The solo exhibition of Oleg Krotkov (1929-2013) brings
together the paintings of different years that give the opportunity to reveal
the evolution of the artist's creative path - from the socialist realism in the
works of the 1950's to the romantic Avant-garde of the beginning of 1990's.
Oleg Krotkov who was the pupil of S.Ivashev-Musatov who was the follower of
traditions of Caro Bube (The King of Diamonds) art group, had
created in his canvases the wonderful, magnificent and at the same time chamber
world. The romantics of everyday life and pathetic content of his works may be
regarded as the evidence of deep spiritual life of every beings and things in
the world. The static figures in his compositions that are devoted to the
religious and genre subjects are fulfilled with effort and seem to have the
features of the artist's character - its obstinacy and purposefulness. His
still-lives reveal the variety of surrounding space and possibilities of color
- deep and concentrated or clear and transparent.
Oleg Krotkov had left Russia in 1992 and never got the
fame in his native land. This exhibition that for the first time presents the Krotkov's
creative oeuvre so fully is the peculiar tribute to memory of this artist.
The exhibition is supported by Blue Apple |
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