Аукцион Bidspirit | Kalinin V.V.

Kalinin V.V. - Diptych ”City Rapists”. No. 3. 1978 37.2x27.5 cm, framed - 51x38.5 cm. Etching, watercolor. The author's copy is hand-painted. Comes from an artist's family. Consultation V. Silaev. Kalinin Vyacheslav Vasilievich Painter, graphic artist. Graduated from Abramtsevo art and industry. school (1963). Lived in Moscow, since 1962 he worked as an interior designer in various fields. organizations. Since the 1960s, he was a member of the Lianozov group of artists and poets (artists E. Kropivnitsky, O. Rabin, O. Potapova, N. Vechtomov, L. Masterkova, V. Nemukhin, V. Kropivnitskaya, L. Kropivnitsky, poets V. Nekrasov, G. Sapgir, I. Kholin, etc.). One of the representatives of the owls. thin underground, since 1965 he has participated in “unofficial” exhibitions, and since 1969 he has exhibited abroad. Picturesque genre compositions, portraits, still lifes – “The Commandant’s Tower. Moscow Kremlin” (1959), ”Lyuba” (1961), ”The Artist, His Wife and Her Lover” (1968), ”Moscow” (1979), ”Concert” (1980), ”The Artist and His Model” (1983) , “Still Life with a Cup” (1986), “At the Samovar” (1987), “Village Scene” (1987), “View of Moscow” (1988), “Self-Portrait with a Red Hat” (1989), “Carousel” (1990) , “Three Graces” (1991) and other works. In 1991-96 he lived in the USA. Genus. September 18, 1939 Moscow. He graduated from the Abramtsevo Art School, but learned the main thing himself, being carried away by Dürer’s graphics, then by the paintings of Vrubel and Cranach. And at the very beginning there was Lianozovo, a barracks with Oscar Rabin’s workshop - the main center of artistic life in the 1950s and 1960s. An original master of Moscow ”unofficial art”. His most characteristic paintings are those of the 1960s and 70s. on the themes of the bizarrely colorful life of the “underground” bohemia, written in the spirit of carnivalism. In 1976, Moscow “informal” artists united in the painting section of the Moscow Joint Committee of the Trade Union of Graphic Artists, which was located on the street. Malaya Gruzinskaya, 28. The basement of the “Vysotsky House” on Malaya Gruzinskaya Street became for many years a permanent location for exhibitions, of which V.V. was a constant participant. Kalinin. The excitement of spectators was so great that people stood for many hours in any weather in an unimaginably long line on the street in order to pass through the “exhibition basement” at least at a fast pace. But years have passed, and now Kalinin’s paintings are presented not only in the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum, they rightfully adorn the walls of the largest museums in the world. In 1991, Kalinin left for the USA and settled in Los Angeles. But in 1996 he was back in Russia. From October 8 to November 9, 2008, the anniversary exhibition of Vyacheslav Kalinin “My Zamoskvorechye” was held at the Tretyakov Gallery (Lavrushinsky Lane, Engineering Building). The exhibition was dedicated to the artist’s 70th anniversary and was a detailed report on all periods of his work over 40 years.