Each representative of Vladimir painting school has enriched the native land art with his vision of the world around. Victor Nikolaievich Titov was not an exception. His works dated to the period of his creative prosperity, that is, to the end of the 1970s — 1980s are especially distinguished.
Plough-land
Definitely, the landscape “Plough-land” refers to such distinguished works. It is a panoramic landscape with a high sky-line. Such type of the landscape is widely met among representatives of Vladimir painting school but Victor Titov had his entirely individual conception.
The artist’s work has all the qualities of decorative effect, only vaguely resembling Vincent Van Gogh mosaic technique. The harmonious selection of pink and lilac hues transforms into numerous iridescent multicolored dabs of paint, which create a lively vibrant atmosphere and a perspective of the plough-land.
Titov’s picture “Plough-land” and the other works of that period: “Field” and “Herd” show one more difference between the author’s creativity and the other artists of Vladimir painting school creativity.
The sky and clouds in Titov’s pictures get tremendous artistic-decorative color. Moreover, the artist never repeats methods of their painting. Whereas the sky in the pictures of Titov’s colleagues in “artistic shop” nearly always has a secondary importance, and only a strip of the canvas is allocated for the sky painting.
A preparatory sketch for the work has been preserved, in which the artist defines the color relations of the plane of the earth and the sky.
Absence of black color in works and aspiration to paint materiality of the world freely and sketchily give a common ground for Victor Nikolaievich Titov creativity and the other representatives of Vladimir painting school creativity. And if take a broad view, that approach unites the artist with such art movements as impressionism and post impressionism.