Sergey Malyutin (1859-1937) was educated at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He worked in genre painting, landscape, and historical genre, was engaged in the arts and crafts, and was active as an architect. He was known for the creation of the project ‘House of the Casket’ (House of Pertsov) in Moscow.
He was a member of ‘The World of Art’ society and the Union of Russian Artists, and also worked as a teacher. Additionally, there was also a period in which he worked on the development of furniture models in the estate of Talashkino.
His main activity was painting, especially in his mature years. Malyutin painted many portraits in which he captured his contemporaries — representatives of the intellectual world and cultural figures. His works were striking in the accuracy of conveying the similarity between the model and the pictorial image, the artist sensitively caught the unique individual features and a special manner of behaving. According to researchers, he was considered one of the most talented portrait painters of his time.
The collection of the Vasnetsov Brothers Art Museum presents a portrait of the Russian artist Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926). The overall color of the painting is made in soft, muted colors. Vasnetsov is depicted in a dark suit sitting on a wooden armchair against a gray-blue background. The Russian artist sits in a strict pose with a straight back; his left hand with a ring rests on his knee, and the right into his pocket. The face breathes with serious spirituality, the gaze is directed somewhere into the distance.
Viktor Vasnetsov was also a prominent figure in Russian painting. His contribution to the creative life of that time was the formation of the neo-Russian style. He was a member of the Abramtsevo art association. In his work, he gravitated towards epic, fairy-tale, and historical motives. He became famous for his religious works by creating sketches and preparatory drawings for the monumental painting of temples.
Remarkable is the fact that a year earlier Sergey Malyutin painted a portrait of the painter’s younger brother Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856-1933). Currently, this work is in the State Tretyakov Gallery.
He was a member of ‘The World of Art’ society and the Union of Russian Artists, and also worked as a teacher. Additionally, there was also a period in which he worked on the development of furniture models in the estate of Talashkino.
His main activity was painting, especially in his mature years. Malyutin painted many portraits in which he captured his contemporaries — representatives of the intellectual world and cultural figures. His works were striking in the accuracy of conveying the similarity between the model and the pictorial image, the artist sensitively caught the unique individual features and a special manner of behaving. According to researchers, he was considered one of the most talented portrait painters of his time.
The collection of the Vasnetsov Brothers Art Museum presents a portrait of the Russian artist Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926). The overall color of the painting is made in soft, muted colors. Vasnetsov is depicted in a dark suit sitting on a wooden armchair against a gray-blue background. The Russian artist sits in a strict pose with a straight back; his left hand with a ring rests on his knee, and the right into his pocket. The face breathes with serious spirituality, the gaze is directed somewhere into the distance.
Viktor Vasnetsov was also a prominent figure in Russian painting. His contribution to the creative life of that time was the formation of the neo-Russian style. He was a member of the Abramtsevo art association. In his work, he gravitated towards epic, fairy-tale, and historical motives. He became famous for his religious works by creating sketches and preparatory drawings for the monumental painting of temples.
Remarkable is the fact that a year earlier Sergey Malyutin painted a portrait of the painter’s younger brother Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856-1933). Currently, this work is in the State Tretyakov Gallery.
