The People’s Artist of the USSR Vladimir Igoshev was born in 1921 in a small Bashkir village Igoshevsky situated close to 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 the visual art in Bashkortostan, were his mentors.
During the Great Patriotic War Vladimir Igoshev served in the Soviet army. He was seriously wounded during the fight for the Fourth Height not far from Stalingrad and spent almost a year in the hospital. 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. Soon Igoshev moved to Moscow and became a professor at Moscow Architectural Institute and Moscow State Pedagogical University.
Vladimir Igoshev worked in different 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 genre painting An Interesting Book was created in 1990. It is painted in the impressionist manner. The rapid yellow, green and brown brushstrokes mix together as if they were gently flowing from one to another creating an illusion of pulsating light. The artist recalled: ‘I’ve been to the furthest places possible, where the people had never seen not just a painter, but a journalist. Nyaksimvol, Saranpaul’, Suevatpaul, I’ve seen them all. My sketch book and paints left a lasting impression on the locals. Mansi knew about the camera and could imagine it creating a photo with an object looking similar to the real one. But they couldn’t comprehend how a painter could make things look “similar” with the help of his brush and paints. At first the children were shy, but then they started coming to me in droves to, as they called it, “be painted”. I gave them sweets and they were ready to sit for me for hours.’
During the Great Patriotic War Vladimir Igoshev served in the Soviet army. He was seriously wounded during the fight for the Fourth Height not far from Stalingrad and spent almost a year in the hospital. 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. Soon Igoshev moved to Moscow and became a professor at Moscow Architectural Institute and Moscow State Pedagogical University.
Vladimir Igoshev worked in different 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 genre painting An Interesting Book was created in 1990. It is painted in the impressionist manner. The rapid yellow, green and brown brushstrokes mix together as if they were gently flowing from one to another creating an illusion of pulsating light. The artist recalled: ‘I’ve been to the furthest places possible, where the people had never seen not just a painter, but a journalist. Nyaksimvol, Saranpaul’, Suevatpaul, I’ve seen them all. My sketch book and paints left a lasting impression on the locals. Mansi knew about the camera and could imagine it creating a photo with an object looking similar to the real one. But they couldn’t comprehend how a painter could make things look “similar” with the help of his brush and paints. At first the children were shy, but then they started coming to me in droves to, as they called it, “be painted”. I gave them sweets and they were ready to sit for me for hours.’
