Died people's artist Valery G. Kokurin
ARTinvestment.RU   30 июля 2019

One of the founders of the Vladimir school of painting departed this life July 30, 2019 after a long illness at the age of 88 years

an excerpt from the article about Valerie Kakurine researcher Vladimir-Суздальского Museum-заповедника Hope Sevastianova:

Among the artists of the Vladimir school of painting, consisting of bright individuals, Valery G. Kokurin occupies a special place.

First of all, Kokurin a landscape painter, but in the sphere of creative interests of the master also includes a portrait and a still life. Works kokurina — is a color harmony that impress even the most sophisticated audience with a wealth of color and brightness of feelings.

Once I got an interesting document — Protocol discussion regional art exhibition, 1959. For this discussion came from Moscow Boris Kirillovich Smirnov — painter, orgsummary of the Union of artists of the RSFSR. Moscow guest visited the exhibition and expressed his authoritative opinion on the work of Vladimir artists.

the Most vivid, emotional words they have been said to the works of the young painter Valeria kokurina: "About kokurina as a Pro artist you can say that he has a gift from God. I think, under certain conditions, Kokurin, together with other landscape artists will be in Vladimir Union to do the weather."

these are the words that now seem prophetic. An experienced eye serious artist could see in the early, youthful work Valeria kokurina sparks of great talent. From the sparks of these sparked a big flame of creativity. Valery G. Kokurin became one of the founders of the widely known Vladimir school of painting.

And it all started with the fact that in the late 50-х a group of young artists, among whom was Valery Kokurin, began a daring search in the field of color and flavor. The first success and recognition came to him in 1960. About the artists Vladimir are talking after the first Republican exhibition "Soviet Russia". Opinions there were many: praised, criticized, but indifferent was not. In those days, the courage and innovation of the Vladimir artists understand and accept not all. Too unusual was the painting.

Valery Kokurin, endowed by nature with a keen sense of color, even among the boldest of local painters was one of the most striking and original colorists. Element kokurina — is the color, in a beautiful dance of colors ringing appears bright temperament personality of the artist, his ineradicable love for life.

the artist has his own kokorinsky interpretation of the picturesque principles of the Vladimir school. The peculiarity of the creative work of this wonderful master — increased decorativeness and refinement found coloristic chords.

His paintings though based on folklore, but it is imbued with the aesthetics of impressionism, European art, finally, she's-особому sensual and emotional. Painting kokurina Vladimir makes the school more spirited, gives it a special mannerisms, ease and sophistication.

Valery Kokurin — radical vladimirets. Being an eighteen year old boy, he began studying at the art Studio of Nikolai Petrovich Sychev, great artist, great scientist, working under a leadership which gave direction to his whole future life. Unfortunately, it didn't last long, the guy was drafted into the army. But the main universities of the artist, the arts schoolwas the work in the House of creativity in Pereslavl-Залесском. For several years he half a year working there, improving his artistic skills. Work under the supervision of the masters of Soviet art, communication with talented young people raised the artist to the highest creative level.

no matter Where he was, and he made a lot of creative travel around the country, wrote in the Moscow region and the Leningrad, Central Asia and the Caucasus, in the Pskov region and in the Crimea, on the shores of the White sea and Onega, in the Carpathians, Estonia and Lithuania, everywhere Valery G. brought a lot of interesting landscapes.

But-таки among his best works are those colors that are born of favorite melodies "Vladimir country roads". His native city, Vladimir region it is the main source of inspiration. So the favorite themes of the artist's works is the image of the province and cherished, echogenic with a sketchbook corners of his native side.

In recent years, regional art exhibitions very seldom works, dedicated to our city. But Kokurin is one of those rare artists in whose work this theme is always present.

his Hometown he is able to see from an unexpected angle. In urban landscapes the artist often shows us the distinguishing signs of modern life of Vladimir on the background of Patriarchal antiquity. He seeks points of contact between the old and the new and seeks to convey his sense of the penetration of history into the present. For example, in the film "the feast" written in 2001, we are witnessing a religious procession on the Big Moscow, where the clergy carries an icon of the modern city streets, colored with bright billboards.

Or in the work of the early 90-х — "Perestroika" — on the background of the mansions and churches of a provincial town is engulfed in those years, everything and everyone, which is a clear sign of the times trade with machines, from hands, from trays.

Valery Kokurin never work to a pattern, does not replicate a successful composition. Each painting is unique and carries a huge work on search of those indescribable in simple words the feelings that want to convey to us the artist.

the Work of our contemporaries, Vladimir painter Valeria kokurina — is an outstanding artistic phenomenon in the art of Russia.

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Funeral Valeria kokurina will be held July 31 at the alley of honor cemetery Ulybysheva (Vysokovo). And at 09:00 will be held the funeral of the artist at the assumption Church in Vladimir Knyaginin monastery.

Sources: vshr.jimdo.com, provladimir.ru