The People’s Artist of the USSR Vladimir Igoshev was born in 1921 in Bashkiria. The future artist studied in Ufa at the Arts Faculty of the Ufa College of Arts, and then in Moscow at The Surikov Art Institute. In 1954 Igoshev first went to the North, where he studied the local traditions and worked on his paintings.
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 for his series of portraits Taiga People (the series included such paintings as Portrait of a Reindeer Breeder F. N. Tikhonov, Northern Girl’s Song, Young Hunter, Girl from the Taiga Village, Old Hunter).
The painter made a portrait of a reindeer breeder in 1987. In this portrait we see an elderly man in traditional clothes manually made of buckskin.
The flexible cutout was typical for the traditional clothes of Khanty and Mansi. It was a long buckskin shirt with a hood and mittens. The men’s, women’s and children’s clothes had the same cutout, but everyday clothes were different from the holiday ones. In order to decorate malitsa (the traditional clothes) and make it look official, the peoples of the North used bright fabric and white buckskin.
In his diary the artist described his meeting with the reindeer breeder in a very touching manner: “It had been two hours, and it was obvious that Stepan was late. Suddenly he appeared in the far end of the village. Having approached the village council and having noticed me, as I was jumping around my stuff because of cold, he spoke with the northern accent: “However, leit a bit. Frienda tea mach drank, wino little drank.” He looked in surprise at my things, yet unknown to him, and then, having taken a bunch of cardboards and a few canvases on the stretchers, he said with a smile: “However, lez go.”
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 for his series of portraits Taiga People (the series included such paintings as Portrait of a Reindeer Breeder F. N. Tikhonov, Northern Girl’s Song, Young Hunter, Girl from the Taiga Village, Old Hunter).
The painter made a portrait of a reindeer breeder in 1987. In this portrait we see an elderly man in traditional clothes manually made of buckskin.
The flexible cutout was typical for the traditional clothes of Khanty and Mansi. It was a long buckskin shirt with a hood and mittens. The men’s, women’s and children’s clothes had the same cutout, but everyday clothes were different from the holiday ones. In order to decorate malitsa (the traditional clothes) and make it look official, the peoples of the North used bright fabric and white buckskin.
In his diary the artist described his meeting with the reindeer breeder in a very touching manner: “It had been two hours, and it was obvious that Stepan was late. Suddenly he appeared in the far end of the village. Having approached the village council and having noticed me, as I was jumping around my stuff because of cold, he spoke with the northern accent: “However, leit a bit. Frienda tea mach drank, wino little drank.” He looked in surprise at my things, yet unknown to him, and then, having taken a bunch of cardboards and a few canvases on the stretchers, he said with a smile: “However, lez go.”
