Korin, Pavel Dmitrievich

Born on June 25 ( July 7 ), 1892 in Palekh, in a family of hereditary icon painters . Brother - Alexander Korin , also an artist. Father died when Paul was 5 years old.

In 1903-1907 he studied at the Palekh icon-painting school, after which he was accepted as a student in the Moscow icon-painting chamber of the Donskoy Monastery , led by K. P. Stepanov .

In 1911, M.V. Nesterov , for whom Pavel Korin copied his works, invited him to help paint the churches; Many years later, in a letter dated July 26, 1935, Korin wrote to his teacher: "You threw your flame into my soul, you are the culprit of the fact that I became an artist." At the insistence of Nesterov in 1912, Pavel entered the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture . His teachers were K.A. Korovin and L.O. Pasternak .

In 1916, Korin graduated from college and, in accordance with the wishes of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, went to Yaroslavl and Rostov to study the frescoes of ancient Russian churches.

In February 1917, he settled in the attic of house number 23 on Arbat , where he organized his workshop. There he worked until 1934 ^[5] . Here the artist was visited by Maxim Gorky , who took part in his fate: he procured a trip to Italy for Pavel Korin from the Soviet government.

In 1933, Korin moved to a workshop on Malaya Pirogovskaya Street (house number 16), where he lived and worked until the end of his life and where the House Museum of P. D. Korin is now located. In 1942, he led a team of restorers rebuilding the ceiling and foyer of the Bolshoi Theater, affected by the bombing .

After the war, Korin led the restoration of the paintings of the Dresden Gallery , headed the restoration workshop of the Pushkin Museum . In the Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev, he restored the frescoes and personally restored the paintings of Viktor Vasnetsov and Mikhail Nesterov.

In 1958 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR, he was elected a full member of the USSR Academy of Arts . And in 1962, Korin was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR .

In 1963, for the portraits of Martiros Saryan , Ruben Simonov , Kukryniksy , Renato Guttuso, Pavel Dmitrievich was awarded the Lenin Prize . In the same year, a personal exhibition of the artist was held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth and 45th anniversary of creative activity.

In 1966, Korin signed a letter from 25 cultural and scientific figures addressed to the Secretary General of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev against the rehabilitation of Stalin ^[6] .

He died on November 22, 1967 in Moscow, was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery (plot number 1).

The central, but never completed canvas of Pavel Korin, the plan of which arose in 1925 - during the funeral of Patriarch Tikhon in the Donskoy Monastery , is “Requiem” (“Outgoing Russia” ^[7] ); 29 preparatory portraits were made for her, but the canvas intended for the painting remained untouched.

The most famous works: the triptych “ Alexander Nevsky ”, portraits of George Zhukov and Maxim Gorky . Thematic paintings and portraits performed by the master are characterized by spirituality and collected images, the severity of composition and drawing.

Among the artist’s monumental works are mosaic shades at the Komsomolskaya station of the metro ring line ^[8] , stained glass windows of the Novoslobodskaya station, mosaics of the Smolenskaya and Paveletskaya stations, in the design of the assembly hall of the main building of Moscow State University .

An extensive collection of icons collected by Korin is one of the most famous and most studied in Russia.

• 1952 - Stalin Prize of the second degree.
• 1954 - was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR .
• 1958 - People's Artist of the RSFSR ; elected a full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.
• 1962 - People's Artist of the USSR .
• 1963 - Lenin Prize .
• 1967 - Order of Lenin .
• Medals.

• In 1968, the House Museum of P. D. Korin was opened in Moscow (address: Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya St., 16, outbuilding 2), now it is a branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery .
• In Palekh, Ivanovo Region, in 1974, the House-Museum of the artist's family was opened.
• Dry cargo ship "Artist Korin" of the Estonian Shipping Company ^[9]

• Corin's work on postage stamps
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  A fragment of the triptych " Alexander Nevsky " (1942) on a stamp of the USSR

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  Postage stamp USSR , 1973 :
  portrait of S. T. Konenkov

Wife - Praskovya Tikhonovna, nee Petrova (1900-1992). She was brought by a girl to Moscow from the Chuvash village of Elan-Chishma of the Belebeyevsky district of the Ufa province (now Ermekeyevsky district of Bashkortostan) ^[10] , to the Martha-Mariinsky monastery to teach the craft of sister of mercy. She wanted to learn how to draw, and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna turned to Pavel Korin, who in 1916 fulfilled her order to paint a student for painting the tombs of an underground temple on the territory of the monastery. Three years later, in 1919, Pavel Dmitrievich proposed to the girl, but only seven years later, in 1926, he received consent, and they were married in a church on the Arbat.

• Acceleration S. “Height. The life and work of Paul Korin. " - M., 1982.
• P. D. Korin on art: Articles. Letters. Memories of the artist ". - M., 1988.
• Studneva E. Yu. Pavel and Pasha // Moscow Journal. - 2015. - No. 3 . - S. 56-59 . - ISSN 0868-7110 .

• Corin P. D. "Letters from Italy." - M., 1981.
• Mikhailov N.A. P. Korin. - M., 1982.

• Korin Pavel Dmitrievich. Biography and works of the artist on Artonline.ru
• Pavel Korin biography, catalog of works, stories of contemporaries and art critics
• Zvereva O. The court will be formidable, but beautiful // Heir. - 2005. - No. 3. (About the picture "Outgoing Russia").
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• Alexandrova N., Golovina V. “Requiem” by Pavel Korin - biographical comments on selected portraits // “Tretyakov Gallery”. - No. 2. - 2014.
• Starovoitova A. Russian patriarchs of the XX century in the work of Pavel Korin // "Tretyakov Gallery". - No. 2. - 2014.
• Alexei Kasmynin Russia coming // Tomorrow , January 2, 2014