It is not accidental that Alexey Mikhailovich Korin became a renowned artist. He is a descendant of a notable family of Palekh icon painters. Hence, his love of fine arts to which he dedicated all his life was in the stars.
Korin worked in various genres. His heritage includes paintings of every-day life scenes, portraits, landscapes, and book illustrations. He was involved in restoration of churches within and outside Russia. His well-preserved frescoes in the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, vividly exemplify his artwork. They represent a wonderful sample of the Russian monumental painting of the late 19th and early 20th century.
As a member of the Moscow Archeological Society, Alexey Korin sat on oversight committees controlling the repair and restoration of the Kremlin Annunciation and Dormition Cathedrals.
Between 1884 and 1889, the artist polished his talent at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture under the guidance of Illarion Pryanishnikov and Vasily Polenov. In 1892, he returned to the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture to teach students. In 25 years of his career he nurtured several generations of painters, including Boris Ioganson, Martiros Saryan, Alexander Gerasimov, Pavel Kuznetsov and many others.
Most of Alexey Korin’s works convey a special atmosphere of empathy highlighted by the intimacy of his images. His characters are taken from every-day life. Some of them are his friends and family members. It is in the people close and well known to him that the artist is capable of spotting and depicting every nuance of their mood in his pictures.
The painter excels in the use of painting and plastic devices. His characters though still on the canvas are nonetheless full of inner mobility, which adds special emotional intensity and expression to his works.
Alexey Korin’s painting An Old Woman at the Window instills a soulful feeling. An old woman is sitting on a bentwood chair deep in thought. Apparently, she is musing over her past bemoaning the passage of time. Her dark headscarf and downcast mood is in sharp contrast to the fresh green behind the window. Bright colors of the nature wordlessly assert the eternity of life.
Such a combination of colors creates a unique emotional and plastic balance of the painting, which is typical of many of Alexey Korin’s works. His paintings are accurate and colorful, which testifies to the artist’s rich coloristic perception. Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov was buying Korin’s paintings for his collection. His works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, and multiple regional museums.
Korin worked in various genres. His heritage includes paintings of every-day life scenes, portraits, landscapes, and book illustrations. He was involved in restoration of churches within and outside Russia. His well-preserved frescoes in the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, vividly exemplify his artwork. They represent a wonderful sample of the Russian monumental painting of the late 19th and early 20th century.
As a member of the Moscow Archeological Society, Alexey Korin sat on oversight committees controlling the repair and restoration of the Kremlin Annunciation and Dormition Cathedrals.
Between 1884 and 1889, the artist polished his talent at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture under the guidance of Illarion Pryanishnikov and Vasily Polenov. In 1892, he returned to the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture to teach students. In 25 years of his career he nurtured several generations of painters, including Boris Ioganson, Martiros Saryan, Alexander Gerasimov, Pavel Kuznetsov and many others.
Most of Alexey Korin’s works convey a special atmosphere of empathy highlighted by the intimacy of his images. His characters are taken from every-day life. Some of them are his friends and family members. It is in the people close and well known to him that the artist is capable of spotting and depicting every nuance of their mood in his pictures.
The painter excels in the use of painting and plastic devices. His characters though still on the canvas are nonetheless full of inner mobility, which adds special emotional intensity and expression to his works.
Alexey Korin’s painting An Old Woman at the Window instills a soulful feeling. An old woman is sitting on a bentwood chair deep in thought. Apparently, she is musing over her past bemoaning the passage of time. Her dark headscarf and downcast mood is in sharp contrast to the fresh green behind the window. Bright colors of the nature wordlessly assert the eternity of life.
Such a combination of colors creates a unique emotional and plastic balance of the painting, which is typical of many of Alexey Korin’s works. His paintings are accurate and colorful, which testifies to the artist’s rich coloristic perception. Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov was buying Korin’s paintings for his collection. His works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, and multiple regional museums.
