Ilya Glazunov is the Soviet and Russian artist, the founder of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, in their paintings, after a long period of persecution of museums and galleries, imprinted the significant events of the left era. In 2020, Ilya Sergeyevich would have been 90 years old - the famous painter died in Moscow in 2017 from heart failure.
About the life and creative biography of the artist - in material 24cm.
Road war
Ilya Glazunov in his painting has repeatedly concerned the topic of war: in 12 years they were evacuated from the blockade Leningrad on the "Road of Life" - Parents and close relatives were killed in the departed city. When creating a long-suffering and twice, the paintings of the "Road War", Ilya Sergeevich, relied on his own memories, which retained from the young age, - the terrible folk tragedy deeply smelled into the heart of the future artist.Blessing
The glazing after the art school visited the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and the Sophia Cathedral in the capital of the Ukrainian SSR. Under the impression of a visit, a novice painter was going to get into the monks. But the minister of the church dissuaded, saying that the guy is still too young - great things are waiting ahead, for the name Ilya obliges to fight evil and argue the truth. To which the priest is a young man and blessed.
Provincial teacher
Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Repin Ilya Glazunov graduated with Troika in a diploma. According to one version, the reason was the need to redo the final work, not fit into the requirements of social realism. On the other - recognized by anti-Soviet creativity.With such an assessment, it was not worth the distribution in a prestigious place: Glazunov sent to work in Izhevsk teacher of drawing, drawing and trigonometry. Then they were redistributed to Ivanovo, but in place due to lack of bets Ilya Sergeevich received only a certificate - it did not need it.
On "hot" land
Glazunov traveled a lot and often turned out to be in hot spots. Vietnam visited during the war. In Chile, during a coup - a portrait of a local president wrote shortly before the death of the head of state. In Nicaragua during the revolution. Ilya Sergeyevich was able to visit Cuba, in those years those who were in confrontation with the United States, - there he painted the portrait of Fidel Castro.
Benefactor
Nikita Mikhalkov told that he remembers the artist's visits to them from childhood. Glazunov was familiar with Sergey Mikhalkov, who later called not otherwise as his benefactor - the writer in every way the painter worked. And even strained Catherine Furtsev to allocate the talent of the apartment - before that Ilya Sergeevich juts in the 2x2 meters storage room and worked as a loader, continuing to write paintings.Exiled
For refusal to remove the picture "Mystery of the 20th century" from the exhibition, Ilya Sergeevich was "Slave" on the Bam - writing portraits of transparents. At that time, the artist wanted to send from the country like Solzhenitsyn, but the decision has changed the advantage into one raised hand during the vote. According to other sources, send "dissident" to Siberia "work with benefit" suggested by Yuri Andropov himself.
About love
Ilya Sergeevich recalled that with the second wife met, as with the first, on the street. With the difference that Inessa Orlova, unlike Nina Vinogradova-Benoit, was not in the library - to the conservatory. Yes, and it happened not in Leningrad, but in Moscow.
In addition to wives, in the life of the artist there were other hobbies. For example, when Glazunov wrote a portrait of Gina Lollobrigides, a novel was banned between the Italian star and the Soviet artist. The painter even went to her abroad - the actress with the help of his acquaintances was achieved that the lover, who heard at that time by the dissident, was released from the country.
In 1963, Ilya Glazunov went to Rome. But by writing a portrait of Gina, to which he also walked in feelings, returned to his homeland - to betray Russia, remaining abroad, could not.