Russian Winter. Hoarfrost (painting)
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Russian Winter. Hoarfrost is a painting by the Russian artist Nikolai Timkov
(1912-1993), painted in 1969. It depicts a winter view of Tver land, a picturesque corner near the Academic Dacha.
who was the Honored Artist of Russian Federation and one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of painting
the picture holds a special place. Not by chance at the largest lifetime exhibition, opened in 1993 in the halls of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
, the author put it in the center of the exposure. The painting shows the Msta River
bank near the village of Valentinovka where Timkov lived and worked in 1960-1990 years, and where as aptly noted by art historian Mark Etkind, was "primary landscape workshop" of Nikolai Timkov. Old poplars under the fluffy snow caps in the bluish frost passed as the epitome of beauty and grandeur of Russian nature. In the picture, perhaps for the first time so clearly and convincingly demonstrated a new qualities in the artist's landscape painting - monumental imagery solutions, which arose after a trip a year ago in the Urals Region, as well as good spirits decorative and intensity of color. Another quality of the picture, which draws the attention of art historian Alexander Simuni in his article for the catalogue of the French exhibition of 1994, is a high professional skills what sets this work in the art of contemporary landscape painting.
For the first time the painting was exhibited in 1975 at the solo exhibition of works by Nikolai Timkov
in the Exhibition Halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists. The painting was reproduced in the exhibition catalog. In 1982 the painting was presented at the solo exhibition of Nikolai Timkov in Moscow in the halls of the Moscow House of Artists at the Kuznetsk bridge, shown later in the Air Force Academy named after Yuri Gagarin, and in the famous Star City near Moscow. In 1994 the painting «Russian Winter. Hoarfrost» was displayed in Pont-Audemer, France, at the exhibition of works of masters of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. The painting was reproduced in the exhibition catalog.
Nikolai Timkov
Nikolai Efimovich Timkov - Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, worldwide known for his landscape...
(1912-1993), painted in 1969. It depicts a winter view of Tver land, a picturesque corner near the Academic Dacha.
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In the artistic heritage of Nikolai TimkovNikolai Timkov
Nikolai Efimovich Timkov - Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, worldwide known for his landscape...
who was the Honored Artist of Russian Federation and one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of painting
Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...
the picture holds a special place. Not by chance at the largest lifetime exhibition, opened in 1993 in the halls of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg was established on August 2, 1932, as creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, was called "Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". Since 1959 was called as Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation...
, the author put it in the center of the exposure. The painting shows the Msta River
Msta River
Msta is a river in Tver Oblast and Novgorod Oblast of Russia. Msta starts from the Mstino Lake in the Valdai Hills north of the town of Vyshny Volochyok and flows into Lake Ilmen. Up to mid-19th century, Msta had been a part of an important water trade route connecting the Baltic and Black seas...
bank near the village of Valentinovka where Timkov lived and worked in 1960-1990 years, and where as aptly noted by art historian Mark Etkind, was "primary landscape workshop" of Nikolai Timkov. Old poplars under the fluffy snow caps in the bluish frost passed as the epitome of beauty and grandeur of Russian nature. In the picture, perhaps for the first time so clearly and convincingly demonstrated a new qualities in the artist's landscape painting - monumental imagery solutions, which arose after a trip a year ago in the Urals Region, as well as good spirits decorative and intensity of color. Another quality of the picture, which draws the attention of art historian Alexander Simuni in his article for the catalogue of the French exhibition of 1994, is a high professional skills what sets this work in the art of contemporary landscape painting.
For the first time the painting was exhibited in 1975 at the solo exhibition of works by Nikolai Timkov
Nikolai Timkov
Nikolai Efimovich Timkov - Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, worldwide known for his landscape...
in the Exhibition Halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists. The painting was reproduced in the exhibition catalog. In 1982 the painting was presented at the solo exhibition of Nikolai Timkov in Moscow in the halls of the Moscow House of Artists at the Kuznetsk bridge, shown later in the Air Force Academy named after Yuri Gagarin, and in the famous Star City near Moscow. In 1994 the painting «Russian Winter. Hoarfrost» was displayed in Pont-Audemer, France, at the exhibition of works of masters of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. The painting was reproduced in the exhibition catalog.
See also
- Artist Nikolai E. Timkov (1912—1993)Nikolai TimkovNikolai Efimovich Timkov - Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, worldwide known for his landscape...
- List of the Russian Landscape painters
- Leningrad School of PaintingLeningrad School of PaintingThe Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...