Dmitry Karatanov was born in Krasnoyarsk. He was an honored artist of the Soviet Russia, a teacher at the Krasnoyarsk painting school, one of the first artists who dedicated their artwork to their native Siberian nature.
Karatanov was born in the village of Askiz in the Yenisei province. At the beginning of his artistic career he was familiar with Vasily Surikov and followed the advice the great master was giving to him when coming to Krasnoyarsk. For a short period of time he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under the supervision of Arkhip Kuindzhi. In landscape painting he followed the traditions of the Russian realistic landscape school.
Dmitry Karatanov became one of the first Siberian masters who turned to ethnographic themes in his work. The artist made over ten long journeys, mainly across the regions of the North. He visited such areas as Podkamennaya Tunguska, Kureika, the city of Turukhansk, the river Ob, Narym region, and Dudinka together with expeditions headed by ethnographer Vasily Anuchin, Director of the Local History Museum Arkady Tugarinov, and local historian Alexander Yavorsky. During these expeditions, the artist created a lot of artworks — mostly graphic — that are now kept at the museums in Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, and Saint Petersburg.
Karatanov was fond of painting views of the taiga and Krasnoyarsk Pillars — a ridge of ancient rocky teeth that stretched for many kilometers along the bank of the river Yenisei. The artist was fascinated with the beauty of this natural scenery, he was coming there many times with a sketch book and even got seriously engaged in rock climbing. He was one of the initiators of establishing a natural reserve here.
Landscape painting ‘Pillars. Stone’ was painted on a bright sunny day, early in summer morning, when the green leaves on the trees are so fresh and new. The picture shows a large stone surrounded by green leaves — one of the motifs that the artist loved most of all. Strangely shaped rocks scattered across the taiga by the force of the nature always attracted his attention and surprised him with their expressive power. Dmitry Karatanov painted the Krasnoyarsk Pillars in summer and in the mid-winter, and in autumn, among the golden leaves. Krasnoyarsk museums have a collection of his paintings dedicated to this unique corner of nature — the Krasnoyarsk Pillars.
Karatanov was born in the village of Askiz in the Yenisei province. At the beginning of his artistic career he was familiar with Vasily Surikov and followed the advice the great master was giving to him when coming to Krasnoyarsk. For a short period of time he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under the supervision of Arkhip Kuindzhi. In landscape painting he followed the traditions of the Russian realistic landscape school.
Dmitry Karatanov became one of the first Siberian masters who turned to ethnographic themes in his work. The artist made over ten long journeys, mainly across the regions of the North. He visited such areas as Podkamennaya Tunguska, Kureika, the city of Turukhansk, the river Ob, Narym region, and Dudinka together with expeditions headed by ethnographer Vasily Anuchin, Director of the Local History Museum Arkady Tugarinov, and local historian Alexander Yavorsky. During these expeditions, the artist created a lot of artworks — mostly graphic — that are now kept at the museums in Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, and Saint Petersburg.
Karatanov was fond of painting views of the taiga and Krasnoyarsk Pillars — a ridge of ancient rocky teeth that stretched for many kilometers along the bank of the river Yenisei. The artist was fascinated with the beauty of this natural scenery, he was coming there many times with a sketch book and even got seriously engaged in rock climbing. He was one of the initiators of establishing a natural reserve here.
Landscape painting ‘Pillars. Stone’ was painted on a bright sunny day, early in summer morning, when the green leaves on the trees are so fresh and new. The picture shows a large stone surrounded by green leaves — one of the motifs that the artist loved most of all. Strangely shaped rocks scattered across the taiga by the force of the nature always attracted his attention and surprised him with their expressive power. Dmitry Karatanov painted the Krasnoyarsk Pillars in summer and in the mid-winter, and in autumn, among the golden leaves. Krasnoyarsk museums have a collection of his paintings dedicated to this unique corner of nature — the Krasnoyarsk Pillars.
