The People’s Artist of the USSR Vladimir Igoshev was born in 1921. He came from a small Bashkir village Igoshevsky situated close to village Askino in the north of the republic. The future artist studied in Ufa at the Arts Faculty of the Ufa College of Arts. The People’s Artist of the Bashkir ASSR Ivan Uryadov and an artist Aleksandr Tyulkin, who is considered the founder of visual art in Bashkortostan, were his mentors.
In 1950 Vladimir Igoshev graduated from The Surikov Art Institute in Moscow, where he was a student of a full member of the USSR Academy of Arts Georgy Ryazhsky. In 1968 Igoshev eventually moved to Moscow and soon became a professor at Moscow Architectural Institute and Moscow State Pedagogical University.
Vladimir Igoshev worked in various genres: he painted portraits and self-portraits, worked on landscapes and genre paintings. In 1982 the artist won the State Prize of Russia named after I. E. Repin.
The self-portrait from the collection of the Memorial House-Museum was painted in 1990, one year before the painter’s 70th birthday, when the significant period of his life and art connected with Yugra had already been in the past. In the portrait Vladimir Igoshev depicted himself just before the start of a new painting, in front of the new canvas. With the help of contrasting colours the author visually divided the canvas into two parts and placed the image of his own hands at its centre. As a rule, the artist used one or several mirrors while working on his self-portraits. In the following year the solo exhibition dedicated to Igoshev’s 70th birthday took place at the Khanty-Mansi Regional Museum of Local Lore. The House-Museum in Khanty-Mansyisk was founded during the artist’s lifetime in 2001. It features not only his paintings, but also Igoshev’s living space.
Vladimir Igoshev’s paintings and sketches are now not only in the collection of the House-Museum, but also in the funds of The State Tretyakov Gallery, The State Russian Museum, in the collections of art museums in Kiev, Odessa, Tashkent, Baku, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk, and in the private collections.
In 1950 Vladimir Igoshev graduated from The Surikov Art Institute in Moscow, where he was a student of a full member of the USSR Academy of Arts Georgy Ryazhsky. In 1968 Igoshev eventually moved to Moscow and soon became a professor at Moscow Architectural Institute and Moscow State Pedagogical University.
Vladimir Igoshev worked in various genres: he painted portraits and self-portraits, worked on landscapes and genre paintings. In 1982 the artist won the State Prize of Russia named after I. E. Repin.
The self-portrait from the collection of the Memorial House-Museum was painted in 1990, one year before the painter’s 70th birthday, when the significant period of his life and art connected with Yugra had already been in the past. In the portrait Vladimir Igoshev depicted himself just before the start of a new painting, in front of the new canvas. With the help of contrasting colours the author visually divided the canvas into two parts and placed the image of his own hands at its centre. As a rule, the artist used one or several mirrors while working on his self-portraits. In the following year the solo exhibition dedicated to Igoshev’s 70th birthday took place at the Khanty-Mansi Regional Museum of Local Lore. The House-Museum in Khanty-Mansyisk was founded during the artist’s lifetime in 2001. It features not only his paintings, but also Igoshev’s living space.
Vladimir Igoshev’s paintings and sketches are now not only in the collection of the House-Museum, but also in the funds of The State Tretyakov Gallery, The State Russian Museum, in the collections of art museums in Kiev, Odessa, Tashkent, Baku, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk, and in the private collections.
