Georgy Nissky and Ilya Katz from the collection of Lubov Agafonova in RAK
ARTinvestment.RU   06 сентября 2017

Russian Academy of arts the gallery "vellum" opens the exhibition "Two captains" @80 - the paintings and graphic works of two authors from the collection "Vellum" and the personal collection of Creator gallery Lubov Agafonova

September 23 – October 24, 2017
"Georgy Nissky and Ilya Katz. Two. Paintings and drawings 1920-е – 1960-е."
ARTS, Gallery of arts Zurab Tsereteli
Moscow, Prechistenka str., 19

They were friends. When the participant of the Stalingrad battle Ilya Katz returned from the front, where it is better hosted by the artist Georgy Nissky bought a boat with a cabin where friends went on a journey along the Volga and the Klyazma reservoir. After this trip, they had written a great inspirational series of works with the river expanse, boats, coastal cities.

Ilya L. Katz (1908-1992) was born in Odessa, graduated from the Leningrad Academy of arts named. I. E. Repin. His first mentor was a classic of Ukrainian art Nouveau A. Haus, he later studied at the famous "Odessa Parisian" T. Fraerman. In the works of Ilya Katz experts see a synthesis of classical Russian painting and, to some extent. To some extent, in the Soviet times was used by artists to care polls from the imposed socialist realism. Sezannistov not prohibited. But not encouraged. Few of them could achieve high recognition and awards during the Soviet era. Ilya Katz in the late 1930-х worked as chief designer of the Museum-заповедника "Michael", participated in the design of the pavilions VDNH "Turkmen SSR", "fisheries of the Volga region". A favorite theme in his work until the end of life remained water – sea and river – where there is no ideology and requirements to match them. Sea it is the sea that the Soviet Union, in out of reach of Venice.

Georgy Grigorievich Nissky (1903-1987), in contrast to Ilya Katz, was fully Merited and well-known painter in the Soviet Union. Full member AH the USSR, people's artist of the RSFSR, Honored art worker of the RSFSR. He graduated from VKHUTEMAS-ВХУТЕИН, studied with R. Falk and A. Drevin, worked in the "Windows TASS". The subjects of his works were not contrary to the attitudes of the Soviet government, but the unique style and craftsmanship brought them out of the context of ideologically-time. They are completely modern today. And sought by collectors. Nyssa is included in top-100 the most expensive Russian artists. The auction record belongs to his work "Over the snow", which is in the British auction was sold for almost 3 000 000 $ .

Source: vellum.ru