Spring is on the way (painting)
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| Artist | Vladimir I. Ovchinnikov |
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| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 60 cm × 70 cm (24 in × 28 in) |
| Location | private collection |
History
Spring is on the way is a painting by Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Овчинников)(1911-1978), well-known Russian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation,[1] regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting,[2] most famous for his landscape paintings.
In painting the author captures the view of the high bank of the Volkhov River in the Staraya Ladoga with the Church of St John the Baptist, with the Chapel of St Paraskeva and bell tower.
For the first time the painting was exhibited in 1988 on Vladimir Ovchinnikov posthumous exhibition in the Leningrad Union of Artists.[3] In 1994, picture again was shown in the halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists at the exhibition of «The Paintings of 1950-1980s by Artists of the Leningrad School».[4] In 2007 the painting «Spring is on the way» was reproduced and described among 350 art works by Leningrad artists in the book «Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School»,[5] published in Russian and English.
See also
- Artist Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov (1911—1978)
- Leningrad School of Painting
- List of Russian artists
- List of 20th-century Russian painters
- List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
- List of the Russian Landscape painters
- Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
References
- ↑ Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 2. Moscow, Soviet artist, 1979. P.145.
- ↑ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 19-22, 24, 366, 389-396, 398-400, 402-406.
- ↑ В. Овчинников. Весна идёт. 1972 // Владимир Иванович Овчинников. Выставка произведений. Каталог. Вступительная статья Н. В. Васильевой. Составитель каталога В. В. Овчинников. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1984. С.33.
- ↑ Paintings of 1950-1980s by the Artists of the Leningrad School. Exhibition catalogue. Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Union of artists, 1994.
- ↑ В. Овчинников. Весна идёт. 1972. // Иванов С. В. Неизвестный соцреализм. Ленинградская школа. СПб., НП-Принт. 2007. С.219.
Bibliography
- Владимир Иванович Овчинников. Выставка произведений. Каталог. Вступительная статья Н. В. Васильевой. Составитель каталога В. В. Овчинников. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1984.
- Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР. — Л: Художник РСФСР, 1972. — с.39.
- Справочник членов Союза художников СССР. Том 2. — М: Советский художник, 1979. — с.145.
- Ленинградские художники. Живопись 1950—1980 годов. Каталог. СПб., Выставочный центр ПСХ, 1994. С.4.
- Лирика в произведениях художников военного поколения. Выставка произведений. Каталог. СПб., Мемориальный музей Н. А. Некрасова, 1995. С.4.
- Иванов С. Неизвестный соцреализм. Ленинградская школа. СПб., НП-Принт, 2007. С.219. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.
- Иванов С. Владимир Овчинников в воспоминаниях современников. К 100-летию со дня рождения // Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради. Вып. 21. СПб, 2011. С.46-53.
External links
- Painting «Spring is on the way» on the site «Unknown Socialist Realism. Quests and Discoveries».
- Painting «Spring is on the way» in the Book «Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School».
- Painting «Spring is on the way» on VIDEO "Spring in Russian Art of 1950-1980s. The Leningrad School"
- Paintings of Vladimir Ovchinnikov (1911-1978) on the site «Unknown Socialist Realism. Quests and Discoveries».
