Today Gallery «Ark» Exhibition Graphics 1920-1930's artist Alexander Pomanskogo (1906-1967)

Today, Gallery «Ark» Exhibition Graphics 1920-1930's artist Alexander Pomanskogo (1906-1967).

Alexander Pomansky was born in Moscow in a family of large bank employee. He showed an early childhood interest in art, then his teachers were strong representatives of the group of «Knave of Diamonds». In 1923-1924 Pomansky engaged in art studio Michael Leblanc , and then continued his education at the school at the In the late 1920's Pomansky actively involved in the artistic life of Moscow. He participated in group exhibitions of young painters and schedules, worked with many publishing houses ( «truth», «The Young Guard», «The Soviet literature», etc.) and the editorial offices of magazines. On the eve of the 1930's designed a great number of books of different authors: from the popular works of Vladimir Arseniev to the first book of poems Mordovian poet Ilya Krivosheev «Komunan tolt» ( «Ogni communes»). Earlier there was a friendship with the artist Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky . On the nature and then Memory Pomansky a series of portraits of the poet and his sister. In the State Museum of VV Mayakovsky continued correspondence with the artist Ludmila Vladimirovna, the elder sister of the poet continues after the death of the author «Left march».

In 1933, Pomansky became a member of the Moscow Union of Artists.

In the 1938-meters on a false denunciation artist was arrested, but soon, happy-go-lucky, amnestied.

During the Second World War Pomansky fought on different fronts, but then did not leave the arts. Being treated at the Central Military Hospital in Lefortovo, he painted a large ceiling above the central hall and created several pictures. At the end of the war commissioned by the Staff of the Western group of troops has created an artist canvas «Crossing of the Oder in the vicinity of the castle Kyustrin».

Back to Front Pomansky continued to work a lot, but in 1948 he was dismissed from the creative union. The reason has written Pomanskim to order picture of «leading German», in which the artist is not enough tough, according to the «Friends of leadership», showed a recent enemy. Frightened, tired prisoners, German soldiers raised a stormy anger of the bosses, the work of exiled to a remote club, where she soon died. Only a few years Pomanskomu possible to restore the membership of the Union of Artists.

In the last years of his life master traveled around the country, visited in Kalmykia, the Crimea, the Caucasus, the Baltic States. During this period he was actively applied to the genre of landscape and still life.

In the life of the painter was not able to arrange any exhibition of his works. The first exhibition of the creative legacy of Alexander Pomanskogo was only five years after his death.

Today, the work of Alexander Pomanskogo kept in the Tretyakov Gallery, State Museum of VV Mayakovsky Museum Small theater, history, architecture and art museum «New Jerusalem» (Istria), the State Museum of Arts named after I. V. Savitsky (Uzbekistan, Nukus), as well as in the Chuvash art galleries, art museums Sevastopolya and Arkhangelsk, in the Museum of SA Esenina in Konstantinov, other museums and private collections in Russia and abroad.

graphics Pomanskogo Alexander 1920-1930's will be held from September 24 to November 2, 2008 in gallery «Ark» (St. Nemchinova, 12; Opening Hours: daily, except Mondays and Tuesdays, from 11.00 to 18.00).

Source: kovcheg-art.ru