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July 2013 Monthly Auction

There may be no better way to start a collection of Russian Art than to follow our monthly no reserve no minimum auctions.
Every month we select a great painting and let you, our friends, go for it. Sometimes the painting sells above the estimated price,
but often times it goes far below. This is a fun way to keep up with what is new at the gallery, to put a little excitement in your life,
and at the same time add to your Russian art collection!

Congratulations to B. Martin who placed the the winning bid for June's auction and added two gems of impressionistic painting to
his collection by one of Russia's premier landscape painters, Vassily P. Borisenkov- and for a great price! The winning bid for
"The Fishermen's Boats" and "Fishermen's Nook"was just $2,000 on an estimate of $3,500- $4,000 for both paintings!

As our July auction choice, we are pleased to present a great work for summer, "Boats in Balaklava" by Victor Nikolaevich Butko,
valued at $5,000- $6,000. A long time friend, Victor Butko is one of the Gallery's favorite painters and one of Russia's most talented
up-and-coming artists.

Victor came to our attention as a student of the Tkachev Brothers and Grigori Chaianikov. Butko, from an artistic family, has spent
much of his life at the Academic Dacha learning and watching from the great masters there. He is the next generation of Russian
impressionistic artists and his paintings are ripe for the seasoned collector to begin building a collection.

We invite you to participate in this month's auction and thank everyone who placed bids last month.
The next bid is $3,000, followed by minimum bidding increments of $250. The auction will end Wednesday, July 31st at 6:00 pm.
The final days and hours of July's auction are certain to be exciting! Follow all the bidding updates on the Gallery's web site.

BID FORM 

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Victor Nikolaevich Butko, "Boats in Balaklava"
31'' x 33¾'', 2008, Oil on Canvas
Estimated Value $5,000 - $6,000, Current Bid $4,500, D. Hawks & C. DeBlasio
 
About the Artist

The Thomas Kearns McCarthey Gallery is pleased and honored to be able to represent the work of Victor N. Butko, scion of
a great family of Russian artists. In the tradition of his ancestors, Butko paints with exquisite artistry and sensitivity,
portraying the special beauty of his country's landscape and its people.

Victor Nikolaevich Butko is the youngest Russian artist the Thomas Kearns McCarthey Gallery has ever represented.
We are proud to have his art in our gallery, as Victor is the heir to a legacy of greatness in Russian Impressionistic art.
It was almost five years ago that legendary Russian artists Alexei and Sergei Tkachev introduced us to Victor Butko.
The Tkachevs have known Victor since he was a child. Butko comes from an family of artists. Victor's grandfather
and mother have received many honors as artists and they participated in exhibitions around the world. Young Butko
spent summers at the family country house at the village of Academic Dacha. The Academic Dacha is half way between
St. Petersburg and Moscow and has been a summer painting refuge for generations of Russian artists. That is where, at
eight years of age, Butko was first noticed by the grand patriarch brothers of Russian Impressionism. The Tkachevs
closely followed the development and career of Victor guiding and mentoring him along the way.

On one of our many visits to Academic Dacha, the brothers invited our group to meet Victor. As a delegation, we went
to the small house and studio of the Butko family. Grigoriy Chainikov joined us. Unannounced, we knocked on the door.
The young artist was surprised and a bit embarrassed by the attention. Taking charge, Sergei Tkachev began grabbing Butko's
paintings and extolling the talent of the young, red-faced artist. Tkachev said that Butko's work was the next generation of
greatness. Following the work of the brothers, then Grigoriy Chainikov, the mantle of Russian Impressionism would fall to
Victor. Tkachev added, he was quite comfortable with leaving the burden of Russian Impressionism in the talented hands
of Victor Nikolaevich Butko. That was the day that we, of the Thomas Kearns McCarthey Gallery, invited Victor Butko
to be our partner. Ever since he has been growing as an artist and creating new jewels in the tradition of Russian
Impressionism. He is fulfilling the prophecy of Sergei Tkachev.

If you have or are building a serious Russian collection, a painting by Victor Butko would make a great addition.
For example, a Tkachev Brothers painting might easily sell for $150,000. The next generation, a Grigoriy
Chainikov painting might sell for $50,000, but the work of the young artist, Victor Butko, now sells for about
$6,000! This quality and pricing is a great chance to start or add to a Russian Impressionistic collection.

 
Victor Nikolaevich Butko, b. 1978

Butko was born in 1978 in Moscow into a veritable artistic dynasty. Several generations of the family were well known
artists, including his grandfather, Nikaolai Konstantinovich Chulovich and great-uncle Viktor Konstatinovich Chulovich
(both graduates of the Imperial Stroganov Art School), as well as Honored Art Worker of Russia Viktor Nikolaevich
Chulovich (a wonderful landscape painter who was a student of P.I. Petrovichev), and of course his own parents,
Nikolai Butko and Marina Chulovich.

From early childhood, Butko was involved in the creative work of his family. His first art lessons were given to him
by his parents. His grandfatheralso greatly influenced his work, especially landscapes. Butko's still life painting style
was developed from exposure to an incredible collection of objects to be found in the family's studio. There was
a collection of antique items which his grandfather brought back from numerous trips around the country:
Russian and Uzbek samovars, wicker baskets, pitchers, jugs, etc. Butko painted from them for his first still-life works.

In 1989, Butko entered the Moscow Academy Art Lyceum under the supervision of the Russian Academy of Arts
where he studied watercolor and oil painting. In 1994, he took part in his first art exhibition, in the Art Lyceum
Students'Exhibition at the Central House of Art Workers. Two years later, he took part at the Lyceum exhibition
which was held at the Tretyakov Gallery.

After graduation from art school, Butko went to Vishny Volochok, not far from the Academic country house
for painters, where he continued to study painting, being especially influenced by the works of A.M. and A.A.
Gritsai, and N. Fedeosov. In 1997, he was able to spend the summer with A.N. Gritsai, an experience that greatly
influenced Butko professionally.

In 1997, Butko also took part in the exhibition of Moscow Art Union at its gallery in Krymsky Val, and afterwards
became a Member of the Moscow Art Union. Butko's work is exhibited at galleries throughout Russia.

Exhibitions:

1994 - The exhibition of the MacAL students in the Central House of Art Workers.

1996 - The exhibition of the MacAL students in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

1997 - Autumn exhibition of MAU in the Central Art Gallery in Krimsky Val.

1998 - The Family exhibition at the municipal gallery inNaro-Fominsk.

1998 - The regional exhibition "Moscow-Petersberg", the Central ArtGallery.

1998 - The exhibition of self-portrait in the CAG.

1999 - The All-Russian exhibition "The Autumn in Boldino", dedicated to the memory of A.S. Pushkin

2000 - The Family exhibition at the "Zamoskvorechy Gallery".

2000 - The All-Russian exhibition "In the Name of God in the CAG".

2001 - The Family exhibition in the Central House of Art Workers, the exhibition of the young painters of MAU,
dedicated to the anniversary of the Moscow House of Artist.

 

August 2013 Monthly Auction

There may be no better way to start a collection of Russian Art than to follow our monthly no
reserve 
no minimum auctions.

Every month we select a great painting and let you, our friends, go for it. Sometimes the painting sells above the estimated price,
but often times it goes far below. This is a fun way to keep up with what is new at the gallery, to put a little excitement in your life,
and at the same time add to your Russian art collection!

As our August auction choice, we are pleased to present a great work for summer, "Lilacs by the Pond" by Vladimir V. Filippov, valued
at $6,500- $7,500. One of Russia's most talented up-and-coming artists, Vladimir is one of the Gallery's favorite painters.

Filippov was trained, and lives in the renowned Russian art village "Akademicheskaya Dacha" or Academic Dacha, halfway between
Moscow and St Petersburg. For more than 130 years, this village has been almost a sacred place for Russian artists. Filippov was
introduced to the McCarthey Gallery by the master painter Yuri Kugach (recently deceased at age 97), who was named as one of
the top 10 artists of Russia in the twentieth century. Under this tutelage, Vladimir has become a respected and sought after
Russian artist.

Filippov captures the native Russian countryside with a vivid intimacy that can be captured only by people who love and live close
to the land. The contrasts and vividness of colors in "Lilac at the Pond" shows Filippov's high level of skill and his natural talent
of representing the Russian countryside. The shadows and mood in this work accentuate the wonder of this painting. This
painting would make an excellent addition to a mature collection or as a great painting to start your collection. Don't miss this
rare opportunity to add a wonderful work by a fantastic artist to your collection. The Current bid is just $1,250

We invite you to participate in this month's auction and thank everyone who placed bids last month.

The next bid is $1,500, followed by minimum bidding increments of $250. The auction will end Saturday, August 31st at 9:00 pm.
You may follow all the bidding updates on the Gallery's web site.

BID FORM 

9397  

Vladimir V. Filippov, "Lilacs at the Pond"
2006, Oil on Canvas, 23¼'' x 26½''
Estimate $6,500- $7,500, Winning Bid $3,250, M. Ellison
 
Vladimir Viktorovich Filippov

Vladimir V. Filippov was born in 1956 in Vyshniy Volochek. He spent his childhood in Novoye Kotchische Village, where such famous artists as brothers Sergei & Aleksei Tkachev lived. It was also not far from the Academic Dacha named after the great painter Ilya E. Repin. The Academic Dacha is a well-known Art Academy and artist community in Russia, and that creative atmosphere had a great influence on young Vladimir's creative future. Filippov spent long hours visiting artists in their studios, and admiring great artists and their paintings. Since childhood Vladimir's dream was to become a great artist.

But at the beginning, Vladimir's way of life was sidetracked from art. Having graduated from the Railway Collage, he enrolled in the Soviet Army. After his demobilization, he entered the Agricultural Academy. However, he never abandoned his dream to become an artist. Vladimir painted his first water-colored still life from nature in the studio of Nikolai A. Sysoev, who was an honored artist of the Soviet Union. He painted with great vigor under Sysoev's direction. Later on in 1970, he became acquainted with Peter I. Strakhov and Peter's wife Lia A. Ostrovaya, who were famous artists in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Peter Straknov made great contributions and progress in Vladimir's creative development. Since 1970, Vladimir Filippov has devoted his life to painting full time. He has been an enduring participant of all the local and regional exhibitions since 1980.

Since 1990, Filippov has trained and worked under the Russian Realist masters Yuri P. Kugach (senior) and his son Mikhail Y. Kugach, who is now head of the Kugach Studio and a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Also, Vladimir has painted in the company of such wonderful artists as Grigory Chainikov and Andrei Zakharov. These artists and close friends have played an important role in Vladimir's development as an artist. Filippov is one of the few artists continuing the great tradition of Russian Realistic Art.

Vladimir Filippov has been a member of the Union of Russian Artists since 2003. His paintings are exhibited in the Museums of Mogilev and Bobruisk (Republic of Byelorussia), in the Museum of Harbin (China), in many private art collections in Russia, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Romania, Finland, Germany, China, and the USA.

 
Vladimir works with the Moskvorechie Creative Association.

Vladimir V. Filippov participated in the following exhibitions:

1991 ??V Regional Fine Arts Exhibition "I Love this Land".

1994 Autumn Exhibition of Artists in the Town of Tver.

1996 ??VIII Zonal Fine Arts Exhibition "I Love this Land".

1998 Regional Exhibition in Tver.

1999 Regional Exhibition "The People's Love for Pushkin" devoted to 200-year of Pushkin's birthday.

2001 Personal Exhibition in Vyshniy Volochek.

2001 Town's Exhibition "The Summer Opening Day" in Vyshniy Volochek.

2005 The "Connection of Time" Exhibition in Mogilev, Byelorussia with Yuri P. Kugach and M. Kugach.

2006 The "Modern Art of Russia" Exhibition in Moscow.

2007 The Exhibition in Vyshniy Volochek with Kugach's dynasty and B. Petrenko.

2008 The Exhibition of the Moskvorechie Creative Association in Moscow.

2009 The All-Russian Exhibition in Moscow.

2009 The Anniversary Exhibition of the Russian Painters' Union in Tver.

2010 The Exhibition of the Moskvorechie Creative Association in Moscow.

2010 The Exhibition of the Moskvorechie Creative Association in Velikiy Novgorod.

2011 The Exhibition of the Moskvorechie Creative Association in Moscow.

2011 The Exhibition of the Moskvorechie Creative Association in Central Palace of Artists in Moscow.

 

October 2013 Monthly Auction

As our October auction selection, we are pleased to present a work perfect for the fall season, "Landscape", by one of our most exceptional and unique artists, Veniamin Alekseevich Safonov.  Of the hundreds of Russian artists we at the McCarthey Gallery have met and represented over the years, Veniamin Safanov is truly singular. The artists' brand of impressionism is more abstract than most of his colleagues of the period.  His thick paint, textured work and bright colors mark him as a favorite for both collectors and critics.

As a Singular artist, Veniamin Safonov's works are instantly recognizable.  Long, heavy strokes of the paint brush, bright colors, strong contrasts of  light and shadow are characteristic of the artist's paintings.
 
Veniamin Safonov is a graduate of the internationally famed Moscow Surikov Institute, a Member of the Union of Soviet Artists. His works are showcased in the Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) and other museums of the Russian Federation as well as favoring many private collections.
 
Rarely have we offered paintings by artists of Safonov's acclaim in our monthly silent auction. If you've never participated, this month is a great time to start. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a work that could easily be included in the collections of the top museums in Russia. The current bid is just $2,500!
 
We invite you to participate in this month's auction and thank everyone who placed bids last month. The next bid is $2,750, followed by minimum bidding increments of $250. The auction will end Thursday October 31st at 6:00 pm. Follow all the bidding updates on the Gallery's web site.

 BID FORM

4104wVeniamin Alekseevich Safonov, "Landscape"
18¼'' x 27½'', 1960's, Oil on Cardboard
Estimate, $4,000 - $5,000, WinningBid $2,750 H. Cardon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Veniamin Alekseevich Safaonov, 1931- 2004

 

(Translated from the original Russian)

 

Safonov was born in the Krasnaya Zarya Village (Orlovskaya Region, south of Moscow) in 1931.  It was, and still is, a small community of fewer than 2,000 residents. 

  

In his childhood, the artist survived three years of German occupation. One of the biggest battles of World War II (known to Russians as the "Great Patriotic War) was the Battle on the Orlovo-Kurskaya Arch, which took place near his village in 1943. This traumatic event made a deep impression on the young artist, and it remained with him for his entire life.  At that time, the German Army was retreating to the West, burning everything in its path, including villages and farmland, and holding thousands of Russian people hostage.

 

When liberation finally came, the joy in the teenager's soul was mixed with the pain of loss, starvation, and ruin. During that difficult time, the young Veniamin took a great interest in drawing, and this influenced the remainder of his life.

  

Having graduated from the secondary school, he entered Art Collage in the Town of Orel. The young artist graduated from the Art College in 1951, at the age of 20. He then began his independent creative work.

  

Safonov moved to Podolsk (Moscow Region) in search of an art career.  In the beginning, he tried to paint genre scenes, portraits and landscapes. He had been working en plein air, observing changes in season and time of the day. The artist learned more and more to understand nature, and to reproduce nature's conditions on canvas.  In the course of time, the challenge of landscape works captured the young artist completely.

 

Within only a few years after his graduation from the Surikov Art Institute, Safanov's paintings were exhibited not only at All-Union Art Exhibition (the most prestigious artists' exhibition in the Soviet Union), but were also awarded with a Diploma. The artist was then sent to work in the Academician Arts Cottage. This was truly exceptional, as it was rare that the paintings of an artist who was not a member of the Union of Artists would be presented at an Exhibition of such high rank.  But when the paintings were chosen at first by Artists' Regional Branch (by a specially established body, the Exhibition Committee), Safonov was automatically accepted as a member of the Union of Artists. It was in this most extraordinary way that Veniamin Safonov became a member of the Union of Artists.

 

The opportunity to visit the Academic Dacha -  named after Ilya Repin - gave the artist a new creative impulse.   For the first time in his life, Safonov became acquainted with the creative works of famous and honored artists of the older generation, whose advice was very useful to him and advanced his knowledge of art history as well as of artistic techniques. 

 

In the course of time, Veniamin Safonov's painting acquired its unique and recognizable features.  Long, heavey strokes of thepaint brush, bright colors, and contrast of light and shadow are all signature characteristics of the artist's works. Safonov uniquely conveys the full variety, texture, light, and feelings of Russia's natural beauty

 

A graduate of  the famed Surikov Art Institute Moscow, Safonov's paintings are found in the Tretyakov Gallery and other museums of the Russian Federation as well as in private collections. A member of the Union of Soviet Artists, Safonov specialized in landscapes and was one of the leading artists of the Moscow region. 

 

Important shows include:

 

All Union Art Exhibition, Moscow, 1957, 1968, 1960 
All Russia Art Exhibition 40th Anniversary of the Great October Revolution, Moscow 1957
All Russia Art Exhibition - The Land and the People, Moscow, 1960, 1987
One-man shows in Moscow in 1961, 1981 and 1992.
 

October 2014 Monthly Auction

Congratulations to both S. Griffin and K Vasquez who placed the winning bids for our two September auction works, Day at the Sea by Y.K. Bogatyrenko sold for $1,000 estimated at $3,000- $4,000 and "The Lilacs the Spring Rain" by Victor N. Butko, sold at $3,250, estimated at $6,000- $7,000.

As our October silent auction choice we are pleased to present a large, famous and much loved Soviet painting, "New Bicycle", by Sergei Alekseevich Grigoriev. One of the leading Ukrainian painters of the Soviet period. The painting is a charming piece that celebrates the Russian countryside with an almost universal theme of a young boy with a new bicycle.  The current high bid is just $1,750. The next bid is $2,000 followed by minimum bidding increments of $250.

Sergei A. Grigoriev was the awarded the title of  'People's Artist of the USSR' in 1974. This award was the most prestigious honor bestowed by the Soviet Union for exceptional artistic achievements. Its recipients include many of the most-acclaimed composers, dancers, singers, film and theatre directors and actors of the time. In all, for all of the categories, there were only 1,010 recipients of the award during the period of the Soviet Union. It signified the greatest accomplishment and highest recognition for Soviet artists.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to add a great work by a highly acclaimed artist to your collection!

We invite you to participate in this month's auction and thank everyone who placed bids last month. Please note that you may place a maximum bid and the Gallery will bid on your behalf up to your maximum. By placing a maximum bid you will be assured you are not out bid at the last minute. Bids will be taken via telephone, fax, or e-mail until the auction ends at 6:00 pm, Friday October 31st. Follow all the bidding updates on the Gallery's web site.

Stephen Justesen, Gallery Director

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 BID FORM

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Sergei Alexeyevich Grigoriev, "New Bicycle"
53½'' x 39'', 1955, Oil on Canvas
Estimate $4,000- 5,000, Wining Bid, $2,000, Kathie Marriott-Manangan

Sergey Alekseevich Grigoriev (1910-1988)

Sergei A. Grigoriev was best known as a painter of everyday-life genre subjects late 1940's through the 1950's. His works are included in many museums including the Kiev Museum of Ukrainian Art and The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow. He taught at the Kharkov Art Institute 1933-34; at the Kiev Art Institute from 1934; was head of creative studios of  The USSR Academy of Arts, Kiev, from 1962. He became a Soviet academician 1953/54, was awarded Stalin Prizes in 1950, 195, and most importantly the title of 'People's Artist of the USSR' 1974. Sergei A. Grigoriev. People's Artist of the Soviet Union and member of the USSR Academy of Arts, played a major role in the formation of the Soviet Ukraine's school of art as an outstanding painter and teacher.

Sergei Grigoriev was born in Lugansk, Ukraine in 1910. He studied at the Zaporozhe Arts and Crafts School from 1923-26. After finishing the school, he moved to Moscow to continue his studies at the Higher Artistic and Technical Workshops, VKHUTEMAS,1926-27. Later he attended the Kiev Art Institute 1928-32. Upon graduation from the institute, he moved to Kharkov where he took up work as a poster painter and book illustrator with the Mistetstvo Publishing house.

In 1933, Grigoriev was asked to teach at the Kharkov Art Institute, first as an assistant in the drawing workshop of Vasili Kasiyan, later in the painting workshop of Professor Krichevsky.

In 1934 when Kiev became the capital of the Ukrainian Republic, Grigoriev accepted a teaching position at the Kiev Art Institute.

In the early 1930s, Grigoriev became greatly involved with plein-air painting. In addition to many landscapes of the Dnieper region, he was also doing nudes. Beginning in the late 1930s, he gradually emerged as a lyrical painter. In his portraits, genres pictures and landscapes, he created images filled with humaneness and harmony with the surrounding world.

He began exhibiting in 1932. Important shows include 'Twenty Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army', Moscow, 1938; 'Industry of Socialism', Moscow, 1939; 'All Union Art Exhibition', Moscow, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1955. From the late 1930s, he gradually emerged as a lyrical painter. In his portraits, genres pictures and landscapes, he created images filled with humaneness and harmony with the surrounding world.

In the winter of 1940 Grigoriev was called up for the military service. At the outbreak of war in 1941 he joined the Communist Party. During this time, he did hardly any painting.

In the late 1940s, he established himself in Soviet painting as a mature master of multi-figural, complex compositions.

In the 1950s Grigoriev concentrated on multi-figural genre compositions built around dramatic or conflictual subjects. He is especially concerned with problems of the education of children and youth, the building of their characters and social outlooks.

In 1951 Grigoriev received the USSR State Prize for his picture Discussion of the Failing Mark. Also in that year he was made People's Artist of the Ukrainian Republic. Three years later, the painter was elected corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts, and in 1958 he became full member of the Academy.

Sergei A. Grigoriev. People's Artist of the Soviet Union and member of the USSR Academy of Arts, played a major role in the formation of the Soviet Ukraine's school of art as an outstanding painter and teacher. His works are included in many museums including the Kiev Museum of Ukrainian Art and The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow. His art was inseparably linked with the life of his people and in his faith in the tremendous transformative potential of socialist art.

 

January 2014 Monthly Auction

Congratulations to P.E. Clayton who placed the winning bid of $5,750 for "In Early Spring, River Msta", by one of Russia's most talented up and coming artists Victor N. Butko. January's auction turned out to be one of our most exciting to date with several bids coming in the last days and minutes of the auction jumping the high bid up from $2,500 to $5,750.

For our January silent auction, we are pleased to offer "March in the Village" by the great Russian landscape painter, WWII veteran and representative of the Leningrad school of painting, Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz.

"Krantz was a master of the lyrical landscape and considered Nature as his main teacher. He was drawn to the simple beauty of the Northern Russian forests and the seascapes of the Crimea. He painted with a unique eye towards nature's mystery, and his works rivet the eye by their romantic mood and masterful technique. He had a special gift for capturing the special light that filters the Russian wilderness, each season bringing its own distinct glow and drawing the viewer into the landscape".

"I visited Mr. Krantz at his studio in St. Petersburg shortly before his death in 2003. While he was close to blind and very weak, he lit up as I picked up paintings one-by-one and asked him if he could remember painting the particular work. Although he was slumped and ill, as I held up the painting, he seemed to come to life as he animatedly described each painting. Vivid with detail, excitement and overwhelming enthusiasm, he described the place and the people. It was almost as if he had painted the work that afternoon. For a few brief moments, the artist emerged and reveled in his life and his work. As we reached the end of the visit, he returned to his illness". - Jim Dabakis

This is the first time we have offered a museum quality work by a highly respected and important artist in the silent auction. This is indeed a rare opportunity not to miss! Estimated at $7,500 to $9,500 with a current bid of just $3,500.

We invite you to participate in this month's auction and thank everyone who placed bids last month. The next bid is $3,750, followed by minimum bidding increments of $250. Please note that you may place a maximum bid and the Gallery will bid on your behalf up to your maximum. The auction will end Friday January 31st at 9:00 pm. Follow all the bidding updates on the Gallery's web site.

Good Luck

Stephen Justesen, Gallery Director

 BID FORM

Krantz 3072   700Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz, "The March in the Village"
19¾'' x 23½'', (50 x 60 cm) 1977, Oil on Board,
Estimate: $7,500- $9,500, Winning Bid $3,750 l. Fey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

krantz

Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz (1913-2003)  Mozdok, Northern Caucasia  The lyrical landscape is the genre of painting that evokes reciprocal feeling in every Russian, especially if it is done in such brilliant manner as that of Vladimir Krantz. The life itself made him an artist. He was lucky not to be forced painting in an official formal manner, glorifying the socialist labor. The artist simply polished his brushwork, developed his coloring working hard, nevertheless staying an amateur for the bureaucrats of the Soviet art. Being an "amateur" at that time meant to be free in choice to paint landscapes - the genre that was not greeted by the authorities. The most preferable were large multi-figural pictures depicting social life or historical events.

Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz was born in Mozdok, Chechnya in 1913. His mother's origin was Cossack, and his father came from nobility. His ancestor, German born Von Rosen Krantz, was sent in exile to the Caucasus after the December uprising in Petersburg in 1825.

The artist showed his talent in early years when he studied at the atelier of a local painter, A. Turbin. After finishing the secondary school he worked as a draftsman and got a recommendation to the Academy of Fine Arts in Leningrad (Petersburg). Just before the entrance exams, V. Krantz showed his sketches to the rector of the Academy, a prominent Soviet artist Isaak Brodsky and met with his approval.

Unfortunately, the serious disease typhoid prevented him from entering the Academy that year. And in 1935 he successfully passed the exams to the Architectural Faculty of the Civil Engineering Institute in 1940. After graduating, he worked as an artist-decorator and painted in oils independently.

After World War II he returned to his work in the Painting and Design Group of Enterprises in Leningrad and perfected his art at the atelier of S. Nevelstein. He set himself high standards and purposefully painted from nature again and again. One of his most favorite places was the ancient Russian town of Staraja Ladoga in the Petersburg Region. The pictures painted there gained a great success during the first Krantz one-man show in 1967 and in 1973 he joined the Russian Artists' Union, thus giving up the work of decorator.

Success did not come V. Krantz's way easily. His way to acclaim was long and taxing, and only in the 1970's his art was recognized by the public. The Japanese collector Yoko Nakamura acquired series of his landscapes, and the artist became well known abroad.

Vladimir Krantz painted the modest beauty of Russian forest and seascapes in the Crimea, working at the Academic Dacha. There he got acquainted with many colleagues who enriched his mental outlook. Among them was a famous Soviet painter, academician Zagonek, who once presented Krantz his sketch with an inscription: "To the student surpassing the teacher." They worked together on the same motive and Krantz's landscape was voted the best.

Vladimir Krantz considered nature to be the main teacher. None of the painters greatly influenced the artist's manner as he went his path directed mainly by his own inward intuition and original talent. He preferred painting "ala prima," finishing his landscape in one day. Using photos was the common practice of such great masters as Vrubel and Degas, and Krantz following in their example, studied and gave a more precise definition to the juxtaposition of color, light-and-shade. He never went down to the rough naturalism or unwarranted detailing both in drawing and coloring.

Krantz intentionally denied the fleeting effects so typical of the Impressionists and art of the XX Century. He saw the integrity and calm in the landscape, which should represent the stability and firmness of being.

Vladimir Krantz was a real master of the lyrical landscape. His art is immediately recognizable in any gallery neighborhood as it rivets the eye by the romantic mood and a masterful technique. It gives the spectator an opportunity to enter the truthfully painted atmosphere of the landscape, to share the artist's admiration. The good taste, a sense of rhythm together with following nature without copying, brings a wholeness and completeness to his fine landscapes.  -Ekaterina Denisova (Baryshnikova)

Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz

Was born 17 February 1913 in Mozdok, Northern Caucas.
In 1940 V. Krantz graduated from the Architectural department of Leningrad Building Institute. Since 1957 he has participated in Art Exhibitions.

Joined the LOSKH (Leningrad Union of Artists of the RSFSR) in 1972.

Member of LCRAU since 1972.

Modern Soviet painting exhibition. Gekkoso Gallery. Tokyo, 1977.

Ecole de Saint-Petersburg. Drouot Richelieu. 13 Mars. Paris, 1992.

Personal Exhibitions in Leningrad (1964, 1977, 1991) and St. Petersburg (1992, 1995, 2002).

Paintings by Vladimir Krantz are in the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), Museum of the Siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg), regional Russian museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, Germany, France, Belgium, Finland, and the USA.

 

? Directory of members of the Union of Artists. Volume 1. - Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - S. 559.? Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1961. - P.23.? Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Russian Art, 2002. - P.39.? Catalogue Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1965. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1970. - P.18.? Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Russian Art, 2002. - P.47.? Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. 1968. Catalog . - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1971. - C.10.? Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Russian Art, 2002. -P.57.? Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1969. Catalog . - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1970. - C.12.? Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Aurora Design, 2001. - P.58.? Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1971. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1972. - C.10.? Our contemporary. Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1975.Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1980. - C.17.? Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Russian Art, 2002. - C.19.? Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1982. - P.16.? Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Russian Art, 2002. - P.27.? Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. 1978. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1983. - C.10.? Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1980. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1983. - P.15.? Ivanov SV Unknown Socialist Realism. Leningrad School. - St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007. - P.260.? Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Aurora Design, 2001. - P.48.? Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Russian Art, 2002. - C.49.? 1 2 Exhibition of modern Soviet Painting. 1983. Gekkoso Gallery. Catalogue. - Tokyo, 1983. - R.18.? L 'Ecole de Saint-Petersbourg. Auction Catalogue. - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 13 Mars 1992.? Ivanov SV Unknown Socialist Realism. Leningrad School. - St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007. - P.6-7.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions featuring Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz

1958 year ( Leningrad ): Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1958 .

1960 year ( Leningrad ): Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960 in the State Russian Museum .

1965 year ( Leningrad ): Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1965 .

1968 year ( Leningrad ): Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1968 .

1969 year ( Leningrad ): The Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1969 .

1974 year ( Leningrad ): The Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1974.

1975 year ( Leningrad ): Our contemporary. Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1975 .

1977 year ( Leningrad ): Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1977, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution .

1978 year ( Leningrad ): Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1978 .

1980 year ( Leningrad ): Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1980 .

1981 year ( Leningrad ): Exhibition of paintings - veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

1996 year ( St. Petersburg ): The exhibition "Art of the 1940s and 1990s. Leningrad School "Memorial Museum Nekrasov .

Sources

Central State Archive of Literature and Art. St. Petersburg. F.78. Op.10. D.239.Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1961. - P.23.Catalogue Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1965. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1970. - P.18.VP Krantz. Landscapes Staraya Ladoga (1963-1967). - L., LOHF RSFSR, 1968.Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. 1968. Catalog . - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1971. - C.10.Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1969. Catalog . - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1970. - C.12.A. Gubarev, Dimitrenko A. In a simple, seemingly motive ... / / Evening Leningrad, 1971, January 5.Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1971. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1972. - C.10.Our contemporary. Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1975. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1980. - C.17.Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1982. - P.16.Exhibition of paintings - World War II veterans. - Leningrad: Leningrad Union of Artists of the RSFSR, 1978. - C.4.Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. 1978. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1983. - C.10.Directory of members of the Union of Artists. Volume 1. - Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - S.559.Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1980. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1983. - P.15.Exhibition of modern Soviet Painting. 1983. Gekkoso Gallery. Catalogue. - Tokyo, 1983. - R.18.Exhibition of paintings - World War II veterans. Catalog. - A: Artist of the RSFSR, 1990. - C.10.Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of the RSFSR. TL: Artist of the RSFSR, 1987. - P.65.L 'Ecole de Saint-Petersbourg. Auction Catalogue. - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 13 Mars 1992.Vladimir Krantz. Painting. Exhibition of works. Catalog. - St. Petersburg Memorial Museum Nekrasov, 1995.Paintings 1940-1990 period. Leningrad School. Exhibition of works . - St. Petersburg Memorial Museum Nekrasov, 1996. - C.3.Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Aurora Design, 2001.Vladimir Krantz. - St. Petersburg: Russian Art, 2002.Ivanov SV Unknown Socialist Realism. Leningrad School. - St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007. - S. 363, 393, 395-400, 404-407, 439, 446. ISBN 5-901724-21-6 , ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7 .Academic Dacha. Exhibition catalog. - St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Union of Artists, 2009. - C.4, 18.

See also

List of Russian painters of the 20th centuryList of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists

References

Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz site "Unknown Socialist Realism. Search and discovery "The Leningrad School of painting. Sketch of history.Chronology of the Leningrad school of painting.

 

 

 

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