"Dmitry Zhilinsky. Inner circle" in the Tretyakov gallery
ARTinvestment.RU   12 апреля 2017

On the Crimean Val opens exhibition of Dmitri Dmitrievich Zhilinsky (1927-2015), covering the artist's early works from the 1950s-х to works 2000-х

the State Tretyakov gallery
12 April — on 2 July 2017
Moscow, Krimsky Val, 10, hall 38

the exposition presents 25 works: 16 paintings and 9 drawings from the collections of the Tretyakov gallery, the Russian Museum, Saratov state art Museum named after A. N. Radishchev, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in Moscow, artist's family collection and private collections.

the Exhibition in žilina is a reason to look again at the legacy of the master "outline" of his inner circle, to determine the main vectors of creativity through biography and images of people close to the artist. Zhilinsky worked in the portrait genre. Seeking to capture the appearance of prominent personalities of his era, with whom he was friends or was directly familiar, the artist has given the portrait features of the characters, not only the first but also the second and third plans. In preparation for the exhibition were the names of the people depicted in the paintings, allowing-новому to interpret some of the work. The presented work help to explore features of new imagery and figurative language of the master, to trace the creative evolution from the early works of the 1950s-х years before the widely known paintings 1960-х continue to work 2000-х.

greatest modern painter, continued the classical traditions of Russian art, Dmitry Zhilinsky became an iconic figure of Russian culture of the second half of the twentieth century. Many critics consider him to artists of the "severe style", but the master believed that he "just lived at the same time with them." It set out to do other creative tasks, he didn't care about social pathos in this direction. When artists of his generation worked out the concise language of the "severe style", drawing on traditions of Soviet art of the 1920s-х years, žilina turned to the heritage of ancient Russian icon painting, Italian and Northern Renaissance. For every phenomenon, a hero or a subject in his paintings is a story full of metaphorical similes, symbols, and allegories.

the Themes of many works in the exhibition are personal, they are connected with the biography of the artist with the lives of close friends. From early life he was surrounded by people with deep knowledge in various fields of art. Family Žilina before 1917 was closely associated with Moscow and St. Petersburg intelligentsia. It is the family played a crucial role in the professional life of the artist. The genius of žilina, manifested in childhood, notices his grandmother, half-sister of Valentin Serov. She sentpictures grandson to his cousin, the artist Nina Simonovich-Ефимовой. That, in turn, contributed to the arrival of the men in the Institute of applied and decorative arts, where he taught the legendary artist-график Favorskiy. On arrival to Moscow in 1944, žilina settled in the famous Red house in Perovo, designed and built by artists Favorsky and Ivan Yefimov and the Lion by Kardasova.

his Long Association with Favorsky and painters of his circle played an important role in the creative development of žilina, enriched it a unique experience. Teachers žilina was one of the best artists of the century, and he sought to take everything that could give the famous teachers: S. A. Chuikov, N. M. Chernyshev, P. D. Korin, A. M. Gritsay.

a Significant impact on the work of žilina had his wife and a friend — sculptor Nina. Her portraits, created by the master in the first years of married life, belong to the best works of the early period. The way Nina Zhilinskaya was key in the film "by the sea. Family" (1964, TG), and the work — first, which was associated with the formation of the individual brushwork, which determined all further work of the artist. Work created after trips to Italy, Holland, Belgium, žilina where I first saw original works by Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, "small Dutch". Imitating the old masters, žilina turned to a new technique of tempera painting on the gesso Board. Along with his wife Nina and children, Olga and Vasily, žilina turned to painting portraits of friends — artists Nikolai Tereshchenko, Helium Korzheva, Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Меликян, Peter Ossovsky and albert Papikyan.

In "Group portrait of students-скульпторов" (1964, Saratov state art Museum im. A. N. Radishchev), the wizard turned to the subject of the creative act. Without assuming detailed plot, žilina portrayed sculptors Andrey Drevin, Vyacheslav Goranova, Vsevolod Nachamkin, Dean Holovatsky, Andrei Dillendorf in the interior of the sculpture Studio N. In. Tomsk in MGHI them. V. I. Surikov, where Dmitry Dmitrievich taught drawing. This work reveals the distinctive look of žilina — his characters are almost always depicted to be static, self-absorbed.

Among the images of the creative elite, created Zhilinskiy, occupies a special place picture "Gymnasts of the USSR" (1964-1965, RM) — one of the first samples, which manifested the characteristic features of a Mature artist. The artist refuses tonal painting, says a local color spots, emphasizing the line, silhouette and avoids shadows. His characters are quiet and contemplative, monumental, devoid of dynamics and bustle of everyday. Central hero compositions is Victor Lissitzky, a close friend of žilina, after retiring from the sport to become a professional painter.

One of the most heartfelt in the works of žilina — the image of the mother, Anastasia Feodorovna. Most brightly it is presented in the film "Under the old Apple tree" (1969, RM), dedicated to the tragic history of the artist's family. As the basis of žilina used the Board, preparing it according to the fashion icons, in the ark —-depth average field on the front side of the Board depicted his mother and children, and in the fields put the figures of the father, who was shot in 1937, and brother, who died at the front in 1944. Comparison of fruiting wood and women surrounded by the grandchildren becomes a metaphor for enduring vitality. Žilina subsequently many times appealed in painting and graphics to the image of his mother. The exhibition presents the work "Winter in the South" (1977, TG) and "Mother" (1977, TG).

Not just the heroes of the paintings in žilina became the second wife Venus with her little son, Nicholas. New, happy time of life dedicated to the painting "morning" (2001, private collection, Moscow) with images of a young wife and son.

Dmitry Zhilinsky as a brilliant portraitist was known not only in Russia. In 1990-е years, he has created a series of formal portraits of members of the Royal family of Denmark, represented in the throne rooms of the Royal Palace in Copenhagen. At the exhibition you can see the completed sketch of the portrait of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

Looking at the characters in the portraits and paintings of žilina, revealing their role in the artist's works, one can observe the formation of an artist, shaping his distinctive style. Having started his career at the same time with the sixties, Dmitry Zhilinsky was able to take an Autonomous position and has created a unique gallery of portraits of the artistic elite of his era.

Source: press-релиз GTG