Elena Volkova
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Elena Andreevna Volkova (in ), is a Ukrainian painter, born in the city of Chuguyev.
In 1934 she began to work as assistant-projectionist for a mobile cinema. During the war she was affected in an hospital; her husband died during the war.
Without any artistic training, she began to paint at the beginning of the 60s at the age of 45. She was rather fast noticed by Vasyl Yermylov Kharkiv, founder of the Ukrainian avant-garde, who bought number of her paintings. She was then noticed by Michael Alpatov famous Moscow art critic.
Sergei Tarabarov of the Gallery of Naive Art "Dar" (National Center for Contemporary Art of Moscow (NCCA)), said in 2000 that Elena Volkova was one of the most interesting naïve artist in Russia http://www.ng.ru/style/2000-07-22/16_naive.html.
Elena Volkova lives now in Moscow.
1990 Permanent collection of Gallery of Naïve Art (National Center for Contemporary Art of Moscow (NCCA))
2001 Moscow Museum of Modern Art
, Exhibition " Peace to everybody! "http://new.kultura-portal.ru/tree/cultpaper/article.jsp?number=314&rubric_id=205&crubric_id=100421&pub_id=122266
2005 Tretyakov Gallery
of Moscow, Retrospective http://www.museum.ru/N24701
Biography
Elena Volkova is born in 1915 in the Ukrainian city of Chuguyev (birthplace of Ilya Repin) from a modest family, her father was a swimming coach, her mother, a peasant.In 1934 she began to work as assistant-projectionist for a mobile cinema. During the war she was affected in an hospital; her husband died during the war.
Without any artistic training, she began to paint at the beginning of the 60s at the age of 45. She was rather fast noticed by Vasyl Yermylov Kharkiv, founder of the Ukrainian avant-garde, who bought number of her paintings. She was then noticed by Michael Alpatov famous Moscow art critic.
Sergei Tarabarov of the Gallery of Naive Art "Dar" (National Center for Contemporary Art of Moscow (NCCA)), said in 2000 that Elena Volkova was one of the most interesting naïve artist in Russia http://www.ng.ru/style/2000-07-22/16_naive.html.
Elena Volkova lives now in Moscow.
Work
Her naïve painting represents all the natural, gorgeous and good things which make the happiness of simple people : animals, fruits, flowers, festive tables, nudes. Things round and full of life, as offerings to the ancient gods.Exhibitions
1973 Omsk, first solo exhibition1990 Permanent collection of Gallery of Naïve Art (National Center for Contemporary Art of Moscow (NCCA))
2001 Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to public in December 1999. The project of the Museum was initiated and executed by Zurab Tsereteli, president of the Russian Academy of Arts....
, Exhibition " Peace to everybody! "http://new.kultura-portal.ru/tree/cultpaper/article.jsp?number=314&rubric_id=205&crubric_id=100421&pub_id=122266
2005 Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection,...
of Moscow, Retrospective http://www.museum.ru/N24701
External links
- http://www.ng.ru/style/2000-07-22/16_naive.html
- http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/modern_art/Naive%20art1.htm
- http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/modern_art/Naive%20art2.htm
- http://new.kultura-portal.ru/tree/cultpaper/article.jsp?number=314&rubric_id=205&crubric_id=100421&pub_id=122266
- http://www.museum.ru/N24701