Volovich, Vitaliy Mikhailovich

Born on August 3, 1928 , in Spassk, Far Eastern Territory . Mother - journalist, writer and playwright Claudia Vladimirovna Filippova (real name Charna Lototskaya, 1902-1950) ^[2] ; stepfather (from 1938 until the mid-1940s) - writer, literary critic, researcher of the Ural literature Konstantin Vasilyevich Bogolyubov (1897-1975). In 1932 he moved with his mother to Sverdlovsk .

After graduating from the Sverdlovsk Art College in 1948, he began to collaborate with the Sredneuralsk Book Publishing House: draws up the covers of books by N. Kushtum, “My Dear Side” (1953), B. Dizhur “Meditations” (1954), M. Pilipenko “Roads” (1955), and etc. The most striking works of this period include illustrations to the “Pantry of the Sun” by M. Prishvin , which the writer himself approved: “The“ Pantry of the Sun ”was published countless times by different countries, and on my shelf“ The Pantries ”of all sizes and colors. But yours is the best ” ^[3] .

The first works were created using the technique of ink pen drawing, then the artist turns to the technique of linocut , etching , lithography , book and easel graphics ; recently uses tempera , watercolor , gouache . Stylistic originality is determined by expressiveness, expressiveness of lines and hatching, craving for monumentality.

The fame brought to V. Volovich illustrations of medieval literature : " Words about Igor's regiment ", " Richard III ", "The novel about Tristan and Isolde " and other works.

Since 1952, participating in art exhibitions, the first works were exhibited in Irbit (Sverdlovsk region). In 1956 he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR .

The works of V. Volovich are in the Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin in Moscow, the Prague National Gallery , the Moravian Gallery in Brno , the Museum of Modern Art in Cologne , the I.V. Goethe Museum in Weimar , the galleries of Yekaterinburg , Saratov , Novosibirsk , Perm , the State Tretyakov Gallery , State Russian Museum of St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg Gallery of Modern Art , etc .; in private collections in Russia, America, Germany, France, Israel, Austria, Spain, etc.

He died in the morning of August 20, 2018 in Yekaterinburg ^[4] . The funeral was held on August 22 at the Mikhailovsky Cemetery in Yekaterinburg ^[5] .

• 1973 - Honored Artist of the RSFSR
• 1995 - Laureate of the G. S. Mosin Prize
• 1999 - Laureate of the Prize of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region for outstanding achievements in the field of literature and art
• 2005 - Gold medal of the Russian Academy of Arts for a series of graphic sheets for the tragedy of Aeschylus “Oresteia”
• 2007 - Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
• 2007 - Honorary Citizen of Yekaterinburg
• 2008 - the sculpture group “Citizens. Conversation ” , depicting three famous Ural artists Vitaly Volovich, Misha Brusilovsky and German Metelev
• 2008 - Honorary Citizen of Irbit
• 2012 - Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.
• 2016 - People's Artist of Russia.

As well as numerous medals and diplomas of All-Russian, All-Union and international reviews of book art.

Cycles

• "Circus"
• "Women and Monsters"
• "Medieval Mysteries"
• Jerusalem (1995)
• Yekaterinburg (1997)

Illustrations

• " The word about Igor's regiment "
• "Oresteia" Aeschylus
• " Richard III ", " Othello " by Shakespeare (1972. Etching.)
• “A novel about Tristan and Isolde ” translated into modern French by J. Bedier (1972. Autolithography)
• The Egmont by I. W. Goethe (1980)
• “ Fear and Despair in the Third Empire ” by B. Brecht (1970. Etching)
• Irish Sagas
• Tales of P.P. Bazhov

Books and scientific books

• Vitaly Volovich Women and monsters: Figure. Watercolor. Tempera. Etching. // Yekaterinburg. Autograph Publishing House, 2013. - 400 p .; ill.
• Vitaly Volovich. Chusovaya. Tavatuy. Waves: Watercolor. Picture. Tempera: Album. // Yekaterinburg. Autograph Publishing House, 2006. - 272 p .; ill. The authors of the introductory articles are A. G. Mosin, M. P. Nikulin.
• Butorina E. Vitaliy Volovich // Artists of the book: VAAP-Inform. M., 1981.
• Voronova O. Vitaliy Volovich // Art of the book: 1972-1980. M., 1987. Issue. 10, pp. 169-181.
• Voronova O. Vitaliy Volovich. Book graphics. M .: Sov. artist, 1973. 140 pp., ill.
• Golynets G., Golynets S. Vitaliy Volovich // Soviet Graphics, 78. M., 1980. S. 60-68.
• Gorbachev N. "Oresteia" V. Volovich // Gorbachev N. On the memory palette: Time. Artists. Exhibitions. Yekaterinburg, 1996.S. 42-43.
• Olshansky D.A. Jewish tradition in the graphics of Vitaliy Volovich // East - Russia - West. World religions and art. St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Museum, 2001.P. 131-134.
• Olshansky D.A. Images of Bertolt Brecht in the graphics of Vitaliy Volovich // Visual culture of the XX century and problems of modern education. Perm, 1999.S. 158-160.
• Seven Ekaterinburg artists: Vitaly Volovich. Alexander Alekseev-Svinkin. German Metelev. Olga Shtukaturova. Vladimir Chursin. Mikhail Sazhaev. Yuri Filonenko / Sost., Design: V.V. Shtukaturov. Authors will enter. Art. G.S. Kholodova, A.V. Stepanov. Project Manager Yu. A. Kukarskikh. Yekaterinburg: Industrial Design, 1999.127 p., Ill. (With partial translation into English.)
• Urozhenko O. Vitaliy Volovich: problems of the formation of world relations (1950s - mid 1960s) // From the history of the artistic culture of the Urals: Sat. scientific tr Sverdlovsk, 1985.P. 107-121.
• Urozhenko O. Vitaliy Volovich: the phenomenon of creative maturity (mid-1960s - 1980s) // From the history of the artistic culture of the Urals. Sat scientific tr Sverdlovsk, 1988.S. 98-121.

Journal Publications

• Abelskaya R. Volovich // Vita. 1997. No. 10. P. 28—32.
• Volovich V. Fashion and freedom // Ural . 1993. No. 5. P. 3-9.
• Voronova O. Her reading of Shakespeare // Creativity. 1968. No. 8. P. 15-16.
• Golynets S. Vitaliy Volovich // Literature and you. M., 1977. Vol. 6, p. 213-216.
• Lebedeva V. Monumentality of graphics // Art. 1976. No. 6. P. 22-28.
• Neznansky L. Graphics by Vitaly Volovich // Art. 1966. No. 7. P. 32-36.
• Tubin Y. Arrows are flying red-hot. Ural . 1984. No. 6.
• Tubin Y. A series of easel prints by V. Volovich based on “Words about Igor's Regiment”. Soviet graphics. Vol. 9.M., 1985.S.

Booklets and catalogs for exhibitions

• Vitaly Mikhailovich Volovich: Sixteen reproductions / Enters. Art. L. Dyakonitsyna. L .: Artist of the RSFSR, 1975 .
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR Vitaly Mikhailovich Volovich: Exhibition catalog [in Moscow] / Comp. and the author will enter. Art. S.V. Golynets. L. Artist of the RSFSR, 1977 . 32 s., Ill.
• Vitaliy Mikhailovich Volovich: Exhibition catalog / [Enter. Art. S.V. Golynts]. Art gallery. Karlovy Vary, 1977 . 25 s., Ill. (In Czech)
• Vitaly Volovich. Alexey Kazantsev Artists travel. Insert Catalog / Comp. and the author will enter. articles by N. F. Gorbachev. Sverdlovsk, 1982 . s., ill.
• Vitaly Volovich: Graphics. Booklet / Comp. and the author will enter. articles. S.V. Golynets. Sverdlovsk, 1984 . 16 s., Ill.
• Vitaly Volovich. Book, easel graphics. Exhibition catalog / Comp. and the author will enter. Art. N. Gorbachev. Sverdlovsk, 1985 . s., ill.
• Vitaly Volovich. Book easel graphics: Exhibition catalog / Comp. and the author will enter. Art. A.I. Korchak. Magnitogorsk, 1988 .
• Autograph Gallery: Painting, graphics from the collection of T. F. Nabrosova-Brusilovskaya / Comp. catalog T.F. Nabrosova-Brusilovskaya. The author will enter. Articles V. M. Volovich and G. S. Metelev. Ed. E.V. Roizman . Yekaterinburg: Publishing House of the Ural University, 2000 . 166 p., Ill. (With translation into English.)
• Vitaly Volovich: Book and easel graphics. Collection catalog / Resp. for issue, comp. ad and catalog, layout author and ed. V. Karpov. [Foreword by V. Volovich, afterword by N. Gorbacheva]. Irbit State Museum of Fine Arts. Irbit, 1998 . 80 s., Ill.
• Vitaly Volovich: Old Yekaterinburg. [Album] / Articles by A. Mosin, V. Volovich, S. Golynts. Project Coordinator S. Prudkova. Ekaterinburg: Industrial Design 1998 . S. 119, ill. (With partial translation into English.)

See also: Bibliography on the official website of Vitaliy Volovich

• Official site of Vitaliy Volovich
• Vitaly Volovich on the website Russian Art
• Olga Melkozerova. Anniversary Graphics. Russian newspaper. 04/18/2008
• Volovich Vitaliy Mikhailovich // Artists of the Peoples of the USSR: Biobibliographic Dictionary. M., 1972.Vol. 2, p. 328.
• Vitaliy Volovich: “There are artists who are waiting for inspiration, and I profess daily work” KulturMultur, 06/28/2013