Vladimir Petrovich Panov was born into the family of a cabinetmaker in 1931 in Moscow. He started to work as a book illustrator early in life. Gouache was Vladimir Panov’s favorite medium ever since he was a student, so most of his illustrations are made in the technique of gouache painting.
The artist’s first step in creating an illustration was making outlines with a pencil, then he glazed the sheet, that is, applied paint in thin layers over the base color. Vladimir Timofeyevich Chaplya commented on the artist’s work for Mikhail Lermontov’s play in his book of 2005, “He began to use red, the color of anxiety and tension, and it was present throughout the entire series, and as a result, he filled the drama with blood, but then he also introduced the green color, filling the works with life and atmosphere.”
The work titled “Baroness Strahl at the Masquerade” was also created by Vladimir Panov for Mikhail Lermontov’s play “Masquerade”. It introduces quite a few characters at once, and the clothes of some of them are red.
The three-quarter view of Baroness Strahl wearing a fancy dress is placed in the foreground against the backdrop of the masquerade. The Baroness is depicted in motion, addressing one of the masked characters. This man’s figure is depicted from behind and is mostly hidden by a column.
The Baroness is wearing a mask, a yellow dress with a wide hem, and black gloves. Colors, like sounds in music, lead the main theme with variations. The artist masterfully conveys the growing tension of the drama. The black and yellow fancy dress conjures up images of a wasp with a painful sting. During the masquerade, one of the masks addresses Prince Zvezdich:
The artist’s first step in creating an illustration was making outlines with a pencil, then he glazed the sheet, that is, applied paint in thin layers over the base color. Vladimir Timofeyevich Chaplya commented on the artist’s work for Mikhail Lermontov’s play in his book of 2005, “He began to use red, the color of anxiety and tension, and it was present throughout the entire series, and as a result, he filled the drama with blood, but then he also introduced the green color, filling the works with life and atmosphere.”
The work titled “Baroness Strahl at the Masquerade” was also created by Vladimir Panov for Mikhail Lermontov’s play “Masquerade”. It introduces quite a few characters at once, and the clothes of some of them are red.
The three-quarter view of Baroness Strahl wearing a fancy dress is placed in the foreground against the backdrop of the masquerade. The Baroness is depicted in motion, addressing one of the masked characters. This man’s figure is depicted from behind and is mostly hidden by a column.
The Baroness is wearing a mask, a yellow dress with a wide hem, and black gloves. Colors, like sounds in music, lead the main theme with variations. The artist masterfully conveys the growing tension of the drama. The black and yellow fancy dress conjures up images of a wasp with a painful sting. During the masquerade, one of the masks addresses Prince Zvezdich:
