. 1970.

7. Self Portrait. 1974.

8. Still life.1972.

 9.Old man. 1963.

 10. Study. 1956.

 11. Bread of Revolution. 1965.

 12. On Volga river. 1956.

     13.Going to farm (kolkhoz) 1960.  




 

BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- V.

This is one of historical-scene artworks of my grandfather- Honoured Artist of Russia
Andrey Gavrilovich Lyssenko (1916-2000).
It named "First Victory"and belongs to event of first great russian victory of World War-II near Moscow(1942).
Subject is that russian warrior-vinner is standing and look after line of captived enemeys. He mind
about how that exselent "millitary-machine" changed in long line of helpless People...
Main person of this painting is brother of grandfathers wife. He really took part in that war fear
as in another battles of W.W-II. He was a driver of tank and accepted war from first till last days.
He came home alive and had lived long life... I remember him fine. Even i keep his warriors acsessories...
One intresting story i want to remember about this paint: one time i met art-collector in my workshop.
That time this painting stayed there so i desided to show it to collector. He was Germam.
So i show, i exsplain what it's about... And when i came to point "line of captived solders"...
that time he wonderly told to me: you know-there was my granddad! Wonder! To granddads met in one
artwork... In oppozitesides of paint... And their grandsons met each other after long time...
THAT TO DRINK COFEE AND TO SPEAK ABOUT ART AND MODERN LIFE! It shows- life is good. Life erase
all bad!
Now this artwork is available in one of private Moscow museums.

   
Andrey G Lyssenko. "First Victory". 200/350 cm. Oil/canvas. 1970ths.                  

BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- IV.

Here is very dynamic and emotional composition. "Storm the Sapun-Mountain in Sebastopol". Very hot battle-scene. Involved "bullding" of composition. How large craftsmanship was invested in this artwork. All pieces of art - composition, painting, anathomy, intrest, inner power. What a pity i have never look at this "alive", but i hope that good dreams will come true...

Artist Peter Maltsev "Storm the Sapun-Mountain".

BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- III.

To keep Honour of Guardy... To keep face of Guard... To keep Flag of guardy. It meens to gain Victory even if death is price of it....

I see this painting first time in my life... Why its happened- i wonder of it... Power artwork... Laconic, monumental style of composition... Tragedic spirit... No sence who was painted here... Here is Art, life,  heroic deed...

Artist Benjamin Sofronov "Flag of Guard". 1974.

BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- II.

Here is one of more outstanding and finest paintings of Russian art time of USSR. It was published in all art cataloques, journals, school-books. Artwork of realy famous artist Alexander Deyneka (1899- 1969), Honoured artist, Academic, Professor of Fine Arts. He was very very productive Artist, greatly tallented. He was marked by goverment, so everytime he got much of orders. All Moscow metro mosaics, monumental painting, easel paintings more and more artworks he done...

He had his own, conceptual point of view on art definitive of another Rus. fine art of that time. Throught he everytime was "Goverment artist" he liked to show in his paints what he didnt like in that style of life. Even some modern art critics called his exchibition: "Deyneka- fighter against Kommunism and Soviet state." It was many discussions in press about it.

Here you see one of his Battle paintings "Defenseof Sebastopol". Its one of my lovest paints of my deep childhood. Subject- Russian marine solders defend Sebastopol by fashist army. It was one of longest and terrible battales of that war. Sebastopol failed after long bloody fear. It was fear for two sides of warriors- rus and Germ. All feel themselves as in deep hell. As generals of both armies too. So ok- its not history tale... Look at THIS!!!

BATTLE-SCENE PAINTING OF RUSSIA. PART- I.

Here i begin new theme in my blog. Its "Battle-scene painting of Russia". I want to dedicate it to univesary of final of World War -II. In Russia it took time since 1941 till 1945 years. I feel that no sence to wright here about history of war (but i know it fine. from different points of view). Here better tell about "War in Art". 

First exchibited artwork dedicated to first point of battle in Rus- Brest Fortress. It was a plan of attak which didn't include this little fort in. But garrison of Brest Fort fighted more than one month against more dominated forces of enemies who have hard guns, modern planes, exelent teached solders! Till death of last solder. After battle German Generals and Hitler presently visited Brest Fort that to learn- WHAT it was and why...

"Defence of Brest Fortress."  Artist- Krivonogov (1911-1967). Krivonogov- one of famous Russian battle-scene artists. He really took part in battles of that war. After he worked in Workshop of Millitary Artists named of artist Grekov. So where painted many artworks.

This is one of my lovest paintings of my childhood.
Note - Brest- town on border of Belorussia and Poland.