Was an outstanding representative of Russian post-war non-art, Creator of original paintings-объектов stunning beauty, one of the brightest innovators of modern painting

they called Him the "poet of things". Grinder, padlocks, taps, pipes, bayonets, shovels — whole plain "hardware store" came to life, acquired the character, he transformed and rushed for the plane of the canvas. Looking at these metamorphoses, it was a real pleasure. Not a coincidence at exhibitions Grositskogo crowds of spectators, on the opening day just to was Packed.

fortunately, Andrey Grositsky (1934-2017) lived from time of his recognition and has managed to make the most important exhibition. In 2007 his man-to-man held in the main Museum of the country — in the Tretyakov gallery on the Crimean Shaft. And in 2015 we saw him at the opening of a luxurious retrospective, dedicated to the 80-летию in the Museum of Moscow. To see these projects for the artist, of course, happiness.

the Work of Andrei Grositsky loved and continue to love not only the audience but also collectors. At auctions in recent years, the interest in his paintings was consistently high. Andrey Grositsky for a long time top-100 the most expensive post-war artists of the Russian unofficial art. In addition to famous private collections (Norton Dodge, Jacob Bar-Гера, Evgeny Nutovich, Catherine and Vladimir Semenikhin, etc.), his works are in major museums of contemporary art of our country.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

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Edition ARTinvestment.RU expresses condolences to relatives of the Russian artist Andrei Borisovich Grositsky.