April 13, died honored artist of Russian Federation Anatoliy Stepanovich Slepyshev

13 April 2016 was not the artist Anatoly Stepanovich slepysheva.

Honoured artist of the Russian Federation, academician of the Russian Academy of arts, laureate of the State prize of the Russian Federation has died at 84-м year of life.

S. A. Slepyshev was educated as a painter-монументалиста at the Moscow state art Institute. VI Surikov in the Studio of A. A. Deineka. At the turn of 1960-70-х they were executed a few paintings and decorative compositions in public buildings of Moscow. Later, the artist was engaged in easel painting and graphics. He was an excellent painter and a wonderful draftsman, a master of watercolor. A lot of serious writing about art and about artists. In 2004 he published a collection of selected works "Handmade beauty".

a Significant impact on the formation of manner of writing S. A. slepysheva had the works of the masters of the older generation of A. V. Fonvizin and B. P. Chernyshova. He was a talented successor of this lyric-романтической traditions of Russian art (group of artists "Makovets", the group "Thirteen", later Drevin). By the early 1970-х, clearly manifested free plastic relaxed manner, characteristic of the work of A. slepysheva.

the Artist an enormous capacity for work, he was in constant search of new formal solutions. The main theme of his work — surrounding nature. The master has created his own color system. His works draw the viewer's attention subtlety, richness of color and tonal range, the expressiveness of the. Philosophy of art A. slepysheva very humanistic, beautiful compositions have the character of poetic imagination.

a Craving for timeless, universal themes, penchant for the monumental epic naturally led the artist to biblical stories, and he chose the most tragic moments of the gospel story: "the last supper", "Christ carrying the cross", "Crucifixion". We could clearly see two directions in creativity: tragic compositions on biblical, historical themes and poetic compositions with the rural landscape and mythological motifs.

S. A. slepysheva are in many prestigious collections: the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov gallery, the Pushkin Museum im. A. S. Pushkin, and in private collections. He and many willingly gave their pictures to the provincial museums of Russia.

the Bright memory of the great painter and the person will remain forever in our hearts.

Russian Academy of arts

Source: rah.ru

From the editors: He was one of the great colorists of Russian and belonged to a very small group of craftsmen who are given to write a sincere joy of the soul. He was equally successful, and emotionally restrained landscapes with staffage, the same landscapes, but filled to the brim with pain. He was easily recognizable and it is very different — flying, grieving, laughing, delicate, flashy, returning from hunting, wildly-красным, thin-перламутровым @any mdas, and very, very talented. We sincerely condole with the family and friends of Anatoly Stepanovich slepysheva.

Edition ARTinvestment.