In the famous "list Grobman", which includes 35 names "heroic" period of the second Russian avant-garde, there is only one woman — Lydia Masterkova

Historians informal post-war art will immediately called probably a dozen artists — active participants in informal artistic process. Maybe more. But in the famous "list Grobman", which includes 35 names "heroic" period of the second Russian avant-garde, there is only one woman @. Lydia Masterkova. And not by accident. Bright, noticeable, it is not inferior to other artists of the first row nor the professionalism, nor innovation, nor in rabotosposobnosti@

According to the testimony of friend and colleague Vladimir Nemukhin (they were not officially married, but have been companions for almost 14 years), the decision to develop in the direction of abstraction came to them under the impression of the exhibition of modern Western art in 1957 (dedicated to the Moscow festival of youth and students). "It was a real shock, — he writes in the book "Nemuhinskie monologues", — but the shock of healing, after which we finally saw the light. I still remember well when I returned home after this exhibition: crushed, shaken. Rode together with Lydia Masterkova. We sat in the car silently, and each of his thought. The very next day Masterkova makes an abstract composition. And then I wrote my first abstraction — landscape motif "Blue day"".

Shortly before the festival Nemukhin and Masterkova met Rabin and Kropiwnicki and entered the circle of like-minded people-нонконформистов, which was later called "Lianozovsky group". One of the first exhibitions Masterkova was held at the apartment of the famous art critic Ilya Tsyrlin, the President of the Bureau of the section of criticism of Mosh. Perhaps work could see Kostaki, favourite, whom she later became. As evidenced by Nemukhin, "Lida Masterkova it literally charmed his sharp, expressive painting in red-зелено-черных colours. In the image Masterkova he saw a generalized image of the Russian artist from the avant-garde. In her energetic nature, the cool aloof beauty and what-то gloomy thirst for creativity Kostaki fancied a collective reflection of the spiritual States that were typical Natalia Goncharova,, Lyubov Popova, Olga Rozanova and Alexandra Exter".

Together with other "Lianozovsky" Masterkova participated in the most high profile exhibitions of unofficial art — in a recreation center "Druzhba" on the highway of Enthusiasts (1967), "Bulldozer exhibition" in 1974, "Beekeeping" (1975). Its recognizable composition looks at us with the famous photos piled in a bunch of canvases on a broken subframes after the "bulldozer" of the show in Belyaevo@

In 1975 with his son, Igor Holonym-Мастерковым, the artist moved permanently to France. Why-то it is considered that emigration knocked it out of the artistic process. However, the list of exhibitions of the period 1976-1998, suggests otherwise. Almost every year Masterkova there were personal and group expositions in Europe and the USA. A new meeting with the Russian audience was held after the restructuring. In 1993 and 2006 held solo exhibitions Lydia Masterkova, respectively, in the timing and GTG@

On passing now in the MMSI on Gogol, 10, the exhibition "Lydia Masterkova. Lyrical abstraction," works by only her Moscow period. Some visitors are sorry that there is no Paris. But to say that in exile the style Masterkova has undergone dramatic changes. It's all the same favorite it circles — planetary, Tantawy and quite recognizable "patterns". The works of the Paris period are quite common at auctions. Looking at these items, you can ensure that in its expression and decorative they are hardly inferior to the Moscow period (which, however, still at money is valued above).

the Most affordable on the market works Masterkova collages with ink on paper, which she did in 1980-е. Fairly large sheets on our auction last year you could buy for 150, 000 rubles. Collectors plates of the sixties must have noticed the relatively affordable porcelain Masterkova. In 2013, remember, one of the striking plates of the artist on our auction bought for about $1000. In the affordable segment is encountered and a small copyright items DPI: in 2013, original wooden candlestick Masterkova bought at our auction for the equivalent of $3400.

Painting Masterkova worth much more expensive. The account goes on tens of thousands of dollars. The record belongs to doemigratsionnogo meter track, which in 2007 was sold at Sotheby's for $159,3 million in the conversion of pounds. However, this figure should be considered as price extremum — and no more. Over the past two years large oil Masterkova was sold at European auctions (France, Belgium, UK) in the price range of $16-42 thousand In particular, in 2013, at Christie's very spectacular composition, 1989 (French period) was sold for $42 this@

Lydia Alexandrovna Masterkova died 12 may 2008 @7 years. Nasad@

the Exhibition of the outstanding representatives of unofficial art will last in the Museum until may 31, 2015 goda@

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI