Alexander Gerasimov artist biography

His father, a former serf, “got into people” - began to trade in cattle, rented gardens and gardens. He tried to accustom his son to the trade business, but Alexander had his own thoughts about the future. In the year, he passed competitive exams to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, his teachers were V. Serov, V. Vasnetsov, K.

The young man spent his vacation in Kozlov, helped his father, wrote sketches, brought many new works to the school, the best of the short -term exhibited at student exhibitions. In the year A. In the year he graduated from the school and received the title of artist of the first degree and the title of aritetor. In the field of architecture A., after serving in the army, Gerasimov lived almost uncomfortably in Kozlov, painted a lot, worked as a decorator artist in the theater, organized the "Creativity of Kozlovsky artists." After the first success, the artist became a regular participant in the association exhibitions and for each represented new canvases.

The main genre A. He creates portraits of art historians V. Lobanov and I. Grabar, sculptor B. Yakovlev, poet S. Marshak, artists of M. Moskvin, A. Tarasova, ballerin O. Lepeshinskaya, S. Golovkina, Tamara Hanum, scientists, military leaders - heroes of the Great Patriotic War. In addition to portraits, the artist wrote a lot of still lifes, landscapes, loved to write flowers.

Gerasimov almost annually came to his hometown for the whole summer where he worked a lot, met with Michurin artists. He loved the old father’s house, where his relatives continued to live. Many paintings were written in Kozlov-Michurinsk or created on local material: portraits of I. Gerasimov were a man of great will and inexhaustible energy. With regard to realism in art, he did not recognize any compromises, he was conservative in the certain sense, hence his sharply negative attitude to all other currents.

Until the end of his life, he himself remained faithful to the Russian realistic school in painting. A. Gerasimov died on July 23 in Moscow, was buried in the capital at the Novodevichy cemetery. In Michurinsk, on a quiet street, now bearing the name of the artist, a house was preserved where his childhood passed, where he loved to come. In the year, the memorial museum of the Estate of A.

was opened here, residential interiors were restored, many things that belonged to both the artist and his family members were preserved. In the former summer workshop, the working corner of Gerasimov was restored. The previously lost wooden terrace was also restored. Wet Terrace.

"Blanova, V. Alexander Gerasimov. Silver rain: Document. Parcel with apples. Gerasimov Alexander Mikhailovich on November 15