Rostislav Vovkushevsky created the Portrait of Stage Director Viktor Grigoryevich Komissarzhevsky in 1969 in a manner that was typical of him: the painter frequently used the decorative painting techniques. His canvasses are characterized by clear-cut silhouettes, somewhat conventional sketching and composition, as well as intense local colors. Local colors are inherent colors of objects that are not distorted by light, air or reflection of any other surrounding objects. The painter always focused on the rhythmic pattern of canvases using the technique of slight volumetric and spatial deformation.
The painting shows Viktor Grigoryevich Komissarzhevsky, a Soviet and Russian stage director, host of the Theater and Life radio program, and author of the Meet Baluev! motion picture. The painter depicted Komissarzhevsky in an interior environment sitting in an armchair and holding a blank sheet. His thoughtful eyes are staring into the distance. Most likely, he is pondering over a new stage performance.
There was a tradition before the Revolution of 1917 to paint full-dress portraits of famous people. Stately attitude, luxurious interiors and status symbols, such as, for example, awards or expensive jewelry, are typical elements of such portraits. Soviet painters depicted their characters in a more realistic every-day environment. Such images were popular, as they were closer to ordinary people. Rostislav Vovkushevsky often painted canvasses that were in tune with the Soviet period.
From the artistic point of view, the authors of such paintings relied on the experience of realism, impressionism and symbolism and created a new artistic language on their basis. It helped reveal the context of the entire epoch.
The painter was born in 1917 in Polotsk. He moved to Leningrad in 1925, where in 1936, he entered the School of Architecture of Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1949, he joined the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. He painted still life, portraits, landscapes, genre compositions using the easel and monumental painting techniques.
The painting shows Viktor Grigoryevich Komissarzhevsky, a Soviet and Russian stage director, host of the Theater and Life radio program, and author of the Meet Baluev! motion picture. The painter depicted Komissarzhevsky in an interior environment sitting in an armchair and holding a blank sheet. His thoughtful eyes are staring into the distance. Most likely, he is pondering over a new stage performance.
There was a tradition before the Revolution of 1917 to paint full-dress portraits of famous people. Stately attitude, luxurious interiors and status symbols, such as, for example, awards or expensive jewelry, are typical elements of such portraits. Soviet painters depicted their characters in a more realistic every-day environment. Such images were popular, as they were closer to ordinary people. Rostislav Vovkushevsky often painted canvasses that were in tune with the Soviet period.
From the artistic point of view, the authors of such paintings relied on the experience of realism, impressionism and symbolism and created a new artistic language on their basis. It helped reveal the context of the entire epoch.
The painter was born in 1917 in Polotsk. He moved to Leningrad in 1925, where in 1936, he entered the School of Architecture of Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1949, he joined the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. He painted still life, portraits, landscapes, genre compositions using the easel and monumental painting techniques.
