Works of art of Vladimir
Painting School artists convey beauty of autumn nature and in tune with classical
poetry lines.
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The forest, a towering, painted wall
of purple, gold and crimson shade
rejoices in the sunlight’s fall
from heights into this brilliant glade.
A fragment of Ivan Bunin’s poem “Leaf Fall” (1906)
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When Valeriy Kokurin depicted this expressive quick changing season, he put a sense of optimism and feeling of warmth into work.
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Goldish, blue and emerald-green hues are predominant in the picture “Bath house”. This set of colors is a symbol of joy and abundant life, it characterizes the author’s particular qualities of painting in the 1960s — the period of great achievements and successes on All-Union level.
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Valeriy Kokurin made the way from participation in republican exhibitions and a group exhibition in Moscow with Yukin and Britov to selection of his works for the exhibition in France very quickly.
The artist worked with prominent masters from all over the country for seven years in Pereslavl-Zalessky. Those collective working en plein air and active art life in Vladimir contributed to the artist’s rapid development.
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“The artist aspired to paint much and quickly that was why he refused to paint with thin brushes and in small-sized canvases. Complex pattern of touches painted with the kolinsky brush №7 resembled embroidery in the Old Russian fabrics”.
A.A. Kovzun “To be held captive by the time”
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In the 1960s the artist experimented a lot, he withdrew from realistic and impressionism trends which were prominent in his creativity at the end of the previous five-year period.
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Decorative features are expressed in Valeriy Kokurin’s works. The artist put delicately additional colors within the pointed local color planes or stains.
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The contours of the preliminary drawing are visible from under the paint, especially in the picture of structure in the work “Bath house”. There are contours of the land plane and mass of all the trees. At the same time, there is no feeling that their colors contrast with each other. There is feeling of soft air coloration.
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Afterwards, in the 1980s and 1990s Valeriy Kokurin would achieve amazing color richness and a play of opposite pure colors: yellow and blue, lilac and orange, green and red. That along with the other features of his works would bring him acknowledgment and glory.
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Valeriy Kokurin’s creativity went down in history of Vladimir Painting School and in history of Russian art on the whole due to natural combination of painting properties and decorative art properties, due to depicting of the folk foundations of modern life and lyrical perception of nature of central Russia.
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Bath house
Creation period
1965
Dimensions
35x50 cm
Technique
canvas, oil colors
Exhibition
0
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