Estate Museum VE Borisov-Musatov, July 12 - October 7, 2012
Saratov, ul. Volsky, 33

«He was a poet, with all his being receptive and approving a beautiful and healthy in every Mige, in every movement of life, organically progressive artist, always and everywhere in the machine and its working in the home - without a division, a holistic talent and people ».

Alexander Savinov

Peter Savich Utkin
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Peter Utkin

On the Volga Radischevskaya Museum Collection
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Peter Utkin

China Rose Collection Radischevskaya Museum
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PETER Utkin

Still Museum Collection Radischevskaya
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in Saratov museum estate of Borisov-Musatov (branch Radischevskaya Museum) exhibition" holistic talent and people. .. By the 135th anniversary of the birth of Peter Savich Peter Savich Utkin ».

" Peter Utkin. Gesture and posture, charming his reverie. Artist great expressiveness and depth, "- wrote of his contemporaries Alexander Koynarsky. The creative talent of Peter Savich Utkin noted in lyrical, spirituality, music, sounding as if in unison with each other and with the Silver Age of Russian art. His talent was, a landscape, still life, book illustration, a remarkable integrity, commitment to a particular artistic tradition and the imagery. Meanwhile, his name is not so often heard at today's audience, as the names of many of his predecessors and associates, such as Viktor Borisov -Musatov , Pavel Kuznetsov , Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin . Exact expression for art EI waterboy "the actual place of PS Utkin in Russian art rather just about marked than conclusively determined." A role in this was played by the dramatic fate of his artistic heritage: many of the works were lost, many scattered in private collections and regional museums. Lacking and archival documents, which would more accurately recreate certain periods and milestones of his life.

The idea of ​​the exhibition "The holistic talent and people" dedicated to 135 anniversary of the birth of Peter Savich Utkin, is to multi-faceted and fully illuminate the origins of creativity Saratov painter and the heyday of his talent, and demonstrate the influence of the art world in the tradition of Peter Utkin "Saratov school" painting of the twentieth century. To realize this idea in the exhibition were selected most of the works from the collection of Peter Utkin Radischevskaya Museum, the works of his predecessors, contemporaries and students.

Peter Savich Utkin was born October 9, 1877 in Tambov. In 1878, Utkin moved to Saratov. Soon after, his father left the family, in which the younger three sons, and mother of the future artist Olga Varfolomeevna Kolobov was in a very distressed, so Peter Utkin early enough to work. However, the narrow circumstances did not prevent the young man to show a sincere interest in painting.

In 1892-1893 years Utkin attended art school at the Saratov society lovers of fine arts. There also is familiar with GP Barracks and V. Konovalov , Saratov known artist and teacher. During this period, Peter Utkin creates sketches, most of which have been clearly heard the leitmotif of his mature work. In a small open-air works "Autumn. Razboyschina "," Creek. Isady Home, "" Spill the Volga. Green Island "is and the attention to the border states of nature, to the day to fade, and various variations of shades of colors, and philosophical contemplation. These qualities will remain dominant in his work throughout the career.

At the end of the 1890s Utkin and his friend Paul Smiths familiar with returned from Paris Viktor Borisov-Musatov. This meeting and the passion older contemporary art had a great influence on the formation of the picturesque Peter Utkin, who became the successor musatovskoy tradition. The similarity of worldview, common lyrical sound paintings, attention to musical and rhythmic alignment composition, love and interest in the nature of the Volga, no doubt, the two artists have in common. The closeness to the poetics of Borisov-Musatov Utkin show how the work of the 1890s ("Volga in winter", "Autumn. Chinese Rose", "The Volga River"), and later his work.

He continued his studies at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1897-1907), where he taught at the time A. Arkhipov , Kasatkin , L. Pasternak , B. Serov , K. Korovin .

During this period, gaining a second wave of Russian Symbolist painting, and the artist, along with his associates Saratov Pavel Kuznetsov and Alexander Matveev , is one of the ideological and creative masterminds symbolist commonwealth" Blue Rose "of reputation eponymous exhibition in Moscow in 1907. But became famous art event was preceded by Blue Rose's time to form new aesthetic principles, and, perhaps, the most significant in this respect for Peter Savich Utkin were events 1902-1904 period.

In 1902, P. Utkin , K. Petrov-Vodkin, Kuznetsov received an order from the Saratov diocese in the painting of the church Our Lady of Kazan. For young artists, this work has a unique opportunity to try out the monumental and decorative painting, stepping down from the constraints of the canvas. On the Technique panels at the same time and came close Borisov-Musatov. Their interpretation of Scripture, images of saints, made in the spirit of neo-primitivism, were bold and talented finding one's place in the new direction of symbolism. Unfortunately, these paintings show customers blasphemous and were destroyed by court order.

In 1904, Peter Utkin - an active participant and organizer of "Scarlet Rose" (forerunner of the "Blue Rose") held in Saratov. It presented works by Borisov-Musatov, M. Vrubel , P. Kuznetsov, and other Moscow and Saratov artists ideologically close to each other. But the show of force of the new trend in Saratov remained not understood and was greeted by the local press and criticism with hostility.

Quite different was the fate of the "Blue Rose" in 1907. This exhibition, the title of which was named artistic movement aims to break through the painting of the shackles of reality, to build his own world, not identical to the existing one, was a significant event in the Russian art of the early twentieth century. Blue Rose sought to translate the dream of harmony of the spirit of unity and perfect form. Arts masters "Blue Rose" - P. Kuznetsov, PS Utkin, N. Sapunov , M. Saryan , C. Yu Sudeikina , P. Krymov and others - created a special world of dreams, visions, and slightly open secrets.

defining stylistic features of association are small scale, rich colors, intense attention to the transmission of light ornamentalism decorativism and motives. Creative destiny minded "Blue Rose" have developed in different ways. Some members of the community quickly moved away from the symbolist aesthetic, others remained loyal to it.

Peter Utkin, not only accepted the basic tenets goluborozovstva, but in its own way, "feel about" them, remaining in line musatovskoy tradition and its attachment to the landscape as a genre. He, unlike many of the Symbolists this time, does not depart entirely from images of nature to pure character. Through a nature motif Utkin comes to romantic reflection, to the music, rhythm, and because some disembodiment works. Is rethinking the foundations of creative community "Blue Rose" will be a defining and his subsequent work.

Thus, in the 1910s, "Mimosa", "Children on the background window of the room," " Still Life "liveliness and natural very organic coexist with convention and decorative images.

In 1908-1914 Utkin's spent most of the year in New Crimean estate Kuchuk-Koi, only for the winter back to Saratov . The owner of the estate was State Councillor, financier and philanthropist James E. Zhukovsky. Fascinated by the ideas of symbolism and art nouveau, Zhukovsky decided to create in his Crimean estate integral ensemble villa and the park, marked by unity of architectural, sculptural and painterly elements. To realize this idea, after the show "Blue Rose" in New Kuchuk Coy invited Pavel Kuznetsov, Peter Utkin and Alexander Matveyev. But most of all was attached to the villa Utkin, who lived there for a long time with his family. A large role in the fate of the artist played and support Ya Zhukovsky. Philanthropist made available to the workshop in Utkin Kuchuk Coe, bought many of his works. In this fruitful period, the artist not only creates drawings and watercolors, which meticulously records the addition of architectural and park complex, but very lyrical and musical landscapes and still lifes, original Crimean suite. In the works of this phase Utkin gradually disappearing from mysticism inherent symbolism to great material and a specific scene. But nevertheless real estate ensemble, garden sculptures Matveeva appear in the landscapes of Peter Utkin, outside the context of the era, they seem out of touch with time and turned into a beautiful image. The artist and works closely with a range of subtle shades, with light and shade. Disturbing sound paintings goluborozovskogo period goes, replaced by a sense of peace and tranquility.

Events 1917 revolution and the subsequent reorganization of all aspects of social life made PS Utkin actively address coordination and leadership in the field of teaching and artistic life of Saratov. In May 1918, together with A. I. Kravchenko he has organized a panel of Fine Arts at the Saratov Sovdepiia. In the same year he was charged the maintenance of schools of painting and drawing of the local branch of Art Board of Education. He became the first Commissioner for the Free State of art workshops that emerged after the dissolution of the Bogoliubov school.

in 1921-1923 led Utkin art studio Proletkult Saratov, and was a member of the Commission of Experts established at Radischevskaya Museum.

By the mid-1920s to replace the organizational activity comes passion in teaching. Disciples Peter Utkin, absorbed a large part of his lyricism, were the worthy representatives of the "Saratov school" of the twentieth century, as Mikhail Arinin , Boris Milovidov , Eugene V. Egorov , Vladimir Kashkin and others. Intensive teaching activities Utkin, unfortunately, did not allow sufficient time to devote his own creativity. Therefore, it works less intense than in the years before the Revolution. However poetics works of the 1920s suggests that the revolutionary storm did not have altered the principles of artistic worldview Utkin. Undoubted musical and emotional richness of his works "Black poplar", "vicinity of Saratov." And winter landscape in the film "The Red-skiers," genre painting, to reflect the color of the era, as melodic and self-worth.

In 1931, Peter Savich Utkin resigned from the Saratov Art College due to a conflict its director and moved to Leningrad. There, at the invitation of the Academy of Fine Arts, he became a professor of painting department of the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Peter Utkin was gone in the night from 17 to 18 October 1934. During the Siege of Leningrad, lost most of his works.

Creativity PS Utkin, certainly had a measurable impact on the art of the first half of the twentieth century and in the way that moves "Saratov School "of painting. His landscapes, finely written and heartfelt still life became the subject of inspiration for artists of Saratov, and still developing and continuing the line laid down in art Utkin.

Irina Pohaznikova

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