The " Cathedral Square on a Market Day’ painting was created by Alexander Ignatiev, founder of the Valuy Museum of Fine Arts, People’s Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts, laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz SSR named after Toktogul.
He was born in the town of Valuyki. He has been depicting his home and historical monuments from a young age. But most of all, he loved to paint nature.
During his professional career, Alexander Ignatiev created over a hundred works in the collections of the top museums in Russia. The State Tretyakov Gallery purchased one of his paintings.
Ignatiev put a lot of effort into social activities and working with young artists during the long years of his professional career. Since 1955, he was a member of the Board of the Union of Artists of the Kyrgyz SSR and members of the State Expert Commission under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic. On his initiative, Alexander Ignatiev organized the national Museum of Fine Arts in his home town of Valuyki, which is known as the Valuy Museum of History and Art. Today, there are more than 30 works of the master in holdings of the museum.
Every year Alexander Ignatiev used to come to the town of his childhood, Valuyki. He reflected his thoughts and feelings evoked by staying in his father’s land in various sketches and paintings. To mark the 400th anniversary of his home town, the master wrote a series of historical works presented to the Valuy Museum in 1993.
“Cathedral square on a market day” is one of the most notable works of this cycle. The artist depicted the Cathedral of Our Lady of Vladimir from a photograph of the early twentieth century. The Cathedral was located in the center of Valuyki till the 1930s. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Vladimir was built of stone between 1843 and 1853. Its wooden predecessor was installed 140 years earlier with Peter the Great’s money from the Public Treasury.
In 1695-1696, during his visit to Valuyki, Peter the Great personally supervised the inland army’s formation for the second Azov campaign. Local priest Prokopiy Zinoviev, receiving the Tsar, pitied him and pointed out that the 100-year-old Church was dilapidating, built when the fortress had been founded. Peter immediately made a design drawing of the new five-domed Cathedral.
As a gift to the Cathedral built in Valuyki, the tsar sent three icons, one of which is the Icon of Our Lady of Vladimir. In 1848, when cholera was rampant in the town, residents served a prayer service before the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Vladimir and made Cross Procession with her. In 1933, the Cathedral was dismantled, and several urban social buildings were built from its numerous building materials, which are still functioning today.
He was born in the town of Valuyki. He has been depicting his home and historical monuments from a young age. But most of all, he loved to paint nature.
During his professional career, Alexander Ignatiev created over a hundred works in the collections of the top museums in Russia. The State Tretyakov Gallery purchased one of his paintings.
Ignatiev put a lot of effort into social activities and working with young artists during the long years of his professional career. Since 1955, he was a member of the Board of the Union of Artists of the Kyrgyz SSR and members of the State Expert Commission under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic. On his initiative, Alexander Ignatiev organized the national Museum of Fine Arts in his home town of Valuyki, which is known as the Valuy Museum of History and Art. Today, there are more than 30 works of the master in holdings of the museum.
Every year Alexander Ignatiev used to come to the town of his childhood, Valuyki. He reflected his thoughts and feelings evoked by staying in his father’s land in various sketches and paintings. To mark the 400th anniversary of his home town, the master wrote a series of historical works presented to the Valuy Museum in 1993.
“Cathedral square on a market day” is one of the most notable works of this cycle. The artist depicted the Cathedral of Our Lady of Vladimir from a photograph of the early twentieth century. The Cathedral was located in the center of Valuyki till the 1930s. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Vladimir was built of stone between 1843 and 1853. Its wooden predecessor was installed 140 years earlier with Peter the Great’s money from the Public Treasury.
In 1695-1696, during his visit to Valuyki, Peter the Great personally supervised the inland army’s formation for the second Azov campaign. Local priest Prokopiy Zinoviev, receiving the Tsar, pitied him and pointed out that the 100-year-old Church was dilapidating, built when the fortress had been founded. Peter immediately made a design drawing of the new five-domed Cathedral.
As a gift to the Cathedral built in Valuyki, the tsar sent three icons, one of which is the Icon of Our Lady of Vladimir. In 1848, when cholera was rampant in the town, residents served a prayer service before the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Vladimir and made Cross Procession with her. In 1933, the Cathedral was dismantled, and several urban social buildings were built from its numerous building materials, which are still functioning today.
