The study ‘Autumn’ exhibited at the Primorye Arts and Crafts Museum, was created by Vladimir Sarayev in 1952. The artist depicted the outskirts of a village, thick yellow grass, and a road washed out by rain on a small sheet of cardboard. In the distance, there are tall, thin trunks of pine trees on the left, and there is a dark forest edge on the right.
In the late 1950s, Vladimir Sarayev painted mostly studies capturing the views of the Arkhangelsk Oblast. Most often, these were rural landscapes, forests, and lakes. Then the main theme of his works changed. Sarayev began to create seascape paintings, featuring both the White and the Baltic Sea. As a young man, the artist studied at the Solovetsky Cabin Boys School, so he conveyed his impressions about the sea on canvas and cardboard.
In 1961, the painter participated in two exhibitions of marine painters. One of them took place in Moscow, the other was in Kaliningrad. After that Sarayev became one of the most famous Arkhangelsk seascape painters (another celebrated Arkhangelsk maritime artist was Victor Preobrazhensky). However, in the 1960s, new themes again appeared in his art: Sarayev began to paint cityscapes, most often Arkhangelsk ones. In his paintings, he tried to capture the combination of old wooden architecture and new five-story apartment buildings, known as ‘khrushchevki’. Sarayev also created genre paintings: scenes from the lives of workers, fishermen, and villagers.
By the early 1970s, Vladimir Sarayev was not as popular as he was in the 1960s. However, he continued to work, returned to the theme of northern nature and often painted studies from life. He devoted a whole series of works to the Solovetsky monastery and Kiy island.
In the late 1950s, Vladimir Sarayev painted mostly studies capturing the views of the Arkhangelsk Oblast. Most often, these were rural landscapes, forests, and lakes. Then the main theme of his works changed. Sarayev began to create seascape paintings, featuring both the White and the Baltic Sea. As a young man, the artist studied at the Solovetsky Cabin Boys School, so he conveyed his impressions about the sea on canvas and cardboard.
In 1961, the painter participated in two exhibitions of marine painters. One of them took place in Moscow, the other was in Kaliningrad. After that Sarayev became one of the most famous Arkhangelsk seascape painters (another celebrated Arkhangelsk maritime artist was Victor Preobrazhensky). However, in the 1960s, new themes again appeared in his art: Sarayev began to paint cityscapes, most often Arkhangelsk ones. In his paintings, he tried to capture the combination of old wooden architecture and new five-story apartment buildings, known as ‘khrushchevki’. Sarayev also created genre paintings: scenes from the lives of workers, fishermen, and villagers.
By the early 1970s, Vladimir Sarayev was not as popular as he was in the 1960s. However, he continued to work, returned to the theme of northern nature and often painted studies from life. He devoted a whole series of works to the Solovetsky monastery and Kiy island.
