Nesterov artist biography

Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov; Born on May 19-died on October 18-an outstanding Russian anti-host artist, landscape painter and icon painter, a well-known Soviet portrait. Mikhail Nesterov created his own course in painting - “indulged realism” and remained faithful to him, despite the revolution, the collapse of the country and the change of regime. During the period of movement, the work of the painter is filled with Orthodox mysticism.

His paintings reflect the “special path” of God's chosenness, the soft charm of the beauty of Russian nature and the soul of man. Mikhail Nesterov. The path to the artists was difficult. Father, the Ufa merchant, intended to convey his business to his son, there was no question of art crafts. But Mikhail’s ability to paint was also manifested early as complete indifference to commerce.

Mikhail Nesterov, at the age of 12, goes to Moscow and enters the educational institution of Voskresensky. And in the year, on the advice of the mentor, in the school of painting, where he enters the classroom to Vasily Perov himself, the artist-pruner and magnificent genre. At first he writes household scenes, imitating the style of the teacher. But it transfers images with a light satirical connotation.

In his works, the emergence of something larger and significant is felt. Learns painting with Pryanishnikov, Savrasov, Makovsky-famous artists-forwards. He writes paintings and sketches in the historical genre. It reliably reflects the essence of historical and social processes. He seeks to show barely noticeable quiet movements, the inner state of a person, his mood. Often runs and rewrites the paintings, achieving the "inner beauty" of the scene.

The collector will buy the second picture of the artist at the exhibition of the Wanderers a year later. Without interrupting with realism, the artist approaches symbolism, shows the invisible world of dreams and visions on the canvases. The images in the paintings become sophisticated and ethereal. The master resorts to conventionality and stylization. His works become a new word in art.

But they are exposed to strictly criticism from representatives of the Motravik partnership. He will devote to church frescoes and icons for more than 20 years of his life. The works of this period of creativity reflect the individual position of the artist seeking God. The cold palette and incorporeality of images bring the master closer to the Art Nouveau - the most fashionable direction of the era.

But the plots that he addressed against the backdrop of the general decline in religiosity are contrary to the trends of time. Returning from Armavir in the year, he found that the workshop was ruined, paintings and unique archival materials were lost. Trying to overcome the feeling of disaster, Nesterov remains faithful to his ideals and beloved Orthodoxy, but now he writes the faces of saints and righteous only behind closed doors.

To stay in the profession, the artist was forced to change the role, and became a magnificent portrait. In the last year of his life, Mikhail Nesterov was awarded high government awards and titles. The soul of the people ”, the paintings of Mikhail Nesterov The best paintings by Mikhail Nesterov are quite difficult to highlight, there are simply no mediocre works in the legacy of the master.

Here are just some of the most significant and well -known works: “Before the sovereign of petitions” - the picture was written in the historical genre, conveys the gloomy atmosphere of expectation, a sense of wariness, mystery and mystery. The soul of the people ”is the last mystery of the master about Orthodoxy and the fate of the people. Pavlova ” - a picture for which Nesterov was awarded the Stalin Prize.