Elena Volkova Source : colta.ru

on Tuesday, October 8 , 98 th year, died artist Elena Volkova , the legend of naive art .

Andriivna Volkov was born in 1915 in Chuguev , not far from the house where he was born Ilya Repin . Her mother was a peasant , his father worked as a lifeguard on the Seversky Donets. In 1934, she began working as an assistant projectionist at the mobile cinema units .

Elena Volkova Friends . 1990 Source : colta.ru

art education Volkova has not received. Started to paint in the 60s at the age of 45 years. "I write pure colors straight from the tube . What kind of paint I take while working in the hand - do not know, do not know their names . I do like the picture suggests ... - Says the artist . - I think that the colors themselves can be mixed on the canvas , as long as they do not dry out , and it turns out , as an artist and dreams . The picture itself draws ».

decisive for Elena Volkova became acquainted with the Kharkov artist Vasily Ermilov , one of the founders of Ukrainian avant-garde. It was the first authoritative professionals rated creativity of the artist, became the first customer of its products . In the late 60 's - early 70 - ies of the last century paintings Volkova became known in Moscow, attracted the attention of Professor of Moscow State University , art critic Michael Alpatov .

first personal exhibition was held in 1973 in Omsk, where she lived for several years. Volkov later moved to Moscow. Since 1974, she is constantly involved in regional, national, Union and foreign exhibitions. Her work dealt with in many TV shows , publications in the press. In international directories naive artists Elena Volkova's name is on a par with Henri Rousseau and Pirosmanishvili .

Works Elena Volkova is in many art galleries in the world . She became the first artist working in the genre of naive art , whose solo exhibition was held at the State Tretyakov Gallery (2005 ).

Source : colta.ru